Dark Star

That's a true shame that people would resort to this type of thing. My thoughts go out to KC in having to go through this. I only had it happen once and it wasn't Amazon but it got resolved quite quickly. Hopefully yours will as well.

Well I for one sincerely hope that you do decide to continue it and write that sequel. I love Anne's world so much and you did such a wonderful job with it that of course means I want more since I can never get enough Pern. If you don't then I will understand as well but in the meantime I'll keep my fingers crossed.

Ok now I am totally confused. I have no idea what you have there since the program I downloaded is nothing like that. I did send an email out to some people who may be able to help you with this so check back here over the next day or so and maybe they will have responded. They actually know a computer from a hole in the ground which I don't. Sorry I couldn't help more DS

Hi, maybe I can help here. You should see an "Add" button down at the bottom of the screen when you open the program. Click on it then add information as you want ending by clicking on "Save" which will ask you where you want to save the database file for later retrieval so you can have multiple files if you wish. Select where you want to save it and do so. That should work for you. Also when you go back into a specific file just click edit to add or make any changes to a character's information then save. Hope this helps and if it doesn't then I would suggest downloading it again or contacting Akeentia@paddedroom.us for further assistance as he wrote the program. DS

I spoke with him a couple of months ago and he is continuing it but he writes chapters very slowly due to a very hectic real life. I too am eagerly awaiting more.

Yes a wonderful new chapter and new story set in that universe as well. I hope everyone checks it out it's really worth it.

Happy Birthday my friend I am sorry for the belated wishes but haven't had net access in a bit. Many, many more to you DS

First reaction OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!! Excellent chapter as usual Dan, I loved it with the above caveat in place. Wow, what a couple of chapters and the emotions they evoked ran the gamut. Bravo

Wow that's a hard question and I'm not sure how to answer it other than as one person above stated, just write, and keep on writing. If you've never read Robert Heinlein's Rules of Writing then I strongly encourage you to do so, especially the first three. Rule One: You Must Write Rule Two: Finish What You Start Rule Three: You Must Refrain From Rewriting, Except to Editorial Order Published Author Robert J. Sawyer expanded on that last rule with these comments "This is the one that got Heinlein in trouble with creative-writing teachers. Perhaps a more appropriate wording would have been, "Don't tinker endlessly with your story." You can spend forever modifying, revising, and polishing. There's an old saying that stories are never finished, only abandoned

It's really great that you're home Dan. Make sure and give Trebs a great big hug from all of us for being so persistent and I hope you fully recover quickly.

All the best Dan, get well soon.

Thought I would mention that his stories are being hosted on The Story Lover TSL has the completely updated Book 1 up now and eight chapters of Book 2 up with two more going up this weekend out of the 12 in the book. More go up as they get updated. There are also a bunch of other great stories located there as well. Enjoy DS

I'll jump in here as well. I always used Times New Roman 12 for my fonts but the site that hosts my stories switches it to Arial as JS and Graeme stated. I also agree mainly through having it come back to bite me in the rear that nice high contrast text/background scenarios work the best. I posted a number of my chapters in a nice royal blue text on black background that I thought looked marvelous only to have a bunch of emails blasting me for it. It worked for me quite well but others whined about it. It doesn't matter that they could copy/paste it and change it to something else quite easily, they won't, usually just bitch about it. I finally settled on black text on a light yellow background for things for quite a while and most people seemed to like that. Anyway save yourself a headache and stick with what others have said nice contrast and Arial or Times New Roman. Use the breaks too that makes a world of difference. Oh and get a good editor I can't believe how bad some of my earlier chapters look without that person's assistance as was struck home when two unedited early chapters got put up recently by mistake instead of the edited ones. Take Care DS

Well I will add my shock that an author would reply in that manner. It doesn't make a lot of sense to me. I don't care who knows where my stories are posted frankly and while I wouldn't really understand the point of the question I certainly would not respond in a negative manner about it. Oh well there are some strange ducks out there so I'd just chock it up to the bizarre category and go on with your life. Sad it had to happen though

Imagine my surprise when I stopped by to check to see if there was anything new and saw this new button up. I thought "No, it couldn't be" But it was! Wow Dan you have done it again and brought us back to such a wonderful universe that I never thought to see again. Not only that but you have done it in a way that makes it new and exciting not to mention completely different, yet still familiar at the same time. I've already got my editor drooling over the news about it, you'd think it was Christmas day again and he was getting a present. Then again I suppose we all are, a terrific one at that. Wonderful job with it Thank you DS

Hi Dan just wanted to say what a terrific new story this is and I am still following your work. It has me as hooked as the others did. Haven't been on here in a long time but have been reading as much as I can still. C James, congratulations on writing the story finally, I know you were talking about it and I'm glad to see you did it. Take care all DS

Actually from reading the article it seems the mother had the fit not the 14 year old. The boy and her were playing truth or dare and the boy didn't see anything wrong with it at all. The mother was suspicious of the babysitter and asked her son who freely told her and she then went ballistic. Below is a quote from 8 year old charged After hiring the teenager to baby sit, Grosbeck got the feeling something was wrong.

Well considering our discussion from a while back.... Let's just say I have been holding my breath throughout and then you suggest something like that.

You are absolutely without a doubt EVIL How could you, knowing what you do, give him ideas!!!!!!!!!!!! Bad Boy P.S. I want to see a nice end to this too

Dan I just want to take a moment along with everyone else to say Well Done! I have loved all three stories in this series and my only regret is that they are sadly over but this latest one went out superbly. It was a wonderful ending to a wonderful series and while I am sad to see them go I also eagerly await your other projects. Take care and keep it up

I know that feeling. I get that comment all the time. The fun thing is to give your editor a big cliffhanger and then don't send him the next chapter for a few days. Lots of fun At least for me.

I dont know about that. Your post states anyone ineligible for the office of Pres can not be Vice either so I think that would rule out Clinton, MR. And yes I was definitely holding my breath on that drive once again. I think Dan is trying to see how many people he can give heart attacks to. The same went for the why of the drive. I was expecting all sorts of calamity to have befallen. Loved mom and dad standing up like that.

Oh it is definitely gay themed. I think the mother is about the only straight one out of about 200 characters. The discussion board is for the family of connected sites. You get the links on the home page without having to look for them. Primary ones are Jeffsfort.us Cornercafe.us Bentandtwisted.us acannex.us Paddedroom.us plus there are a bunch of others connected. It is easier to me just to go to Jeffsfortboard.us and click on whatever site I want. Also updates and such are posted to the forum when they come out. Anyway litle sex but great stories in the sci-fi/Star Trek world about young people often overcoming abuse.

Much better Thanks. I haven't tried writing anything since my college days as you can probably notice.