That's interesting, Janet. I just typed the same sentence into my Word and nary a peep from it like yours. Maybe I have something turned off that you have checked in the grammar section. It did suggest, however, that I change "feet touch" to "feet touched".
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Your profile shows you as joining in May of 2014, JP. Perhaps Janet is right and you need to renew your membership.
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Here's what I get when I try to go to your portfolio. This does not bode well, JP:
"Right now j p lundstrom's portfolio is empty."
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** shameful horn-tooting **
For a chuckle about voice-to-text, see my short story "Verbatim". There is a point when technology can bite you where you least expect it. So, beware when dictating to your phone.
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For the twenty years I was in the navy, and ever since, I carry what we called a "wheel pad". It is a simply notebook about postcard size, made of bound paper in which you write everything you're told to do or have done. That way, nothing escapes you. Now, I carry a small spiral notebook in my shirt pocket. When inspiration hits me, I write it down, transcribing it to a special Word file called "Stuff I Might Use".
It seems to work, although, like Corra says, some plot ideas need to be forgotten. 
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I tossed them out of consideration after I read some of the web stories on them.
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What a great review, Randy. I wish you all the best. Your second novel is shaping up nicely also.
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Still leads to a missing page error, but the red button is gone. Thanks Sol.
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Sol. How about a simple button on the "page not found" that this produces that deletes (or otherwise removes/deactivates) the referrer? That should be easy enough to do.
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I still have mine, Janet.
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Hey Bill just saw this I believe that happened when I made a revision on the chapter when I went back your response had been deleted I don't know why perhaps a computer glitch.
No big deal, but it is annoying to have the red button staring at me and I can't get rid of it. Might just be an odd glitch. I suspect Norm is right. Sol will have to get rid of it for me.
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Hasn't this happened to anyone else?
How about it, Sol. Is there a way to get rid of this notification?
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I provided an inline review. Then I received the "redball" notification the review had been responded to. When I went to read it, the chapter had been removed so I received a "not found" notification. However, the original notification on my inline reviews still shows a "New" notification, the red ball is still there, and I can't get rid of it.
How does one clear that sort of thing? One solution might be to add "Delete" to the "View" button as a drop-down. That would be simpler than creating a script to search for reviews given when a writer takes down a chapter with reviews hanging.
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Excellent, Denise! I note that you are one of only three that have two books listed. This certainly narrows the odds a little.
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That happened to me once. I cleared tNBW cookies, closed the browser, and restarted it. One the site, I was back to normal. One of your cookies may have been damaged somehow.
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Good point, KD. I've heard of that happening. But when I get ready to submit a novel to a publisher, I make sure it is scrubbed from both sites I use (Booksie and tNBW). Even then, letting potential readers see some of my unpublished works can't hurt.
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I've been submitting stories under my name so maybe it is time to use it here to avoid confusion. It may take a little while to percolate through my portfolio.
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Looks great, Marilyn. I bet that's a load off your mind.
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Interesting. I received an email from this company about six months ago claiming the same thing. They weren't even able to name one of my main characters or where the novel was set. I told them to forget it.
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That is exceptional advice, Amy. I might have to look hard for that little hideaway as it is only three blocks from his office building to the train station. he does go through a park, though. Maybe I can finagle that a little as there is a little pond next to the steam train exhibit. A small, covered alcove would work. My creative senses are tingling here....
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You Only Review Thrice. Hopefully, I can make it back. Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia, just my luck.
Oh, Steve, I'm so sorry to hear this. Definitely not something you need right now.
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No, MJ. MCP didn't say anything at all except "nope". When I got that, I began even more exhaustive research into the mechanics of writing (in all POVs). Under first person, there was several sites that had "do this" and "don't' do this" bullets. I violated quite a few of them right off the bat. I could see that and there was no doubt (in my mind) they could see it also. My fault. I rushed it too much. I'll get it together as soon as I can and do some more submittals. A couple look promising at the moment.
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Telling instead of showing is my major hangup. I need to find all those spots and convert.
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I am taking a 'wait and see' attitude, Marilyn. I'm not as eager to perform surgery now as I was before. I set the novel aside and worked on others during the two months of waiting and I think this did the most good for me. I was too close to get a big picture and missed most of the clues to errors in first person writing. I'm not confused, I'm just not ready to make up my mind I guess. Let me report back after converting the first chapter. The effort involved in that might tip the scales back to first person. I would rather do some heavy editing than a complete rewrite, but I will do whatever it takes. I want this one out there.
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I've read plenty of successful books in first person. I'd think long and hard before doing a rewrite, especially based on one rejection and one article. How do you know POV is the problem? I'd ask some reviewers first before jumping to any decision.
Actually, that's what I'm doing right now. At the moment, my plans are to revise the first chapter only and present it as a "short story" to see what reviewers say. I do agree that rewriting based on one publishers rejection is not a good idea, but it DID make me do a great deal more research into how to and how not to write in first person. I am proceeding slowly because I am not sure what I'm doing. I'll work it out. Time is not of the essence here, even given my age. I'm retired so I can work on it all day if I want.
I have another novel I'm shining up that basically has only two characters in it. It is done in first person because that's a better fit.
EDIT: I am not getting any email notifications for this thread although I've subscribed to it.
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