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four....

Here's one for you.... that makes three.

heh.... did you think I would let you get away with pulling your birthday from the site a month ago? Really? Have a happy one... old man.

this is one of my favorites...

plasters luvs on your head... stay strong.

well congrats on getting Enigma out... but smashwords.. really?

well depending on the format of the ebook, it doesn't make a difference... for example... the Kindle... you have "hot buttons" for table of contents and where to start table of contents can be ANYWHERE in the text apparently (if that's where you want it and start is where you want the reader to start reading. With a little ingenuity one of those choose your own adventure books would be a hell of a lot of fun on a kindle. on the otherhand, adobe, makes you look at the document from top to bottom like it's taken a photograph. in that case I would suggest following the near to tree book format. Besides you can print them and make them a tree book. looking into some of the others now....

This is going to sound a little crazy but bear with me. When a person is formatting a "paper" book to be published things go in a particular order.... something similar to: cover (with a dust jacket and blurbs) maps title page previous publications of that author through that publisher "nice" title page with byline and publisher info copyright page Table of Contents (if needed) acknowledgements dedications prologue text of story author's note about the author Now when a person is formatting an ebook, a couple of those are dropped, but the order has pretty much remained the same... What I would like to know is.... why? Is it just because we are used to it or no one has ever thought to change it? Any thoughts?

I know this sounds cheesy but my forum don't get much traffic and that's where I put the polls...if you all wouldn't mind, I would appreciate it. Thank you. Click here for Transport

what do you think of Aed Edna (two names used as one like john-paul) Aodh Edna would make the whole name Gaelic instead of Aed which is Welsh... Gaelic would work with the Irish or Scottish (can go either way at this point) Catholic upbringing.

sorry dude, we are the best.

Before you respond to the poll please read. I have a couple names in mind that may or may not work. This is a piece of sci-fi it should be 30k words when finished. I was using one name (some of you will know what it is) I'm not sure it's working though. I was looking for some alternitives and maybe a totally different name. That is why I have "other" as a choice. The biggest concern is that the character is primarily from a mixed catholic/hispanic/irish background but this name MUST go back THIRTEEN generations on the FATHER's line (the mac side) and CAN be native to anywhere a (Mac) might have found himself back then. Another note... if you are having issues with the 13 generations, it's parallel earth so there is some leeway with the timeline too in my story the space race is just beginning but it's not the 1960's. Ok... as for these -- A, B, C -- whatever the name is, it must fit in each statement and make sense. I've tried a few names and they don't work. I would like there to be some connotation about flames or something being spread... or marked. That would work well with the rest of the story. ( A ) “Go, little ____________, and grow,” he whispered, “so that you may learn to fly on the wings of light." ( B ) He was ____________, and she was going to let him spread his fire across the universe. ( C ) “Run little ____________, flee to the sky so that you may spread your wings of light.” So now that you have read all that... I'm going to do the poll and put up a few names, but please if you have a better idea, click other. Thank you.

we have a very good search engine in GA Stories... it can search on tags... just open GA Stories, look in the left browse box, go to tags and take your pick. you can also search by genre which includes romance, and browse, looking through tags will help you find what you need. Hope that helps.

those are options under most prolific.... come on guys learn to use the software!

hugs I'm having the holiday issues too with the thanksgiving day sales.... someone told me that the toy I was buying bump would be on sale on thanksgiving night for a few dollars cheaper.... I said... ok but I'm not shopping on thanksgiving day and that time with my family was worth the few dollars I was spending. They didn't know what to say.

ok FYI and teachable moment... go to GA Stories click on the browse by (in left hand box) AUTHORS at the top a search box comes up it says FILTER BY -- pick one. click UPDATE There ya go.

welcome to hell... I mean... Keep writing! Glad to have you as a Promising Author. Congrats!

actually I have to agree with the leading spaces, underscores, and punctuation. I really don't think they should be allowed AT THE START of a display name. It's annoying when having to hunt people down in members too.

Today is the halfway mark for Nano... I should be at 25,000 words. I am officially at: 24,190 Ok it's a little off... but i'm not done writing tonight. I'll consider that on schedule. Write well... Write happy... Just Write!

so today is the 10k mark.... did I make it? Yes. With a little to spare. I now have somewhat of a plan, a few characters, a bad guy and best of all.... a plot with something that looks like an ending.

Ok I'm still up so it's technically still November 1 for me. Deal with it. I have no plot. I have no plan. I just finished roughly 1700 words. It's going to be an interesting month. Go! Go! NaNo! p.s. I'm not going to be giving daily updates. Every 3-4 days should be sufficiant don't you think?

giggles... planning, spacing, and lots of caffine.

Yes, he's come to terms with her death, he's started dating off and on, and is thinking about sex a lot. Hence the situation he is in (a hot raw man sex vacation).

I am working on a story with a scene where the main character is having his first bit of man sex after being in a long term relationship with a woman. The woman is now deceased and has been for two years. He is testing the waters so to speak about his own sexuality agian, prior to his marriage he had played both sides of the fence. During the man-sex the new fling preforms a sexual act that his wife would never do. He mentally makes that connection. The problem comes in that one of my team thinks that thinking of a dead spouse is boner-deflating, however I disagree. I know it's my story. Write it the way I want to, but I want to make sure that other people don't think that it's boner-deflating too. So... opinions please.