The year the lights went out?

[DeltaSunrise]

Or something of a similar name.

Can anyone recall it. It is a fictional story set out like a blog. It was linked to on a preppers thread I was on before we got our own topic (in chat iirc)

I really want to read it again but can't find it.

[ThroughThickAndThin01]

Yes, I read it. The one written by a woman about a family with adult children? I'll see if I can find it.

[DeltaSunrise]

Yes that was the one, with the pregnant DIL.

Did you have any luck finding it? I haven't.

[ThroughThickAndThin01]

No I can't find it! I've been googling but nowhere to be found.

I found it quite interesting. But quite amateurish in a lot of ways, - the actual writing, and what the problems/successes might be in the situation. What did you think? I found it gripping enough to read in one sitting.

[cozietoesie]

Are you talking about Suzanne Goldring's 'Powerless ?

[ThroughThickAndThin01]

Yes! Cozie that's the one.

[Stratter5]

I can't find that book at all :(

[zombiesarecoming]

elsteadwritersgroup.wordpress.com/introducing-suzanne-goldring/

Haven't looked further but according to the first bit of text on that site it is there

[DeltaSunrise]

Yes, was definitely good enough to read in one day, after I'd watched the UK and US blackout films on YouTube. I liked that

The dc were thoroughly neglected that day

Thanks for looking, I'll keep on at Google and link if I find it.

[DeltaSunrise]

I started writing that post about a hour ago and posted by accident, hence the unfinished sentence there.....

That's it cozie thank you. And thank you for the link zombies

Off to start reading again now.

[zombiesarecoming]

This link should lead to it



elsteadwritersgroup.wordpress.com/?s=Powerless&submit=Search

[Stratter5]

Oh thank you for the link, I couldn't for the life of me work out how to get the chapters in order

[DeltaSunrise]

Yeah, it's a bit of a pain, you have to find October and go backwards to read in order but doesn't take too long.

[Indole]

Oooh, that looks like a good read. Thanks!

[Stratter5]

It's addictive. V good, but addictive. Just finished it, and have done feck all but read the last couple of days.

God alone knows why it hasn't been published, even on Kindle.

[ThroughThickAndThin01]

I need to reread it. What does everyone think. An accurate portrayal of how things might be if you have no power for that long?

[Stratter5]

Pretty accurate, although I think the majority would struggle considerably more - houses with fireplaces to cook in and gardens big enough to grow food for an extended family are not the norm.

[ThroughThickAndThin01]

Good point, they had a good set up to get through it. I wonder how townsfolk in blocks of flats would deal with it. I must reread because I can't quite remember it, but I do remember thinking they made their food last an awfully long time and wasnt sure of the realism of that. We eat a hell of a lot in our house!

[cozietoesie]

Someone should maybe contact Suzanne Goldring or the writers group and suggest that maybe she should try for a publication of it. It wouldn't be expensive given that it's already written - and is also (presumably) on Word or something similar - and it might be quite successful as well as an interesting read for a wider circle than this board.

[Stratter5]

If definitely pay for it, thoroughly enjoyed it, although I think it's more of a novella, and probably best suited to Kindle.

[cozietoesie]

Maybe so. (The kindle bit.) I'd almost certainly buy it.

[Indole]

I really enjoyed it. Great stuff. It would be really interesting to read the other side of it, too - the refugees' stories who came to the village etc and what was really going on in the towns etc.

I'd buy it on Kindle, at a reasonable price. It's too short to be a full length book but there are plenty of other short stories and novellas on there. I think anyone can self-publish on Kindle, too.

[cozietoesie]

It seems easy enough Indole. An evening's work reordering the blog chronologically and she would be away.

[Zetetik]

This looks interesting. I've read the first four sections and I'm already hooked.

[SideOrderofChips]

Im hooked!!

and yes i think its fairly accurate although it would be good to get a city dwellers perspective

[DeltaSunrise]

I'm glad people are liking it.

I'm into June now and want to slow down reading as I know what happens in July and don't want it to end.

Reading the other side, from the refugees, would be good too.