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I posted a review of Alkemi's the Souring Seas, Chapter 1.

I also posted a review of Stephanie's novel, Chapter 3.

There's a big blue button at the bottom of the listings that bring you to a list of all content posted in the way you are speaking. It says Read More New Content from Your Groups.

Completed a review of Jube's 'The World Of Phyries" chapter 1.

Completed a review of CJ's 'Raven's Curse' - Chapter 1.

Completed a review of Randall Krzak's The Kurdish Connection, Chapter 5.

Is publishing with Harlequin preferable to self-publishing?

Most important thing I have heard is writing a book that people want to read. Hopefully, this site helps with that. Assuming that is the case:

1. Provide advance copies of the book to Bloggers and reviewers in the relevant genre.
2. Publish only to Amazon and get a bunch of favorable, legit reviews on Amazon (this will happen if the book is good). Allow 3-4 months for the reviews to come in organically.
3. Make the book available via Amazon Kindle Countdown Deals. Once you have done that, publish the book to other vendors such as Smashwords and B&N.

This is what I have seen work well.

In most books I read: Fantasy, Thriller, Sci-fi, general fiction, there is very little head-hopping in chapters. Usually the POV is consistent within the  chapter.

I was just thinking about the Harry Potter books. Aren't they all told from  Harry's POV? I can't think of a scene that is not.

David Deutsch, a member of the Quantum Computation and Cryptography Research Group at Oxford University writes all about this in his acclaimed book The Fabric of Reality in Chapter 11, page 258. Charles, I suggest you give the book a read. I actually think you'd enjoy it.

Classical physics had many failings, it's biggest being the inability to reconcile quantum theory with relativity. But there are many theories about time and the one I suggested does not break any of the known laws of physics.

The problem that I have with your discussions is that you speak in absolutes as if there is a consensus and it supports your viewpoint. This is rubbish. Most physicists will tell you there is nothing in the law of physics that rule out time travel. In fact, travel  in the future is already possible. We know from relativity that if someone travels at the speed of light, time slows down. So, if I traveled 10 light years away and then back, I would return in the future. In fact, just by driving in a car you are in a time machine as the speed of your movement slows down time in the car. The car is traveling very slow so the time shift is not perceptible, but it happens. The issue is traveling back in time and many physicists believe this is possible although how to dd it is not clear.

Physicists believe that time does not flow as we imagine it. Instead, our entire existence in all its moments is already realized. Imagine it as a loaf of bread chopped into very thin slices. These slices are the "moments" that we perceive. Our brain puts these together so that it appears that time flows.

How does this fit into free will and destiny? If a person's path is already laid out, already "baked" then there is no free will. How can you change your course if you don't know what it is you need to change? It is already determined. Let's say you are hit by a bus next Tuesday. This is your destiny. The only way to change this is to have someone tell you that you will be hit by a bus next Tuesday so that you can avoid it. Then, you have some semblance of free will. So, when a seer or oracle reveals a person's destiny, they are actually providing an avenue for free will, for they are giving the person a chance to deviate from the path that has already been created.

This is how I like to think about free will an destiny in the construct of what we know about time.
- C

This thread was hijacked by some to discuss a highly inflammatory topic. I suggest the thread stay on topic and discussions of race relations and pot smoking happen elsewhere.