526 Reply by dagnee

(5 replies, posted in Thriller/Mystery/Suspense)

j p lundstrom wrote:

I'm conducting an experiment.  My stuff carried over from the old site to the premium group, so I posted a chapter to Cop Shop and a short story to Thriller, just to see which got the most response.  So far, the story in Thriller has had the most immediate feedback.  But that's just me.  JP

P.S.  I forgot to say: the group that's shown the least response is the Premium Group.  I was thinking it was because there's such a lot of stuff to choose from, people are still finding their way.  What has been your experience?

Jack--If you can, I vote that we change the name of the group to Thriller....

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527 Reply by dagnee

(19 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)

I write, actually I'm rewriting, whenever Bear lets me. I've never had a puppy as young as Bear, I got him when he was six weeks old, and I had no idea he would be so much work. His breed, Shetland Border Collie, is within the ADD spectrum, meaning they need 70 minutes of exercise a day. Potty training, throwing stuff for him to bring back, plus work leaves me with almost no energy to write. Fortunately for me, my son and I decided Bear needed doggie time with my son's dogs, every weekend.

So now I'm going to write on the weekend and do whatever Bear wants the rest of the week....

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528 Reply by dagnee

(6 replies, posted in Thriller/Mystery/Suspense)

I have a rule in my life, if it's complicated don't mess with it. What you describe is so complicated. When you say post do you mean your published work on the site will show up to be reviewed in groups? Or do you mean a post like the one I'm writing now? If it's the former then I would use a different word than post for clarification. I would use the word 'publish' or 'submission'. And if it's the later, why would anyone want to post in a forum if it cost points?

The language describing the problem is the problem here. At least for me.

Bottom line, I don't think blending the site and group forums was a good idea.

Also, with instant messaging and 'quickees' a person can post, edit, rewrite and repost and still receive feedback without the constraints of the review and/or it costing them anything except the price of the initial posting. Since Sol is doing away with the editing charges, a person could just publish a few sentences, costing him next to nothing, then go back and put in a full text for nothing.

The site got rid of the rating system because it could be rigged, which was imo good, making editing free is just another way to cheat the system.

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529 Reply by dagnee

(14 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Basic)

maxkeanu wrote:
SolN wrote:

Hi,

You can delete it by going to the group, going to Members, and then deleting yourself. You will see an option when you delete yourself to also delete the group.

BTW - how did you create your groups? I ask because right now there is a limit of 5 groups total (joined or created) per user. You seem to have six.

Thanks,
Sol

Hi Sol,
How did I d0 it? I sat down with a bottle of Sangria and started typing... beats me.

But when I was a mad-hatter coder, when I got +1 errors,  I always checked my SQL rows creation code and limitations, AND math functions and precedence of expressions, making sure that the code started from 0. So, 0 though 4, not 1 through 5, in an array... means evaluating, counting from 1 through 5 which would give you 6.

Time for a new bottle of Sangria and some Friday night salsa music!

You just proved something I've long suspected. Zero really does have value numerically. Good for you for trying! dags:)

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530 Reply by dagnee

(4 replies, posted in Thriller/Mystery/Suspense)

maxkeanu wrote:
jack the knife wrote:

Hey, Max - Why don't YOU start a litertary fiction group?

Hey, Jack— I not that literate, and besides, I'm waiting for the literary return of JEliz.

And, grammar and, me and good spellen (lol) don't get along toooo well; lol. Then there's finding a name, making a graphic... get me another Paxil!

Um...Max...I think it would be good therapy for you to start and moderate a group. Literary fiction sounds like it's right up your alley, pardon the cliche, it's your style of writing even with the science fiction stuff you wrote when I first knew you.

As for spelling...that's why God invented spell check and this site has that on every-fucking-thing that requires typing.

As for grammar...I flunked English. Yes as in BIG RED F. The only good grades I got in that class were for a couple of short stories I wrote. BUT I have no fear when I write because what some call bad grammar I call style.

Don't wait for someone else...DO IT.

dags smile

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531 Reply by dagnee

(8 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Basic)

Wilma someone answered this in another forum, so I'm passing it on to you. Down at the very bottom of the author's work after you click review there are two buttons, one for regular review and one for in-line. You have to click that button then a message box pops up for you to comment in when you highlight text.

Happy writing! dags smile

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532 Reply by dagnee

(33 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)

Sol, thanks for showing me where I can find author's content. I still think the pictures are too large, but I guess I'll get used to it.

dags smile

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533 Reply by dagnee

(33 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)

Sol, I agree with Linda about scaling down the size of the covers and making a read and review list like the one we had on the old site. I used that list a lot in finding the newest works of the authors that reviewed me.
dags:)

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