Oh, according to Wiki-P, Perth is at 36 degrees latitude (south) while Seattle is at 47 degrees latitude (north). 'nuff said!
11 degrees makes a massive difference ... *mumbles at njc*
Oh, and I forgot to say thank you for the advice. It's much appreciated (and now I owe you guys even more wine).
There is a store called REI that sells quality hiking and skiing clothing. Aother one you can find in some stores is Columbia. Fingerless gloves aren't enough of a solution. Remember to buy Polartec clothing (preferably with a coating called Windblock) regardless of whether you can afford REI's prices or not. A simple fleece undershirt will do you wonders on staying warm in this weather. For someone who has never experienced cold, remember that layers are always a good way to go (seems like you have that one down already), and that you can't stay warm once you get wet (sweating into a poorly breathing coat is an example) so you need a layer to wick away the moisture.
You'll find that there are gloves everywhere, but many of them are crap and let in the gusting winds. I've found that it is worth any price to have warm hands. That means spending a fortune on gloves, but it is REALLY important for your comfort level. Coats can be layered, but you can't layer your hands and still drive. Also, always remember to cover your head with a really good hat, otherwise you lose all your heat in the first thirty seconds of being outside.
Speaking of which, you need to learn to drive in cold weather/ icy weather. Read up on it before you have to deal with that experience for the first time. (No sudden turns of the wheel if there is bad traction/ wide turns/ pump your brakes when stopping unless you have anti-lock brakes. Both ways end up sliding you over the road, but will get you stopped eventually)
Gotta look out for my Aussie friend so I can collect some wine down the road :-)
Sorry I locked you out. I must have been on my phone and the icons are tiny. Didn't even see it (ducks head and pouts)
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Sorry I yelled at you. We're even, so all good! 
But yeah, I figured it was an accident. The crickets are DRT now. Thanks for the review! I'll reply after work. 
Also, I've made notes of all of this. And the windscreen wipers njc. We've bought new cars, so it should be good for this season, I hope. But once we need to replace, we'll take your advice on-board.
In the dead of winter we will vary from -30°C to -39°C (in places like Winnipeg, at which point most things shut down).
By the way, Mars has an average of -55. A Martian getting ready for summer would probably freeze to death in Winnipeg.
Luckily, that's a long ways off (knock on wood)
This will make me feel better. Thanks for taking one for the team K!
Dirk, I just checked. Where we are, we are road-trip distance away from Calgary. I'm going to mention that to the husband. I've always wanted to go. And of course we'll go in spring! We have so much we want to do and see, it's not even funny. Things like work and buying clothes interfere way too much!
I just signed on a Jeep Renegade with the upgraded options in the Latitude package (power doors, locks, and keyless entry) We had to do that to get the roof rails so we can haul tons of stuff on the roof. It breaks my heart to let the Saturn go. She was such a loyal car! Kind of like putting a parent on an ice-flow and watching them sail away...
On a positive note, my youngest will explode with excitement when he realizes we got a blue car. The things that matter when you are five years old!
Great little car!!!! Wishing you a million happy miles!
And yeah, to be five again .....
Making progress now with the Erevain chapters. It's slow going because I need to immerse myself in it before starting, and that takes time.
I have the same problem, it's really hard to switch between the POVs of the two MCs in NS, but I write in chronological order, I can't jump around on hot plates like some others around here do. I totally envy that too.
pft, catastrophic failure. It's all relative. Catastrophic failure losing your laptop is bad, one in the ER I'd presume is infinitely worse (for the person experiencing the consequences of the ER CF).
Amy, that's bad! I really didn't laugh your honour. Promise. *crosses fingers behind my back*
*refresh page* nope, still crickets! LOL All good, as long as you guys are aware of the new chapter, I'm happy. Take your time! In the meantime, I'm going to keep myself busy with reviews and the forums a little bit.
Apparently the talk of crickets really upset her
The question is, between silence/a closed thread, crickets/no reviews, writer's block, feminists, what upsets me the most. It's a tight race.
