Outstanding picks. Congratulations to all the selectees!
Bill
301 2018-12-10 03:31:33
Re: Strongest Start 2018 Finalists (15 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
302 2018-12-03 14:45:54
Re: Strongest Start Update (5 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Today is December 3, but it is Monday, not Saturday.
Bill
303 2018-12-03 14:44:49
Re: Autographed Copies of Dangerous Alliance (6 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
I'll take one, Randy. How do we get the money to you?
Bill
304 2018-12-02 14:59:02
Re: Is the site running slowly? - Bugs (12 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Same here. 10 seconds while "waiting for thenextbigwriter.com" on Google Chrome.
Bill
305 2018-12-01 15:26:02
Re: December Cover of the Month Contest (16 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Just voted, Randy.
Bill
306 2018-11-30 04:20:13
Re: I versus me - Grammar (29 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
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.
Bill
307 2018-11-27 18:27:45
Re: Changing order of chapters (8 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
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.
Bill
308 2018-11-22 15:26:54
Re: Unlikely Christmas Movies (NOT a Quiz) (8 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
How about "Bad Santa" (1 and 2)?
Bill
309 2018-11-19 18:20:41
Re: Unlikely Christmas Movies (NOT a Quiz) (8 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
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.
Bill
310 2018-11-18 03:07:23
Re: Italian Miranda rights? - LOTE (4 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
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".
Bill
311 2018-11-16 15:32:17
Re: Site Bug (19 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Dirk B. wrote:
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.
Bill
312 2018-11-16 15:29:10
Re: Error (4 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Could be nothing you're doing, Charley. We've been hit by quite a few strange things lately, caused by our hacker friend.
Bill
313 2018-11-15 04:24:45
Re: Rise is now avaliable (6 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Good for you, Mark. Well done!
Bill
314 2018-11-14 14:52:24
Re: Site Bug (19 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Looks like everyone got hit.
Bill
315 2018-11-08 17:55:12
Re: Welcome (264 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Helena:
I finished my review of your short story and came away with the same impressions as JP did. It's a good story, and with some editing, can be a great prologue.
Bill
316 2018-11-05 20:02:48
Re: Dangerous Alliance Now Published (14 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Outstanding, Randy. Good for you!
Bill
317 2018-10-15 20:23:44
Re: Sharing Some Good News (16 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
How wonderful, Denise! It is a great book. Congratulations.
Bill
318 2018-10-05 20:57:27
Re: On Writing (6 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
“When male authors write love stories, the heroine tends to end up dead.”
― Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Ain't She Sweet
'Tis true.
Bill
319 2018-10-01 17:36:11
Re: Writing software (4 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Welcome to TNBW. I use ProWritingAid as my editing software after a rough draft and edit with Word (or Open Office Writer on LINUX). It is a subwcription service, but I highly recoommmend it. There is a free version, but if you want all the features, buy the subscription. There isa desktop/laptop application as well as a web-based version so you can edit anywhere you want as long as you have Internet capability. I used it while on cruises.
PWA will run over 20 checks on your manuscript from Grammar to Style and offer pointers along the way.
Here's the URL: https://prowritingaid.com/
Bill
320 2018-09-27 13:40:45
Re: Killing off Characters (spoilers?) (12 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
As with life itself, a "life story" book often ends in the death of one or more of your characters. This isn't necessarily a sad thing, but simply the end of a portion of the story, which continues on.
Bill
321 2018-09-22 15:20:55
Re: Opinions desired on "Wanderlust" (8 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Okay. It's full steam ahead then.
Bill
322 2018-09-22 14:36:15
Re: Opinions desired on "Wanderlust" (8 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
There haven't been any naysayers, Don. A couple of questions in my mind regarding the swiftness of the romance arose from comments and I thought maybe I'd check to see if I was rushing things despite my own experiences.
Brad and Molly still have yet to meet Molly's friend who's older and decidedly set in her ways. Could be a major event.
Bill
323 2018-09-21 19:05:11
Re: Opinions desired on "Wanderlust" (8 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Oops. I didn't make it very clear that the brief story of the Navy man's romance is my justification for the rapid progress of the two in my novel. The story is true, the novel isn't. The navy man isn't Brad.
Bill
324 2018-09-21 14:23:40
Topic: Opinions desired on "Wanderlust" (8 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
It's been mentioned in reviews that Brad and Molly's romance has been moving much too fast to be realistic. I ask for those who've read and reviewed the story thus far for their input. Has their attraction and further involvement moved at a more than realistic pace?
A brief story to justify the novel's speedy progress: A navy man, home on Christmas leave from Pensacola, FL, met a high school senior at a Christmas party (one which he was chivvied into attending by his younger brother--a sophomore). A romance developed full-bore at first sight. They dated for only 10 days until his leave expired and he departed for Florida once again to complete training. They corresponded by letter (no email in 1962) until the Senior Prom in June of '62, when he escorted her to the gala in full, not so popular, uniform. They enjoyed another intensive dating session for a week until his leave expired once again and he headed overseas to the Azores for an 18-month tour.
Twelve months later, in June of 1963, after exchanging numerous letters and one barely comprehensible, static-ridden telephone call later, they named a date for the wedding. He arrived at the end of July and they were married on 1 August, 1963 after a TOTAL of just 20 days of personal contact. That marriage has lasted for over 55 years.
Now, I ask for an opinion. Is Brad and Molly's romance running a little too fast, or are they taking full advantage of a chance encounter and living life to the fullest?
Bill
325 2018-09-21 12:19:53
Re: Welcome (264 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Nkechiyerem Emenike wrote:
Hello, good to be here! I am Kech. Is TheNextBigWriter still active? I see only three books on home page.
There are many books being posted every day. I don't know why you are onlys eeing three books.
Bill
