JP - It's nice to see written down what I've always heard through the grapevine. Thanks for that link. I write in the Thriller/mystery/suspense genre and all my novels are in the 80-90K range. I don't make a conscious effort to find that range, but they all end up in it for some reason.
602 2015-06-05 01:28:12
Re: COP SHOP TALK (14 replies, posted in Cop Shop)
1. George Clooney - From Dusk Till Dawn - Ocean's Eleven ( OE is his best crime movie, caper-wise, but Out of Sight, with its great supporting cast, is worth watching)
2. Denzel Washington - A Soldier's Story - Training Day (He did a number of crime movies, including the remake of Walter Matthau's Taking of Pelham 123)
3. Jeff Bridges - The Last Picture Show - The Big Lebowski, of course! (Thunderbolt and Lightfoot is probably my favorite crime movie he did)
4. Sean Penn - Fast Times at Ridgemont High - Mystic River (also his best crime movie, IMO)
5. John Travolta - Saturday Night Fever - Get Shorty ( The General's Daughter was probably his most straight crime movie, but both Get Shorty and Pulp Fiction were great)
6. Clint Eastwood - Fistful of Dollars - Dirty Harry (All the Dirty Harry movies were his best cop movies, though The Gauntlet and Absolute Power were good crime flicks)
7. Jack Nicholson - Easy Rider - Chinatown, of course (Chinatown is not only his best movie, but his best crime movie, bar none)
8. Bradd Pitt - Thelma and Louise - Ocean's Eleven (Toss-up for his best crime movie between OE and Sleepers)
9. Leonardo Dicaprio - This Boy's Life - Titanic (Catch Me If You Can I'd rate as his best crime movie)
10 Tommy Lee Jones - Coal Miner'sa Daughter - U.S. Marshals (I'd give the nod to Natural Born Killers, No Country for Old Men, and U.S. Marshals for his best crime films)
11. John Cusack - Stand by Me - Runaway Jury (Grosse Pointe Blank is my favorite crime movie of his)
603 2015-05-29 17:32:43
Re: POP COP QUIZ #15 Answers (4 replies, posted in Cop Shop)
I, too, don't know #8. The factoids Dags (who did a great job!) left out:
1. Jessica Walter's character - Evelyn Draper
2. Stanwick's character - Phyllis Dietrichson
3. Kim Novak's character - Judy Barton
4. Jane Fonda's character - Bree Daniels
5. Eva Marie Saint's character - Eve Kendall
7. Janet Leigh's character - Marion Crane
10. Gotta disagree with Dags here. The "bad" female character, I would say, is Mrs. Danvers, played by Judith Anderson. Of course, Rebecca wasn't a saint, but she doesn't appear in the film.
11. Juliette Lewis's character - Mallory Wilson Knox
Will keep trying to get #8.
604 2015-05-19 17:32:49
Re: New Posting (1 replies, posted in Cop Shop)
So that's why I haven't seen any new Virgil chapters. I'll have a look at the new stuff.
605 2015-05-15 18:31:18
Re: Release date (10 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Done, Janet. Thanks!
606 2015-05-15 17:25:42
Re: Be back soon (15 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Good luck, Tom. I had a recent spell with multiple PVCs, at times going into bigeminy. But the cardiologist told me it wasn't serious enough to warrant treatment, and it passed. Are you taking any "blood thinners" in case the a-fib comes back?
607 2015-05-15 17:19:53
Re: No feedback AT ALL (9 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Well said, Linda.
608 2015-05-15 17:18:16
Re: Release date (10 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Just one more note. Going to the Solstice Publishing website link will only get you the e-book version. The hard copy has to come through Amazon.
609 2015-05-15 17:11:46
Re: Release date (10 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Thanks, Cathy! And Max, thanks for including that link and for the library referral! Another link for the book - and all my books: www.amazon.com/author/johnldeboer.
610 2015-05-15 16:28:19
Re: Release date (10 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Oh, and the publisher informed me that the print version is available, too.
611 2015-05-15 16:27:13
Re: Release date (10 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Thanks, guys!
612 2015-05-15 12:55:42
Topic: Release date (10 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Today is the day "The Sincerest Form of Flattery" is released! Available in e-book form now, with the print version to follow. A big thanks to all those who reviewed the entire novel for me here at TNBW is in the Acknowledgments page: D.A. Amberson (Dags), Irene Hamilton (Kyla), Nathan B. Childs, Janet Taylor-Perry, Ann Everett, Lucy Crowe (C.E. Jones), Terri Weiss, Audra Middleton (Squarepeg), R.M. Keegan, Eric Krajcik, Deb Lampi (Deb), Mike Jackson, Judy Suchan, Jeanne M. Bannon. The astute and talented writers we have here are an asset I will continue to use to make my books much better than they otherwise would be. Thanks!
