Look up the Rezvani Tank.
276 2018-09-01 04:14:38
Re: As Darkness Gathers (the Connor series) - Dirk B. (1,438 replies, posted in Fantasy/Magic & Sci-Fi)
277 2018-09-01 02:28:09
Re: As Darkness Gathers (the Connor series) - Dirk B. (1,438 replies, posted in Fantasy/Magic & Sci-Fi)
Maybe instead Italian plates?
278 2018-08-31 01:33:13
Re: WIP: Exile in Time (29 replies, posted in Fantasy/Magic & Sci-Fi)
Thank you, K.
279 2018-08-28 11:33:36
Re: The Sorcerer's Progress (1,528 replies, posted in Fantasy/Magic & Sci-Fi)
A very quick note:
I'm tied up both with other projects and with figuring out how to organize my thematic material and weave it into the large-scale, multi-volume plot. It's becoming clear very, very slowly, and more in my mind than on paper. I've got reviews to do and should get at least four done in the next twenty-four hours.
Good news, sort of, is that one insight is good for Books Two and Three, if I can do it. This is looking into the real face of evil and writing about it.
Look at the wiring diagram, page 2, box c: https://www.jameco.com/Jameco/Products/ … 620576.pdf
280 2018-08-25 16:24:55
Re: Hacker Mischief (9 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
CJ: I just got four email notifications for updates to your story. Your portfolio shows me nothing new.
I'd love to see some new work
281 2018-08-23 18:50:42
Re: Climb Down Opinions (8 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
From the world of old NYC subway announcements: Please lean off the doors.
282 2018-08-23 18:48:30
Re: Can poverty take a life? (14 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
In literature, you can say what you want, so if you want to say someone died from poverty, sure, go ahead. You'll be in the tradition of Dickens, Victor Hugo, Zola, and others who did this. Strictly speaking, it's one's responses to poverty that might lead to death. Zweig, a real world billionaire, became that way because he was born in poverty. Hollis Brown (yes, a fictional character, but hey, that's my point) killed himself and his family because he lived in poverty.
Don't forget Niels Henrik Abel!
283 2018-08-21 21:02:00
Re: As Darkness Gathers (the Connor series) - Dirk B. (1,438 replies, posted in Fantasy/Magic & Sci-Fi)
Good for me.
284 2018-08-16 15:47:32
Re: Strongest Start (5 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
If the contest is in a group (eg Premium) the content ought to be visible to members.
285 2018-08-13 17:51:39
Topic: New Model for Human Motivation (0 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Not a complete and perfect model, of course, but valuable
286 2018-08-13 14:25:40
Re: POV changes in a short stories (18 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Sometimes people answer the most recent question, issue, or argument instead of the original ... like I'm doing now.
287 2018-08-13 14:23:39
Re: As Darkness Gathers (the Connor series) - Dirk B. (1,438 replies, posted in Fantasy/Magic & Sci-Fi)
Asteroid Omega. Omega rock.
288 2018-08-08 03:16:32
Re: The Galaxy Tales - Dirk B. (1,217 replies, posted in Fantasy/Magic & Sci-Fi)
Low Bidda Bing, Low Bidda Boom
289 2018-08-04 00:15:11
Re: Link glitch: Author link on forum page (2 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Good info. I tried one of kdot's links on the same page and it worked. Maybe something about the spacing/punctuation in the name confuses the code that puts the link in?
290 2018-08-03 23:22:52
Topic: Link glitch: Author link on forum page (2 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
I suspect this is a problem everywhere, but here's the page where I find it: https://www.thenextbigwriter.com/forums/post35528.html
I move my cursor over the highlighted author name at the left. I get a tooltip "Go to {author}'s profile".
The link does not go to the author's profile. It goes right back to the present article. It used to do what the tooltip claims.
291 2018-07-31 04:05:50
Re: How to create a compelling character who is supposed to be all good? (22 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
You might try reading =Stranger in a Strange Land=--the as-writtem version, not the abridged, originally-published version. The full version has the phrase 'real as taxes' in the second sentence.
Point is, Valentine Michael Smith is the ultimate innocent ... in a dangerous way.
292 2018-07-13 20:20:22
Re: Amid, Amidst vs. Among, Amongst (3 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Dialogue is ruled by the speaker's voice, and narrative by the narrators. In a close PoV, you may want to hew near the PoV character's voice.
293 2018-07-12 20:16:23
Re: 200 ways to 'shake your head' (5 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Before the days of method acting, there were books published full of diagrams of postures and gestures to accompany any emotion.
294 2018-07-09 03:54:13
Re: Best book on learning to write well? (11 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
It doesn't hit those points directly, but if you haven't read Matt Bird's =The Secrets of Story= you need to put it on your list.
295 2018-07-08 22:39:50
Re: Can someone help with finding one's genre? (43 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Is the =Raiders of the Lost Ark= series derivative of =King Solomon's Mines=?
296 2018-07-08 03:48:44
Re: The Galaxy Tales - Dirk B. (1,217 replies, posted in Fantasy/Magic & Sci-Fi)
Not Rock Bottom?
297 2018-07-08 02:01:02
Re: The Galaxy Tales - Dirk B. (1,217 replies, posted in Fantasy/Magic & Sci-Fi)
TCME The Company that ...
OCME One Company to ...
298 2018-07-07 14:53:14
Re: The Galaxy Tales - Dirk B. (1,217 replies, posted in Fantasy/Magic & Sci-Fi)
Royal Hinkley
Royden Hinkley
Royalblood Hinkley
299 2018-07-07 10:16:33
Re: The Galaxy Tales - Dirk B. (1,217 replies, posted in Fantasy/Magic & Sci-Fi)
Minnow Thinkley?
300 2018-07-07 02:02:53
Re: The Galaxy Tales - Dirk B. (1,217 replies, posted in Fantasy/Magic & Sci-Fi)
I like the 'Think' names. Elbrecht van Thinklage?