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'Stevyn Colgan bestrides the territory of English rural comedy, one foot on the throat of Joanna Trollope, the other knocking the bonnet of Miss Marple off her silver head.' - STEPHEN FRY
How do you solve a murder when hundreds of wannabe detectives all have the same goal?
Every year, fans from all over the world descend upon a tiny picturesque English village to celebrate the life of the enigmatic author Agnes Crabbe and her fictional lady detective, Miss Millicent Cutter.
Crabbe fans are quite obsessive; the majority turn up to the festival dressed as Miss Cutter. Spats between rival fan clubs are not uncommon. But when one of the most prominent superfans is murdered on the first day of the festival, the police find themselves trying to solve a crime in which the victim, witnesses, almost everyone in the village, and even the murderer, are all dressed as Miss Cutter. And most of them are also trying to solve the murder …
In this darkly comic farce, the worlds of classic detective fiction and real-life homicide investigation come crashing together with hilarious and occasionally messy results.
Stevyn Colgan spent 30 years as a police officer. But now he's one of the writers of the award-winning TV show QI and its sister show on BBC Radio 4, The Museum of Curiosity. In A Murder To Die For, he brings his sense of humour and his policing experience together to create something that is definitely not your average murder mystery.
Savidge didn't start the fight, at least not directly. The first sputtering fuse had actually been lit by a sozzled member of the late Denise Hatman-Temples' Agnes Crabbe Society suggesting to an equally intoxicated member of the equally late Gaynor Nithercott's Agnes Crabbe Book Club that the latter was responsible for the death of the former.
"Why was she still driving?" snapped the lady from the Agnes Crabbe Society. "She was nearly blind for goodness' sake."
"Her eyesight was obviously good enough for the DVLA", said the lady from the Agnes Crabbe Book Club.
Hello splendid supporters
August zoomed by didn't it? Heatwaves and holidays. I spent some of it in the Outer Hebrides, which was nice as it was cooler than down South while still sunny and warm. You can see some photos from the trip on my blog here, And it was fantastic to see A Murder To Die For nominated for two awards (shortlisted for the Dead Good Awards and longlisted for The Guardian's …
Blimey chums! Just as I'm getting over the excitement of making he shortlist for the DEAD GOOD READERS AWARDS 2018, I now discover that A MURDER TO DIE FOR has made the longlist for the GUARDIAN's NOT THE BOOKER Prize!
So now I have to ask you all over again to vote for me!
The thing is ... YOU made this book happen. It was your belief in me and the book, and your kind pledges that got …
Ah well, A Murder To Die For didn't win at the Dead Good Readers Awards in Harrogate this year. But it was shortlisted and was a runner-up. And I'm happy to take that. It was pretty humbling to have been nominated in the first place for a first novel. And, to be honest, it would have been a minor miracle if I had won, considering the well-publicised and bestselling contenders that I was up against…
I'm a fan of Jessica Fletcher and I don't mind admitting it. I've seen every episode of Murder She Wrote several times (including the four TV movies) and I love it. It's cosy, silly nonsense. Pure entertainment.
The shows are constantly on repeat on TV and, just recently, one of the ITV channels has started showing the later series; you can tell that they're later because the opening titles feature…
Hey you lovely Pledgemakers! If you do ONE good thing today, then please consider voting for me in the Dead Good Readers' Awards. A MURDER TO DIE FOR is shortlisted in the brilliantly-named 'Cabot Cove Award for Best Small Town Mystery' and I'm up against some big hitters.
You made the book happen. Now you can make it an award-winning book!
EVERY vote counts and it only takes a second!…
Yes indeedy! The audiobook of A Murder To Die For is released today and is available from Audible, Amazon, iTunes, ISIS Publishing and wherever audiobooks are sold. Over nine hours of Rula Lenska deliciousness, murder, mayhem and laughs!
And don't forget that I need YOUR help to get the sequel The Diabolical Club to publication.
It's 51% funded already but if you can pledge, please do. The…
Hey lovely patron people! How do you fancy a sneaky listen to the first chapter of the A Murder To Die For audiobook as read by Rula Lenska? You do? Oh, go on then. Just click here.
It's on sale as a CD and download from1st June. Exciting times!
Hello all.
Here's a short update about what's going on in the world of A Murder To Die For and The Diabolical Club.
Firstly, TDC is finished! It's been through a raft of re-writes and critical reads and it will, once funded, go through a further series of edits and proofreads, of course. But it's pretty much there and I'm very pleased with it. If you enjoyed AMTDF, I don't think you'll be disappointed…
Sorry to bombard you lovely pledgers but A Murder To Die For has been nominated for an award and I need your votes!
Voting has begun for the 2018 Dead Good Readers' Awards and I'm in with a chance this year in the category of: The Cabot Cove Award for Small Town Mystery. So, if you enjoyed the book, please take a couple of minutes to vote. Oh, and feel free to vote in any other additional categories…
I went over to Oxford today to the studios of ISIS publishing to meet the team and to say hello to the gorgeous Rula Lenska who has spent yesterday and today recording the audiobook of A Murder To Die For. It'll be out in June.
It was fascinating to hear how she tackled the various characters and to hear the voices that she's created for each. It's going to be a fab audiobook and it'll be in…
Hello m'lovelies.
Well, what a fortnight that was!
A Murder To Die For is still selling well and is turning up in bookshops everywhere. The reviews for it on Amazon and Goodreads are all very positive and mostly 5*****, which is very flattering. And, last Thursday, I had the great pleasure of spending an evening talking about writing, murder-mystery and the Unbound experience at Waterstones…
Hello m'lovely sleuthing pledgers.
Things are still looking pretty healthy in A MURDER TO DIE FOR sales land. I went into my local Waterstones last Saturday to sign a few copies only to be told that they'd sold three copies that day. Wow. If that's happening at other stores, I'll be a happy bunny!
So, some updates for you ...
If you pledged at the murder-myster launch party level, invites…
Happy World Book Day! Here's me as Paddington Bear.
Actually I look more like Jamiroquai's grandad.
The campaign to fund THE DIABOLICAL CLUB - the sequel to A MURDER TO DIE FOR - kicked off on the 11th January and hit the 33% mark, a whole third of the way there, about a month later. What a great start! But the pledges have stalled now and it's taken three weeks to crawl up to 35%. Which…
Hello Pledgelings!
Remember me?
Yes, the book has flown the nest and is now perched on tables - on tables, mind! - in bookshops from Lands End to John O'Groats. Well, Edinburgh to Truro anyway. It's getting some real attention and that, m'chums, is all down to you. YOU made this happen with your kindness and generosity.
I have at least 30 more photos of that ilk. It's wonderful…
Well, it's been a cracking first week for A Murder To Die For.
Not only has it been sighted in a number of book shops but it's been seen on at least two tables. That, m'chums, is a big deal. Getting a table spot means that the shop has given prominence to the book (and how could they not with that fantastic Neil Gower cover art?) So hoorah!
Secondly, I can now reveal that there will be an…
Today's the day that A Murder To Die For goes on general sale.
And I just wanted to say a huge, massive thank you, thank you, thank you for making this happen.
This book is very important for me. Not only is it the fulfilment of a long-held dream to see one of my novels in print, it's also meant that my late father finally got some of his unfinished novel into print too. As you know, I've incorporated…
Just two days to go. Oh my goodness.
In just two days, the physical book of A Murder To Die For will be in the shops. Of course, if you're one of my backers, you already have a copy and it's a sexier, heavier, thicker, better printed, bronze-foiled, coloured chapter numbers, posher copy than the ones that'll be in the bookshops. Saying that, the trade paperback is nice too. Just not as nice…
How time flies!
