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Criticism

Okay, I don't have a clue how to share something from Facebook to here so I hope a cut and paste works. This was posted today by David Gerrold, a noted author best known for writing the all time best Star Trek episode "The Trouble With Tribbles". It seemes it might have some relevance to certain on again/off again conversations here on Big Closet.

David Gerrold

So a guy I don't know plonks down in one of my threads and promptly starts criticizing.

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Westworld / Futureworld Type Older Story

I'm trying to find an older story on a Westworld/Futureworld theme where the customers mind is transferred to the selected theme character while the body remains in his room at the park. Things go wrong and the guy/customer becomes a girl,falls in love with another customer,etc.

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Reaching the Point of No Regrets, the self published version

As promised, the final polished version of Reaching the Point of No Regrets is now available as an ebook on lulu.com. I think you'll enjoy some scenes that I added, as well as some necessary editing that, in my opinion, really helped improve the flow of the story. Aside from that, it's only $3.50. I hope everyone enjoys this unofficial second edition. Thanks for reading.

Cheers,
Drew

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Not writing tonight.

Sorry folks, Bonz is out and Whizz is refusing to dictate the story to me, so I'm not going to do a bike tonight. If the truth be told, I'm too tired to be arsed to think enough to write anything coherent.

Thanks for all the comments and kudos for my short story, 'let him wear a skirt then.'

Hopefully, normal service will resume tomorrow. If you're desperate for Bike, might suggest reading some back numbers, I've been doing so for a few weeks and apart from the typos and other mistakes, I've quite enjoyed the experience.

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My muse is a fickle thing...

I've basically been stalled on the writing projects I've been working on for a while. I kind of know where I want to take them, but sitting down and getting stuff written has been hard. But last night, on a whim, I was poking through Melanie Ezell's Ultimate Writer's Challenge, one of the challenges caught my eye, and now I'm over 2000 words in to a new story.

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Reaching the Point of No Regrets, self published version

Soon, very soon, the revised version(and by revised, I mean going over it with a fine tooth comb) of Reaching the Point of No Regrets will be available on lulu.com and for the nook e-reader. All you need is Adobe Digital Editions to download the story from the lulu site. Right now, someone is helping me search for just the right marketing image for my story. During this final revision, I edited a few scenes out while adding some others. Now the story flows much better. Whew! Editing certainly can be a bear, especially when you're OCD like me.

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Want to really sell on amazon

There are a lot of people who have decided to sell their books on amazon, and it looks like the transgender fiction genre (that Amazon refuses to admit exists) is growing daily by leaps and bounds. One thing that I didn't realize is that over the past year I have really gained a wealth of knowledge. This isn't by trial and error alone, but also by reading a ton of books about marketing e-books. So I thought I would throw some gems out there for people.

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Stolen Stories

A few years ago there was an issue with Authors on this page having their stories stolen. And, sure enough, when I went searching, I found "MS Frankenstein" on a pay site. When I confronted them, the story disappeared, probably just to another pay site.

So, the issue is in the news again. It just makes me shake my head.

http://accrispin.blogspot.com/2014/03/pamela-wray-and-wordwo...

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Taking a break

Later on today I will post my story "The Stranger at the Table" and then I am going to seriously cut back on the time I spend online. I am going to be starting Phenom later today (the fourth book in the God Bless the Child saga) and also working on a biography, so it's not like I'm taking a break from writing.

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Bike

Sorry folks, it's got too late for me to write tonight - fell asleep in the chair after doing a long bike ride today (long for me that is) with several climbs. I didn't sleep very well last night either, so hopefully, things will be back to normal tomorrow and Bonz can dictate the next exciting episode of Dormice in Space, or whatever it's called.

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La Donna é Mobile, or I changed my mind (again)

I was never happy with the title of one of my recent stories. I've fussed over this for quite a while. I changed Howard, His Friend, and their Wonderful Journey to Howard and the Completed Pass. I think that's a much more fitting title, and it's a lot shorter. If you haven't read the story, please do. For those that have, nothing was changed in the content, but it's okay to read it again.

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Descriptiveness in stories

So, I've resumed working on two Sci Fi stories right now that have been in the oven for three plus years. I've been preoccupied with other activities that are both thankless at times and hard work, and now I feel worn out and bitter.

I've returned to writing full time, and want these tales to be wonderful. In College when I was taking creative writing there were lots of admonishments to describe, describe, describe. And I can only think of a few authors here who do a passable job of that, though many of the stories are entertaining, and fun.

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Just to let you know...

This is just an fyi to let you know I am ~650 words into the next chapter of 300 Rains. Trying to get to the end of this so I can focus on the professional work more without it hanging over head. Besides, I so totally want to know how it ends just as much as some of you do.

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What's your writing song?

Everyone has heard of 'thinking hat' or 'writing desk', but has anyone heard of 'writing song'? Basically it's the song that you hear to get yourself upbeat and in the mood to write something. Or it can also be a song that inspires you to do more than without. As for me, while I have plenty of imagination, I can't get in the mood to write if I don't have my writing songs on.

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Musings about reviews and reviewers.

In between visiting my father in hospital (he's not at all well. we got a call last night to prepare us for the worst) and rushing hither and thither, I spent an hour or so writing and checked my Amazon page for any more reviews. It always staggers me that so very few people ever bother to review a book they've read. I mean, I've sold 21,938 kindle books in the last three years and have received only 258 reviews (178 on Amazon.com and 80 on Amazon.co.uk). That's just over one percent. That means 21680 people couldn't be bothered to leave a review - even an anonymous one.

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