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Well, hello again, Gabrielle. Kind of in the mood for a strong Irish coffee myself, but that may be a bit out of the pale for this establishment, so just an iced espresso I guess. And if you're looking for something hopefully a little different (the PocketFM version is on the brink of getting...

Favorite? Mixed fruit juice. Most common? Water or coffee.

I keep meaning to, just to keep characters and locations straight, but have not done so yet. No pictures or anything, just descriptions.

Very carefully, as selling "relationships" is illegal in some places... Seriously, though, try to make the characters feel as "real" as possible - do that, and the relationships will either BE forced or feel real. At least, IMO. And, as in the real world, looks will play a part in it, but in...

An-Trantasy?

Hi Back. I'd say that's a strange name, but my parents DID saddle ME with "Charlie Brown" so...

My Gender Bender story is doing much better than my fantasy one (and both outperform my isekai - though THAT has a better following ... not MUCH, 11 vs 1 I believe) on PocketFM)... So yes, though it probably won't "take off" very well (also mine is a multiverse thing so that might set it in a...

I've seen suspense movies done like this - heck, at least two of Hitchcock's movies did (and then there's Psycho, which starts out looking like a straight-up noir, up until the shower scene). But you need a masterful director to pull it off, a great writer, and a good PR team that knows how to...

Wish I could disagree but then I look at which of my stories has the most hits and comments...

It is not so much that one type works and one doesn't, it's that some types work BETTER in one type of story than in another. The important thing is tone - maintain the right tone and you'll (usually) do the descriptions you need for the type of story you're writing. Then again, I'm someone...

The ability to link stories makes this less important than it could be - but some readers do go by number of chapters and don't notice the links.

The first chapter cannot drive away readers so should have solid grammar and hints at what the story will be like without being ... something that will drive potential readers away. If you can interest a reader enough to keep going, you then have two - maybe four but usually two - more chances...

But was that a computer failure ... or a mercy killing? :biggrin_s:

But Nostradamus made extensive use of both in his prophecies (or so it is written), along with the I Ching, dice, tea leaves and reading the passing clouds so they must all be valid. Ah! There's a question: "Is any of this valid?"

Had actually toyed with this concept for a story once - except that the tension arose from all of them being incarnations of ancient deities (the two rivals were from different pantheons, and the therapist was Loki).

Interesting - not sure how that would impact screen real estate, but seems like a solid idea. Conditional support here.

Just keep in mind this, as Tom Lehrer put it: All books can be indecent books The recent books are bolder, For filth (I'm glad to say) is in the mind of the beholder When correctly viewed, Everything is lewd - I could tell you things about Peter Pan And the Wizard of Oz (there's a dirty old...

IME (on both sides of the equation as a writer, and as a consumer of television) you have a 1/3 rule. If you do not drive your audience away in the first chapter/episode/issue/installment (the "1" part), then you have two more (the "3" part) to hook them. But they will decide by the third...

As the reader stared at the page, the page stared back at the reader, and both realized that the abyss was looking over their collective shoulders, waiting for its turn in the staring contest, unless the cat got involved.

Rather than making up something or trying to think in metric, I use the yard in my fantasy setting (partly because it was used for outdoor measurement in the early days of D&D - one "game inch" equals ten square feet indoors and ten square yards outdoors).