It's now under 10 days to publication day for A Murder To Die For. And can I ask you all a favour? If you see a copy in a shop, snap a pic on your phone and send it to me by Twitter (@stevyncolgan), Facebook or email (email@example.com). One of the big thrills of being a writer is seeing the book in a shop.
The biggest thrill, however, is having your book read by people…
Ladies and Gentlemen! The campaign has begun to fund and publish the sequel to A Murder To Die For!
Yes indeed, the pledging page for The Diabolical Club is up and running and we've hit 4% of total in the first few hours. I'm hoping we can get this one funded much more quickly so that the sequel can be plopping onto subscribers' doormats this time next year - or even sooner!
Here's the promotional…
Yes, here we are, exactly two weeks away from publication day and I thought I'd better do a quick update.
First things first, I desperately hope that you all now have your special editions of A Murder To Die For. It's been a painful experience getting this b*gger out into the world but I think we're just about there now. However, if you've still not recieved your copy please let me know and…
... and the first edition de-luxe copies of A Murder To Die For have sold out!
Gor-blimey guv'nor, lumme, stone the crows and other Dickensian expletives.
I sincerely hope that all of you subscribers now have your physical copies and/or link for digital downloads. If not, do get in touch and I'll try to chase things. Although, with Unbound shutting up shop tomorrow until early Jan (and…
For the past six months of what seemed like the longest year of my life, I've been hoping that you lovely subscribers would get your special editions of A Murder To Die For in tme for Christmas. And I'm delighted to say that Father Christmas has, bless his bobbly hat, delivered.
For the past 48 hours my Facebook and Twitter streams have been filled with glorious pictures like these:
Hello lovely people
Copies of A Murder To Die For should start plopping onto subscribers' doormats very soon as the great posting has begun. While you wait I thought I'd just explain what the differences are between the subscriber special edition and the standard trade edition that hits the shops in January.
The first obvious difference is size and weight. The specials are printed on a higher…
I went into the Unbound offices on Thursday to sign some copies of A Murder To Die For. Well, I say 'some'; just short of 250 of you lovely people pledged at the signed book level or higher. My wrist has just about recovered now. The books look absolutely gorgeous.
The excellent news is that the books - signed or unsigned - will start winging their way out to you next week. The long wait…
Hearty congratulations to this month's winners - Adrian Belcher and Alison Burns - who win the final two signed book cover prints.
And both winners from Gloucestershire! It must be something in the water ...
This one was a bit tougher than the previous two competitions but there were plenty of you who got the answers right. However, Alison and Adrian were first out of the hat, so commiserations…
Yes, I admit it. I'm a day late. Life got in the way. But Competition #3 is here!
Usual rules apply - send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com with your answers by midnight GMT on 31st October and the first two correct entries out of the hat on November 1st win the prizes.
The prizes this month are the very last two prints of the book cover, signed by myself and award-winning artist Neil…
This Friday (20th) I'll be unveiling this month's competition - the third of five that I'm running in the lead up to publication in January. This month I'm going to be offering the FINAL two signed prints of the book cover as the prizes.There are only five of these in the world and they're signed by me and by my cover artist, the brilliant Neil Gower (Look hm up - he's one of the best).
Huge congratulations to Julie Warren and Lawrence Pretty who were the winners of my September competition. They win signed Sandi Toksvig and Jonathan Coe books.
41 entries for this competition - the best response yet. Perhaps I'm making the puzzles too easy ...
Another competition in a couple of weeks. Then one more in November.
So, still two more chances to win!
Oh, and do check out my…
Good news!
Unbound is just about to push the print button on A Murder To Die For, which means that the wait is nearly over.
For those of you who have gone for the physical paperback, you'll be getting something very sexy indeed. The cover will sport metallic bronze foils on the lettering, the interior will have a full-colour map and coloured chapter headings and the paper quality will be…
Yes indeed! It's time for the second of my monthly competitions leading up to publication day for A Murder To Die For in January.
This month the prizes are quite nice again. I have a signed hardback copy of Jonathan Coe's The Rain Before It Falls and a signed copy of Sandi Toksvig's Whistling For The Elephants, also in hardback. First winner drawn from the hat gets the choice of book. Second…
Hello all.
Just a short, sharp shedpost (Is it called a shed anymore? I must check) about a project that I'm involved with that, with your help, will be published by Unbound.
Borrowed is a short story collection featuring contributions from Unbound authors Shona Kinsella, Ian Skewis, Claire Patel-Campbell, Lou Allison, Paul Holbrook, Elena Kaufman, Erinna Mettler and me.
ALL royalties…
Today, I got the final artwork through for the wraparound cover and the internal front and back cover. I hope you like them.
I'm chuffed to bits.
(Click to see a bigger pic)
The plan is for the special edition to have some nice extras like bronze metallic foil on the title lettering and some colour bits inside the book too. I cannot wait to hold it in my hands.
Not long now!…
So, competition #1 is done! In total there were 38 correct entries and the answers were, of course:
Policeman brat -> Albert Campion
Ladylike corner -> Roderick Alleyn
Anorak mind -> Adrian Monk
Dearly a corgi -> Cordelia Gray
To randomise the prize draw, I gave every entrant a number and got my grandkids to pick one each. And the winners were:
Ruth Bourne and Paula Francisco.
Tomorrow (31st) marks the final staging post before publication of A Murder To Die For. Why? Because midnight tomorrow is the cut-off date for people to have their name included in the back of the book as a patron. It means that there is nothing now to stop the book going to print.
Those lovely Unbounders and I have been spending the past couple of months making the book as special as we can. Part…
As promised, to count down the five months until the official release of A Murder To Die For in January* here's the first of five monthly competitions that are only open to subscribers/pledgers/backers - call yourselves what you will.
That's right, you lot.
To say thanks for believing in this book and putting your hands in your pockets to make it happen, you get exclusive access to these…
Sorry to bombard you lovely people with another update ... but it's an important one.
The deadline to pre-order my book and get your name listed in the back as a patron has been set for MIDNIGHT on AUGUST 31st.
If you're already a subscriber - no problem. However, if you were planning on buying copies as presents and you want other people's names listed in the back, get subscribing now!…
Next Monday (21st) it'll be just about five months to publication day for A Murder to Die for. And I'll be running the first of five special monthly competitions for the lovely people who have backed my book and helped to make it a reality. There are currently 417 backers, all of whom will be eligible to enter.
You've got to be in it to win it, as they say.
So, if you're not already a backer…
Hello fab funders and perspicacious pledgers!
Accustomed as you are to weekly bombardment of updates from me, you might have noticed a lull in my output recently. There are good reasons for this: (a) because it does no harm to give your poor bulging inboxes a respite from time to time and (b) because I really didn't have much to report.
But now I have. And it's all good.
A Murder To Die For…
Hello murder lovers.
It's been a little while since I posted an update so here we go ...
The book has now been structurally edited and copyedited. I'm just awaiting the copyedit to come back to me for final approval and then it's off to the proofreader for a final check over. Then the typesetter will get their mitts on it and the book will start to look like a book. The cover, meanwhile, is…
Hello m'lovelies. Can I call you shedfolk any more when ths is no longer called a shed? Probably not. The new Unbound website design is pretty good though isn't it?
So, here's a quick update on the book.
The cover has been designed - I've seen Neil Gower's sketches and they are absolutely brilliant. He's now working on the finished artwork.
The manuscript is with a copy editor. Once I…
Here's the solution (But, of course, you'd all solved it already). Another one soon!
