Bondwriter

No, no music on, and at this time of the day, it's rather the radio with people speaking inside it. The person below me admired an artist when s(he) was a child, and now regrets it.

I don't think in terms of genre too much anymore, but I like M

Good sign: the discussion is drifting off-topic, and we're getting some friendly bickering... This means the new chapter 12 is about to be released, like two days from now, or... a bit more ? No, Crystal Ball, you're wrong, you're wrong! Not three days!

I have the unhealthy habit of falling asleep in front of late night TV. So BOTH! Law&Order or Law&Order Criminal intent?

No, just got up, by myself The person below me thinks it's getting late and time to go to bed.

CJames, if you do 11, then 11 bis and then go straight to 13, we'll know you're really in league with the forces of evil.

Very sweet beginning. Fine writing. I don't know how long this story is, so I will refrain from commenting further and "criticizing" because what I thought after reading the story really depends on what you've got coming next. I love the professor arranging dates for her students. One thing, and I don't know what others will think, but I think you can do without mentioning whose point of view you adopt at the beginning of the chapter. You write for clever readers and your writing explains it clearly enough that we know who's talking after five lines at the most.

Sorry, Ieshwar, I commented on your Rick and Alex story in this thread. I'll make my comment in the appropriate one. This is a very difficult situation for Jay. He's got to be true to his feelings, which go towards his mom and of course his loved one. I won't give an opinion on what he should do, I think you should pursue the story as you want to see this issue resolved yourself. One of the beauties of fiction is that you get your characters where you want them. So, will you choose the feelgood solution and have some happy coming out, or no coming out but a solution satisfying everybody involved, or will you go down the path of drama and have some major clash between Jay and his family? That's your call, and I'd be glad to know what happens next.

Same here! Congrats Kitty, and I'm SO glad Ryan Everett got treated the way he was!

Started reading the whole story. I got to chapter 3, and it's quite a nice read so far. Humor, excellent writing (my standard here is the fact that I may really see the characters and the events happening in my mind...), hints at future family problems for Matt, a bully whom I hope the boys will take care of... Darn, another one to catch up with!

No, I haven't been snowbound. But I'm glad the sun is shining and that I can take a leisurely walk in the nearby park early this afternoon. The person below me has a fun-filled weekend all planned out.

I'd go with the first. Quantity does not mean quality. So now, I have to expand a bit, so as not to fall within the category of small, numerous posts. But does anybody fall in this dreaded category? I can't see anyone really fitting this description. Black & White or Color?

Thanks a lot for all the advice. I went with tables, and the problem was solved in about 30 seconds. I guess next time, for such a basic thing, I'll go back to HTML for Dummies instead of trying the templates and solutions Dreamweaver offers. to Joe.

No, that's why I was a bit puzzled, I just have black text over a black background in the text frame. I understood how to set margins inside the frame so the text is not just against the edge. Whether I have or don't have margins, the scroll bar is there nevertheless. I had not paid attention to the scroll bar until CJ told me there was one, and it works just fine other wise, and of course the user will resize the window as he pleases. I do. The idea was to have the story displayed with a big font and a strip because I like how it looks and also has a maximum of fifteen words per line if you're in full screen mode (at my resolution) Thanks again, Jack and Graeme, for helping out. I'll find the answer whatever happens!

Yes, I can do that. Actually CJ is the person who noticed the scroll bar. I just saw that as an opportunity of learning. I'd like to be able to do this for other purposes. But thanks a lot for taking the time to reply, it's very much appreciated.

I'm trying to do the lay-out of my Fairy Tales retold story. It's a fairly simple layout: I have a colored strip on the left, and the text on the right. I used Dreamweaver's frameset feature, and everything went smoothly until I was told there was a scroll bar on the bottom of the right frame (text). It's still perfectly legible, but it just doesn't look good. The sroll bar doesn't appear with Firefox. Here is the code of the very first page: <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Frameset//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/frameset.dtd"> <html><head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"><title>Hannibal Lector</title></head><frameset rows="*" cols="121,639" framespacing="0" frameborder="no" border="0"> <frame src="HannibalLector_fichiers/Border.htm" name="leftFrame" noresize="noresize" scrolling="no"> <frame src="HannibalLector_fichiers/HannibalLector1.htm" name="mainFrame" scrolling="auto" marginwidth="20" marginheight="0"> </frameset> <noframes><body> </body></noframes> </html> Border.htm is the colored frame on the left, HannibalLector1.htm the text frame. (Hannibal Lector is a fake name, but adequate with what CJames said would happen if I spilled the beans about my story...) I should add that when I open HannibalLector1.htm in IE, it opens without the bottom scroll bar. And the fact that there are margins within the text frame avoids the text to be hidden. But there's a scroll bar nonetheless... The question is: where should I change something so the bottom scroll bar (with almost no possibility of movement, and not disappearing when resizing the window) would go away? I cannot find any info in the online help, so I figured someone would be able to tell me. Of course, I can provide any further info if this is not sufficient. Thanks in advance.

Very sweet beginning. Fine writing. I don't know how long this story is, so I will refrain from commenting further and "criticizing" because what I thought after reading the story really depends on what you've got coming next. I love the professor arranging dates for her students. One thing, and I don't know what others will think, but I think you can do without mentioning whose point of view you adopt at the beginning of the chapter. You write for clever readers and your writing explains it clearly enough that we know who's talking after five lines at the most.

I don't have much to add to what was said, I think this is the first story I read from the winter anthology, and I didn't comment right away. I think Luc's comment voices the feelings I had trouble to identify. On a more technical note, the memories in italics come as a perfect counterpoint to the dark narrative.

As I said above: I don't know what I would think if I read the story in one stretch, but as a fixture in a serial, if it happens three or four times, it's rather funny. Maybe CJames will have to rewrite a few transition lines once he has the thing posted for people to read as a whole, but it doesn't bother me at the moment since he's posting it as a weekly serial. I love pulp and serials, and part of the charm (to me) lies in the clich

One can't be praising all the time. I agree: she adds some extra info, but to me it sounded a bit like "The Show So Far", and this could be an opportunity to have Veronica's voice heard louder. Yeah, the whole "Dex has to wait before he goes to California and figure it out" gets me rather nervous.

Definitely cliff-hangers! It dates back to reading as a kid. Waiting for the "Journal de Tintin" (comics) and having to find out how the various heroes and heroines got out of the mess they were stuck in or being told what caused them to scream with wide-open eyes as they saw something that was offscreen was a great thrill. Quilt or sheets and blankets?

Yes, another cliff-hanger, and the phrase Chris has grown to dread... Even the police is baffled, so thereaders don't fare much better. Still as exciting to read as always. One comment: why does the author have the full tale of events by Veronica, which is basically a summary of what we already know, and could have been summed up a bit, with the little extra info added as Chris' story does? Killer cops on the loose... Darn! Darn! I hope they don't harm our heroes, I'm starting to grow quite fond of Steve, Chris and their friends...

Now I am. So yes. But I still don't notice people missing around here, so I wasn't aware of this until I read your post. Maybe I'm not quiet and shy enough. I should lurk more. The person below me's first name starts with a vowel.

I'd say #1 is true. You may perfectly be talking about a remote-controlled model, your tale would remain coherent. #3 ends up being the lie. Or does it?