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I'll ask Connor to say a prayer for you.

Feel better.
Dirk

Question. I have a scene where Connor startles a mother superior, currently written as:

Is that the same as saying:

I don't know if the latter is a valid use of the verb.

Thanks
Dirk

Work is ongoing. This week I've been making suggested edits to my older scenes. Picked up a new reviewer with excellent ideas (Ray). Unfortunately, he finds the site toxic/useless, so he's leaving. For some reason I can't delete that obnoxious thread. The rules for Premium must be different than for our group.

I settled on keeping the longer prologue. I don't want to make the reader wade through 200 pages before getting their answer to how the scene ends.

Next week I start writing the exorcism!

How about the winner(s) get their main work spotlighted on the home page for a week? Could have a Contest Winners section up temporarily. Not too long since that would annoy Temple and Vern. Leave the cash in the bank to pay for ongoing enhancements.

I was curious about other sites, so I did a comparison. I won't name the competitors, but the best one didn't support the concept of books, putting the onus on users to keep it organized. Also, chapters only remain readable/reviewable for thirty days. Then you have to gather more points to republish. That's ridiculous. Like us, they have a lot of dead groups, although more active forums. They also allow users to donate points to others. Hint. :-)

One trend I've noticed is that new users leave the site right after their trial period is up. I've lost count of the number of users I've tried to get up to speed only to have them disappear days later. I've always thought that the trial period is too short for such a complex site. Perhaps it could be lengthened to a month? It's not like someone is going to use the site in that month to write and publish a novel without eventually having to pay to continue to workshop here. Let's give them the full tour.

Welcome back, Linda. What's the WIP about?

Idiopathic Acute Systemic Inflammation (IASI)

That works as the disease name, but the acronym is meh. If I take idiopathic out of the acronym, that leaves ASI. Not much better.
The other option is to give him throat cancer to explain why he coughs up blood, and have the chemo play havoc with his immune system, exacerbating his gold allergy, causing the severe rash around his neck. Seems rather complicated.

Thoughts?

No, I want no reminders of that *sshole in my book. Hinkley Syndrome might work. :-)

I've decided to make a change with De Rosa. His rash/coughing varies in intensity from day to day, but I need it until the end of the book. It's already annoying me, so my readers will probably hate it going on that long. Instead, he'll have a few really bad days throughout the book, and no symptoms on his good days. Still mulling over what the illness will be - a made up name (e.g., Holzberger Syndrome) vs. something that can't be diagnosed.

Thank you for the feedback, everyone.