James D. Macdonald said:(And Berry -- you have learned well. Now you are the master.)
Thank you, sir! However, I realize I still have a LOT to learn from the wise ones, such as your august self.
James D. Macdonald said:(And Berry -- you have learned well. Now you are the master.)
fallenangelwriter said:I have a request for help wiht capitalization: when a word cna be both a noun and a title, such as king, pope, or lord, when is it capitalized?
These are the ways i've been using them:
"Hello, Lord."
"who's he?" "The King of England."
"I've just been to talk with the king."
"popes are elected by a group of cardinals."
are any or all these correct? incorrect? what, exactly, is the rule?
fallenangelwriter said:I have a request for help wiht capitalization: when a word cna be both a noun and a title, such as king, pope, or lord, when is it capitalized?
These are the ways i've been using them:
"Hello, Lord."
"who's he?" "The King of England."
"I've just been to talk with the king."
"popes are elected by a group of cardinals."
are any or all these correct? incorrect? what, exactly, is the rule?
fallenangelwriter said:"popes are elected by a group of cardinals."
Did you have to worry about rights when you put the stories together in the book?James D. Macdonald said:And a brief comment on my latest bit of self-publication. In this case, I'm using Lulu as an easy Xerox machine. This coming February, Doyle and I have been invited to speak to a couple of classes on publishing at the University of Connecticut. The instructor wanted the students to read some of our works, without making them go out and buy multiple anthologies just for one story in each. So I genned up a quick chapbook of three of our stories, my beloved wife did a cover (yes, it's legal to own those things in New Hampshire), and we put on line. Rather than keeping it private for the students, though, I pressed the button that said "make this available to the public" (or words to that effect). The advertising that I'm doing, sig lines, on my web page, etc., is no-cost. I've not yet decided if I'll leave it up after the class meets. I probably will take the PDF down (leaving only hard copy), if I put the same stories on Fictionwise.com (something else I'm thinking of doing with our old short stories).
katee said:Did you have to worry about rights when you put the stories together in the book?
If this isn't too off-topic, what sorts of something useful have you found to tell people?James D. Macdonald said:Other instructors may have other criteria, but mine is: Do I think I have something useful to tell this person?
Sailor Kenshin said:I may have asked this before (or someone else did!) but---is there a thread like this on crafting short stories?
aertep said:I enjoyed them thoroughly and recommend them to everyone.
James D. Macdonald said:If you think my books suck, tell me.
If you think they're great, tell everyone else.