It's that time again! Welcome to Murder Mystery #7 of 10! And today we're all at sea (click on pics to see a larger image).
Solution in a few days' time!
Another new 1940s Whodunit next week!
And we're back to the 1940s with another Whodunit from 'The Complete Home Entertainer' book.
Have fun! I'll post the solution on Friday.
(As always, click on the pictures to see a larger version)
Hello m'dearios!
Some great news to report this week.
Firstly, the manuscript has come back from my editor with, I'm pleased to say, very few suggestions for changes/tweaks etc.I'm now making my way through the document and doing what needs doing before submitting it back to Unbound for proofreading and then typesetting. Yay!
The second piece of news is that the cover is going to be done…
While I was writing A Murder To Die For, I did quite a lot of research into the murder mystery genre. While I'd always enjoyed reading or watching crime fiction, I'd never written one before - barring a few short stories - and I was keen to understand how such stories were put together by 'Golden Age' authors like Christie, Marsh, Chesterton and Sayers. And I discovered that there had been several…
As promised! A brand new short story featuring DCI Gavin Quisty, one of the characters from A Murder To Die For. I hope you enjoy it!
"The local police can't believe that this is a simple suicide if they've bothered to call you in," said William 'Lucky Bill' Luckinbill. A short, stocky pudding of…
Hello m''dearios.
I wonder if you were one of my splendid subscribers back in the dim and distant past of June 2016? If you were, you might have read a short murder mystery tale that I posted in my shed featuring DCI Gavin Quisty - one of the more interesting characters from A Murder To Die For. If you missed it (and fancy a short, fun read), here's the link.
If you enjoy(ed) it, you might…
Here you go. More soon!
Yourfinal Whodunit for a while as I'm taking a break from all social media for a little while to hunker down and get some serious wordcount completed. I will, however, post the solution to this tomorrow.
See you all soon.
I'll post Whodunit #5 to the shed tomorrow! Meanwhile, this ...
It's the return of the vintage 1940 murder mysteries! Yay!
It's been an eventful week ... we now have a publishing schedule (see previous shedpost) and I've also landed a lovely cover quote from the marvelous Sandi Toksvig to join Mr Stephen Fry's kind words. I'm currently chasing a third ...
But now it's time to pop deerstalkers on bonces and to unravel ... The Riverside Murders.
(As always…
Hello Shedders
A superquick update to let you know that I now have a proposed schedule from Unbound for A Murder To Die For. Yay!
The book is currently with an editor and I should get it back soon. After that, there's this:
End Feb - The edited manuscript will go to the copyeditor.
End March - The copyedited text will come back to me for review.
Early April - Typesetting.…
Wotcher crimesolvers!
Here's the solution to case #3.
I'll post Case #4 sometime next week so I'm not bombarding you with too many shedposts and emails.
Hope you caught the bad guy!
Hello super-sleuths! Here's the solution to Whodunnit #2 and, because I got my scanner working again,the picture quality is much better (as always, click on the pic to see a bigger version).
So, did you get it right? Many of you did I know. Right, here we go with Whodunnit #3 - The Body on the Moor ...
Good luck!
Well done on solving Whodunnit #1! Here's the 'official' solution from the book (click on image for a larger version):
Yay! Mears is off to gaol! But we can't rest on our laurels yet my fellow detectives! For now we must solve ... The Brighton Beach Mystery!
Ok, get going, mystery fans! And here are larger pictures of those illustrations. Good luck!
Hello and Happy New Year!
Nothing new to report on the book front yet I'm afraid. I'm still waiting for an editor to be appointed. But, in the meantime I thought we'd have a bit of fun :D
Yesterday I went to my favourite bookshop in nearby Penn village (this amazing place) and, among the bargains I picked up, was this - The Complete Home Entertainer.
It's a great little book published…
2016 has been a massive spotty arse of a year; so much so, in fact, that I'm going to take it off my Christmas card list. To hell with you 2016. You were a git.
After hearing of Carrie Fisher's death yesterday, I reached for my ever-so-precious copy of Wishful Drinking that she signed for me when we had her as a guest on QI two years ago, and started to re-read it.
It's not a big book and…
Hello lovely shedfolk! Here's my last post of 2016. And I thought I'd give you a short Christmas story set in the same world as A Murder To Die For.
Everyone took the mickey out of Mr Spurgeon.
He lived in the old post office opposite the vicarage and, while all of the houses on Chapel Street had respectable rear gardens…
The death of Andrew Sachs this week has made me reach for the Fawlty Towers boxset and enjoy its cripplingly funny farce all over again. And it's made me realise something. I write literary sitcom.
Sitcom is, as you know, 'Situation Comedy', which centres around a fixed group of characters who carry over from episode to episode. And it's not confined solely to TV; you can have radio sitcom of course…
No news to report book-wise as I'm still waiting to hear from my editor so I thought this week that I'd talk about comedy films.
I recently wrote a blogpost and inaugurated a Facebook discussion about comedy films and what the Top 10 would be. It turned out to be a fascinating discussion.
Having hunted around the net to look at various lists posted by magazines and websites I was surprised to…
Hello Shedders!
As it's been a couple of weeks since my last post I thought I'd say hello.
There's not much to report at this time; the manuscript has been with Unbound for a fortnight and I'm just waiting to be assigned an editor so there's not much that I can do at the moment except think about things like the cover design.
Getting the right cover for your book is SO important. A huge…
Well, we got there Shedfolk!
I told you that the final 10% tends to go quite quickly and sure enough it did. And we're at 100%!
So, next steps:
The book is written and it's been read by a bunch of excellent critical readers. I deliver the manuscript (after a final read-through) on friday. Then it goes to editing stage. This is where I'm assigned an editor and, together, we make…
Hello Shedfolk!
Well, what a fortnight that was. After running my 'I've hit 75%!' Agatha Christie competition, I decided to go all out to get that final 25%. I'm not quite there yet but I am at 89% and just a pledge or two away from 90%.
That final 10% is going to be agonisingly slow!
Firstly, if you're a new subscriber and this is the first of my shedposts that you've seen, welcome! And…
What fun that was! And thank you so much to the 39 people who entered my Agatha Christie-themed competition!
Nine of you got all 12 of the Agatha Christie novel titles I was after.
The titles were ...
The Big Four (on clock face)
The man in the brown suit (er ... the man in the brown suit)
Unfinished Portrait (chap on the left. Or right?)
Five little pigs (Obvs!)
The ABC Murders…
It's Agatha Christie's birthday today.
She died in 1976 at the age of 86 and, staggeringly, produced 73 novels (66 murder mystery), 28 collections, 16 plays, 2 biographies and a handful of broadcast works and poems in her lifetime. But, as prolific as she was, the quality never seemed to suffer, She is still the third most published author in human history, having sold over two billion books -…
We're finally at 75% funded! Yay! Whoop! Huzzah!
And I promised you a competition when we got here. So a competition you shall have.
This competition is only open to the excellent people who have pledged money to make this book happen. If your name isn't on the list of subscribers then, sadly, you can't enter.
But, of course there's nothing to stop you making a pledge and becoming eligible…
But in the meantime ...
It's not every day you get to live on a real life 'Cluedo' board. But, this past week, I did just that.
I've just spent seven days at Barscobe House, a large…
Hey Shedfolk
A quick round-Up of some stuff I've been up to if you're interested. Or not. And why would you be, really? You have lives don't you? :D
I made an appearance on the panel show EX LIBRIS with Tom Whipple, Robert Douglas-Fairhurst and the great John Lloyd CBE recently. It's now available to hear online. Catch it here on the Ex Libris site or on iTunes and elsewhere.
