Yup. Same here. They’re gone. Have to add those published books to your bookshelf again.
51 2023-10-13 11:41:42
Re: Missing Profile Info and Books (2 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
52 2023-10-12 17:02:06
Topic: Cover upload (4 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
No huge issue, but when I went through the process of reestablishing my WIP on the site, everything worked except for the book cover image upload. Even the generic cover didn’t work.
Oh, and another thing. All my connections created in the last two years have disappeared. Thanks, Barry Campbell, for making me realize that. We’re connected again. I can’t remember all those to whom I connected in the last two years who are still active, so if you check your list and you think I should be on it and I’m not, send me another request.
53 2023-10-12 13:45:02
Re: Site Update (10 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
I paid again to get access to the site early 5his morning.
54 2023-10-12 09:56:58
Topic: Site breakdown (0 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
I’m glad the site is back up and running again, but chagrined that all content after April, 2021 has been lost. And I was asked to renew my membership because my subscription had “expired,” when it hadn’t. But apparently one has to rejoin this new site. I trust Sol will follow through with his promise to prorate the subscription fees.
I won’t be reposting all the previous chapters of my current WIP. Those who have reviewed “Revival” before the site crash can continue with the new chapters. If the site is working now, I’ll post my next chapter later today.
55 2021-03-16 15:56:27
Re: Black Ops in Fiction Article Now Live (6 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Well done, Randall. I, too, enjoyed Clear and Present Danger, along with the novels of Vince Flynn (RIP) featuring Mitch Rapp.
56 2021-03-02 01:00:31
Re: Formatting agent submissions in Gmail (9 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Dae - can’t you double-space the manuscript and either attach it or paste onto the email, depending on the guidelines?
57 2021-02-25 19:38:27
Re: Queen of Diamonds (18 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Thanks so much, Marilyn! After some delay, the book is finally available in paperback format as well.
58 2021-02-23 11:17:20
Re: Queen of Diamonds (18 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Thanks, Ian!
59 2021-02-15 23:34:28
Re: Queen of Diamonds (18 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Many thanks, Dae!
60 2021-02-15 12:56:44
Re: Queen of Diamonds (18 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Appreciate it, Randall and Don!
61 2021-02-15 01:59:28
Re: Queen of Diamonds (18 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Max Boyce wrote:
Congratulations! Regarding card meanings, I've been in a five-year war of muscles & relationships with the Three of Clubs. First called ALS, then CIDP... now MMN. But as you once mentioned, Gig Harbor is a beautiful location to write a novel.
You remembered! So glad to hear from you again. Godspeed, Max!
62 2021-02-15 01:53:45
Re: Queen of Diamonds (18 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Thanks, Cathy!
63 2021-02-15 01:51:37
Re: Queen of Diamonds (18 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Bobbie.R.Byrd wrote:
Way to go, Jack! Congrats!
Post a link?
Bobbie
Thanks, Bobbie! Here’s the link:
64 2021-02-14 18:05:56
Re: Queen of Diamonds (18 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Thanks, Bill and Dirk!
65 2021-02-14 17:23:33
Topic: Queen of Diamonds (18 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Today, my novel, Queen of Diamonds, has been released on Amazon. Accordingly, I will remove it from the site. Thanks to all who spent the time to weigh in on this project!
66 2021-01-20 19:40:41
Re: Y'all Done Good!! (4 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Editors have their own individual prejudices. That's why depending on one editor can't compare to the variety of critiques you get on TNBW. After posting all my books on this site, going through the editing process with publishers' editors was a piece of cake. Hope you strike oil, Bobbie!
67 2021-01-19 01:58:25
Re: New Release - Mission: Angola (10 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Congrats, Randall!
68 2021-01-12 18:47:54
Re: Queen of Diamonds (2 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
I guess the site only allows one chapter at a time to appear on the new postings page. But I do have three new chapters up and will follow with the last two today.
69 2021-01-12 17:35:26
Topic: Queen of Diamonds (2 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
I’m fast approaching a publishing deadline for QOD, so I’ll be posting the remaining chapters with alacrity to give reviewers a chance to finish it. So that’s why you’ll see multiple chapters on the new postings page.
70 2020-12-24 22:41:55
Re: Point of order, Mr. Chairman (9 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
I agree with Vern. You’ll probably never read another bestselling author who uses “was” words more than Lee Child. Calling attention to passive voice on this site is fine - there are lots of ways to change passive to active voice without seeming high-brow or inappropriate for the context. But folks speak in passive voice all the time. It’s the decision of the author whether to make the narration active or passive without bending over backwards to confirm to “rules.”
71 2020-12-15 21:41:55
Re: TNBW freeze (13 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Rachel Parsons wrote:
jack the knife wrote:cookbooklady wrote:Nope. For me too since this morning.
Thanks, Lauren. Rachel made me feel paranoid!
Sorry, Jack. It's my twisted sense of humor.
Just kidding with you, Rachel. I yield to no one when it comes to sarcasm. 
72 2020-12-12 19:22:11
Re: TNBW freeze (13 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
cookbooklady wrote:
Nope. For me too since this morning.
Thanks, Lauren. Rachel made me feel paranoid!
73 2020-12-12 19:05:50
Re: TNBW freeze (13 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Rachel Parsons wrote:
They're on to you, Jack.
Funny. So I’m the only one who experienced that today?
74 2020-12-12 18:01:31
Topic: TNBW freeze (13 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
What’s going on with the site todAy? Can’t review, can’t edit.
75 2020-12-05 16:16:21
Re: Paragraph/dialogue structure questions (5 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
I agree with your first and third examples. In the second, I would move the dialogue into a separate paragraph.
I’ve read novels where every dialogue gets a separate paragraph, sometimes without attribution. Can be confusing. I have no problem including the dialogue in the same paragraph of the action as long as the speaker is clear. Being consistent shouldn’t necessarily be the goal, IMO.
