Maryn said:
Shoot, what did I miss now? Are people all bent yet again?
Maryn, who can touch her palms to the floor
ETA: Okay, I read Deacon's flounce. I remain unimpressed, just as I was when he was here. I need to make a macro about people who only use this place as a soapbox and seem to have no intention of discussing writing at any point.
When I first joined this place I spent my time in the writing forums reading everything I could find on writing, querying and asking a few questions, and when I was brave enough, I posted two of my WIP for critique.
Several people dove in with suggestions and help on the first one, (Thank you.) and on the second WIP I was terribly wrong on the writing law of using quotations in a lengthy dialog and received the best correct advice I have ever received anywhere. I think it was only one person who offered any advice, but another person jumped in to respond, that she didn’t think she would critic it because it went so wrong. Humm, (No thank you.)
This was at a time when many others were begging for a critic and went unanswered. There was ZERO help back then. I also gave what ever critique help when others would not. I don’t know if there is anyone helping now, I haven’t been back there.
I have at least three finished manuscripts written, waiting for spelling and punctuation help, and perhaps a little other help. I’ve spent well over a thousand dollars to have schoolteachers help me who overlooked so many errors on spelling and punctuations, but spent my money on how I should change my story’s content.
It took my long time lady friend original from Spain, now in Orlando, to spend two, or three days with me to point at what was wrong in spelling and punctuation on my first manuscript.
This lady was a former teacher and a principal - now retired and now is virtually blind. She’s begged me to get two of my novels out for publishing and I’ve had two, very successful authors who have also seen my first novel who have told me the same thing and told me to seek an editor for spelling and punctuation help. They loved my story.
I can sit down to tell a story and have grownups and kids gather around to listen. I can put a story together and gather interest, but as others do I too have a hard time putting it down in ink on black and white and selling it to an agent.
Now I’ve mentioned this before, I’m blind in one eye and going blind in the other eye and I have a problem with cataracts too. At the age of 72 years, I have no hope of ever getting anything edited and sold. I leave my nose print on my monitor just to read anything and to read a book, I need a very bright light and a magnifying glass.
What am I to do? Spend my time watching TV soap operas? Do you think I should spend any more time in the writing forums instead of Office Party? Are people getting proper help there now?
Sorry for the rant, but...
