Maybe it'll be worth the wait. 
326 2016-08-10 03:38:04
Re: Strongest Start (18 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
327 2016-08-10 03:34:59
Re: Book cover designer (15 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
SolN wrote:
Hi all,
I need to get a book cover created. Can anyone recommend a good book cover artist or graphic designer?
Thanks,
Sol
Christopher Chambers. He did all my covers. I'll send you his email. He's talented and reasonable.
328 2016-08-08 16:06:12
Re: Reading your text aloud. (5 replies, posted in Literary Fiction)
Absolutely, read aloud yourself and have someone else read it aloud. If you can join a critique group that meets face to face, that is the best!
329 2016-08-05 22:11:48
Re: Saying hi! (7 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Violinda wrote:
One line driving point: PJ Brothers must withstand the forces of a judgmental town and a deadly river current to save herself from her own spiral of self-destruction.
Good job! Welcome!
330 2016-08-05 02:03:43
Topic: Soliciting blurbs (0 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Hey, I need two blurbs for my next book coming out this fall. Wilted Magnolias is at my editor and will be coming out this fall. Anyone interested, in giving me a blurb for the back of the book, message me. If you have already done one for a past book, I'll consider you IF I don't get any new ones.
331 2016-07-31 23:39:07
Re: emotional scenes (9 replies, posted in Literary Fiction)
It's been a long time since we hit this topic, but I came across this and had to share:
No tears in the writer;
No tears in the reader.--Robert Frost
I think the same can be said about joy, anger, cynicism--whatever emotion the author is trying to convey. If the author doesn't feel it, then the reader won't either.
332 2016-07-29 21:36:16
Topic: Might be away for a bit (3 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
My computer has had a serious meltdown. I might be away for a bit, but I have not deserted you.
333 2016-07-27 17:26:53
Re: Skin Deep (7 replies, posted in Cop Shop)
jack the knife wrote:
Different strokes for different folks. I find it more tedious to have to go back to all the comments and make adjustments to stuff I may have posted months earlier. Plus, with my plot already completed, I'd have a built-in bias not to change it in any material way. Sometimes I get suggestions that make me change the direction of the plot - something I couldn't do if it were already wrapped up in a bow, except for doing little tweaks here and there. But I must say you're prolific and your approach has been working for you, proving there are many ways to skin a cat. Jack
Your writing is awesome!
So far the only series I've had to major rewrites on was my Hillbilly Saga. And that only surrounded two characters. I just had to make changes to all four manuscripts.
334 2016-07-26 23:13:16
Re: Skin Deep (7 replies, posted in Cop Shop)
jack the knife wrote:
So you write the whole thing and then post it?
Yes. I'll finish posting the April Chastain Intrigue I have going first before I post this one.
I read all reviews, note things I think need to be changed (80% of suggestions get used.) I don't rewrite until I've had feedback on the whole thing. Then I start editing and rewriting the whole thing. I find that if I start rewriting in the middle of writing, I get too distracted to finish the story. So, I write the skeleton, listen to y'all to add some muscle, send it to my editor, work with her to put on the skin.
335 2016-07-26 22:06:09
Re: Skin Deep (7 replies, posted in Cop Shop)
Not yet. I just finished it. I have others to finish posting first.
336 2016-07-26 21:25:20
Re: Could you make it a novel? (8 replies, posted in Romance Inc.)
MrsPiddles wrote:
A woman in a small town in East Texas found out that her husband was having an affair - while working out of town. Feeling betrayed and humiliated, she decided to leave him, but unsure of her future, she confided in a few of her friends. One day the constable knocked on her door. She invited him in for a glass of iced tea, but he said it was an official visit. He said "I've heard talk that you were thinking of leaving Billy. You know, stupid people can come up missing around here." Then he rocked back on his heels and stroked the .44 strapped to his side - and gazed across the highway at the Davy Crockett National Forest.
How do you make a novel out of what really did happen? To me?
Great premise for a murder mystery. I had a Vice Lord who lived behind me volunteer to have a carjacking gone bad for my ex.
337 2016-07-25 19:05:22
Re: Skin Deep (3 replies, posted in Thriller/Mystery/Suspense)
Randall Krzak wrote:
Congrats! I'll have to really hunker down with my reading/reviewing to catch up.
Regards, Randy
Not posting it yet!