I also made…
Hello Shedfolk! Well, the weather is gloriously balmy, we've scooped a few medals at the Olympics and I've just done a run of appearances promoting my last book and pimping this one. I've been at the Latitude and Wilderness festivals, done talks in Farnborough, Oxford and Cardiff, and I've appeared on the Level-Up Human podcast and the Ex Libris live panel show. I've also hosted the pilot for a possible…
Last year, I wrote piece about my crowdfunding journey which was serialised in three parts by Medium.com.
Here they are, if it's something that interests you (and I hope it helps some of you if you take the same journey):
Part 1: Bloodied but Unbound: My route to crowdfunding
Part 2: Large helpings of innovation, fun and perseverance
With funding teetering on the brink of 70%, the final push is in sight.
So ... a few things.
Firstly, it's to announce that when we hit 75% I'll run a competition. With some nice prizes. But you gotta be in it to win it, as they say.
Note: This will only be open to supporters of the book; people who have been magnanimous and kind enough to risk a few pounds to make it a…
Note: I did post this a while back in the shed for my last book - Why Did The Policeman Cross The Road? - but some of you may not have seen it.
I thought this might amuse you.
I was rummaging through some old boxes of knick-knacks and gewgaws recently and discovered this - a crime report taken by my late father in 1967. Dad initially joined the Met in London in 1959 but became homesick very…
A couple of days ago, the wonderful Alice Jolly won the PEN Ackerley Literary Prize - against some stiff opposition - for her memoir Dead Babies and Seaside Towns. The book was crowdfunded by subscribers to Unbound. As Alice said in her acceptance speech:
'It isn't just my book, [it's the book for all those people] who had the nerve to come forward with their money to say 'yes we believe in this…
It's been a good week.
Well, in between news stories about backstabbing Brexiters, squabbling Labour MPs, confused and rudderless Tory MPs, more shootings in America, car bombs in Iraq, junior doctors having contracts forced upon them, crashing currencies, Wales being knocked out of Euro 2016 and England being beaten by Iceland, madmen and dodgy women running for US president, racist attacks on…
Hey you guys!
A big thank you to all of you who suggested ways for me to 'get out of the doldrums' regarding raising funds for this book. I've taken all of your suggestions on board and I'm working my way through them. One of them was to reword the Unbound page for this book to make it seem more attractive prospect. That's been done. I hope it works.
As it happens, something has worked as I…
Two months ago, I wrote a shedpost called In the doldrums without a paddle in which I talked about the frustrations of crowdfunding a book. Back then I'd been trying to raise funding for 116 days and had reached a kind of plateau at 41%, which meant that I was raising around 10% per month.
Meanwhile other, newer books were whizzing past me and reaching 100%, some in a matter of just days. It's…
Back in February I wrote a shed post (here) explaining why I've changed the name of my fictional lady detective from Magnolia Chetwynd to Millicent Cutter. The change was necessary for several reasons that only emerged once the book had got to the end of its first draft. Names are important (as I wrote about in this shedpost). And the book is much better for the change.
Well, I'm now at Draft 10…
Okay. We're over halfway at 56% and teetering perilously close to 60%. But there's still a long way to go before A Murder To Die For becomes a book that you can hold and read. So, I thought, how about giving my existing subscibers a chapter or four to read while they wait? It'll introduce you to most of the main players and give you a taste of my writing. And who knows? Maybe it might intrigue a few…
13th May, was something of a landmark for me but not in any happy way. It marked the 25th anniversary of my father dying unexpectedly, and tragically young at the age of just 51, and with one of his great ambitions unrealised.
Like me, Dad was a career cop. He specialised in homicide. And, like me, he was passionate about writing. Under his pen-name of Myghal Colgan (his birthname was Michael)…
I'm part of a group on Facebook that posts photos of local places as they are now compared to in the past. And this week I was particularly struck by this old photo from nearby West Wycombe (posted by a lady called Susie Chester):
And the reason it struck me is because it's almost exactly the spot where I filmed the promotional video for this book. It' in Church Lane looking down towards Church…
There's a surprising lack of new British comedy in fiction these days. There was a time when bookshop shelves groaned with the weight of rib-ticklers by Michael Frayn, Richard Gordon, Stella Gibbons, E F Benson ... but now, not so much. Or so it seems to me anyway. Mind you, finding a good bookshop isn't so easy either.
There's still a lot of comedy around in children's and young adults' books…
I celebrated hitting the 45% funded mark on Easter Bank Holiday Monday by drinking too much in Denham Village.
It's a place I know very well. In the early 1980s, when I first moved to the South-East from Cornwall, I lived in Uxbridge on the far western periphery of London. But if I ever wanted to impress a girlfriend, Denham Village was where I'd take her as it was just over the border in my…
Welcome to the doldrums, that patch of calm water in which our crowdfunding ship finds itself.
In case you didn't know, 'doldrums' does have a nautical origin: ''The doldrums refers to those parts of the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean affected by the Intertropical Convergence Zone, a low-pressure area around the equator where the prevailing winds are calm. The doldrums are also noted for…
Hello shedfolk!
40% of the way there thanks to lovely, lovely you. But we mustn't get complacent; we're not even halfway there yet. The fight goes on!
Today marks the 100th day since I launched this crowdfunded book and I thought I'd spend our 'anniversary' looking at some of the common tropes and memes that turn up in detective…
I'm currently very busy writing the new series of QI (Series N) which we're due to start shooting in early May. This entails me pulling together the content for two complete shows plus (as all Elves do) contributing facts and content to all 16 shows. Consequently, I don't have much time for the novel at the moment. Frustrating!
However, as I explained in my last shedpost, when I get to the third…
As I sit here, just having passed the 30% funded mark, I find myself in a pretty good position.
I first pitched a comedy novel to Unbound around August last year. I'd finished the manuscript. They read it. They liked it. And they said 'Yes! Let's make a book!'
However ...
When I went for my first planning meeting with Mat and Phil at the Unbound offices, something odd happened. We discussed…
So, tell me Shed folk ... who is this? I'll give you a clue. It's a very famous character from classic detective fiction.
Want another clue? How about this description from a book he appears in: 'His very person and appearance were such as to strike the attention of the most casual observer. In height he was rather over six feet, and so excessively lean that he seemed to be considerably taller…
50 days ago today I launched A Murder To Die For on this site. And, at 22%, it means that I'm getting funded at a rate of just under 0.5% per day, which equates to around £45. So I'm getting somewhere between one and three pledges a day. It's slow but steady. I have no moans. However, it does mean that, even if the level stays constant, the other 78% is going to take me around six months to gather…
I originally published this list in my Why Did The Policeman Cross The Road? shed. But it's just as relevant here. And, more importantly, I've found no reason to change any of my decisions. Unless you can give me good reason to add or replace a series, that is? Suggestions welcome!
10 - Kojak
You know that scene in the film…
It is indeed 2016. And I saw it in with some style at a black tie dinner in a rather nice country pub called The Full Moon in Little Kingshill, just a couple of miles away. I dressed accordingly.
There was a 'Casino Royale' theme to things with tables laid out like gaming tables, chocolate dice and poker chips etc. and waitresses handing us vodka martinis at the door. Interestingly, there was…
It bloody was.
I got invited out to supper last night on one of the worst nights of the year so far. The rain was lashing down, the wind was blowing a gale and the roads were covered with those scary big puddles where you're never sure which bit to drive through because you can't see any of the ruts or potholes under the surface. And there were plenty of those as the route to my meeting, greeting…
It won't be apparent to you at the moment but, once you get your mitts on a copy of A Murder To Die For, you'll see that many of the characters sport unusual surnames. This is no accident.
