Here's a list of interesting phone calls that I have had and interesting experiences: Frequent: 70% of these people use a search engine to type in a url and have never heard of address bar. I shit you not. Frequent: we dread phone calls from people who claim to be savvy because would you believe the...

I'm very happy Starfe, that you feel far more confident in your writing abilities than I am. I do not "know" that I am a good writer. I have my serious doubts sometimes. I just keep hoping but I love writing and reading so much I can't stop - but part of the draw for me has always been tha...

I lost the copy of EOU Rey sent me...I had gotten to Statum 2. I agree with Max; there is no justice in this world. :( I hope it turns up soon, Garrett. I got reamed by my boss on Friday. I guess she assumed I was backmouthing her. Whatever. It was bullshit. :roll: It had me pretty pissed off. I'm ...

So today I sat down and wrote outa newer version of the story. Still keeping the same elements but making things more difficult for my character. Haven't done any writing, but I'm hoping this is going to come out much better and stop pandering to my girl. Also: R.I.P. Jim Ross T-T Maybe one day you ...

^_^ Welcome back, Garrett!

Matched is one that I've actually picked up in the store and read the first five chapters of :3 so... actually what I read was very engaging. It will be bought eventually. However, I did take the advice and purchase The Familiars #2. The first was very delicious (I got it bargain priced, too, when B...

~_^ You forget the point to my story (she becomes a Dragon Rider despite her illness), Garrett, but you are hitting on her character flaw, which is good, and thus I would hope you would expect me to include character development. :3 Very essential. Makes for good books. Readers like to see that char...

"less downerish" is not going to happen. ^_^ that one I will not back down on. She is a tragic character with an expiration date and that is how she's going to remain. Yeah... poor Jim I just have too many characters and believe it or not more come in later. x_x It's beginning to feel like...

Hrrrm, after reviewing your statements today Kimiko and going over the whole story in my head I've actually determined where I've messed up - and I actually even re-read an article on Mary Sue characters to 'redefine' them in my head. I keep focusing on my character's (and her friends') own personal...

I have a tendancy to say "that FEMALE!" as in a noun - female is an adjective - "that female jerk!" like this.

^_^ and that's alright. Get around to reading it when you have a chance.

*nods nods* She does get an enemy, she comes in later though when Lydia starts trying to be a rider, but if you think it's a problem now maybe I'll have to rework the story in some way... hrrrm.... Yeah, she does have a lot of friends and I'm thinking of cutting out Jim. Tanis and Jim were suppose t...

Waiting for Ygg to add me. I went through and added everyone. Let me know if I missed you! Also: I stickied this topic and since Snow went to the effort of listing everyone, I took over the first post of the topic. Admin and Mods can now attempt to keep track of everyone in one list and update it as...

*mutters* speaking of chairs... I'm tempted to go out and buy me one to bring to work. My GOD our chairs are so shitty

So, here's chapter 3 and 4 if anyone is bored enough to read... Chapter 3 Lydia's lungs were still burning when she got out of the shower. Her morning had been even worse than normal and she had over exerted herself by doing her walking exercise. She breathed her medicine in deeply forcing herse...

Keeping Lydia from being "Mary Sue" is rough because the flaw I've given her is somewhat 'soft'. It becomes more obvious as the story progresses (these two chapters do not address it, though her morning walking hints at it) and I'm aware of the problem and trying to fix it. Her problem is ...