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No diggity, Dagny. I wanna be ONLY 40 again, too. But, seriously... I kinda/sorta wanna read and review some of these new writers but the problem is... I can't be sure if my reviews are even getting thru. Let alone responded to. Because my Premium TNBW membership ain't what it used to be. I understand Sol might be overwhelmed at the moment, trying to fix this shit and that shinola, but at the same time I'm a bit underwhelmed by the performance of this website. A website I've been patronizing with my time and money for nearly twenty years now. Like any other transaction; caveat emptor is a factor, but... Well, maybe I trusted too much. After so many successful years of posting and positing with nary a complaint... I got complacent. I dunno. I'm still willing to give Sol the benefit of the doubt. For now.

Also.. You PURPOSE calling the the crash a big blip? Or... You PROPOSE calling the crash a big blip? Just wondering. See? I really do wanna REVIEW the hell outta somebody!

Cheers

John

I'm mostly glad that the site is up and running again, Sol, and that I was able to login after a short panic period. And I'm not TOO disturbed by lost content. But that's just me. Others may feel differently and decidedly undone by this catastrophe. 300-400 points (for everyone) seems a reasonable compensation. Providing you're doing everything you possibly can to avoid another crash like that. At the very least, and considering the subscription fees, our intellectual property oughta be safeguarded. I dunno if everyone else does it this way, and maybe I'm stupid for doing so, but... I actually use this website as a word processor; expecting my efforts to be "saved" to whatever "cloud" you're running with. Why? Because I pay into it, for chrissakes.

Don't get me wrong, Sol. I really do appreciate this community you've built. But I'm starting to question things. Like: What happens if you fall into a ditch and drown to death because of climate changes or get blown up by Hamas? I don't mean to be mean, but... Is there someone in the wings ready to take the reins and keep TNBW humming along after you're gone?

See? I don't mean to be that guy but I'm willing to be the one wondering for the rest of us.

Cheers

John

How about a courtroom scene? Or a police interrogation? You could even have a dragon on trial for war crimes against middle earth if that's your thing. Or an imperial stormtrooper testifying against Darth Vader. Or whatever.

Thanks, everybody. In all honesty, I guess I just needed to whinge for some validation for a minute. Vern and Memphis were kindly and supportive and, as usual, Temple managed to cut to the bone.

Cheers

Also, there's no POV slip if the POV character is making an observation. Regardless of how speculative the POV character's observation may be.

Jesus. I hope I'm being helpful. Probably not. Sorry.

I don't know the specific passage you're referring to, Dirk, but it's AS IF Father Romano watched Connor close his eyes and turn his head AS IF the boy were sensing something Father Romano could not.

I was being a bit facetious there because I don't think you have anything to worry about here. In the scene, Romano's "assumption" is made perfectly clear by the words AS IF. No need to fret about your prose execution, in my opinion.

If you know what I mean, that is. AS IF

I used to write my "shower thoughts" down on toilet paper as precious nuggets to be used in my novel. Nowadays, though? The toilet paper itself is much too precious.

Looking for something to watch on Netflix? Tiger King, Tiger King, Tiger King. Talk about going viral, there's an epidemic of crazy cat people in this country I was never even aware of and must beware from now on. And not just because I'm a dog. (See thumbnail photo

I thought Dagny's Andra Day selection was pretty cool, too. I don't usually go for histrionic singing (and would never have come across or indeed stopped long enough to listen to it without Dagny's suggestion) but... Yeah. I kinda/sorta dig it. Makes me wanna introduce y'all to this rather mannish-looking lady:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDjeBNv6ip0

Amazing, right? Thank me later.

Shortcomings, indeed! Thanks for coming out about it, Brad. I have a similar, but completely opposite problem, I think. Whereas I think I'm a pretty good "writer" but can't for the life of me "tell" a compelling or coherent story. Six of one and apples and oranges, I guess. All you can do is write hard, and be diehard, as you inevitably fail (and fail again) only to hopefully fall assbackwards unto success someday. The mere fact that you're self aware and trying hard is more than most narrative artists can say, I say. 

Cheers
John

Bug Zapper

Hey, Ray. You're too effing sensitive, my friend. People (myself included) often use the term RUN-ON SENTENCE ignorantly and arbitrarily and that's just the way it is anymore. For what it's worth, I also enjoy wordsmithing long-ass sentences. I like reading them, too (when they're well executed and coherent, that is) and your example sentence (for the most part, anyway) is exemplary. Perhaps it's an acquired taste, though. I can still remember reading a novel called Billy Bathgate back in the day and being thunderstruck by the lack of punctuation. I simply wasn't used to that style of prose at the time. And yet there was indubitably something indelible about that goddamned book. Seeing as I can totally recall the experience of reading it some twenty-five years on already.

Anyhoo and I dunno; you did say you're mostly in it for the money, so...

In this re-mixed age of Twitter and Tik-Tok of ours; mixing the short and sweet with a just a little pinch of the long and savory is probably the bee's knees bouillabaisse we're all going for. Would you not agree?

Cheers

John