Update on my book on Chapman

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  • Helena Wojtczak
    Ripper author
    • Jul 2011
    • 214
    #1

    Update on my book on Chapman

    Nemo posted a question on another thread so rather than take it off topic I decided it's better to post my reply in this correct section...

    Hi folks

    The book now contains over 116,000 words. I work on it for about six hours every day.

    I could have it finished and published in about 4 weeks, however, a new biography of Abberline is due to be published in September, and so I am holding it back until then, just in case the author can shed any light on Abberline's beliefs with regard to his Chapman-Ripper theory.

    If anyone is planning to buy the Abberline biog when it's published I would be most obliged if they would contact me.

    Paul Begg suggested a new title for my book:

    You've Got Jack the Ripper At Last?
    The Life of Serial Killer George Chapman    .

    It's the best anyone has come up with, so that is the working title for now.

    The current draft of the cover can be viewed here:

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    http://www.hastingspress.co.uk/chapman2.html


    Helena
    http://www.hastingspress.co.uk/chapman.html
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    • Howard Brown
      Registrar
      • Jul 2003
      • 109774
      #2
      Paul's idea is, as we say in the King's Polish "glupi", Pani...jeśli o mnie , przepraszam, a ja zrobić to lepiej... :

      Lady Killer ( Make sure the title is in red)...
      The Life Of George Chapman
      by Helena Wojtczak.

      Nah, his idea is okay too....

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        • Chris G.
          Registered User
          • Apr 2006
          • 12463
          #3
          Hi Helena and How

          Helena, I think the title is great. It nicely tells us that there was suspicion that Chapman was the Ripper and that he most definitely was a serial killer even if he didn't commit the Ripper crimes. The planned cover of the book looks wonderful as well. Good luck with the book, Helena. I somehow doubt that the upcoming biography of Abberline will shed more light on his views about Chapman but you never know. It certainly will be interesting to see if that author has anything new to contribute on the Abberline question.

          All the best

          Chris
          Christopher T. George, Lyricist & Co-Author, "Jack the Musical"
          https://www.facebook.com/JackTheMusical/ Hear sample song at https://tinyurl.com/y8h4envx.

          Organizer, RipperCon #JacktheRipper-#True Crime Conferences, April 2016 and 2018.
          Hear RipperCon 2016 & 2018 talks at http://www.casebook.org/podcast/.

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            • Simon Wood
              Author, Researcher
              • May 2012
              • 776
              #4
              Hi All,

              Personally I'd go for "George Chapman was Jack the Ripper: You've Gotta To Be Kidding."

              Regards,

              Simon

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                • Stephen Thomas
                  Non Compos Mentis
                  • Feb 2008
                  • 1309
                  #5
                  Originally posted by Helena Wojtczak
                  You've Got Jack the Ripper At Last?
                  Hi Helena

                  I don't think there should be a question mark at the end there.

                  If Abberline actually said that, it would have been a statement and not a question.

                  All the best
                  Itsnotrocketsurgery

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                    • Helena Wojtczak
                      Ripper author
                      • Jul 2011
                      • 214
                      #6
                      Wow thank you all for all the replies. To address your points individually:

                      How
                      Yes, I like that title but my hands are tited on this one: "Jack the Ripper" HAS to be in the title or sadly I will get no sales as nobody will be searching for a book on "George Chapman".

                      Simon
                      Nice suggestion, thanks.

                      Chris
                      Thank you for complimenting my home-made book cover. Glad someone likes it! And thanks for the positive and supportive comments. You are the second person to tell me (m-w-r being t'other) that I need not bother waiting for the new Abberline biog as it won't have any new light to shed on Abb's suspicions, but if the author makes comments of his own on Abb's suspicions might I not want to quote those? (P.S. I've sent you an email cos I need some help locating a source.)

                      Stephen
                      The question mark is crucial to the book because (as Chris suggests) I am questioning Abberline's (alleged) statement.

                      Try saying You've Got Jack the Ripper At Last? in a very sceptical tone of voice, that is what I am trying to achieve. Sort of like, "So, you think you've got Jack the Ripper at last, do you?"

                      The other suggestion, which I think came from Martin Fido, is just Jack the Ripper At Last? The Life of George Chapman, Serial Killer.

                      Helena
                      http://www.hastingspress.co.uk/chapman.html

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                        • Steve Russell
                          #7
                          I like the title. Please keep us abreast, Helena.

                          Best wishes,
                          Steve.

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                            • Helena Wojtczak
                              Ripper author
                              • Jul 2011
                              • 214
                              #8
                              Originally posted by Steve Russell
                              I like the title. Please keep us abreast, Helena.

                              Best wishes,
                              Steve.

                              Cheers, mate.

                              I'm busy today trying to make sense of, and quote from, Debra Gosling's newspaper articles on Godley, Abberline and their thoughts on Chapman as the Ripper, one of which was posted on "The Other Place".

                              Helena
                              http://www.hastingspress.co.uk/chapman.html

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                                • Helena Wojtczak
                                  Ripper author
                                  • Jul 2011
                                  • 214
                                  #9
                                  Originally posted by Simon Wood
                                  Hi All,

                                  Personally I'd go for "George Chapman was Jack the Ripper: You've Gotta To Be Kidding."

                                  Regards,

                                  Simon
                                  Could not the same be said of Sickert?
                                  http://www.hastingspress.co.uk/chapman.html

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                                    • Chris G.
                                      Registered User
                                      • Apr 2006
                                      • 12463
                                      #10
                                      Helena

                                      I have not seen a recent email from you. Could you resend?

                                      Thanks

                                      Chris
                                      Christopher T. George, Lyricist & Co-Author, "Jack the Musical"
                                      https://www.facebook.com/JackTheMusical/ Hear sample song at https://tinyurl.com/y8h4envx.

                                      Organizer, RipperCon #JacktheRipper-#True Crime Conferences, April 2016 and 2018.
                                      Hear RipperCon 2016 & 2018 talks at http://www.casebook.org/podcast/.

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                                        • Helena Wojtczak
                                          Ripper author
                                          • Jul 2011
                                          • 214
                                          #11
                                          Originally posted by Chris G.
                                          Helena

                                          I have not seen a recent email from you. Could you resend?

                                          Thanks

                                          Chris
                                          It's OK Chris ... it was a question, and someone else provided the answer.

                                          Thanks anyway.

                                          Helena
                                          http://www.hastingspress.co.uk/chapman.html

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