Thank You, everyone. I was in the operating room a total of 35 minutes, then back into recovery. Total time at the hospital was 5.5 hours. I have a cup over my eye now, but that comes off in another hour. Expect some blurry vision for perhaps two days, then back to normal. Right eye in two weeks.
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My thanks to everyone. I inderstand what you meant now, Temple. Sometimes it takes a 2x4 to get my attention. And, yes, my left eye is scheduled for two weeks from now. Basically, I'll be out of service for the month.
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A puzzling reference, Temple. Any particular reason you sent the link? I don't consider what I offered as "overinformation" or even TMI.
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Tomorrow morning, early, I'm due at the hospital for cataract surgery. Not too worried, but it will interfere somewhat with reviewing and writing/editing my own stuff. Supposed to be an easy thing, but one never knows.
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My hobby is asking seemingly harmless questions that mushroom into nuclear war with hypersonic weapons. If that doesn't make the hair on your neck stand/stand up, then I/me don't know what will.
LOL. An exchange like this on another site I can name (that begins with the letters Booksie), would have resulted in exactly the above-named devastation. This thread should be made a sticky as it contins something for everyone.
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I've always classified "stood" as one of those words that fall in the mundane category. Similar words are "walked", "spoke", "saw", "thought", and a few more that could be made much more colorful and to the point. I do agree with others that "stood up" is rather redundant and would flag it myself.
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"rose" or possibly "came to his feet" might work as well.
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And Happy Holidays to you and yours, Rachel. And to anyone else who responds here. I will likewise be busy with family and such, so my attendance here will be spotty at best.
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I can't think of a single person I've ever talked to about writing that hasn't gone through the same thing. It's happened to me many times. My favorite method for breaking through the doldrums is to build a scene in my virtual railroading program or go flying. Both hobbies will keep your mind so busy you don't have time to overthink a particular roadlbock in your novel. Often enough your subconscious will provide a clue--the very key you need to turn your negatives into positives.
The writing I've done as little as a year ago is subject to my staring at it and wondering how the heck I managed to write such drivel. I gleefully rip out whole paragraphs, slash every adjective in the story, cream comma splices, and turn all tells into shows. Other times, I'll stare at it for ten minutes, then go have a cup of tea.
Trust me, you'll get through it.
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Thanks, Clarke. I've responded to your review.
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Somehow, I thought I was updating my chapters and re-publishing them. It turns out, the new stuff didn't show. For this I apologize. I've now gone back and ensured the first three chapters are now what I meant them to be. More chapters will follow soon.
I've redesigned the beginning be separating the individual POVs into chapter one and two. The old reviews are safe and sound as I printed them all off and used them as a guide while editing. I agree, the first attempt was pretty lame. i hope the second start is better.
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Welcome, Dan. SOunds like a novel I'd enjoy. Post away and I'll see what I can do during my prep for cataract surgery. Most authors (me included) will reciprocate for any reviews you do.
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I received the same email, Marilyn. Great software. I signed up for the Lifetime option. Their technical support is outstanding. I've been a member for a couple of years. I've been their Beta tester for a year now.
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Outstanding picks. Congratulations to all the selectees!
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Today is December 3, but it is Monday, not Saturday.
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I'll take one, Randy. How do we get the money to you?
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Same here. 10 seconds while "waiting for thenextbigwriter.com" on Google Chrome.
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Just voted, Randy.
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I'd rewrite the second sentence as:
"Me, the paramedics, and Father Coppola, who's waiting at the police tape."
May not be grammatically correct, but it's how I'd speak the line.
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There may be an easier way, Christine, but I'd go to the higher chapters and, starting with the highest, add one to the chapter number and republish. Work your way down each chapter, renumbering one higher as you go, until you reach the spot you want to insert a chapter. Edit and publish that chapter in the right order. The upper chapters will remain in the proper order.
Then again, I've just drunk a huge can of Sapporo Beer with my tuna and salmon sushi, so I could be all wet.
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How about "Bad Santa" (1 and 2)?
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Another great movie with Ben Affleck, Gary Sinese, and Charlize Theron is Reindeer Games. Ex-con takes place of "dead" con when he leaves prison. gets involved in casino heist during Christmas.
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Try this page. it's in Italian, but Chrome translates it just fine. It is the EU rights as affects Italy.
http://www.normattiva.it/uri-res/N2Ls?u … -07-01;101
The page was derived from the footnote references for Italy on this page:
https://www.loc.gov/law/help/miranda-wa … .php#Italy
European Directive 2012/13/EU (which is cited above) is Here:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/Le … 010:en:PDF
As for the actual spoken rights to a suspect, I'd use the US version as a guideline and add/subtract whatever is/isn't in the EU version.
Or, you could "make him a deal he cannot refuse".
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In Google Chrome, you can use x-line mode, then use Chrome's print function to print the whole review. I use it regularly to print reviews that require a lot of changes to my master copy written in MS Word.
This is exactly what I do. Works well. You can even scale the size down so it doesn't take too much paper (or toner) to print.
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Could be nothing you're doing, Charley. We've been hit by quite a few strange things lately, caused by our hacker friend.
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