Just a general thank-you to all who've helped me regarding pic for my book cover..
to those who sent pics (cember) and posted websites for me to browse (Tricky..Peter etc)...very much appreciated
Those who've given me ideas...Susana..Tricky again..Digger....friends at Hemingways including an artist lady I met there 'Joan'..
Finally Dalcassian (Joe) came up with the idea for an artist's impression..something I hadn't thought of !
So local young artist 'Judith Lancaster' is now at work on a watercolour that she and I have 'colluded' on
So thank-you very much and specially to Joe....so lunch will have to be on me next time Joe....best wishes ellie

Hi Ellie,

Glad its all going well with the book.
When can we send our cheques off for our 'First Editons', signed of course

Tricky

Hiya Tricks
Hopefully by next month !..just been going through 2nd and hopefully final proofs...
everything has to be correct and line-up properly..its been hard work on the eyes and very tiring..
Hey.regarding pic for cover..when I was in Hemingways a naughty little friend of mine suggested that I put a 'nice pair of men's legs in shorts' on the cover..it was very tempting
I thought of putting a competition on here and all you luscious blokes out there could enter....show us your long lovely brown limbs?..
and I would have got the ladies here to vote/choose the ideal pair?
First entrant would have been Murray of Hemingways....well I did promise him his moment of fame...
(hope e.richard will help me with this one......as i don't know how to put pic on here..)
ellie

hmmm…. I may be temped to get a copy of this book !
let’s see what the critics have to say; read the press releases
then maybe (if I’m not getting a free copy) I’ll stick a cheque in the post .....

Blimey Digs...press release..critics...I say steady on..itll be going to my head you've got me worried.......
Now if you're a good boy and can make your way down to a certain little bookshop/Alvor when times right Ill even...........put me moniker on it 4 u..'ows that then me ole cock sparrer?can't say fairer than that..
If not..just make sure that cheques not a rubber one
BTW..wheres the pic of 'you' in your shorts? or will we all swoon

Hooray! Done it this time Richard ! ....thank-you!
Picture of Hemingways owner Murray in 'Algarve Shorts '..
anyone visiting there..let him know hes on here please..
I know he'll be looking in some time.....................gotta feeling hes a member ................

Hiya Ellie, so glad to hear the book is in its final stages now, Wow bet you can't wait for it to be in print.

Please let us know when and where we can get our copies would love to read it.

Take care, (is it as wet with you as it is here in Somerset!! where is the summer.....)

well done Ellie, i'm looking forward to read your book, please let us posted to when and where we can get it, best regards Vic (PORTUGEEZER)

Afternoon Lesley....Ill e-mail you when I get gen. on it
Hiya Vic ! Long time since we communicated here...hope you & yours are well?
Its funny you know....but when you gave me info about 'characters' of CVO and who to get in touch with I had to shelve it for a while......but already Mike(Pub.) is talking of a 'sequel'.....and the idea has now come upon me to do something along those lines?
I joked about this with Kteee & other members when we had dinner together on my recent visit. But many a true word spoken in jest mm?
It isn't only amongst the local Portuguese populace that we find interesting 'characters'..is it kteee..Gamb....Bob....Roy.................... ?