K, how cold is it where you are? I'm really cold, and it worries me, it's too soon to be this cold. I need to buy more/better clothes this weekend - someone at work asked me if I have gloves. I don't have gloves. In Perth, you don't need gloves. Ever. Even when it's the coldest winter on record you don't need gloves. So no, I don't own gloves. Need to correct that one too when I go shopping this weekend. A fellow Aussie told me to get fingerless gloves so that you can still type on a keyboard. Sheer brilliance - then you can wear gloves over gloves too. Right now, I'm wearing two jumpers (jackets in the US), two shirts (a t-shirt under my nice-r shirt) AND a singlet and I'm still cold. Even Jon Stark will think so. So I'm trying to convince myself it could be worse, like in Canada cold ...
mmmm, maybe Amy could use this as inspiration for Dictates, instead of ants .... LOL
Hope this isn't your new thread.
njc, it's better than nothing, right?
I lazed at the conference and also got to hunt for a new car in my free time. When it rains, it pours. You are on my dance card, so don't worry. Hey, can I start calling you Cricket? I only tag people with nicknames if I like them. Don't worry, Difk. You're next!
So did you buy a new car?! Wanna share which make and model?
I've had a few days off so it killed my review pace. That may seem strange, but I get the vast majority of my reviewing and writing done during the 4 hrs I spend commuting each day. It's the secret to my posting rate... I've got nothing to do but sit in the train and bang away at the keyboard
That's a tough one. I wouldn't mind to have 4 hours a day to write, but not on a train to work without much choice in the matter. But yes, what you're doing is the best you can do - use the time as much as you can (this also explains the lack of in-line reviews sometimes!).
4 hours is a pretty hard commute, so I hope your employer supports flexible working hours ... in your case, one day not going in to work would mean one day + 4 hours essentially.
I think only the moderator (eg, you) can close threads
Thanks Amy, and yes, only the group moderator/creator can close, delete, sticky and moderate threads.
Amy!!!!!!!! Bring back my crickets, pretty please, I hope they're only "closed" and not dead dead. I'll never complain ever again knowing now that silence, complete silence is even worse!
And yes, you may call me crickets.
Smelly armpits is already taken!
I try to shoot for 10-12 double-spaced pages, which seems to be equal to my own attention span when reading. :-) Here on the site that's around 1.5 to 2.0 points for the reviewer. I dislike reading/reviewing very long chapters because I usually can't do it all in one sitting. Life intrudes.
When I review something on the other side of 1.86 points, I know it's not going to happen in one sitting. Bless Sol and his little factory of minions that made it possible to save draft in-line reviews.
the next chapter is posted.
*crickets*
*crickets*
*smells armpit*
Nope, it's not too bad. Guess everyone is just busy. Except njc, not saying he isn't busy (for those that struggle to figure this out, K can translate Janet double-negative in no time), because he (njc, not K, although K might also be busy, but I'm talking about njc here) is busy (and I have pics to prove it too), but he's on top of this game and for his dedication and trouble and effort I've elevated him to the top of my "All time heroes and favourite reviewers"-list. You might notice a few names that have been elevated to this highly coveted position in the past: William Shakespeare, Stephen King, JK Rowling, just to name a few.
*crickets*
Seriously though, let me know if I've missed returning a few favours ... Rebecca, I'm planning a Drech marathon if not this weekend, next weekend, so you're sitting out this remind-Janet-gently-of-reviews-she-needs-to-get-to-catch-up round!
ps - if the top of my list carrot isn't working, think of it this way: if I'm busy reading reviews (AND a little bit of writing in between), I don't have time to post ...
Give me some time to think about it. I'm still thinking of the three stooges dynamic though
Are you back yet or still mingling with the writing elite in Chicago?!
Something to consider is the attention span of the average reader. In an ideal word, it shouldn't and wouldn't matter, but with things going the way they are (I might be showing my age here!), I think long chapters will become more and more a disadvantage/problem. I struggle to read for long periods of time on a screen compared to the paper version, but it may just be me. And, like everything else, there will be exceptions, so my comment is only meant in a general kind of way.
