Gerald Slept Here!

[amanda100wilson]

Gerald, I am really sorry yo hear about this downturn.  keep on fighting.  xxxx

[Gerald Lively]

I finished a novel in 1996, a Sci-fi called "The Restless Among Us."  It is much like the Grand Hotel of a large space craft, the lives the people led and the adventures they had. Never published, never tried to get it published.  I wrote it when I first retired.  I had thought about putting up one chapter at a time on this forum but that isn't the purpose of this place; besides, some of the chapters are more than 50 pages.

I commented on single-source economies (the weaknees of), religion, and the origins of humans on Earth.  No fantasy stuff.

The most memorable experience in writing that bokk was when I approached a sex scene, I began to sweat.  So, I didn't write a sex scene.  Some writer.

gl

[brenda seal]

I am happy you didn't write a sex scene - I don't read them as they make me feel uncomfortable ! Sex is such a personal thing. I cringe when the sex scenes come on in a movie , especially if watching with one of my kids  - who are all married with kids of their own ( except the youngest ) . Some reader !
I like the idea of serializing your book here - there is a section for it ! maybe a couple of pages at a time . Maybe you can use it as an opportunity for editing  or a slight rewrite . Come on Gerald , we could all use a distraction from illness . That is the most frustrating thing about this illness - you have absolutely no control . You are sick , sick , sick and just have to deal with it .

[willowtreewren]

Bruck, bruck, bruck! 

I would love to rad the book. 

I say go for it.....

Aleta

[Gerald Lively]

Do you really want to read a serialized 526 page book?  Really? 

This book was therapy for me as I wound down from the stress of work, there is no humor there, but those who have read it claim they like it.  However, it is difficult to decide who is being polite and who is serious.

The first draft was 1250 pages, I edited it down to less than half that much.   I will have to find the disk, load it up and we'll see.  It will be listed in the non-dialysis section.

You understand that my ego is at stake here, don't you? And the book was finished about 15 years ago?

[brenda seal]

Yes Please

[Gerald Lively]

I posted the Prologue and two chapters this morning.  See: THE RESTLESS AMONG US.

[Gerald Lively]

The entire book has been posted.

[Gerald Lively]

And no one will read it. I am embarrassed.

[Traveller1947]

Hi, Gerald!  Just started your book.  It's my intention to read a chapter a day--these old eyes of mine can't handle the small print for more than a short stint at a time.  I'm eager to read it though--I haven't read any science fiction in fifty years!  All the best to you, as always.

[boswife]

oh gl, you make me gasp with one post, then get my funny bone the next... 

i copied the whole thing .............. some day i will read

[brenda seal]

Thank you Gerald , I too intend reading at least a chapter a day . I haven't much time just now for more as Laurie not well - he goes into hospital on Monday for his surgery . I have read the prologue and was glad us Aussies got a mention !

[Traveller1947]

I've just begun Chapter 12, Gerald.  What an enthralling book!  I can barely put it down!

[Gerald Lively]

Thank you, I love the applause.  You are halfway through, let's see if your enthusiasm holds up.

[Traveller1947]

Just finished your book.  I was sorry to see it end!  Lots of adventure, lots of ideas.  How about giving us some short stories with this setting?  You're a born storyteller...

[willowtreewren]

Gerald, I have finally recuperated to the point that I can read again. I am truly looking forward to your book and have read the first couple chapters. So far, I'm enjoying it.

 

Aleta

[brenda seal]

Gerald , I am enjoying your book so far - need some escapism right now . Can't imagine why you didn't submit it to a publisher !

[Gerald Lively]

I had retired from a very high pressure job and was looking for something to do.  This was in the days before PC's.  I wrote 1250 pages on a typrewriter, used cement blocks to hold up a door from the pumphouse (desk) and sat in the garage.  The more I wrote, the less I liked it.

So, I edited it down to 526 pages, double spaced. Then I bought a little Brothers word processor with a four inch screen and retyped the entire book. Then I bought a computer and retyped the book again.  In all, I rewrote or edited it six times.  I still don't have it right.  Finally, at the urging of a bunch of people who hadn't read the book, I sent it to Penguin and they didn't have the time to read a first effort book.  So, I shelved it.

I started a sequel but ran out of ideas.  I still have most of that. 

I will say this;  ideas come from social intercourse and I haven't been much further from home than a doctor's office for about a decade.  I do need to talk to some unfamiliar people.

gl

[Gerald Lively]

Am halfway through the radiation protocol.  The stuff takes me down by upsetting my stomach and it causes my colon to shift into high gear.  This is nothing compared to dialysis.  I hope dialysis is a thing of the past.
 
I managed to get into an argument with the Radiation Oncologist yesterday.  It seems the nurse put me into a room to wait for the doctor and she and the doctor forgot I was in there.  So, with my usual shy and retiring personality, I went out in the hallway, chewed nurse butt and instructed her to find the doctor, who had been lounging while watching TV.

It turns out that he was a Major in the Army and is now retired.  There was a certain joy in giving a Major some hell.  You might say that I always wanted to do that.

gl

[MooseMom]

Good thing you're not on dialysis anymore because I doubt "nurse butt" is on the renal diet.

[Gerald Lively]

You know they brew Moose Drool in Montana, don't you? 

[MooseMom]

You know they brew Moose Drool in Montana, don't you?

I do now.

[Gerald Lively]

A man goes to see his Rabbi.

“Rabbi,” he says, “something terrible is happening and I need to talk to you about it.”

“What's the problem?” the Rabbi asks.

The man replies, “My wife is poisoning me.”

The Rabbi is very surprised by this. “How can that be?” he says.

“'I'm telling you,” the man says, “I'm certain she's poisoning me. What should I do?”

“Tell you what,” says the Rabbi. “Let me talk to her. I'll see what I can find out and I'll let you know.”

A week later the Rabbi calls the man and says, “Well, I spoke to your wife on the phone. I spoke to her for three hours. You want my advice?”

”Yes,” says the man.

“Take the poison.”

[Gerald Lively]

My Nephrologist gave me a passing grade.  Friday is CT Scan day followed by my Oncologist a week or so later.  If I pass that test, watch out ladies, the Wild Man will be on the loose.







More or less.  Maybe.  Okay, I'll just give out a sigh.

[MooseMom]

Nothing wrong with a good sigh of relief.