Rilbur

I'm sorry, but something that should have been a public sidewalk should not be held under the church's rules. Past that... the article doesn't give anywhere near enough information to judge the situation.

An editor goes in and hunts down all the stupid typos; a beta reader reads the piece and gives a 'reader's feedback' to the author. And if you want a somewhat-decent but not great editor... my e-mail is always open. (Oh, and I can beta-read too)

Just as a joke... (And I'll admit it's probably only funny because I really did have the story idea the other day, and just couldn't make it 'work' because I don't see Obama instituting the draft... period the end!) You can probably avoid the draft pretty easily; I just had an amusing story idea the other day that revolves around the draft being instituted, and the main character deffering himself on 'moral' grounds: "I won't serve in the military because DADT prevents me! I'm telling you I'm gay!"

Yeah, the shoulder blade thing was creepy. But one thing that had my eyeballs popping was when he bent over so that he had his own head buried... well, let's just say I'd love to bury my head there! Ooooh yea!

Um, did someone forget to throw up spoiler tags? Also, what are you talking about... the third season, as yet unreleased in the US (I think, since I don't get BBC America)

When you put it that way, it really doesn't sound that great! Of course, if you were a white, male, straight American I imagine it was quite good Economy was booming, people were upheld to a 'higher' standard of conduct, those uppity women knew better than to cause trouble in your house, etc etc.

Yeah, those paintings are pretty cool.

Well, apparently I did pretty well on this

It's also great for working with editors, especially when you have multiple editors or beta readers all making comments.

So I'm not the only one who prefers to read 'on the go' using a smartphone? (Palm Treo for me) (Mind you, my main problem has less to do with font sizes, and more to do with fancy web formatting that my palm can't read right for some insane reason)

Hey guys! Now that I've started posting Guardians in e-fiction, I decided it might be a good idea to follow everyone else and have a thread in the forums here for you guys to feel free to discuss it in. Say whatever you want; so long as it isn't rampant flaming I'll probably enjoy whatever you say. Compliments give me a good warm feeling, but an honest critique that helps me work out flaws gives me a chance to gather even more compliments... So talk!

Well, had not have... and as far as chat goes, that's what God created telephones for!

Stay safe, stay sane, and use only safe and sane fireworks (In CA, its the law!)

But then I still have to go through, forum by forum, to find all the posts that occurred between update and now

I recently got 'handed' a book and told 'read it'! "Lord of the Fading Lands" by C. L. Wilson, and so far it's absolutely lovely It's a fantasy / romance blend (so far) that I'm absolutely adoring. It's got the 'evil wizard' and the 'good wizard' and the 'maiden fair with magic power' to knock your socks off with (gee, sarcasm much? ). Anyway, I'd highly recommend it... even if it is adding 'yet another obstacle' to me getting around to reading some of the e-fiction work I've been looking at.

Um... no. I'm talking about the 'view posts since your last visit' button, which has apparently mutated into 'view new content' (that shows all content in order of it's latest 'bump', not just new stuff). Edit: OK, now that I've manually gone through and clicked every forum as 'visited' the view new content list shows... nothing, like it should. I just had to tell the forum 'yes, I've seen this stuff before' (or rather, i don't care about the stuff from 10 years ago )

Does anyone know where the 'go to newest unread post' button got to in the 'view new topics' option? I tend to prefer to use that over browsing to individual forums ('cause I'm lazy ) but it's no big deal, I'm just wondering if I've gone blind when using it.

If you liked that one, you might want to try 'Mark's Revenge' and 'Scott's Story'. Mark's Revenge is pretty good in it's own right, but turning around and finding what made Scott tick in the next story is... well, his road to redemption is pretty good reading.

With a 'due date' of October 1st, there's plenty of time... both to write, and to announce

Good grief, all the bad jokes floating around in this thread are getting a little too much! We need some good jokes to top them off! Wait, was that another bad joke?

Well, if we could get 200 more we'd have 2 69! (Just don't look at me; I screwed up and calculated to make my financial aid last through the end of the semester, not the start of the next semester... woops!)

Question: WTF is a dental dam? (The article talks about how to make one, not what it's for)

I'm a bit of a latecomer to this discussion, but I loath the word homophobia. Why? Because it's the wrong word for what most people use it as these days. It's become the 'catch all' word for prejudice directed against homosexuals, rather than simply being afraid of homosexuals / homosexuality (with though strange, is a legitimate fear... much like my deathly, and completely irrational, fear of bees). There are many phobias out there, and a phobia is a psychological, not criminal, issue. Literally, it's 'fear of same', not 'bigotry against same'. And that kind of word mix-up just drives me nuts. Practically speaking, it's become the word used to define prejudice and bigotry against homosexuality. This includes everything from social prejudice (don't get involved with 'those people' to 'go away faggot!) to physical violence (from slamming people up against lockers as you walk by to shooting them in the back of the head execution style).

Roynyx's works are very good. Brittle as a Bird... so dark, and yet so beautiful! It's compelling enough that this suggestion deserves a "Quoted For Truth". The rest of his works are good, too, but Brittle... Brittle is something else.

Every once in a while, you run into a truly skilled author who sucks away your life until you finish reading his story (or stories). This isn't too terribly bad, most of the time. What's horrible, though, and why I curse your name as much as I now bless it dkstories, is what happens after you finish it. There are an abundance of other author's around here for me to start in on their works, and I can't. You've ruined me! I've finished everything you have publicly available (and have no doubt I'll be poking at the premium section soon enough...), and I just can't muster the interest in another author's work now. You are too good; I can't imagine anyone else being as skilled, as good, as entertaining a writer and I can't muster the interest to try them out. This sucks! So do us all a favor... ...and keep writing these great stories, please! I'll suffer through this 'duldroms' phase by going and reading some author authors whose works I know I like, but haven't had a chacne to 'catch up' on for a while.