Comments Probably a personal issue ....

[Lake Lili]

R or X?

Suspect that it will be PG as my editors (read 80yo father and teen) have a tendancy to blanche or turn bright read at the idea. Shall go for the 1970s Haliquin version...

...and he carried her up the stairs, passion smouldering in his chocolate eyes. His strong muscular arms (achieved from lifting crates of amo) deposited her on the bed. Then he slammed the door shut.

Downstairs, Marcia rolled her eyes at her brother, Greg, as she put her toddler sister, Cindy, in the booster seat. "Mom and Dad are going to be going at it like rabbits all night. I guess we'd better plan for another baby."

 

[Griz3752]

editors (read 80yo father and teen) have a tendancy to blanche or turn bright read at the idea.

Ah yes - guard rails; a good thing.

saved me on many an occasion!

 

[Texican]

"The gold mine was the last straw; at least it wasn't another Lotto win so some points there. " Later in the story are some support characters that win the lottery, inherit family money, or make ground breaking inventions.

The story now has two gold mines and multiple lotto winners. Everyone that comes to Grand Junction, Co, has had martial problems (infidelity), boy friend and girl friend problems (cheating) and so on, but once they make to the HTR Ranch everything is ok. Most are ex-military.

Repetitive story line.

The author is now on book 3 in the series.

Falling Up | Post Apocalyptic Fiction - Welcome to the End of the World (Book 1)

Texican....

 

[ComCamGuy]

Guys, please help me make sure mine doesn’t end up down that road!

 

[Freebirde]

Someone, not a member here, commented on the thread about this thread. OP has not posted since yesterday, after posting several times a day, and people have wondered why. If you don't know how secure a new poster is, don't point out what others are saying about them.

 

[John Deere Girl]

Someone, not a member here, commented on the thread about this thread. OP has not posted since yesterday, after posting several times a day, and people have wondered why. If you don't know how secure a new poster is, don't point out what others are saying about them.

I'm not a member there, and I have no intention of joining either. I do like to read some of the stories occasionally.

 

[moldy]

I wrote my stories to get them out of my head. Some are decent, some are plain awful with holes you coul drive a truck thru. I appreciate comments positive and negative...they might help me make the next one better

 

[Millwright]

I made a stab at a story, it just kinda dried up in my head.

Not something that comes easy for me.

Gave me more appreciation for those who do craft a good yarn.

 

[Freebirde]

I made a stab at a story, it just kinda dried up in my head.

Not something that comes easy for me.

Gave me more appreciation for those who do craft a good yarn.

I've had a few stories do that. I cheat though, I don't publish online until I have finished typing it up completely.

 

[9idrr]

I made a stab at a story, it just kinda dried up in my head.

Not something that comes easy for me.

Gave me more appreciation for those who do craft a good yarn.

Come on now, sir, you made a helluva start.
Remember, I still got that doll...

 

[Freebirde]

Another genre that I will have to add to what I say I don't write. I don't do Westerns, Zombies, or Bodice Rippers.

When I said not Bodice Rippers, I forgot about "Percy Rides the River". I will start posting it here in members only.

 

[Paradox]

It has to be the Fl. weather, that invigorates the mind to be sarcastic...

Oh, no, darlin'... I think the sarcasm must come with the amateur writer gene, because I've got it in spades as well, and I've never even BEEN to FL..

 

[Paradox]

A freaking gold mine in his basement!!

I came to my senses & returned to TB2K earlier today. It's good to be home w/ some real writers.

For what it's worth, I often feel that way about a fairly popular PAW short-story writer. Whatever (usually singular) event the person is prepping for is what happens. They often have a massive windfall that allows them to prep, just in time for said event. The guy always gets the girl. etc.

 

[Griz3752]

For what it's worth, I often feel that way about a fairly popular PAW short-story writer. Whatever (usually singular) event the person is prepping for is what happens. They often have a massive windfall that allows them to prep, just in time for said event. The guy always gets the girl. etc.

Yeah - so real world, right?

 

[Paradox]

Yeah - so real world, right?

Hence the reason I started writing a story called "What if".. it's not far enough along to post yet, but someday... i hope.

 

[ComCamGuy]

Hence the reason I started writing a story called "What if".. it's not far enough along to post yet, but someday... i hope.

Why wait for things to 'finish'? Just work a start, let us see and we will feed the muse and away you go! Or at least that's what happened with mine

 

[Griz3752]

Why wait for things to 'finish'? Just work a start, let us see and we will feed the muse and away you go! Or at least that's what happened with mine

Yes, 500,000 + words will just whiz by - I think CCG's up to the equiv. of about 1200 paperback size page; maybe more ........

