Book of the Month: The Martian Ambassador

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  • Oliver Brooks

    Oliver Brooks

    Lord of the reads: +3092

  • 03 Nov 00:28

    The latest work from Alan Baker.

    What do you think of serialising a novel and publishing it in parts? It was common in the days of Dickens when parts of books were a common part of news papers.

    Also let us know what you think of the book, I’m sure Alan will appreciate any constructive criticism.

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    • Oliver Brooks

      Oliver

      03 Nov 00:28

      The latest work from Alan Baker.

      What do you think of serialising a novel and publishing it in parts? It was common in the days of Dickens when parts of books were a common part of news papers.

      Also let us know what you think of the book, I’m sure Alan will appreciate any constructive criticism.

    • Anna Lewis

      Anna

      03 Nov 00:46

      Oliver said: The latest work from Alan Baker. What do you think of serialising a novel and publishing it i...

      Worth mentioning that you might want to check out Part 1 of the Martian Ambassador and also see what else Alan has been writing and publishing on CompletelyNovel

    • Alan Baker

      Alan

      03 Nov 08:43

      Oliver said: The latest work from Alan Baker. What do you think of serialising a novel and publishing it i...

      Hello! Thanks to you both for your interest in The Martian Ambassador. I do hope you enjoy Parts 1 and 2. I’ve started on Part 3, which will hopefully be ready for upload in a couple of weeks’ time. I thought that, since the story is set in an alternate late-Victorian period, it would be a bit of fun actually to publish it the way many novels were published back then – in serial form, just as Oliver mentioned. And he is quite right: I would greatly appreciate any comments/criticism, favourable or critical, doesn’t matter. I’d really like to know what people think. All the best, Alan

    • Georgina Lewis

      Georgina

      03 Nov 11:16

      Oliver said: The latest work from Alan Baker. What do you think of serialising a novel and publishing it i...

      Looks like a great book!

    • Anna Lewis

      Anna

      11 Nov 17:58

      Oliver said: The latest work from Alan Baker. What do you think of serialising a novel and publishing it i...

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    • Anna Lewis

      Anna

      11 Nov 18:04

      Oliver said: The latest work from Alan Baker. What do you think of serialising a novel and publishing it i...

      I have a question about the writing of your books..if I may. How do you decide on the alien names and vocabulary that you use. Do you build up you own Klingon-like dictionary before you start or make it up as you go along? Being a previous languages student, I always find it really interesting to see how other people go abut making their own up!

    • Anna Lewis

      Anna

      12 Nov 10:22

      Oliver said: The latest work from Alan Baker. What do you think of serialising a novel and publishing it i...

      Hi Alan – am going to post this in the discussion rather than message board so it is associated with your book!

      _"Good question (I love talking shop!). I think it

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