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Ten purr-cent.

Bill

I've noticed this myself and, sadly, I'm one of those missing from the site. I notice that my last posting was on October 10 and still appears in the "new Books" listing. I remember not too long ago when any given post would be knocked off the list in a short as time as a week or less. I've been on the site for almost fifteen years. When I first joined, there were a great deal more active members. Following the Big Crash, when we lost two years of posts, that seemed to turn off a lot of members who never came back.

I used to do a large amount of reviews most every time I logged into the site. Now, I hardly do any. In my case, I'm sure my sloth is due to having amassed almost 1000 points. If I want to post anything, I already have the points I need, thus there isn't a push to gather more by reviewing. I know this is a psychological reason, but it still exists.

I've been procrastinating on my current novel, What Doesn't Kill Us..., for some time now. My brain says "Why doesn't anyone review it?" and then my more practical side answers by saying: "Well, you didn't review them so how can you even wonder why they don't review you?" It's a lose-lose situation and I. for one, am having a hard time resolving it. Even my writing/editing here at home is affected by this procrastination, and I feel badly because of it.

Bill

Kdot is correct. In Firefox, if you go to image on your profile page and right-click it, choose "Inspect," you will get a lot of info, including the URL of where that image is stored. Now, do the same thing to the Forum image. It will be a different URL indicating a storage folder for TNBW images. I'm guessing, as Kdot suggests, it is updated infrequently.

Bill

You are the one who sets the price. If you go to the Amazon URLs in my profile, you'll se what mine go for. They both run in the 130-150K word range.

Bill

I don't know, Dirk. Never tried anywhere else (other than the 50 rejection notices I received before going to KSP).

Bill

Since I self-publish using KSP (Kindle Self Publish) from Amazon, I download their free software called "Kindle Create." It will allow inserting pictures, formatting title/extra pages, separation into chapters, etc. There are several formats to use as well (reflowable [novels], comics, kids', and print replica). This allows exporting epubs, pdf, and most of the other formats. If you DO use Amazon to publish, then there is an "upload to Amazon" button that takes care of sending it to get published.

Bill

What a bummer, MJ. Single-finger gepoking is not fun. Get well soon. I start my drive back down from Idaho on Friday, so I'll be out of touch as well for 4 days.

Bill

Will do, Randall.

My biggest problem, MJ, is the headwind. I'm pulling a trailer and it's a little heavy. It is also taller than my car by about a foot and the wind gets to it. Just the same, I'm glad it's a U-Haul and I won't have it coming back in Sept.

Bill

It was only 87 here, but the humidity was over the moon. How did you manage two posts, MJ? I can delete it if you want.

Bill

My perception of the majority of the members of both Legislative houses, Republican or Democrat seem to have lost sight of the whole premise of "public office." They have their agenda and they're going to take care of themselves first and foremost, then, maybe peel off a little largess for the common folk. They are elected to serve US, not the other way around. Mid-term elections might just shake a few of them loose--enough to shift the balance from right to left. Personally, I'd be happy to see it in the middle, but that's a pipe dream.

Bill

I doubt Sol would do such a thing. A few greater priorities exist on this site than checking out a little thing like this. (I've been programming computers since 1962 -- using IBM punched cards and reel-to-reel tape as backup.)

Bill