Recent content by thegingernut

  1. T

    Scammer Board of Shame

    I got a message like this once. I reported the "user" to mods and said "user" was gone from the site the next day. Who needs a board of shame when you can just banish them to the shadow realm with a single report?
  2. T

    Do authors want readers to point out spelling/typos in comments?

    Making people who only want to help walk on eggshells is not my intention. "I know what I'm doing" is the battle cry of a thousand greek heroes crushed under their own hubris. Even if they know I might have done it on purpose, I'd rather someone point out a problem that isn't a problem than let...
  3. T

    Do authors want readers to point out spelling/typos in comments?

    I have system level spell check so spelling mistakes are usually either intentional or me making up words. Even in cases I use the wrong homophone that might be intentional, for example I spell "raising the dead" as "razing the dead" because that sounds so much more gothic and cool. Grammatical...
  4. T

    Is your character a mary sue?

    I got to the eyes question and realized she literally doesn't have a canonical eye colour because eye colours don't seem important. Also the mechanics of her powers prevent most people from being able to accurately remember her description so bit of a moot question. Not that literally any other...
  5. T

    When did you start writing?

    I started writing things for fun when I was in 4ᵗʰ grade. None of it survived thankfully and I stopped at some point but… I believe that was the beginning of my writing career. The very first time I wrote something that nobody made me. And then I went into a completely unrelated field lol
  6. T

    Do you ever go back and re-write old chapters?

    I generally repair grammar and punctuation mistakes if I notice them when re-reading. I also have occasionally made minor edits such as butane → propane when I realized that you can't really buy butane for a cooker in a walmart. However, sweeping changes are an absolute nono. For one thing I...
Top