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.
152 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
153 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
154 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
155 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
156 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
157 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
158 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.
159 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.
160 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!
161 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.
162 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.
163 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
164 2021-02-25 14:17:15
Re: Queen of Diamonds (18 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Fabulous, Jack! Great job!
MJ
165 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?
166 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
167 2020-12-25 14:22:31
Re: Merry Christmas! (6 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Glad tidings of great joy and a merry Christmas to all!
MJ
168 2020-10-14 14:23:18
Re: Hello to you all (5 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Oops... I wrote the above message and then went to his account to see if he'd posted anything. ACCOUNT CLOSED. That's odd.
169 2020-10-14 14:21:43
Re: Hello to you all (5 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Glad to have you onboard, Mark... we get a little wild and silly sometimes, but we learn a bunch from each other. Hope you will enjoy it here. Just jump in with both feet and have fun!
MJ
170 2020-10-12 17:19:52
Re: Contest Winners (11 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Mercy! I just read this. What a pleasant surprise to find out I won something! YAY! I've been away for a while and just saw this. Thanks all for your nice words. Congrats to Bobbie and Dagny as well! Very nice job! Thanks for running the contest, Sol. Always fun to enter these.
MJ
171 2020-09-25 20:46:50
Re: Carnage in Singapore - First in Category Winner! (21 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
That's wonderful news, Randy! A big WOW, GREAT JOB for you! Fantastic!
MJ
172 2020-08-02 02:21:10
Re: LADY SILVER Brings Home the Goods (25 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Whoa! Well, slap the dog an' spit in the fire! Way to go, young lady! Mighty proud to know you an' big ol' congratulations headin' your way!
MJ
173 2020-07-24 03:45:27
Topic: Sol... (3 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
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174 2020-05-11 12:52:33
Re: She Picked Up the Knife Contest Winners Announced (11 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Congrats to all! This was a fun contest and there were some great entries. I'm sure the final decision was a hard one!
Ready for another one!
MJ
175 2020-05-08 23:35:13
Re: My Covid-19 nightmare (18 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
So sorry to hear this, Ray... I've been in and out of here for the last few weeks and just saw this. I'm glad you've made it through it. I know it's rough. I've had a couple of friends who didn't do as well as you and didn't make it out of it. I don't care what the Governor of the Great State of Georgia says, or what Donald John Trump says, this thing is still dangerous. Why they want to open everything back up is beyond my wildest imagination. It's like jumping out of an airplane and pulling your parachute open. You're floating down slowly but surely, then all of a sudden you get a wild hair and decide to remove your parachute. You splatter to the ground. Then your family is left to pick up the pieces. I'm still wearing a mask everywhere I go, in addition to gloves. I'm not getting within 15 feet of anybody, and if they're not wearing a mask, I am not even getting that close.
Since there are so many deaths, there are a lot of animals left behind. My rescue farm is over capacity right now, waiting for family members to hopefully come and get the horses, the dogs, the cats who don't understand where their humans went all of a sudden. So that has kept me pretty busy.
Hope you continue to do well.
Stay safe, everybody. Wear those protective masks and gloves and stay out of public places.
MJ
