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One of the most famous contests every year is the "It was a dark and stormy night..." contest. I absolutely love those contests. Some of the entries are extremely funny, and some a entirely sober, but so inept and inane that you have to laugh. It's a great way to let off steam and get all the bad writing out of your system.

Here's is the LINK: http://www.bulwer-lytton.com/

My $0.03 (adjusted for inflation)

~Tom

Cobber's suggestion is a good one, Nita. Even when I write short stories, I create a whole outline and then go back and fill it in. For a novel, I might put a short paragraph on what I want to accomplish in a given chapter and move on the the next one. Once I get most of the novel in shape, then I flesh out chapters and being posting the first draft.

~Tom

Well, it isn't just "2 cents", but I get what you're saying.

There ought to be some provision to allow those specifically invited to read a story without having to join tNBW.

~Tom

Thanks, Sol. That's what I did a little while ago. It's out there now.
~Tom

That does indeed help, Dirk. I was leaning in that direction already, but your reasoning is sound. I also have a couple of new chapters to introduce near the end, and they would throw off the chapter count. I'll wait until this afternoon before I make a final decision. I want to start the new year off right with my novel. I also like the fact that republishing would put it up as "new" to everyone. That was one of my main concerns - getting it out there that I'd revised the novel.

~Tom

Voted

Congratulations, Dags. *does happy dance for you*

Good idea.

~Tom

Good advice, Janet. I may do something like that myself. The trouble with rabbit stew is that you first have to catch the rabbit. I may use the red idea by putting the same red sun with the Kanji character on the spine. I have several books in my shelves here that have red on the spine (or are red entirely), and my eye does gravitate to them easily.

~Tom

I like your last sentence, Corra. You, speaking as one who has not red the book, put your finger directly on what was bothering me. The train DOES look cut and pasted. Without it, there is a circular cohesion to the whole cover. Starting at the girl, we see her looking out the window at the buildings. Your eye reads the title and follows down through the pine tree to the tower. Then sweeps left to see the author's name (changed to the same font as the title) while above sits Fuji-san. That completes the circle. In the middle, stands the Kanji character for "Love" centered in a red ball. The train is not necessary. The girl, the font, the stylized tree, the temple, Fuji-san, and the Kanji immediately conjure up Japan.

With the girl facing away from the reader, I think it give her a sort of wistfulness.

~Tom