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Sol-just wanted to find out if the formatting option for Kindle you introduced a week or two ago was for Kindle Scout, or regular Kindle publication?  JP

Congratulations! Ron, still waiting to read the rest of the story...  JP

I found another one, Mike. Easy to read, and it covers what we need to know, for all genres. It also talks about exceptions to the rule.  JP
http://www.literaryrejections.com/word-count/

(It's been over a month and I'm still trying to figure out why somebody would think it okay to put pool chemicals in a blender. Did she have a special blender just for the pool? She couldn't have used it for food afterward. Never mind.)
I have a question about dealing with unresponsive writers. I've reviewed several works, trying to be helpful but not pushy, and never heard back from the authors. I do sometimes come off pedantic, I know--it comes from grading papers for thirty years.
So what do I do? Make an effort to communicate? Go on reviewing their work? Forget all about them, even if I really like their work?
I can't help nitpicking--it's a family trait.
JP

I am too easily sidetracked. I have lost whole days--and nights; don't tell my kids, they think I'm getting my sleep--following magic buttons down their mystical trails. I've had a computer in the house since the eighties but never had to lift a finger (lots of computer geeks in my family). Anyway, if I get started exploring, I forget to do any writing. I can't afford to waste time these days.  JP

Love Jesse Stone! Of course, it's hard not to like Tom Selleck in any movie.

I'll have to check it out--never thought about it. I never particularly liked the movie--it seems to me the actors were encouraged to overact. And the mom! Was she so stupid she couldn't see her little darling was off, somehow? Patty McCormick was a child, so she obviously did what she was told, but she was so unlovable and domineering! I think, in those days, any child who mouthed off like that would have been slapped silly. You must have worn long blond braids when you were a kid, to be able to empathize. 

My earliest recollection of George Clooney was as the plant foreman on Roseanne. He was funny, and carried his weight alongside some big personalities. He was missed when he left the show. Who knew he had such big achievements in his future?

Yes, I see the site FAQ--and it's where I'll go when I need to navigate the site. Thanks, JL--JP

Thanks, JL --that's a good way to keep us on the straight and narrow. I don't experiment much--it surprises me that there are so many magic buttons that can transport us to new places. Beam me up! JP

JL--You started this group two months ago and I just now found it! I've been raising a stink in the Premium Group forum because our FAQ's get lost, and we can never find the information! This sounds great--if you can categorize the threads by topic, so we can look things up. For example, start a GENRE thread, so we can post discussions, and find them again later. Same with other general topics. What do you say? JP

Hey, Janet! I did have Al Pacino on the list. In fact, he was number one, until I realized all my choices were in my age group, so I thought I'd better make room for a few younger actors. I'll use him later on. I didn't have space for any females, either. We have lots of time for discussion. No Humphrey Bogart, Fred MacMurray, or James Cagney, either--they're ancient history.

And if you like, you can talk about as many as you want.  Discussion is what we want here.  JP

Denzel Washington--I first saw him in the murder mystery "A Soldier's Story." It was a mystery, for those of you who haven't seen it, set in pre-WWII army base in the south, and it appears to be a cut-and-dried racist murder. The officer who is sent to investigate is black, a polarizing development, if ever there was one. Since then, Washington has appeared as a military man and in murder mysteries many times. I did enjoy "The Bone Collector," based on the book by Jeffery Deaver, but it isn't my favorite. That would have to be "Devil In a Blue Dress," based on the book by Walter Mosley. It is set in post-WWII Los Angeles, and besides being a truthful portrayal of the place and time (the clothes are something else!), it's a good mystery and funny, to boot. If you haven't seen either one, you ought to.