I love names. And names are important when you're creating characters.
Imagine, for example, if Ian Fleming had decided to name his most famous creation Trevor Lillicrap instead of James Bond. Now, there's…
What could be better? A murder mystery and the greatest comedy double act of all time!
I found this photo of the cast quite by chance today and just had to share it (click on image to make it larger).
Isn't it great?
It's not one of the boys' better-known movies but, with their movies back in cinemas again and with a whole new audience falling in love with them, it's well worth seeking…
Farce (noun) - A comedy that aims at entertaining the audience through situations that are highly exaggerated, extravagant, and thus improbable.
I love farce. I'm a farce-oholic.
Some of my earliest memories involve dark, wet Sunday afternoons sat in front of the TV with my family, watching old British comedy films on the BBC. You'll know many of the films I'm talking about: Whisky Galore!,…
A Murder To Die For is a very personal project for a number of reasons. As I explain in the video it combines three things that have had a profound influence on my life: my 30 year police career, classic murder mystery, and my deep love of comedy - particularly British farce. But there is a fourth thing.
My dad.
Dad was a writer too. Under his pen-name of Myghal Colgan, he had many articles…
Four days into the crowdfunding campaign and we've hit 5%. That's pretty good going!
Today I was at a village fair in Great Missenden, helping out Mrs C who was running a stall. It's about a 10 minute drive from where I live and is one of those typical little South Buckinghamshire villages - all whitewash and timber frames, red brick and flint - that inspired my fictional village of Little Hogley…
We had some fun making the short video to launch this book. We used several villages near where I live, including some of the places that inspired the locations in the book.
My fictitious Little Hogley and, indeed, the entire fictitious county of South Herewardshire, is based on the South Buckinghamshire/Oxfordshire borderlands where I live. It's stunningly pretty around here. And if any…
So, here we are again. My third book with Unbound and my first novel.
Well, not quite my first.
I've been writing for as long as I can remember – certainly for well over 40 years. I was always writing as a boy. I serially submitted articles and stories to magazines and I entered writing competitions and won a few prizes. I wrote my first novel when I was 16.
It was, of course, terrible.…
These people are helping to fund A Murder To Die For.
just wondering if the signed editions are dedicated?
Hi Sarah,
Thanks for getting in touch. The collectable level entitles the pledger to a signed copy of the book, but these won't be dedicated as our warehouse can't process orders this way. I hope that's OK.
Best wishes,
Unbound Support
Hi there,
Could you please let me know where the launch party is going to be held? (Town/city, I mean, not specific venue.) Love the sound of the book, right up my street!
Thank you,
Claire Bodanis
Hi Claire! It's early days yet so we haven't given much thought to a venue. I am planning to run it as a murder mystery night if I can - it would just make the party so much more fun! To be honest, it will probably be in London or somewhere very close to London as that's where Unbound is based and I live in nearby Buckinghamshire. But who knows? As soon as I do, I'll let people know via my 'shed' on this page. Thanks for your interest! - Stevyn x
Thanks Stevyn - sounds like a great party, I've signed up! Good luck with the funding. And apologies for getting my question twice!
Claire - No problem! And thank you! Do visit the shed for a chat now and again! - S x
How about this for a pledge-raiser - promise that when your book reaches 75 per cent funding, you'll dress up as Miss Chetwynd?
Angela - Oh that's a given! x
Brilliant - Or even a flashmob of Chetwynds - what's the collection noun for that, a gale or a gaggle?
I'll go for a Sleuth. Or is that bears?
careful stevyn, your QIs are showing!!
I'd better tuck them under my skirts then :D
I'm so sorry if I've missed this elsewhere, but do we know when the ebook version will be available? I received my gorgeous paperback edition today, but I'd really like to keep it pristine!
Hi Duncan,
Thanks for getting in touch. You should have received an email about the ebook this week, but in case you didn't you can read up on how to download this here: http://help.unbound.com/unbound-for-readers/managing-your-subscriptions/how-do-i-download-the-ebook.
Best wishes,
Unbound Support
Hi, I just finished Murder To Die For - a cracking read. (Just pledged for your next one!)
You are a splendid person, Sumitra, and I'll fight anyone who says otherwise :)
Any details on the launch party yet? Or is it going to remain a mystery?
Ha ha! I'm discussing it - and the tour - at Unbound HQ next week. I think we're looking at late Feb/early March. But as soon as I know - you'll all know!


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The original title of the famous collection of stories by the Brothers Grimm was not "Grimm's Fairy Tales" but "Children's and Household Tales." We tend to remember the children but forget about the other parts of the household. Sunshine and singing birds, princesses and pink castles are slick, Disneyfied glosses on these stories, but the original tales, including the most familiar ones such as "Snow White" and "Cinderella," are dark and violent, with themes of family betrayal, hunger, poverty, mutilation, sexual jealousy (often within families), the supernatural and revenge. Scholars have even argued that the brothers — Christian, academic and upper middle-class — did some major scrubbing in transcribing the original folklore. As originally told, the stories were probably much grimmer.
It's interesting, then, to come across storytellers who try to tell them with all the dark elements intact. "Snow, Glass, Apples," adapted and directed by Lisa Stock and her InByTheEye troupe, attempts to restore Snow White to the grown-up part of the household by basing its site-specific retelling, at the East Atlanta Village Farmers Market, on a short story by English author Neil Gaiman.
In Gaiman's version, Snow White is an amoral, vampiric monster, and the queen is blameless in her attempts to rid the kingdom of her. The 45-minute show will run through Sunday, August 28, at 8:30 p.m nightly.
The production precedes a coming wave of local shows that take a nuanced look at the stories we tell children. The biggest artistic institutions in town are picking up the thread: the Alliance Theatre's highly anticipated production of the Stephen Sondheim musical "Into the Woods" opens in a week; "Wicked" comes to the Fox Theatre for a three-week run starting in mid-September; later this season, Atlanta Ballet will take on George MacDonald's "The Princess and the Goblin" in a new story-ballet choreographed by Twyla Tharp; and Willy Wonka will dispense with naughty children one by one in the Atlanta Opera's "The Golden Ticket."
And "Snow, Glass, Apples" also catches another wave in Atlanta theater and performance art: a mania for site-specific work. It seems nowadays that Atlantans want to see theater anywhere but in a theater. We'll follow the gloATL dancers into the Lindbergh MARTA Station, wander from room to room in an old house in East Atlanta for 7 Stages' stageless "Go Ye Therefore," chase after a truck full of dancers hauling around the Goat Farm in "PLOT," or sit pondside to watch actors splashing through water at Serenbe Playhouse in "The Ugly Duckling." Just specify the site and Atlantans will be there.
Unfortunately, "Snow, Glass, Apples" has trouble finding a balance between the admirably self-starting, communal spirit of its makers and the portentousness of Gaiman's tale. Little is discovered by recasting Snow White as a monster, and the audience is left waiting for the clever twist that will bring the revelation. Folk stories were meant to fire up the dark side of the imagination of illiterate peasants, adults and children alike, and then pleasantly sort a messy world into neat stacks: wickedness was punished with eye-gouging and goodness was rewarded with marriage into royalty. The stories were passed down over hundreds of years, and nearly every permutation and variation was tried before the sticking formula was found. Turning the stories around 180 degrees is often not nearly as profitable or interesting as one might imagine. The same actors taking on a bloody version of the original tale might have been more compelling.
