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Breath

A certain self-deluded, bromancing, egotistical, fraudulent, xenophobic, pathological liar, dictator loving, orange-headed pecker head ... president.

Supper

Broken Arrow

Fractured fairy tales

Hi, TJ, what works for one doesn't necessarily work for another, but the odds are that you just might be selling the site (and yourself) short. Just as an example, when I joined, my novel was already completed, but I didn't post anything for several months while I reviewed others and became active in the forums to get to know a lot of folks at least indirectly. And once I started posting, the reviews came very quickly and from a diverse audience. You might note that on average you need to do three or four reviews  for each you receive, but you're probably going to have to do those in order to gain the credits to publish your next chapter anyway, so the counting doesn't really mean anything. Overall point is that it takes time to build working relationships and to be quite frank and honest (if you stay, you'll find that's the only way I will be) you have not done your part to date. You talk of expecting reviews everyday when you are "complaining" about not liking to read. That just may be why your review ratio comes up short for achieving the number of reviews you seem to expect. Of course you have your right to high expectations without the required input And once n a great while there may be writers who achieve just what you expect, but it doesn't happen often. The odds most often times win. Having said all that, I wish you luck with whatever final decision you make. I will offer one more tidbit that you might find useful at some point, if not on this site, perhaps another: It happens quite often that folks come to the forums and ask politely for help with their stories and surprisingly often they end up receiving a fair amount of reviews. However, most of the time, threatening to leave the site doesn't work nearly as well. Just my two cents for what it's worth if anything. Take care. Vern

Kanye West

Skeeters

Elks Club

Hedonism

Okay, all these are wonderful ideas, but unfortunately under the situation Seabrass described, he didn't have time to use a phone or write something down, so you just have to repeat the scenario to yourself as often as can be afforded at the moment and hope it sinks in. I've also found that if I relax and try to visualize exactly what I was doing and thinking at the moment of inspiration, it often comes back to me. Other than that, you might try a voice activated recorder and strap it to your person in the least offensive manner possible. Good luck. Take care. Vern