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Hamster Advice
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Mechanical Hamster
Welcome to Gav Thorpe's Weblog
Why Mechanical Hamster?
I have a mechanical hamster called Dennis. He was first brought into the public eye in my author bio for 13th Legion and has been a regular feature since. It is a commonly held belief that Dennis does all of the hard work and I take the credit.-
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- More steampunky goodness, of a more delicate kind: http://www.etsy.com/shop/19Moons 2 days ago
- Men working on house. I can't concentrate, even for rewrites, might be time to forfeit the rest of the week and just catch up later. 4 days ago
- Just finishing a read through of The Crown of the Blood before sending it to the lovely chaps @angryrobotbooks 5 days ago
- Anyone for some cool steampunk stuff? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8383183.stm and http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/steampunk/ #fb 5 days ago
- Should I be nervous about some of the scenes in Crown of the Blood? We'll see... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8385795.stm #fb 5 days ago
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GrogDaTyrant on The Glory of Chaos Katie Drake on The Glory of Chaos Katie Drake on The Glory of Chaos What Else Is On Here?
- Ask Dennis – writing advice
- DARK ELVES Q&A: MISCELLANEOUS
- DARK ELVES Q&A: ON THE BACKGROUND
- DARK ELVES Q&A: ON THE PROJECT
- DARK ELVES Q&A: ON THE RULES
- List of Works
- Sample Synopsis – 13th Legion
- Sample Synopsis – Angels of Darkness
- Sample Synopsis – Annihilation Squad
- Who is Gav Thorpe and why should I care?
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George Orwell’s six rules:
1. Never use a metaphor, simile or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.
2. Never use a long word where a short one will do.
3. If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out.
4. Never use the passive where you can use the active.
5. Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent.
6. Break any of these rules sooner than saying anything outright barbarous.