The trend toward site-specific theater is a positive sign. Atlanta theatrical artists and audiences are willing to try new things, and the muse is outpacing available venues. In this case the site wasn't removed enough from its environment: the cicadas were nice, but wailing sirens and passing buses too easily snapped the audience out of the fairy tale mode. The makers' hearts are in the right dark place, but Gaiman's story doesn't have the narrative pull, or the scary, pulsing, carved-out adult heart, of the original.


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Coming to America: A Muslim Family's Story
Written and photographed by Bernard Wolf
Paperback: $11.95
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Rowan Mahmoud's father arrived in the United States eight years ago from Alexandria, Egypt, in search of a better future for his family. After four years of hard work and frugal living, he could finally afford to bring his wife and children to live with him.
Young Rowan and her family are Muslims. They live in a multiethnic neighborhood in Queens, New York, and in many ways are just like other Americans. The children attend public schools and enjoy watching television and playing with their friends in their spare time. But the Mahmouds also live in a way that preserves their culture and religious identity. They shop in Middle Eastern markets, prepare traditional meals, and follow the teachings of Islam. The transition to American life has not been easy for the Mahmouds, but devotion to family and religion keep them strong.
With captivating photographs and engaging text, Bernard Wolf invites us into the life of this close-knit family — a family whose love and courage speak for all immigrants who work hard and make sacrifices in the pursuit of a better life.
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is a photojournalist known for his perceptive and sensitive photo-essays on topical issues. Since his first book was published in 1969, Wolf has gone on to photograph and write almost twenty more books for children. His recent works include Cuba: After the Revolution (Dutton, 1999), HIV Positive (Dutton, 1997), and Homeless (Orchard, 1995). In 1981, Wolf was honored by the American Library Association for his books on the disabled during the International Year of the Disabled. His photographs also appear in several Time-Life and National Geographic books, and in magazines including Fortune, New York, and Travel/Holiday. Wolf lives in New York City.
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Imperial Rifle Club entrance in Madeira Drive
From the private collection of Peter Grossmith
As a young lad in the 1950s, I remember visiting the rifle range with my father, Alfred Grossmith, who was a member of the Imperial Rifle Club. He had previously been a member of Brighton Corporation Waterworks Rifle Club.
The rifle range was located in one of the archways under Marine Parade and was accessed via an entrance door from the elevated terrace of Madeira Drive. During a recent visit to Brighton seafront I was able to find the original entrance door to the range, now shuttered (see right).
The photograph below probably taken in the 1950s, shows members of the rifle club, my father is in the front row on the extreme right.
Imperial Rifle Club members
Why is this place not still operational?
Hi Peter, thats my dad Ken Wallage in the front row second left. I have the same photo. I don't know if there was any special reason the pic was taken - maybe they had won something. Are there any club archives?
Hi Chris, many thanks for adding another name to the photo. So far I haven't been able to locate any club archives and had no luck at the NSRA. I am going to try the East Sussex Archive at The Keep, Falmer to see if they have anything relating to the rifle club. I found my copy of the photo after my Dad died and like you I don't know why the photo was taken. The 1939 Kelly's directory lists the club secretary (Imperial Rifle Club, Brighton and Hove) as E.W. Collins, a position my Dad also held at sometime as I have his 5 year NSRA Distinguished Service medal for 'Imperial R.C. Brighton.'
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This pub was editorially chosen for inclusion by Londonist.
The Falcon has three claims to fame:
1) It reckons to have the longest continuous bar in the UK; Guinness World Records backs it up.
2) Part of the bar was supposedly designed by MC Escher.
3) People who mix-up Clapham Junction with North Clapham might end up in the wrong bar (good, though it is).
The bar is indeed very long, curling round a full 360 degrees. This makes ordering quite a challenge — choosing the most strategic spot to catch the bar staffs' eyes is no easy feat. This is the closest pub to the busy station entrance so attracts quite a footfall — making the 'getting served' problem still harder. Our tip is to visit late afternoon if you can, when you'll find a spacious, relatively quiet drinking den with extravagant furnishings. This being a Nicholson's pub, the beer range is excellent — 12 cask pumps were on the go during our most recent visit.
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I started T3 in November as I cannot tolerate thyroxine. I have slowly worked up to 40 mcg per day. I seemed to be doing ok with it. More energy and losing weight. I am finding that there are times where I am not doing so good though and think possibly my sex hormones could be contributing to this. I seem to have a lot of ups and downs during my cycle which to be honest I am finding it hard to work out what is going on.
Last month was 30 days and this month is 25 days. I am getting days during the month where I am experiencing a type of extreme morning sickness. I think that I have improved on T3 as my migraine attacks have lessened and I do have more energy. I'm just not sure how to improve these symptoms of high/ low sex hormones as I cannot seem to fathom them out even though I am keeping a diary.
I seem to have bloating and sickness, depression and lethargy on days 3-10, ovulation is now earlier around day 12 with bloating, sickness etc following that and then this month days 19-23 were awful. I had terrible anxiety and jittery. Adrenaline rushes, waves of morning sickness, heart thumping. Every time I took a dose of T3 my heart would hurt. I had to lower the dose for a couple of days. It felt hyper even though my vitals, heart rate, temp and blood pressure were ok. I am wondering if this was the progesterone drop causing adrenal stress. I then got my period on day 25. I am back to normal dose and fine again.
Can anyone help me make sense of what is happening? Thanks in advance.
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A Nicholasville man was arrested after he left a child alone in a car, then drove away drunk, Danville police say.
Keith Stansell, 28, was arrested for driving under the influence after police stopped him in a Kroger parking lot, according to a news release from the Danville Police Department.
The officers then found that Stansell had left a 2-year-old girl alone in the car for more than 45 minutes while he was inside the store. The ignition had been turned off and temperatures were below freezing, according to the release.
The child was uninjured and was released to family members.
In addition to DUI, Stansell was charged with first-degree wanton endangerment and several traffic offenses.


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The First 'Descendants 2' Trailer Is Officially Here - Watch Now!
The first official Descendants 2 trailer is finally here!!!
In the sequel movie, the teenage sons and daughters of Disney's most infamous villains — Mal (Dove Cameron), Evie (Sofia Carson), Carlos (Cameron Boyce) and Jay (Booboo Stewart) — try to find their place in idyllic Auradon.
But, when the pressure to be royally perfect becomes too much for Mal, she returns to her rotten roots on the Isle of the Lost where her archenemy Uma (China McClain), the daughter of Ursula, has taken her spot as self-proclaimed queen of the run-down town.
Descendants 2 will premiere this summer on July 21st across five different channels!
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Amazing three years!
During the last weekend of September we've been celebrating our 3rd birthday, Yeah it's been three years already! Three years of drinking hectolitres of coffee, writing amazing code and meeting awesome people, one would think – how to celebrate that? Well – here's our way.
Our BitCraft family have stayed the whole weekend in a beautiful surroundings of Mazovian district's wild nature. We've explored the wonderful neighbourhood traveling by kayaks and relaxed in our hotel's SPA.
I believe the most fun we've had was with "Gigantic Foosball" Tournament! We had 6 teams: Prezesi (en: the CEOs), Mocni w Gębie (en: the all talks), WTF (en: self explanatory 🙂 ), Pokemony (en: the pokemons), Szmaty (en: the second-hands) and 404 (en: yeah, we're that much geek); each team consisted of 5 people. Each match lasted 10minutes. In the grand finale the WTF team crushed Prezesi 8:4! The winning team included our CEO and Vice President – coincidence? 😉
During the official part with presentation our last year have been summarised. So, what's changed?
In a year we've grown as a team and as a company. Since Sales department have been established we've managed to expand to more foreign markets like USA, Australia, Finland, Luxembourg, UK and many more. We've become more diligent thanks to our Project Managers and Project Architect joining our team. Because of hard teamwork we've managed to establish our position on the market as a solid and trustworthy IT company.
