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     Protodroid (Protodroid) Username: Protodroid Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 109.79.54.124 |
The BBC listing for the show on Sunday 23rd September at 9pm: "A horror story writer attempts to scare the Dragons into investing, but doesn't quite get the reaction he expects; in fact it's a reaction never before seen in the Den." Maybe for once they don't behave like insecure Vogons with howling empty caves where their hearts should be? Just a thought. | ||
| Des (Des) Username: Des Registered: 09-2010 Posted From: 86.140.213.156 |
I always watch DRAGON's DEN. Pitching is my form of campanology. A Horror Writer tonight? Hmmm. | ||
| Protodroid (Protodroid) Username: Protodroid Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 109.79.12.64 |
Well, even funnier than the DD opening sequence was the sight of Peter Jones - a man born without an imagination - unable to understand every individual word in the phrase "interactive horror fiction". | ||
| Carolinec (Carolinec) Username: Carolinec Registered: 06-2009 Posted From: 92.232.244.38 |
Who was the writer? | ||
| Weber (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.168.207.177 |
Andrew hannon - whoever he might be http://www.13horror.com/ | ||
| Des (Des) Username: Des Registered: 09-2010 Posted From: 86.140.213.156 |
And they seemed to like his self-published dare/interactive horror fiction book he handed out, but they didn't give him any money! But he had already made £13,000 from a few hundred ouitlay, he claimed! | ||
| Ramsey Campbell (Ramsey) Username: Ramsey Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 92.8.21.51 |
You can read Kindle samples on Amazon. They could do with proofreading. On the other hand, some good folk are involved - Lavie Tidhar, for instance. I assume the story that amused Duncan Bannatyne was the one that Hannon claims was "banned in Italy". | ||
| Weber (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.168.207.177 |
  separated at birth | ||
| Protodroid (Protodroid) Username: Protodroid Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 147.252.230.148 |
In my opionion that's a nasty and infantile post attacking a stroke recovery victim. | ||
| John Forth (John) Username: John Registered: 05-2008 Posted From: 82.24.1.217 |
I didn't know Grendel had had a stroke. | ||
| Weber (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.129.61.16 |
a) Hilary Devey has give me the creeps since she started on Dragons Den. James Caan or whatever his name was had more feminine warmth than she does. b) I didn't know Grendel had had a stroke either (or Hilary if me and John are getting that the wrong way round) | ||
| Ramsey Campbell (Ramsey) Username: Ramsey Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 92.8.19.28 |
I'm afraid I think this is unnecessary. | ||
| Ramsey Campbell (Ramsey) Username: Ramsey Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 92.8.19.28 |
Here is some background. http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2012/may/20/hilary-devey-dragons-den-inter view | ||
| Carolinec (Carolinec) Username: Carolinec Registered: 06-2009 Posted From: 92.232.244.38 |
I wonder if folk here knew she *had* in fact had a stroke when posting that? I suspect not. I guess she's one of the "dragons", is she? I watched a little bit of it once and decided it wasn't for me. I suppose I should be into that kind of thing (and The Apprentice) being a business management tutor but I despise the kind of power struggle get-what-you-can-by-slapping-everyone-else-down mentality those kinds of shows portray. | ||
| Weber (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 82.145.209.112 |
I had no idea about it. She's always given me the creeps though and comes across as a right old cow on the show. As she points out in the article ramsey linked to, she had a stroke just like millions of other people. She's clearly not looking for sympathy about it. Unlike millions of other people trying to cope after a stroke, she can afford her own personal skivvy to do the stuff she has problem with. That alleviates much of the sympathy i might have had. | ||
| Ramsey Campbell (Ramsey) Username: Ramsey Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 146.90.216.238 |
Can we now close the subject? Thank you. | ||
| Weber (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.144.33.95 |
I met Duncan bannatyne once. Very briefly. He completely blanked my friend who tried to say hello to him. Very rude was Duncan. He didn't seem like a pleasant chappy at all. |