Comments on: The Beach Beneath the Pavement

By: Doug Bremner

Doug Bremner — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:53:39 +0000

The story is nonfiction but the names fictionalized for legal reasons and to protect personal identities

By: Fat Tony

Fat Tony — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:41:00 +0000

Howdy,

Last time I checked your book on authonomy.com, you only had 11 chapters up. Now I see you have 69. Woo-hoo!!! Reading pleasure for me. Thank you.

A question, though. When you first started posting your novel on your web page, you named names…Accutane, the actual drug manufacturer, the real names of the people involved…etc. Now I see you have fictionalized your account. Was it simply a decision to fictionalize, or were there legal consequences you had to consider if you kept if (for lack of a better term) factual. Just curious. A good read either way. I must admit, though, I would be fascinated by a non-fictional account of what went down.

Oh, and don’t forget to get your flu shot! (nyuk, nyuk)

By: Roland Denning

Roland Denning — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 10:24:06 +0000

Thanks so much, Doug!

(and hopefully the typos will be purged by the time the next person buys a copy)

http://beachbeneathpavement.co.uk

By: Duncan

Duncan — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:21:42 +0000

You’re right. I have been wondering where you have been…… Glad your back. Looking forward to more posts.

During your absence, I have been reading several novels by Margaret Atwood: 1. Oryx and Crake 2. After the Flood. both contain some very interesting views on health, research, profits, gene splicing and unintended consequences.

Thanks

By: Therapy Patient

Therapy Patient — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:30:23 +0000

Welcome back! Congratulations on finishing (I am assuming) your book. I hope you get it published. I bought an electronic reader in July before my vacation and I’ve been spending less time on the internet and more time reading e-literature. I just finished “Brooklyn” by Colm Toibin (highly recommend)which is a much more traditional-style novel than what you describe here, but I LOVED it, and with the wizardry of electronic downloading was almost immediately able to start reading “Mothers and Sons” also by Colm Toibin. After years of working a bazillion hours a day in my own business, followed by a year of being in a teaching credential program plus teaching, it’s a pleasure to me to sit and read. Electronic delivery is so perfect for me. I can read 4 different books at the same time or just settle into one and keep flipping the pages. Thanks for the heads up on authonomy.com I will check it out some time.