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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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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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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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Thanks, Randy. The third article I read was entitled "Common mistakes when writing in first person". I violated every one of them. As Lou Costello would say: "I'm a baaaaaad boy."

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Well, that was certainly an informative thread, Ronald. The last post in the thread is a year old, so I have to wonder if the publisher might have changed strategy/operation since then. A number of writers here have been published by them.

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How wonderful, Marilyn. I'll be looking for it.

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Ah! That's what I was looking for, Rebecca. If I don't republish, I don't get charged the points. That can get expensive at over 8 points per chapter. Thanks.

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LOL, JP. I am anything but meticulous. I like to keep things orderly, though. When I revise a chapter, I put it in another folder marked with the revision number. I have tons of disk space, so why not.

As an experiment, go to Chapter 1 that you just reviewed of TLTH and see if your review is still relevant (or if you can even see it now). The chapter version should be "2". You may have to clear you browser cache to get a fresh copy of the chapter.

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I never edit online for that very reason, Suin. I used to, but I kept forgetting to make the same changes to my master copy on disk and they'd be hopelessly out-of-sync.

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That's the only delays I'm seeing, those of in-line review comments I make on another's post.

I am STILL not getting any notification emails for this thread despite unsubscribing and resubscribing every time I come here.

Bill