My terms are way more alien than "agente" and I dont translate, so I think you'll be fine

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(17 replies, posted in Close friends)

Hi Suin...

The answer to your other question is "Yes, an export is possible". Send me your Email and I'll explain

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(6 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)

Also, please beware, if I delete this post for no apparent reason

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(6 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)

Alternatively, choosing a new password should require me to enter my old password

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(6 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)

Hi Sol. Had a device stolen that's logged in here, so I went ahead and changed my password.

Now here's where the fun begins:

Existing devices are not kicked off / logged off when I set my password. The holder of the device can simply change my password to anything he desires. He can also change my email address to his own, then click "lost password" and unreset mine. (I validated the former is possible using my phone).

Recommend: Attempt to change email address goes through an email confirmation cycle
Recommend: Change password expires any active tokens on the user account

I think short posts is fine... I was just commenting that I personally had no comment yet. I often read 20 pages worth or so when starting a review of a new-to-me story on here

Read scene 1 but, unfortunately, I have insufficient material in there to leave a review. It looked to me like the true beginning was further in at the anointing scene, but I need to see more material to get a feel for the pace before I can say that with confidence.

Now I resume cattleprodding you

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(260 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)

Helena Seryma wrote:

Thanks, I've posted one of my stories that has a problem in the intro and really need fixing.

You'll need to post it to premium for maximum viewership

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(1,528 replies, posted in Fantasy/Magic & Sci-Fi)

Nor are they part of what the characters are.

Ah, but to what extend does our external stimuli become a part of what we are?

If I told you my grand mother was a hoarder, you might say "ok".
If I told you she lived through the Great Depression, you might say "ah-ha!"

In my current WIP it's "peacetime" so I'm painting the local characters as "trusting". Except Nova. She's plotting and distrusting. Why is she distrusting... because the (local authority) is out to stick it to her. I've allowed this external factor to colour her.

That's kinda what I missed in yours a sort of "X is on path Y because of factor Z"

For instance, what is it about Lortimer that would make him want to invite the other student for dinner, evidently for the sole reason that he's serous? (Maybe he was shown kindness once and now tries to deliver it back? if so, how does this drive his soul?)

You touched on P's family-member's death, but now how that has affected her? If not at all, that's just as telling as if she's developed a tendency to check in on people to their distraction / annoyance).

I wasn't looking for meaning attacked to every character tick, tho. Was just observing that I didn't spot any

Program his VCR

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(1,528 replies, posted in Fantasy/Magic & Sci-Fi)

There are no plot holes until amy has wandered along and found some plank your mc has overlooked and the story bursts into flame

538

(29 replies, posted in Fantasy/Magic & Sci-Fi)

cattle prod time soon

Ahoy... where ye be? Storing up points after that giant mammoth contest posting?

Dirk B. wrote:

MJ, I checked my settings and it's already set as you suggested, yet my forum threads still show up on Google. You don't even need to be logged into the site to read them.

Hey Sol, here's an interesting note: If you log off the site and browse the forum threads, it exposes the poster's IP address. This is hidden from logged in users.

Should Dirk become an NYT bestseller and move to some remote 200-person town, any further posts will reveal his approximate coordinates. All those lovely fans will geo-track him there and hunt him down.

Or... Fiat (in your story) is making the Lancia Delta again

I had a really great substantive editor back in the mid 90's. Actually, I didn't like him at first, but he was assigned to me. My attempts to escape him were met with resistance. After the first round (of three) of him eviscerating my work, I kinda got used to him. Alas, when I parted ways with the publisher, I lost track of him too (In these days we used PINE for email everyone used BBS's).

I have a new one but she's not as good, sometimes with one comment per chapter. Not really a good investment, and per price is too low (about 0.1 - 0.2 cents per word). The on Suin posted looks like he knows his stuff. I'm considering him for one of my projects (Maybe the Venus stories).

When my frog died (high heat / humidity), you knew within hours. By 10 hrs it was intolerable

@Norm: Google says I'm allowed to buy it from their store, but I can't be sure there's not a country restriction somewhere later down the checkout process

https://play.google.com/store/tv/show/A … R0hKBgxZWY

Arguably, the past 5 movies also have not had the magic

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(4 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)

Great  resource. I use mainly point #6 which is slightly easier having penned 12+ adventures in that world

In anime when this occurs, there is usually just enough supernatural that regular law enforcement thinks its a prank

You're going to need a lot of cardinals to kill off in order to cover 19 events

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(78 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)

Charles_F_Bell wrote:
dagny wrote:

Thanks, Suin! smile

Perhaps you can answer the question on how an editor who claims to have a bunch of global clients is qualified to do what he claims to do. He provides no name  - only a reference to having a connection to the Irish and Canadian publishing markets, a fact irrelevant to an American author looking to write for Americans and perhaps publish in the U.S.A. Presumably he can expect aspiring authors submitting to the free site for busine$$ through clearly referenced Irish website editorial.ie, and no editor's job is to make a work publishable for any reason other than the mechanics of good writing  such as the right and proper spelling the word, "colour" as "color."

Richard Bradburn
It's in there. You have to follow the link from Opening Lines up to the parent site that is his actual editing site and sift through it

Dirk B. wrote:

It's amazing how much misinformation there is on what seem like credible websites. I read on one site that the Sea of Galilee was saltwater. In reality, it's freshwater, fed by natural springs. Stuff like this could lead to big errors in my book.

Learned something new. I thought saltwater was part of the definition of "sea" until today