I'll end by asking the question, to Vern and anyone else--how does disarming me (or any victim) make you safer?
Japan has very strict gun laws. Total deaths in Japan by guns in 2014: 6. Total deaths in the US by guns in 2014: 33,599.
Just saying.
Just stay out of the rain with that thing
Actually, he's sticking his finger in an electrical outlet. It's his way of doing his hair. Einstein used to do it too. Important note: never open the housing for a toy motor and tap it with a screwdriver while it's plugged in. It actually melted the screwdriver. Almost won a Darwin Award for that one.
Sadly, it's almost time to pull details together for tax season, and I still have a dozen chapters to edit of the old book.
Woohoo! Finished making notes from my main Revelation study guide. According to the Catholic Church, a lot of it is purely symbolic, which can be both good and bad. Bad because it's not always clear what the verses are symbolic of and good because I have some freedom to interpret it for myself. Next step is to review several of the other study guides to see if I can fill in a few blanks. Then comes the Catholic New Testament study guide. That's going to be a bitch since I need details of many of the places Jesus visited and the miracles he performed. And there are quite a few short NT books I've never even read before. Tsk.
No, the points needed are based on the individual chapter you're trying to publish, not the work as a whole.
If you want some easy points feel free to read my story Into the Mind of God. The early chapters have been revised to death, so feel free to drop the minimum number of comments (five) and run. My chapters are a bit long, though, although I hope the early ones are worth reading.
Go to your portfolio and click on the book whose chapters you want to hide. That will take you to the publish wizard. Click on Publish at the top, which displays a list of all of your chapters. To the right of each chapter is a menu to select Active/Inactive. I think I have this right. It's a little different for short stories, but the Publish page is where you control visibility.
Oh damn, another political thread, lol. Take care. Vern
My bad.
Lynne, I suggest you eventually edit the first post in this thread so you can rename it to something that catches people's attention when they see it on their home pages. "Hi" is fine for now, since you just got here and people will read that. Most of us routinely use something like: title - name (e.g., Rise of the Unholy Trinity - Norm d'Plume). I had to edit my title about a billion times this week, trying to find one that didn't stink. :-)
I don't have enough points yet
I am reviewing as fast as I can, but I have to get some work done (and some writing!) as well. The short stories took fewer points so they've been published first. I'm assuming that publishing to point groups makes that piece pay points as well?
Yes. Although it's time consuming, reading other writers' work has made me a better writer. If you're lucky you'll find a great reviewer who has interesting stories to read. Also, the site allows you to see all reviews for a given chapter/short story/etc. Reading those reviews has also helped improve my writing.
Hi Lynne. I left you a review on one of your flash fiction stories. I noticed that some of your stories were published without points. If any of them are stories you really want reviewed, I suggest publishing with them points. I don't need points (have a bazillion already), so it's not for me.
No need to reciprocate with a review of my stuff. I'm just tweaking the ending of v3 of one of my stories, then they'll disappear as I move on to another project.
Welcome to the site!
Looks like Rick Gates (Manafort's partner) is nearing a plea deal with Mueller. I doubt he'd get one if he didn't have something to offer.
Awesome! I double-checked and Rise of the Unholy Trinity is not a book but is part of a series of sermons/podcasts. The full title of one of the sermons is Revelation: Rise of the Unholy Trinity. I'm good to go.
'Unholy' is a negated word. I don't have the thesaurus hand, but if you can find an intrinsicly negative word, it might be stronger.
And try dropping the article.
Unholy Trinity is a phrase commonly used by Christians to refer to Satan, the Antichrist, and the False Prophet.
Nuts. A similar title, Rise of the Unholy Trinity, is already in use.
Minor tweak to the name of the trilogy. The Unholy Trinity Unleashed was inappropriate, since it suggests someone else set them loose/is in control. Technically, God is, but that's not an idea I want to put in the reader's head at the outset.
Lynne, a bunch of us have set up shop in the Medieval/Fantasy group to brainstorm about our novels (one forum thread per work in progress) and to review each other's chapters. Not all the books are about fantasy. We've got science fiction and a supernatural thriller as well. It evolved that way because there is no easy way to reach each other if each of us is in the "correct" group. You're welcome to join us. Naturally, if you post the thread in Premium, you'll reach the largest audience, but if every member does the same, Premium will quickly become overwhelmed with such posts. I limit my use of Premium to cases when I need to find someone with specific expertise outside of our existing clique. It's your call.
Can someone explain to me why nearly every post in this forum is about American politics, and not about writing? Surely that is why everyone is here?
