Glad tidings of great joy and a merry Christmas to all!
MJ
177 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.
178 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
179 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
180 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
181 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
182 2020-07-24 03:45:27
Topic: Sol... (3 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
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183 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
184 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
185 2020-03-30 12:15:18
Topic: Outbreak, 1995 (15 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
This is not a song, but if anybody hasn't ever seen the movie Outbreak (1995), I would suggest watching it now because you will see our current situation displayed in this movie. Different scenarios, of course, but it relates almost 100% to what's going on now with this coronavirus. It has an all-star cast including Dustin Hoffman, Renee Russo, Morgan Freeman, Kevin Spacey, Donald Sutherland, Patrick Dempsey, and Cuba Gooding, Jr.
I swear I think the current administration has watched it because there are so many similarities to things that are trying to be covered up today and by whom.
186 2020-03-30 12:03:32
Re: Covid-19 - A Warning. (14 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Gosh, Ray, so sorry to hear that you've been ill. I hope you continue to improve and back up to snuff soon. Stay at home and don't venture out. I've been ordering everything brought to my car for the things that can't be delivered by UPS, USPS, or Fed-Ex. Though it's not as much fun, the fast-food drive-through windows are just as germy as going inside, so everything is being prepared from home for me until this has passed. There's no sure-fire way to keep from getting the germ since it's airborne, but hopefully staying away from everybody will make it pass on by.
Take care of yourself,
MJ
187 2020-03-02 16:17:33
Re: it's, its', let's, lets' (17 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
I'm in the wrong room. Excuse me.
188 2020-02-28 04:08:12
Re: Colombian Betrayal (5 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Such an honor, Randy! So proud of all your accomplishments!
MJ
189 2020-02-28 04:07:10
Re: Dangerous Alliance (4 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Think I got there just in time, Randy. Done!
Can we vote more than once?
And congratulations! Fingers crossed! XXXX
MJ
190 2020-02-14 03:51:47
Re: Friend or Foe? Sol? (12 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
vern wrote:
I guess I was the only one who responded to her email and received the grand prize of a thousand dollars. Now, what to do with it.
Go figure! Some people just have all the luck! Have you considered Happy Hour down at the local karaoke joint?
191 2020-02-12 14:05:12
Topic: Friend or Foe? Sol? (12 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Regarding a new person who has come onboard and requesting connections with everyone with a message of sending emails.
Is there anyone here who knows this person and can validate? I find nothing to warrant any connection request.
Attn Sol - handle is Reynold with a Jesus picture. Requesting connections in order to converse by email.
192 2020-02-11 00:53:38
Re: Chicken Soup (9 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Thanks, Don and Bobbie!
193 2020-02-09 19:59:41
Re: Chicken Soup (9 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Thanks Jack, Vern, and Randy!
MJ
194 2020-02-09 06:48:33
Topic: Chicken Soup (9 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
I just sold my 15th short story to "Chicken Soup for the Soul" for their Mother's Day book coming out in May. But the really good news about this particular edition is that "Chicken Soup for the Soul" is donating a portion of the proceeds from the sale of their books to worthwhile non-profits, and this time they've chosen one near and dear to my heart, the American Humane Society.
The "Chicken Soup for the Soul" book series of over 250 titles has sold more than 110 million copies in the U.S. and Canada. They've been translated into 43 languages, published in over 100 countries, and have sold more than 500 million copies worldwide. Retail sales exceed $100 million per year in the U.S. and Canada. Total worldwide retail sales have exceeded $2 billion.
In 2007, USA Today named "Chicken Soup for the Soul" one of the five most impactful books of the past 25 years. In 2008, they became the best-selling trade paperback series of all time. In 2008, "Chicken Soup for the Soul" began distributing its books in the U.S. and Canada through Simon & Schuster.
Since 2009, the number of stores selling "Chicken Soup for the Soul" books has expanded from 9,000 to over 30,000, including Barnes and Noble and every Walmart across the country.
Because I've written for them for quite some time now, I'm always delighted to get their email to ask if I have a story for them for an upcoming book subject. But I like it even better when they return a copy of that story to me with a big ACCEPTED stamp across the top!
Anyway, I just wanted to share the good news.
195 2020-01-29 05:21:54
Re: Say the first word that comes to mind... (1,634 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Summertime and the livin' is easy.
Fish are jumpin' and the cotton is high.
196 2020-01-27 02:05:28
Re: Carnage in Singapore - Update (11 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
YAY! Congratulations, Randy! So happy for you! Keep us informed!
MJ
197 2019-12-23 17:28:25
Re: HAPPY HOLIDAYS! (11 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Dirk B. wrote:
Thank you, Marilyn. I'm glad you're on the mend. T'is the season for bronchitis, I guess. A close friend of mine just got home from the hospital for the same reason. Give the horses a few green apples for me once you head back outdoors.
Merry Xmas.
Dirk
Thanks, Dirk...will do. Yes, bronchitis is some serious stuff. I've never had it before, but our weather down here in Dixieland is 70 degrees one day and 30 the next. I just read that bronchitis is spreading rapidly throughout our area this year.
Merry Christmas right back at'cha.
MJ
198 2019-12-22 17:13:31
Re: HAPPY HOLIDAYS! (11 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Merry Christmas to all! After having been sidelined for the last two months with bronchitis that turned into pneumonia, I am ready for some holiday spirit. I spent Thanksgiving in a hospital room, so I'm happy to say "I'm home for Christmas." I'm ready to get back to writing more on my story and ready to do more reviewing here. But most of all, I'm ready to get back to the barn to see my horses and donkeys. I've got a couple more weeks to go before I can do that.
I hope everyone is having a joyous holiday season. So from my house to yours...Merry Christmas, happy holidays, or however you celebrate it, and happy new year!
MJ
199 2019-11-20 13:32:28
Topic: Dying Here (10 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Okay, well maybe I'm not dying, but I've got one helluva bout with bronchitis going on...something totally new for me. It feels like I'm dying anyway. I'm not writing, and I'm doing very little reviewing. Having a hard enough time just breathing! I've been so under the weather that I haven't even had a chance to visit the horses in almost two weeks now - thank goodness for great volunteer helpers! Back to the doctor today to see if he can just shoot me!
MJ
200 2019-11-20 11:36:32
Re: Connecting posts/chapters to form a 'book' (12 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Ray, at the top of the right-hand side of the home page, you'll see your name with a drop-down tab on it.
1) Click that tab.
2) Click Portfolio. You will then have a list of everything you've posted.
3) To the left of the last chapter you posted, click the drop-down arrow that says Action.
4) Click the Add Chapter option. Then fill in the blanks with chapter name, etc. There is a place for Content, to which you paste the content. Once you finish at the bottom, hit Save, then hit Post. You will receive a message telling you how many points it takes to post your chapter. Click to post.
Copy and print this post for reference as you go along. Hopefully, this helps.
MJ