338 2016-07-25 04:27:25
Re: POP COP QUIZ # 25 Faves and Raves (3 replies, posted in Cop Shop)
1. Ray Liotta--Goodfellas
2. Kevin Spacey--Seven/The Usual Suspects
3. Al Pacino--Heat
4. John Cusack--Grosse Point Blank
5. Christopher Walken--True Romance
6. Robert De Niro--Too many to chose from
7. Benicio del Toro--Traffic
8. Bruce Willis--Die Hard/The Last Boy Scout
9. Johnny Depp--Blow
10. Morgan Freeman--Kiss the Girls/Seven
Extra Credit:
11. Humphrey Bogart (of course)--The Maltese Falcon
How could you leave off Jack Nicholson and Tommy Lee Jones?
339 2016-07-25 04:17:35
Topic: Skin Deep (7 replies, posted in Cop Shop)
Just finished my first draft of Skin Deep!
340 2016-07-25 04:16:16
Topic: Skin Deep (3 replies, posted in Thriller/Mystery/Suspense)
Just finished my first draft of Skin Deep!
341 2016-07-25 03:59:59
Topic: Skin Deep (1 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Just finished my first draft of Skin Deep!
342 2016-07-24 19:23:07
Re: Computer meltdown. (8 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Oh, all the documents are there and on a flash drive and on my work computer. It's just that I couldn't open any to work on. I finally got it reinstalled a little while ago.
343 2016-07-24 02:02:19
Topic: Computer meltdown. (8 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
My computer is having a meltdown. I did a system restore & now it's at least running. But now, the restore deleted Office 365 & I can't get it to reinstall!!!!
All my Word documents.
I have Word starter 2010 on this hunk of junk, but it doesn't have all the options I have with 2016.
I am screaming.
344 2016-07-23 19:26:35
Topic: Could you make it a novel? (8 replies, posted in Romance Inc.)
Jerry Jones posted this in the Jones County Friends group on Facebook. Hilarious!
I Need To Poison My Husband
A nice, calm and respectable lady went into the pharmacy, right up to the pharmacist, looked straight into his eyes, and said, “I would like to buy some cyanide.”The pharmacist asked, “Why in the world do you need cyanide?”
The lady replied, “I need it to poison my husband.”
The pharmacists eyes got big and he exclaimed, “Lord have mercy!
I can’t give you cyanide to kill your husband! That’s against the law!
I’ll lose my license! They’ll throw both of us in jail! All kinds of bad things will happen. Absolutely not! You CANNOT have any cyanide!”
The lady reached into her purse and pulled out a picture of her husband in romantically entwined with the pharmacist’s wife.
The pharmacist looked at the picture and replied, “Well now. That’s different. You didn’t tell me you had a prescription.”
Leave a comment.
Could you turn it into a novel?
345 2016-07-23 19:25:25
Topic: Could you make it a novel? (3 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Jerry Jones posted this in the Jones County Friends group on Facebook. Hilarious!
I Need To Poison My Husband
A nice, calm and respectable lady went into the pharmacy, right up to the pharmacist, looked straight into his eyes, and said, “I would like to buy some cyanide.”The pharmacist asked, “Why in the world do you need cyanide?”
The lady replied, “I need it to poison my husband.”
The pharmacists eyes got big and he exclaimed, “Lord have mercy!
I can’t give you cyanide to kill your husband! That’s against the law!
I’ll lose my license! They’ll throw both of us in jail! All kinds of bad things will happen. Absolutely not! You CANNOT have any cyanide!”
The lady reached into her purse and pulled out a picture of her husband in romantically entwined with the pharmacist’s wife.
The pharmacist looked at the picture and replied, “Well now. That’s different. You didn’t tell me you had a prescription.”
Leave a comment.
Could you turn it into a novel?
346 2016-07-23 19:06:57
Re: Certificate Issue (6 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Yep. I just sent you a message about the issue before I could get here to see you were already aware.
347 2016-07-23 04:22:17
Re: A minor interface glitch ... how many even noticed? (25 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Excellent point, vern
348 2016-07-21 20:09:06
Re: A minor interface glitch ... how many even noticed? (25 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
At least the site uses a singular (he) rather than the plural (they) like Facebook does. He is actually correct grammar. Maybe just an inline comment(s) would work. But does it really matter so long as we're reviewing and being reviewed?
349 2016-07-20 22:00:03
Re: FIRE! I have a question... (1 replies, posted in Cop Shop)
1--No clue.
2--Kerosene, maybe.
350 2016-07-19 03:03:14
Re: A newbie saying hello (22 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Welcome! This group is far from perfect, but we're a lot like a big family. I felt just like you the first time I posted a chapter. That book came out in April. So, just put yourself out there. AND do grow a thick skin. If a dozen folks tell you something needs to be changed, it does. If it's one or two, follow your heart.