The best 8 employees have been awarded with the "Worker of the year award" in two categories: commitment to work and personal growth. Kudos for your hard work people!
Finishing the official part, it was time to relax, dance and celebrate our birthday till the very Sunday morning 😀
Summing up, it was an amazing year! We've grown so much, learned so much, met incredible, inspiring people. Hopefully we'll be growing as fast in the future as we're growing now.


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Everyone made it this week: Jecel Mattos de Assumpção Jr, Ken Causey, Bert Freudenberg, Craig Latta, Andreas Raab, Randal Schwartz, and Igor Stasenko.
Based on the excellence of his recent submissions to Trunk Andreas nominated Levente Uzonyi to be added to the Core Developers group. This nomination was accepted unanimously by the Oversight Board.
Progress has been exceedingly slow regarding the relicensing of Squeak and our progress on joining the Software Freedom Conservancy. But the process is accelerating and active discussions have begun regarding what needs to be done to finalize these projects. Right now we are in communication with the Conservancy getting everyone up to speed on status and collecting necessary documentation. There are possible further stumbling blocks ahead so we don't want to make any promises yet regarding dates, but we are generally hopeful that the end is in sight.
We discussed a few other issues including the Swiki, documentation and support for Seaside in Squeak, hosting solutions, etc. but have more to do on these issues before reporting progress.
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Hello! I'm Vin, the creator of SilverMedals.net, a fun and informative web location that celebrates those who finish in second place, that are the second in a sequence, that are the second incarnation of something, those who have been defeated, or who were the second to have done something notable. Examples include: the second person to swim across the English Channel (Bill Burgess); the second mission to the moon (Apollo 12); the second Bennet daughter in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice (Elizabeth Bennet); the second person to die in WWI (Jules André Peugeot); the sequel to The Godfather (The Godfather Part II); the Second Punic War (218 – 201 BCE); and the second most abundant element in the universe (helium).
Why the Second, Second Best, Number 2, or the Defeated?
Because the stories and facts can be compelling. All too often, however, those stories are relegated to the footnotes of history with very few exceptions, which brings to mind that old saying that history is written by the winners. To me, that isn't really fair. My goal is to present some of stories and facts about those whose accomplishments were no less noteworthy or valid than those that came first. In addition, there are those who were on the losing side of an effort who in a one-on-one sense, finished in second place. We don't use the term "loser" here in the pejorative sense, but simply as the person, team, or thing that lost. This is an important point, because so often in our society, we tend to overlook all those that are not "number 1".
A Little More about Vin
I consult on, design, and develop web and mobile applications for a living. There are a few more action verbs to throw in there, but for the most part that's it. Many moons ago, almost in a former life, I was a writer and book editor, which I enjoyed doing very much, for a while at least. After a while, I got a little bored with that life and wanted to do something where I could tinker a bit more and use all these programming and computer skills I gained back in the day when trying to get my pirated games to work properly on my Apple IIGS. So I decided to quit editorial publishing and start doing webby/programmy-type stuff, which had been more or less a hobby of mine until I realized I could actually get paid to do it.
Although I fully enjoy my current work situation, I could never fully kick my writing habit. So I started SilverMedals.net as a way to tap into a part of my brain that had been dormant for about a decade.
Who are "We"?
Throughout this site I may refer to "we" and "us". That's not just legalese or me trying to seem like I have a staff of hundreds, but rather I do sometimes get help and advice with the project and I'd feel kinda bad talking about just me when in fact there is a significant bit of "we" involved. When I refer to SM, as in SilverMedals, that's the viewpoint of the site as a whole. The same thing goes for when I speak of the site's "editors".
Where I say "I", I mean me and me alone.
I try my utmost to use the best, most reliable sources possible for these entries. Primary sources are what I strive for but they can be hard to come by for someone who has a full-time job elsewhere. So please view this site as entertainment only because I am biased, I do have opinions on these topics, and I like to let that through sometimes, not because I enjoy being either overly snarky or on the opposite end overly effusive, often times it will reflect an arrived at conclusion through my research.
I will do my best to eentually post all my source material in case anybody wishes to fact-check these entries, or simply wishes to explore a topic more on their own. Unless stated otherwise, all text-based content and proprietary imagery on this site is the property of SilverMedals.net. This excludes public-domain photos and images, which I will attribute as necessary, and iframed content such as Google Maps or Youtube not produced by SilverMedals.net.
Advertisements from other companies, organizations, or entities will be shown on SilverMedals.net, and they will be distributed via Google Adsense. Money from those ads go toward the cost of maintaining SilverMedals.net (server and domain costs for the most part).
Editor's note: Ad blockers take away revenue from the site. I cannot fault anyone for using an ad blocker, because I use one myself for most browsing, but if you could find it in your heart to whitelist this site, your support would be most appreciated.
The ads presented on SilverMedals.net will be clearly marked with an "Advertisement" heading unless something got messed up, which is quite within the realm of possibility. For the most part SilverMedals.net will try its best to set advertisements apart enough so that it's clear that they are indeed advertisements.
Last thing about ads, it's quite likely that they will try to monitor visitors' activity—no more or less so than every other site out there. The type of data collected will be anonymous IP-level stuff, not anything directly identifying anyone. However, given the vast resources of the mother ship, it's quite possible this data can be aggregated with other web data to create a fairly accurate portrayal of one's online presence.
If you're truly concerned about privacy at all cost, I suggest you view all websites via Tor or via secure VPN. For those interested, in a good easy-to-use VPN that costs little, give a look to Private Internet Access.
For anyone wishing to discuss advertising opportunities with SilverMedals.net, please use the business contact form to get in touch.
Onward and Upward
SilverMedals.net will always be growing and evolving. For a "to-do list" of things I'm planning on adding to the site, please go here. Also, please feel free to hit me up with the contact form and share with me any suggestions you have for the site.
Site Software
SilverMedals.net runs on Drupal*, an open-source content management system, and Bootstrap for front-end development. Admittedly, this is overkill for a project like this, but I like tinkering and Drupal is very tinker-friendly. SilverMedals.net also uses some back-end proprietary software licensed by Artom Interactive, LLC. InMotion Hosting is the server/host provider.
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New Hampshire Bear Hunting Season Begins Sept. 1
State officials expect an average bear hunting season in New Hampshire.
It looks like there's going to be decent bear hunting in New Hampshire this fall. Local TV station WMUR 9 reported that bears in the area have been eating well all summer, which has led to a healthy population of about 5,500 animals.
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"All three fit a need," Pelphrey says. "They have the chance to come in and fill roles and all three have the chance to have an impact next year. Physically, these guys look like Southeastern Conference players."
Borden, a 230 pounder who preps at West Memphis High School, averaged 16.0 points and 10.0 rebounds last year as a junior.
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He signed with the Razorbacks after also considering Ole Miss, Xavier, Alabama, South Carolina and Alabama-Birmingham.
Farmer, a 213 pounder from Chicago, averaged 16.1 points, 5.4 rebounds and made 37 three-pointers last year as a freshman at Cloud Community College in Concordia, Kan., helping his team finish 22-11. He earned first-team All-Jayhawk Conference honors and so far this season is averaging 21.0 points and 4.7 rebounds.
"Jemal is a big, athletic wing," Pelphrey says. "We needed that with the loss of Patrick (Beverley). I think he was the leading scorer in the Jayhawk Conference last year."
He prepped at Bloom Township High, where he played center, and played against Derrick Rose, who played at Memphis last year, and Beverley.