613 2015-05-03 22:07:28
Re: Headtalker campaign (34 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Thanks, Janet!
614 2015-05-03 20:31:01
Re: Headtalker campaign (34 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Lesley, do you have a Headtalker campaign going? Give me the link. 130 reach means, I think, how many connections you have in a particular social media venue. Like 130 friends on Facebook or 130 followers on Twitter. Tom, I'm sorry this didn't work out, but I appreciate the thought behind your effort!
615 2015-05-03 19:26:28
Re: Headtalker campaign (34 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
The begging has stopped! I've reached the goals for both Headtalker campaigns, thanks in good measure to TNBW members. Thank you all for supporting me. I will be sure to give you feedback after the campaigns have launched to let you know if they translated into an increase in book sales.
616 2015-05-03 00:27:57
Re: Amber Eyes has been published in Amazon (4 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
I think you nailed the cover, Gracela!
617 2015-05-02 17:36:38
Re: Headtalker campaign (34 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Hey, Janet. Don't see a Yorkie, but I have some other female pics I can't ID. Maybe it's one of those? I appreciate the effort, regardless. Thanks!
618 2015-05-02 15:20:41
Re: Headtalker campaign (34 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Thanks to everyone who has supported my Headtalker campaign(s) so far. But I'm not sure if I know who you all are. Headtalker only gives me your pictures/avatars, not your names. Here are the TNBW members I've ID'd so far: Domebuilder, Dagnee, C.E. Jones, Candy Atkins, Penang, Mariana Reuter, Janet Taylor-Perry, JP Lundstrom. Anyone who voted and is not on that list, please let me know. (Sol and Tom Oldman, I know you thought you voted, but you don't show up on my Headtalker page.) And, for those of you who voted for one of the campaigns, I could use your help with the other one, too. Some have been confused by seeing "Melissa Miller" highlighted in the GTP campaign, making it look like she would get the support vote. But she's the publishing exec who set up that campaign for me (I did the other one myself); I'll get the vote, not her. Only 10 more days left for the GTP campaign and 29 for TSFOF. I haven't seen any postings re other Headtalker campaigns, so perhaps I'm the guinea pig for TNBW. I have no idea if the campaigns will result in book sales, but it's free and worth a shot, IMO. If I reach my 50, I'll let you know if the campaigns were successful or not. Thanks again!
619 2015-04-30 11:57:08
Re: Amber Eyes will be published soon (26 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
I don't like the sunglasses, but then I didn't read the story. In Number 2, the one I chose, I find the hands distracting and would prefer if they were cropped out of the frame, leaving just her head and shoulder in the picture. Or, for needed space issues, you could have her arms not crossed, but at her side, with the hands out of the frame. And bring her head lower in the picture so the eyes are more central and not competing so much with the background.
620 2015-04-29 22:55:51
Re: Headtalker campaign (34 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Click it anyway! 
Melissa Miller is a publishing exec who arranged for the Headtalker campaign for Get the Picture?. The support will go to me, not her. Thanks, Candy!
621 2015-04-29 17:07:13
Re: Amber Eyes will be published soon (26 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Go to Headtalker.com and find out how to do it. I did it, thinking my publisher had set it up, when she actually set up a campaign for my other book she published, Get the Picture?. BTW, if you could be a dear again and support that one, I'll be doubly in your debt. https://headtalker.com/campaigns/get-the-picture/ Anyway, it's free and easy to do. If I can do it, anybody can!
622 2015-04-29 16:16:58
Re: Amber Eyes will be published soon (26 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
I didn't read your book, but I definitely vote for Number 2. Number 1 is cut off, and Number three is black-and-white, avoiding the color in the title.
Are you going to start a Headtalker campaign or its ilk for your novel? I'm reciprocating, so let me know.
623 2015-04-29 15:22:55
Re: Headtalker campaign (34 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
OMG! I just realized my publisher started its own Headtalker campaign for another of my books, Get the Picture? Can I impose on you good people to support me again? Here's the link: https://headtalker.com/campaigns/get-the-picture/ Thanks, guys. You're aces with me.
624 2015-04-29 11:37:56
Re: Headtalker campaign (34 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Your comment just showed up, Gracela, so I got you identified!
Kiss,
Jack
625 2015-04-29 11:27:48
Re: Headtalker campaign (34 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
I forgot to answer your question, Janet. Go to Headtalker.com and it'll tell you how to get a campaign going.
