Life is much too short for bad wine, a house without love, a day without friends or a world without laughter.
I am Will Once and I play with words. I write books, I tell jokes, I spin stories. I don’t take life too seriously.
Breaking news:
After a few years doing the 9 to 5, I have retired to spend more time writing. First I need to remember where I put all those Word files.
Not to mention how to transition back from business writing to fiction and blogging. Hang on in there – the rust won’t last forever.
Maybe it is a bit like riding a bike? Every now and again you fall off, wearing age-inappropriate lycra and everyone laughs at you.
Will Once 
” the answer to life the universe and everything.”
Oh I eagerly await that 😀
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Today’s blog is for you…
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Hey Will! I’ve nominated you for the Liebster Award! 🙂 Details can be found here: http://wp.me/p4Dssh-l3.
I apologise if you’ve already been nominated, or if you don’t qualify because you have more than 200 followers 🙂
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That’s very kind – thank you! Delighted to accept. I just need to get my head around what it means. I’ll post my response in a few days.
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Hi Will, you also get a nomination for the Lovely Blog Award from me 🙂 http://bit.ly/1oMSKSi
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Do you mind a weak chess player commenting on your two new chess books? If your answer is “no” I am your man. A sixty-eight year old patzer, still trying to improve.
Yours
Gustavo Silva (gars, in Chessgames.com)
gustavoarsilva0@gmail.com
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Sounds like you are just the sort of person I need! I’ll be sending the books out in the next few days. Just want to make the last few editing tweaks.
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I’m a veteran Chessgames user but one of the silent majority who doesn’t contribute…so more than happy to assuage any guilt by commenting on your two new books. Email address is jeremy_ledger@yahoo.com
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Great to have you on board! I’ll be sending the books out in the next couple of days.
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Engineer, 40+. My writing is mainly limited to technical reports and client proposals. Yahoo! chess games rating settled in at about 1600. Crush the Monday and Tuesday chessgames puzzles (well, 90% of the time). Usually get Wednesday and often the first move or two Thursdays. I’m guessing I’m at the right level for you. Would appreciate the opportunity to read and provide feedback on your chess book.
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That’s great. Many thanks for offering to help. I’ll send the books out in the next day or so.
Can you please let me know your email address? You could either post it here or send it to me at will@will-once.com
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I’m in the middle of reading Love, Death, and Wyrds. I thought the first book (and Tea) was brilliant. Just one small suggestion. You can tell a man is trying to write the voice of a woman. I guess most women you’ve known don’t know what kryptonite is, but as an avid sci-fi fan; we exist. 🙂
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Thanks for getting in touch. Glad you enjoyed Love, Death and Tea! On the question of kryptonite, I know some women who know about it, and some who don’t. With Libby being a witch, I thought it most likely that she would be in the “don’t know” category. The point I was trying to get across was that she and Vincent are obviously very much in love but they each have parts of their lives that they don’t share with each other. Without wanting to give a spoiler, that becomes really important for the plot in a little while …
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