A Dish Served Cold - Critical comments section

Montreal Wanderer · Post by **Montreal Wanderer** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 7:47 pm

A little while before Christmas SOTWA asked me to write the next one in the series of TW novels we have had. I said I think about. Writing is not the problem for me - it's having ideas to write about (especially of interest to our critical TW audience), which is why I have always written non-fiction. However in the slow period between Christmas and the New Year I got an idea and wrote my first novel. Since science fiction, westerns and horror have all been done, it is a whodunnit set in this month. I will post chapters on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays starting next week. It is 20 chapters long. This thread is for whatever critical comment you may have. The novel itself will have a sticky as per usual.

SOTWA kindly provide me with a graphic header. It's rather nice.

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Monty

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 7:50 pm

Montreal Wanderer wrote:A little while before Christmas SOTWA asked me to write the next one in the series of TW novels we have had. I said I think about. Writing is not the problem for me - it's having ideas to write about (especially of interest to our critical TW audience), which is why I have always written non-fiction. However in the slow period between Christmas and the New Year I got an idea and wrote my first novel. Since science fiction, westerns and horror have all been done, it is a whodunnit set in this month. I will post chapters on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays starting next week. It is 20 chapters long. This thread is for whatever critical comment you may have. The novel itself will have a sticky as per usual.

SOTWA kindly provide me with a graphic header. It's rather nice.

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Monty

Bring it on. Can't wait.

Dave Sutton's barnet · Post by **Dave Sutton's barnet** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 8:21 pm

Looking forward to it!

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 8:55 pm

It was the bloke in white socks, in the Library, using a set of sharpened mousse antlers! Close?

I shall look forward to it, Monty!

Montreal Wanderer · Post by **Montreal Wanderer** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 9:28 pm

Bruce Rioja wrote:It was the bloke in white socks, in the Library, using a set of sharpened mousse antlers! Close?

I shall look forward to it, Monty!

No, no, Moose antlers, Brikey.

CrazyHorse · Post by **CrazyHorse** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 10:30 am

Fantastic Montgomery!

Looking forward to it already.

Montreal Wanderer · Post by **Montreal Wanderer** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 2:23 pm

CrazyHorse wrote:Fantastic Montgomery!

Looking forward to it already.

You are in it, CH, but your part is not as big as some of the other TW novels - no statues I'm affraid.

CrazyHorse · Post by **CrazyHorse** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 3:07 pm

Montreal Wanderer wrote:
CrazyHorse wrote:Fantastic Montgomery!

Looking forward to it already.
You are in it, CH, but your part is not as big as some of the other TW novels - no statues I'm affraid.

Well I died(ish) in the first, died in the second and was a seedy, dirty thieving bookie in the last, so any kind of mention will be a step in the right direction.

Montreal Wanderer · Post by **Montreal Wanderer** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 3:24 pm

CrazyHorse wrote:
Montreal Wanderer wrote:
CrazyHorse wrote:Fantastic Montgomery!

Looking forward to it already.
You are in it, CH, but your part is not as big as some of the other TW novels - no statues I'm affraid.

Well I died(ish) in the first, died in the second and was a seedy, dirty thieving bookie in the last, so any kind of mention will be a step in the right direction.

Well, I'm sure we can improve on that! I'll make you an educated man of culture - how's that? I wonder if that would be believable though? Well, we'll see.

Soldier_Of_The_White_Army · Post by **Soldier_Of_The_White_Army** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 3:27 pm

Montreal Wanderer wrote:
CrazyHorse wrote:
Montreal Wanderer wrote:
CrazyHorse wrote:Fantastic Montgomery!

Looking forward to it already.
You are in it, CH, but your part is not as big as some of the other TW novels - no statues I'm affraid.

Well I died(ish) in the first, died in the second and was a seedy, dirty thieving bookie in the last, so any kind of mention will be a step in the right direction.
Well, I'm sure we can improve on that! I'll make you an educated man of culture - how's that? I wonder if that would be believable though? Well, we'll see.

Now that's fiction!!

CrazyHorse · Post by **CrazyHorse** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 3:30 pm

Montreal Wanderer wrote:
CrazyHorse wrote:
Montreal Wanderer wrote:
CrazyHorse wrote:Fantastic Montgomery!

Looking forward to it already.
You are in it, CH, but your part is not as big as some of the other TW novels - no statues I'm affraid.

Well I died(ish) in the first, died in the second and was a seedy, dirty thieving bookie in the last, so any kind of mention will be a step in the right direction.
Well, I'm sure we can improve on that! I'll make you an educated man of culture - how's that? I wonder if that would be believable though? Well, we'll see.

Believable? That part is my destiny!!

Montreal Wanderer · Post by **Montreal Wanderer** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 3:30 pm

Soldier_Of_The_White_Army wrote:
Montreal Wanderer wrote:
CrazyHorse wrote:
Montreal Wanderer wrote:
CrazyHorse wrote:Fantastic Montgomery!

Looking forward to it already.
You are in it, CH, but your part is not as big as some of the other TW novels - no statues I'm affraid.

Well I died(ish) in the first, died in the second and was a seedy, dirty thieving bookie in the last, so any kind of mention will be a step in the right direction.
Well, I'm sure we can improve on that! I'll make you an educated man of culture - how's that? I wonder if that would be believable though? Well, we'll see.
Now that's fiction!!

Yes, I do want it to have an air of verisimilitude. I'll put my thinking cap back on.

CrazyHorse · Post by **CrazyHorse** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 3:32 pm

OI!!

I've got feelings you know.

Montreal Wanderer · Post by **Montreal Wanderer** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 5:08 pm

CrazyHorse wrote:OI!!

I've got feelings you know.

Okay, I'll make you a man in education of a different culture - that's practically the same as an educated man of culture, right?

Nozza · Post by **Nozza** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 5:26 pm

I wanna role.

Montreal Wanderer · Post by **Montreal Wanderer** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 5:47 pm

Hoolio wrote:I wanna role.

No problem - I'll give you a role that typifies Sunderland fans - earnest, loyal and not very bright - I think there's a spot in Chapter 5.

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 6:16 pm

Montreal Wanderer wrote:
Hoolio wrote:I wanna role.
No problem - I'll give you a role that typifies Sunderland fans - earnest, loyal and not very bright - I think there's a spot in Chapter 5.

Oooooh. Now that's showing a really cruel streak Monty.

Nozza · Post by **Nozza** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 6:17 pm

Montreal Wanderer wrote:
Hoolio wrote:I wanna role.
No problem - I'll give you a role that typifies Sunderland fans - earnest, loyal and not very bright - I think there's a spot in Chapter 5.

Sweet.

Montreal Wanderer · Post by **Montreal Wanderer** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 12:25 am

The first chapter is now posted. It is quite short but they do, you may regret to hear, get longer.

I have also discovered an unexpected problem with serialization. I wrote this between Christmas and New year, and all the actions takes place in the first week of January. The problem is that, for example, two of my characters discuss their teams chances in the FA Cup match on January 6. Since this is in chapter 7 it won't actually be published for another couple of weeks, by which time it will seem dated. So I hope you can supend your internal clocks when reading this and imagine you are stuck in the first week of January, 2007

enfieldwhite · Post by **enfieldwhite** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 8:03 am

Cracking start so far Monty.