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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.

Bill

How about "Bad Santa" (1 and 2)?

Bill

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

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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".


Bill

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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

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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.

Bill

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Good for you, Mark. Well done!

Bill

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Looks like everyone got hit.

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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

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Outstanding, Randy. Good for you!

Bill

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How wonderful, Denise! It is a great book. Congratulations.

Bill

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“When male authors write love stories, the heroine tends to end up dead.”
― Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Ain't She Sweet

'Tis true.

Bill

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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

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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

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Okay. It's full steam ahead then.

Bill

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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Hang in there, Marilyn.

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How about something like: "My parents lived in poverty. Poor diet and lack of adequate shelter eventually claimed their life."

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You might ask Janet Taylor-Perry if she'll take a look. She is a member of tNBW.

Bill

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My thanks to everyone. That's fine, JP. Just as long as there isn't a space in the middle of the word.

Bill

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I just today finished uploading and approving the Kindle version of my second novel "The Long Trek Home". The paperback version is 'under review' and should be available by the weekend.

Here's the link:  https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07FYQLKDY/

And to think that only a decade ago I could even spell arthur.

Bill

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I'm looking to move from inactive groups to make room for others. Is everyone gone from this group?

Bill