Prayers for you, Bill. I hope everything turns out well and you're back on here soon. Thank you for your service to our country.
God Bless!
MJ
151 2024-03-20 14:55:55
Re: Request from B Douglas Slack AKA 4.0 (9 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
152 2024-02-17 03:07:19
Re: Spammer has joined - Please delete them (65 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
What the heck? Looks like someone advertising herself - Maryam Kabir
153 2024-01-24 18:03:23
Re: Group Cleanup - Mopping Up - See List of Surviving Groups Inside (38 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Dark and Stormy Night... I'm scared already! Ooh!
154 2023-12-11 21:08:24
Re: No Big Whoop! (9 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Thanks, all! I will be back soon!
Hugs and Merry Christmas!
MJ
155 2023-12-10 03:20:30
Topic: No Big Whoop! (9 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
No big whoop-tee-do, but I've lost my pizzaz for both reading and writing at the moment. Hang in there with me while I try to get it back. It all started with a trip to the doctor and my AFib diagnosis two years ago, and it has continued with a year from hell that has led to a small heart attack and an upcoming heart ablation operation with the installation of a Watchman in the left ventricle of my heart at the end of this month.
I'm sorry to say I must give up my animal rescuing, and it's causing me great grief, but that's what happens when you become an antique!
All of you here are like family, and to find myself not writing and not reviewing and not wanting to do either is driving me crazy.
I will probably be out of commission for a short time, maybe until the first of the year. I wish for each of you a very merry Christmas.
Send me a note if you need anything between now and then, and I'll get an email that you did.
Happy trails,
MJ
156 2023-12-10 03:00:50
Re: Spammer has joined - Please delete them (65 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
And another --- Marei3211
157 2023-12-10 02:59:09
Topic: Spammer has joined - Please delete them (65 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
IAH1247
First ad posted in Short Stories.
158 2023-11-17 21:16:54
Re: Contest (12 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
I guess we must hear from our fearless leader…. Sol, are you listening??
159 2023-11-17 18:11:15
Re: Contest (12 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
vern wrote:
Can I take my own picture? Oh, never mind; I probably couldn't get it by the censors. Take care. Vern
LOL!
160 2023-11-16 13:05:34
Topic: Contest (12 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
It may be time for a contest to get the blood flowing here again. I suggest a picture contest with a 200-word story. Those are always fun and seem to draw a crowd.
161 2023-11-15 03:16:43
Re: leaving group (10 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Take care, Mike, and hurry back. These folks are like family, so we'll set an extra plate for Thanksgiving!
MJ
162 2023-10-18 00:27:22
Re: Thank you, Sol (8 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
SolN wrote:
Thank you but I still feel terrible. The last two weeks have been tough. I do appreciate the kind words. At one point, I wasn't even sure it made sense to keep the site going. This thread makes me feel like we made the right decision.
I learned to write on this site! And I'm still learning! You made the right decision, and you are to be commended. Good job!
MJ
163 2023-10-17 11:20:02
Re: Excessive Points For Posting A Chapter (5 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
There’s my buddy! Yay! You’re back! Hope you got my text message and I hope things are improved with you and Di. Great to see your smiling face!!
Hugs to you both!
MJ
164 2023-10-16 00:54:33
Re: Question Marks (7 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
njc wrote:
I'd like to blame Würd, since MicroSlough does deserve most of the blame (eg. Magick Quotation Marks). But changes in The (One and Many) Right Way to store and display characters have turned various real problems into mud to be tracked everywhere.
Start, if you are of stout heart, with https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Univers … racter_Set . Chase the links, especially the ones into UniCode, and venture upon the Basic Multilingual Plane.
Oh, you make that sound so easy! LOL! I'd end up in worse shape than I'm in now! Tech smart I am not. I'm just an old woman who lives in the woods in Georgia. But I'll venture into it and stop if it gets too advanced for my simple brain to figure out. Thanks!
MJ
165 2023-10-15 14:12:16
Re: Question Marks (7 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
B Douglas Slack wrote:
They could possibly be some sort of invisible editing marks inserted by Word. I've had that happen to me as well. I have a habit of lightly fiddling with the keyboard while I'm thinking, and sometimes strange combinations of key presses make it into my work. They show up as question marks when the TNBW editor doesn't know what they are.
Used to be, long ago with WordPerfect, you could "View editing marks" and they would show up. Word doesn't do that.
Bill
I always liked WordPerfect. Sometimes Word does funky stuff. I’ll keep weeding them out I guess.
MJ
166 2023-10-15 14:09:27
Re: Question Marks (7 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Randall Krzak wrote:
Just checked and the question marks are only where I put them.
LOL, Randy! That’s a good thing. It’s probably a glitch in Word that happened simultaneously with the site going down, which led me to think it’s site related. But since I’m the only “questionable “ person on here so far, I will remove Word and reinstall it. I’ve already done a scan by my security program, and nothing came up. So back to the drawing board.
MJ
167 2023-10-14 20:57:23
Topic: Question Marks (7 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Is anyone besides me having problems with question marks being thrown into your chapters when you copy and paste from Word? They land in random places. It’s a painintheass to go back because they only show up after the chapter has been posted.
168 2023-10-13 14:24:57
Re: restoring my premium account (5 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Nathan B. Childs wrote:
Please restore my premium account. When I was prompted that my account had expired, I downgraded to Basic to see what I had lost in the shutdown.
I did the same thing, and Sol will get you back to Premium. Can't do much in Basic.
169 2023-10-13 02:47:12
Topic: Sol - Points (0 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Hi, Sol, I’m back to Premium now. If you will add the 500 points, I should be back where I was before the crash. Thanks!
170 2023-10-13 00:45:54
Topic: Connections (3 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Is it just me, or does everyone else have people in their connections they never heard of? I went through all mine and found people in there that made me scratch my head and wonder how they got there. Now I know I'm an antique, and sometimes I can't remember what happened yesterday, but has anyone else found people they never heard of as contacts? I went through and cleaned house.
171 2023-10-12 18:43:30
Re: Site Update (10 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
I didn’t pay again, just joined as a basic member to be able to get back on.
172 2023-10-12 18:21:40
Re: Updating previously posted work (11 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Hi, all… I rejoined as a Basic Member until Sol gets me re-established as a premium member.
I had to the tune of 2300 points when we went bonkers… I don’t know how the points will be redone, but nothing I’ve posted in the last two years is here. Glad I downloaded When Sorry Ain’t Enough just a few weeks ago. The version of it that’s still up now was from when I started it 6 or 7 years ago.
But everything will be okay! Glad we’re up and running!!
Never thought I’d say it, but I missed y’all! Lol!
Happy Trails!!
MJ
173 2021-02-25 14:17:15
Re: Queen of Diamonds (18 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Fabulous, Jack! Great job!
MJ
174 2021-01-17 21:11:50
Re: Time for a new contest (34 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Did I miss Strongest Start this year?
175 2021-01-13 13:23:11
Re: Time for a new contest (34 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
vern wrote:
How about something where you must use at least X-number of creative made-up cuss words for effect and imagination. You know I get tired of the same old shit all the time, lol. Take care. Vern
ROFLMAO! Good one, Vern! I get it!
MJ