Personally ... I try to keep my chapters around the 2300-2500 mark and use scene breaks liberally.
Ahh, I got it wrong too. I don't mind the rewrite process. I always think of it as polishing a turd. LOL Sometimes it's just minor tweaks, and other times it's a whole new direction to address plot fixes.
The one lesson about rewriting that I learned the hard way is not to rewrite in the original document. I break my chapters down into folders containing versions. Version 1 being the draft and all subsequent version #'s being various rewrites. I can always tell which chapters are the toughest to get right because I'll have up to 6 versions of it. Copy and pasting the highest version # onto a new document and numbering it 1 # higher is how I manage to preserve ALL writing, so if I make a giant mistake during the rewrite, I can always revert back to whatever version I feel is the strongest.
I've learned that lesson the hard way - never ever ever ever delete anything you have written - sometimes I delete two words just to realise it will work two paragraphs down, and then of course I can't for the life of me remember the exact words I've used - Mr. Thesaurus is then pulled closer. Since I've wised up a bit, half of my WIP became copy-paste sections I have "discarded" or moved for later use (maybe, maybe not). And I can tell you one thing, I've referred back to the "Archive", as I call it, more times than not. Sometimes I'm even surprised at the good sh#t I came up with before! LOL Good sh#t ... see what I did here? 
Janet..I knew your post could be taken two ways and I picked the way that most related to me. As usual I'm wrong.
I do agree it's easier to start something new than to rewrite old material. I have to resist starting something new and I am better about it after being on this site.
This is an interesting subject and if I weren't on my Kindle I would have more to say. I hate one finger typing...Dags
Yes Dags, you (and Linda) came very close to losing your Romance Inc badges ... hehehe But seriously, when I saw your post and re-read mine, it was me who could've been more specific. But like I said, we can discuss what we like. And it's still on topic! So we're good!
dags, Linda, don't get me started on the few bugs. I've had a couple of chapters that I could've sworn I fixed, only to read the first review and realising it didn't "save" my corrections/changes ...
dags, I don't republish, I simply start another book. And like you, I have to say, also not the best way of doing it, but it works best for me.
Although ... I was mostly referring to the actual reviewing process and not so much the site, but we can discuss both!
The only reason I can think of why it's easier to write all new stuff than fix my older writing is that I have learned so bloody much from everyone on this site, that my more recent "first draft" writing is much, much better than my "first draft" writing from many moons ago. It's really time consuming to fix all those beginner mistakes, let me tell ya!
I'm almost done with fixing the first draft ... That's the good news. The bad news is ... I stopped roughly 30-35% into my first draft and started again - too many massive plot changes. The good news is, so far so good, no more massive plot holes so it won't be long now, and the first draft will be as good as done.
Janet, you've worked hard for this, and still are. Enjoy!
This is weird, makes no sense and is so counter-intuitive (IMO of course), but I find it easier to write new stuff than editing/updating previous revisions of my writing. I mean, when you copy and paste 90% of a chapter, surely it must be super quick to revise and get out again?!
Am I a special snowflake or does anyone else also experience this?
Waving back to standing ovation! Hi. I'm Mike. I don't write straight romance, but I include romance in my writing. I'm a retired detective, retired engineering professional. I review mainly for story, missed words, overused words, and such. Punctuation rules elude me. My book Hunter is complete and still posted. It is a compilation of Action, love story, police procedural, Christia lifestyle. I would enjoy anyone reading and commenting.
Mike
Mike, I've just finished my latest chapter. You're my target for this week. Good luck!
K, the next chapter is posted. (1) You need more patience, young man, and (2) Your spreadsheet is out by approx. 36 hours.
I'm a cave kind of girl. They have a few very cool ones that I'd love to explore.
I've been to a few. It was pretty awesome and I'm not a cave kind of girl. I'm a hotel and luxury kind.