Amen! I'm still hoping that those so-inclined will form a debate group, or move to the existing Fight Club. Hint, damn it!
Please read: http://billmoyers.com/story/trump-russia-timeline/
Trump would have to be an idiot to sit down with Mueller. If the above news organization can put together that much information, imagine what Mueller has been able to uncover. I'd plead the Fifth so fast Mueller's would head would spin. Trump's supporters already believe Mueller is out to get him, so they'll just spin it as the sensible way to shut down the witch hunt. Assuming Trump doesn't do more stupid things like fire Rosenstein and Mueller. And the GOP will give him a pass on any minor offenses since they're desperate to hold onto Congress.
It's odd that an innocent man would spend so much of his energy trying to undermine the FBI, the special prosecutor, and the Justice Department.
Found an article on Bible.org that confirms Jesus destroys the armies of the Antichrist with his Word. Talk about power! Gives a whole new meaning to the statement "Make it so." Fortunately, my story was never meant to go there, even though an all-out battle for the Earth would have been cool as an ending for the trilogy.
Thanks, Amy. While the Catholic Church recognizes a form of rapture, it's a much bigger deal for Fundamentalists and some Evangelicals. They believe they will be carried up to heaven immediately before Christ's return. Then there is a literal 1000 years with Christ reigning on earth, followed by the rise of the Antichrist & False Prophet, the unleashing of Satan, a few years of chaos, Jesus killing whoever he needs to, then final judgment. I may have some of the timeline wrong, but they believe they will not need to suffer the Great Tribulation because they won't be here.
EDIT: The Bible and Catholic Church don't use the term rapture at all. I Thessalonians 4:16-17 says this: We who are alive and remain shall be caught up, shall be caught up together with them in the clouds. This is as close as Scripture gets to anything representing the rapture. It was meant to console early Christians that they would be reunited with loved ones.
I was looking for a title that might appeal to both thriller readers and Christians, like the "Exorcist". I've settled on The Unholy Trinity Unleashed for the time being. I wanted Satan's Last Stand, but K and Seabrass have me convinced for now not to give away the ending. I don't really, since it doesn't mean all three antagonists die, just that Satan knows he's supposed to die, so he sets events in motion that attempt to change the final outcome.
My biggest headache right now is that the (best) Catholic study guide that I selected as the basis for end time events says to treat key end time events as allegory, like the battle at Armageddon (Mount Megiddo). I wasn't planning to have an actual battle, since that's another Protestant belief, but Revelation makes pretty clear that Jesus/The Father literally destroy the enemies of God. The book says Jesus personally destroys the Antichrist's armies with a sword that comes out of His mouth. The study guide says that's a reference to Christ's holy words, which I agree with, but then the guide doesn't explain how that's supposed to happen. Is His preaching so powerful that all evildoers just drop dead at hearing it? If so, why was there no such power displayed in the Gospels?
Oh dear! I'm almost done converting my study guide into notes (two chapters to go) and just found out that the final battle with Satan should be read allegorically, not literally. I have yet to figure out what that means, since Jesus destroys the Antichrist's armies with a sword coming out of his mouth (His words?), while the rest of of God's enemies (so called Gog and Magog from Old Testament prophecy) are destroyed by fire coming down from heaven. The last chapter I studied includes the judgment of unrepentant sinners, who get thrown into the lake of fire. This is wrath of God stuff, so I don't know how to read it allegorically. So far, the Catholic forum I'm on doesn't have any useful suggestions either. Neither does the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
If it was just Satan as a character in my book, I would have stayed with Satan's Last Stand. I don't mind giving away that he dies (spoiler alert :-), but without telling how desperate he is and what he almost succeeds in doing. Many Christians know what's supposed to happen to the devil, as do some non-Christians. I toyed with Last Stand of the Unholy Trinity, but that title is too long. The Unholy Trinity's Last Stand doesn't sound as good as the The Unholy Trinity Unleashed. Now I've got a cool title that's never been used and doesn't give away the ending. I can die happy now.
Amy, nothing of mine needs reviewing. K and Seabrass are nitting some minor cleanup I'm doing before I shelve the book. Spending 90% of my writing time doing research for my next trilogy, tentatively entitled The Unholy Trinity Unleashed. There's a thread for it in this forum if you want to subscribe and watch me rename it two or three times a day.
Last change: The Unholy Trinity Unleashed.
Based on the Spartan example, I'm satisfied with Last Stand of the Unholy Trinity. As I mentioned earlier, it doesn't mean Satan will lose, just that it's the final battle in history.