 

[ComCamGuy]

500,000 is 1700 paperback pages

 

[Griz3752]

500,000 is 1700 paperback pages

K
Well you're @ 541,xxx ± words and 673 - 8.5x11 pages, 11pt Arial except for titles, 5pt b/4, 2 pt after, single w/ .5" margins in my library drive, thus far

 

[Kathy in FL]

I wrote my stories to get them out of my head. Some are decent, some are plain awful with holes you coul drive a truck thru. I appreciate comments positive and negative...they might help me make the next one better

Lord you should hear some of the funny things that people used to (and probably still do) comment about my writing. I just say, then don't read because it isn't something that I ever meant to make a living at and real life gets in the way of regular postings ... and some stories which kinda dry up. Then I'll pick those stories back up and write some more, making the same mistakes. LOL Endless circle. Snicker, snicker, giggle.

MJOTZY is one of those stories that other people contributed ideas to and suddenly I was trying to hold so many strings to keep the story going that it unraveled. I will get back to it, just is a lot harder because I see all the mistakes I and the characters made and you get in a corner and have a hard time digging yourself back out.

The author is like any other author, you need to develop a thicker skin. You either believe in the story or not. I'm not trying to be mean or hypercritical. Sometimes you find a recipe and sometimes that recipe gets old and you need to try and change it up. It is just like anything else in life.

PS .... kiss, kiss, kiss, LOL to all the readers of my stories. ROFL Trust me. I do listen. I'm just not always capable. ROFLMBO

 

[ComCamGuy]

K
Well you're @ 541,xxx ± words and 673 - 8.5x11 pages, 11pt Arial except for titles, 5pt b/4, 2 pt after, single w/ .5" margins in my library drive, thus far

Well, you had to mention, so I went back and looked at my totals-

587,466 words so far, which at the standard calculation of 300 words per standard novel page, gives us 1,959 pages

Shit! I sure do talk a lot

 

[Kathy in FL]

Well, you had to mention, so I went back and looked at my totals-

587,466 words so far, which at the standard calculation of 300 words per standard novel page, gives us 1,959 pages

Shit! I sure do talk a lot

You're funny. Now I have a tickle to go count the number of words/pages in all the junk I've written, half of which no one has ever seen. ROFL!! Sweety, you are Silent Sam compared to the verbosity that has rolled off my fingers. ROFL It is how I spend some of my stress/energy. Problem is my tongue gets tied around my eye teeth and I can't see what I'm supposed to be saying. LOL

 

[ComCamGuy]

You're funny. Now I have a tickle to go count the number of words/pages in all the junk I've written, half of which no one has ever seen. ROFL!! Sweety, you are Silent Sam compared to the verbosity that has rolled off my fingers. ROFL It is how I spend some of my stress/energy. Problem is my tongue gets tied around my eye teeth and I can't see what I'm supposed to be saying. LOL

I think Griz is also picking on me. It’s just one story I’m doing i my own defense

 

[Chapulin]

I think Griz is also picking on me. It’s just one story I’m doing i my own defense

I'm betting you use the name Shakespeare on another site.

 

[ComCamGuy]

I'm betting you use the name Shakespeare on another site.

only other site I write on (years ago) has my Buffy/Highlander stuff (needs rewritten with my more practiced abilities I now have)

 

[Griz3752]

I think Griz is also picking on me. It’s just one story I’m doing i my own defense

You're a big boy; you can take it

 

[Griz3752]

Well, you had to mention, so I went back and looked at my totals-

587,466 words so far, which at the standard calculation of 300 words per standard novel page, gives us 1,959 pages

Shit! I sure do talk a lot

Hmmmm - I must have missed a chunk or two - like around 50, 000 words

Oh well; semi lock down looming again so I'll reread from Day 1 of the Tsunami

 

[ComCamGuy]

Hmmmm - I must have missed a chunk or two - like around 50, 000 words

Oh well; semi lock down looming again so I'll reread from Day 1 of the Tsunami

got to remember, I’m counting from the master word documents, which are updated and improved from the posted originals

 

[Griz3752]

got to remember, I’m counting from the master word documents, which are updated and improved from the posted originals

Right but do you think might have edited that big a block out? 50K of verbiage is a lot unless you cut a chunk out, thinking it might fit better somew......... yeah, we can't go there w/o spilling several 100 weight of beans, now can we?

I'm more inclined to think I missed something and, as I say, with what looks like some kind of lock down on the horizon, I've certainly got time

 

[ComCamGuy]

What I am saying is I have 50k more in the later versions of the story, not that I cut that much. The stuff here is early draft and my master docs are post multiple edits and additions