He signed with Arkansas after also considering Nebraska, Iowa State, Kansas State and Alabama-Birmingham.
Powell, a 220 pounder from Crozet, Va., is prepping at The Miller School in Charlottesville, Va. CBS College Sports lists him as the No. 36 overall player in the 2009 class. Rivals has him at No. 45 overall and the fifth-best small forward. Scout ranks him the No. 26 power forward and a four-star recruit, and ESPN lists him at No. 63 overall.
Last year at The Miller School, he averaged 22.0 points, 12.0 rebounds and 5.0 blocked shots in earning state Division II Player of the Year honors.
As a sophomore at Menchville High School, he averaged 15.0 points, 10.0 rebounds and 3.0 blocked shots in helping his team win the Peninsula District regular season and tournament titles. He earned first-team All-Peninsula District honors.
"I'm very, very excited about Marshawn," Pelphrey says. "I think he's a consensus top 50 player. He can handle it, he can pass it and he can shoot it. He has a good understanding of how to play."
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KING — Hershell Bunker's Army Air Corp unit paved the way for an invasion of Sicily in 1943, but his service didn't end with an allied victory in the Second World War.
Bunker was a crew member aboard a B-24 bomber, and returned home to North Carolina after his time spent in the Army Air Corps. Then, with his service to country behind him, Bunker chose to serve his community.
In a small gathering at Priddy Manor Assited Living Center in King, where the veteran now resides, local members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), Pilot Mountain Ruritans and members of Whitaker Chapel honored Bunker for all of his work in the community and in service to the country.
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Bunker didn't stop at his involvement in the Ruritan group. He became a life-member of the VFW later on. Cook noted the WWII veteran joined the post in 1993.
Immediately, Bunker set his attention toward serving fellow veterans, joining the honor guard for VFW District 11.
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Cook stated about 15 members of both VFW posts attended the brief ceremony. About ten members of the Ruritan club were also present.
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Hi all! Most of you may not know me as I haven't been an active member of this community for some years now, but I used to be a regular on the boards here and there may be a handful of you left who can vaguely recall my relatively insignificant presence from back in the day, albeit possibly not in a particularly fond light. I dunno. Shidoshi, you may remember me and, if so, can vouch for me as I used to frequent your forums over at MoMa a long while back as well. Of course, being associated with you may actually have a negative effect on how I'm now perceived by some here instead of helping, LOL. Then again, my knowing the difference between affect and effect may score me some points with others ...but I digress. And in response to what most of you are probably thinking at this point, yes, I can be a blabbering douche. Probably more often than not.
Anywho, now that I've effectively alienated myself with that introduction from anyone who might otherwise be interested, there actually is a purpose to all of this and it's that I have some games and related items that I need to unload and I'm hoping that there are some here among you fine folk that might have a use for them.
Alrighty. So, without further ado, I guess I'll start with the stuff that I'm selling first. I have no idea what any of this is worth any more, so, if you see something that you like, name your price and if it's reasonable then it's yours. Everything should be like-new.
~Generic Sega Saturn s-video cable. SOLD
~Official Sony PSOne/2 s-video cable. SOLD
~Biohazard Code: Veronica - Japanese import for the Sega Dreamcast. Open, but complete and in mint condition w/ spiffy red slipcover and spine card.
~D2 - Sega Dreamcast game. Open, but complete and in mint condition (well, if you angle the jewel case just right under direct light you can see a few very minor scratches).
~Guilty Gear X - Import Sega Dreamcast game. Open, but comes complete and in mint condition w/ spine card.
~Street Fighter III: Double Impact - Sega Dreamcast game. Open, but, again, complete and mint (jewel case is near-mint, shows normal signs of shelf wear).
~Arc the Lad Collection - PSOne games. Open, but comes mint and complete w/ every ridiculous little thing that now defunct Working Designs was able to cram into a 6" x 5" x 2.5" box. SOLD
~Nights Into Dreams - Original Sega Saturn game. Comes mint and complete with an analog controller and the box that everything came in.
Okay, now for the free crap. Here's the deal, I hate throwing stuff out if I think that someone, somewhere might have a use for it, so what this really is is a last-ditch attempt to find a home for these, shall we say, misfit toys before I'm finally forced to put 'em to bed. So, the following listed I'm offering for free, the catch being that the taker has to pay for the actual cost to get the item(s) out to them (whatever method is cheapest) plus any packaging that I have to pay for (like a bubble envelope).
~Sega CD II w/ box - This thing has been sitting around, collecting dust for years now and only ever worked intermittently to begin with (I got it second-hand). I was thinking that it could possibly either a) be used for parts or b) be fixed by someone with a little more know-how than I have.
~Prince of Persia - Sega CD game. The manual and disc are in passable shape but the original box has seen better days. I remember having a lot of fun playing this when I was a kid, frustrating as it could be at times.
~Vay - Sega CD game published by Working Designs. Even in mint condition, which this copy ain't, Vay is more of a "I own it because I'm a collector and it completes the set" or "I'm an RPG whore" kind of a game than one that you bust out every now and again because you actually enjoy playing it. That said I could be wrong, and the price is certainly right for anyone who's curious. Comes with a map that looks like somebody wrapped a cheeseburger in! GONE
~Gensosuikoden Vocal Collection: Distant Stars Echoes of Love - This isn't a game, just an OST to the popular game series. Japanese import. Free if somebody wants it. Heh, come to think of it, Shidoshi grabbed this for me while he was in Japan a few years ago (sorry about the unabashed name dropping, bro ). GONE
~Gamers' Republic magazines - A blast from the past! I can't believe that I even still have these. Thought I'd offer 'em up here before I throw them out. I have issues 34 (March 2001), 33, 32, 31, 30, 29, 28, 27, 26, 25, 24, 23, vol. 2 issue 9 (March 2000), vol. 2 issue 8, vol. 2 issue 7, vol. 2 issue 6, vol. 2 issue 5, vol. 2 issue 3, vol. 2 issue 2, vol. 2 issue 1 and issues 11 (April 1999) and 10. They're all in really great shape and are guaranteed to get you to wax nostalgic. GONE
Right, so don't anyone be shy. If anybody has any questions just ask away. Oh, and here's my eBay profile if there's any concern about my trustworthiness.
If I see at least a moderate interest in my stuff then I'll probably be listing more in the near future. If not, then apparently I've got a small collection of turds on my hands (actually, that paints a pretty funny picture) and there'll be no hard feelings.
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I'll take the Saturn and PS1/2 S-Video cables. I've sent a pm.
how much are you willing to let Street Fighter III: Double Impact go for? i took a quick look on ebay and prices are all over the place. how's $12 shipped? is the disc in good condition?
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I don't know about you, but around here we get giddy with $5 off razor coupons. Print them now and hold out until next week when the Schick Quattro for Women will be free at CVS and the Quattro Razor & Refills will be free at Walgreens!
$1.50 off Smucker's Jam, Jelly, Preserves or Fruit Spread (limit reached)
$5 off Schick Quattro for Men razor printable
$5 off Schick Quattro for Women razor or refill printable
$5 off Schick Hydro Razor printable
$5 off Schick Intuition Refill 6 ct printable
$6/2 Schick Disposable razors (excludes 2 ct) printable
$1 off Schick Hydro Shave Gel printable
.75/1 Edge or Skintimate Shave Gel printable
$4/2 Playtex Gentle Glide 360 or Sport Tampons, 14 ct + printable
$4 off Hawaiian Tropic Sun printable
$4 off Banana Boat Suncare, 4 oz + (excludes lip balm) printable
$1/2 Wet Ones Wipes or (2) Singles printable