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Christopher R. Williams
@christopher-r-williams
10/02/12 09:10:46AM
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The Stories of Rhys - Children's book series
Welsh Literature

Hi everyone,
I have been promoting the books literally around the world and there is a consistent theme in replies and questions. 'Are the stories available as printed books?'
I'd appreciate everyone's thoughts on this. Do you think print is a better option?I can get the books published using Kindle Create Space and they would be listed on Amazon in much the same way as the eBooks are. Price would be higher though. What do you think would be an acceptable price? Which would be best? Ebooks or printed books?
Christopher R. Williams
www.thestoriesofrhys.com
Kindle eBooks available at Amazon
Christopher R. Williams
@christopher-r-williams
09/12/12 05:22:05PM
44 posts

The Stories of Rhys - Children's book series
Welsh Literature

Hi everyone.
The Stories of Rhys are an exciting mystery adventure series set in North Walesabout a Welsh dragon called Rhys who has a destiny in Snowdonia thathe knows nothing about, .......... yet. The stories have just been launched on Amazon as Kindle eBooks priced $4.50 and contains full colour illustrations. Please take a look at the preview. Here is what it's all about:-
Born in the very heart of Snowdonia on a terrible stormy night, a special baby dragon is taken away to safety leaving behind the body of his father who had died to save him. Fleeing from their blazing home which lit the night sky, his mother carried him far away to a cave on a rocky headland at the edge of the sea. There she must hide him until he is an adult dragon who can fly and protect himself with fire. For in Snowdonia, in the damp darkness of the slate mines, a black dragon rules with a terrifying and merciless cruelty. The firetooth of each of his victims hangs around his neck as a warning to anyone who dares to challenge him. His face is horribly burnt and the very existence of the baby dragon threatens him. He has sworn to kill him so that he can never use his special dragon breath, but the baby dragon grows up to learn of the injustice and hatred that his life is founded on, and that only he can save Snowdonia and free the dragon slaves.
The special dragon is Rhys, and this is his story, The Stories of Rhys.
Book 1 The Great Orme
Book 2 Ieuan and the slate mines of Snowdonia
Book 3 Rhys makes fire!
Book 4 The battle for Snowdonia
Book 5 The crown, the kingdom, the truth
Book 6 Rhys and the legend of the Ice Dragon

Book 7 The end and the beginning

This is a web link toAmazon The Stories of Rhys Kindle eBook
This is a web link to my website www.thestoriesofrhys.com
The story is simply fantastic and there is more detail than I can possibly tell you about here. Please take a look.
Diolch yn fawr
Christopher R. W illiams
England UK


updated by @christopher-r-williams: 12/15/15 11:26:58PM
Christopher R. Williams
@christopher-r-williams
12/01/12 11:46:50AM
44 posts

British English vs. American English. Is There a Difference? Give us your thoughts.
General Discussions ( Anything Goes )

Enlightened? Well kind of. It highlights (forgive the pun) the difference between Americanisms and English. Flashlight just seems totally wrong and doesn't make sense to Brits. It's a torch old boy! Anyone remember the motorists torch that was completely encased in rubber? In the 50's and 60's practically ever motorist had one in the boot of the car.

Ive also been reminded about a torch that used to be available for young boys and I got one for Christmas once. It was a torch with a three position switch and a red button. Red buttons were very exciting in the 60s! The switch positions were - OFF, Full ON, and MORSE. In the Morse position the light was on for as long as you held the red button down, thus you could use it to send Morse code or flash it at your friend who lived in the house opposite. No end of funplaying with that and signalling your mates to attack when playing WAR. It was this type of Torch that made us think that this is what the Americans meant by a flashlight, but in the films it was just an ordinary torch that was being used.

Anyway, must go now. Ive got to get some new batteries for my torch!

Flashlight. Ha!

Christopher R. Williams
@christopher-r-williams
12/01/12 12:11:52AM
44 posts

British English vs. American English. Is There a Difference? Give us your thoughts.
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OK I've remembered one that has bugged me for years. Flashlight. Often heard in American films over here andI can remember it puzzling me as far back as mychildhood. Flashlight, we say torch of course. Flashlight? Why flashlight? What flashes? Torches don't flash. You switch it on and it stays on, nothing flashes. So why flashlight?

Christopher R. Williams
@christopher-r-williams
11/16/12 05:02:08PM
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British English vs. American English. Is There a Difference? Give us your thoughts.
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Many years agoI worked for a company basednear Sheffield. They use a particular word in Yorkshire (England) in a very curious way which was very confusing when I first heard it. I was on a traing course and at the end of the day the trainer asked if we would all like to go out to a local restaurant instead of eating at the hotel. We agreed, so he told us where the restaurant was and said, 'we'll meet there while eight o'clock.' We looked at each other blankly and hadn't a clue what he meant. He had to explain that 'while' meant 'at' or 'until'in the local dialect. e.g.There isn't a bus while eleven o'clock'

Christopher R. Williams
@christopher-r-williams
11/08/12 04:39:52PM
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British English vs. American English. Is There a Difference? Give us your thoughts.
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I believe that in the southern states this type of car is very popular.

'A fowr dowr fowrd'

Christopher R. Williams
@christopher-r-williams
11/08/12 09:19:07AM
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British English vs. American English. Is There a Difference? Give us your thoughts.
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Very interesting link John. I think the debate on this will run on and on. It occurred to me that in the nautical reference 'seaboard' is similar to 'starboard' which comes from 'steerboard' the right hand side of a ship. The eastern seaboard is the right hand side of America.

Christopher R. Williams
@christopher-r-williams
11/07/12 05:03:46PM
44 posts

British English vs. American English. Is There a Difference? Give us your thoughts.
General Discussions ( Anything Goes )

Thanks Harold, I thought there must be another meaning or implied term rather than just the simple straightforward interpretation that it means coast.

I suspected that it meant a specific region of the Eastern coast as it was obvious from the TV coverage that it was the area you describe. Previously, I always though it might have been something to do with the major towns and cities on the east coast like Atlantic City that feature a boardwalk, as though the eastern seaboard was the group of towns and cities with a boardwalk on the east coast and it was unique to that area and typical of towns and cities in that specific region making them distinct in that respect.

Seaboard isnt a word that is commonly used in Britain which is odd considering we are an island race and surrounded by coast. We would always say coast or coastal.

Excellent explanation Harold.

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