thealtruismsociety Posted January 28, 2012 Report Share Posted January 28, 2012 I think it would be cool just to make it past the first round, which is based 100% on your pitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted January 28, 2012 Report Share Posted January 28, 2012 I think it would be cool just to make it past the first round, which is based 100% on your pitch. Good luck TAS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marguerite Posted January 28, 2012 Report Share Posted January 28, 2012 Yes, good luck! Let us know what happens. M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve E Posted January 28, 2012 Report Share Posted January 28, 2012 I think it would be cool just to make it past the first round, which is based 100% on your pitch. Good luck TAS. It's good to hear from you again. Please keep us informed. All the best, -Thoth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marguerite Posted January 28, 2012 Report Share Posted January 28, 2012 I should mention in this connection that I am currently shopping "Lynx" to agents, so far to a massive collective yawn. So send some luck my way, too, please! Revisiting Sir Percy while I research Lynx 2, the sequel (actually titled The Winged Horse). M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve E Posted January 29, 2012 Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 I should mention in this connection that I am currently shopping "Lynx" to agents, so far to a massive collective yawn. So send some luck my way, too, please! Agents; what do they know. Tossing heaping shovelfuls of luck at you, Lady M. (But find someone else to shovel out your stalls.) Revisiting Sir Percy while I research Lynx 2, the sequel (actually titled The Winged Horse). And may all your horses have wings. -T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whirlybird Posted January 31, 2012 Report Share Posted January 31, 2012 Best of luck to TAS and Marguerite. I saw a billboard the other day and I thought it might be appropriate. It HAS a picture of Abraham Lincoln with the caption "Failed, failed, failed. And then... PERSISTENCE" -W PS-I was trying to insert the image but it I couldn't get it to work for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve E Posted February 1, 2012 Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 PS-I was trying to insert the image but it I couldn't get it to work for me. -T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marguerite Posted February 1, 2012 Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 Nice. Thanks, guys! For the picture and the kind words. M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whirlybird Posted February 1, 2012 Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 Nice. Thanks, guys! For the picture and the kind words. M Anytime, M. T-How did you do that? -W (who feels awfully dumb not to be able to figure these things out) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve E Posted February 1, 2012 Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 Nice. Thanks, guys! For the picture and the kind words. M You're welcome, Lady M. You are, after all, always there for the rest of us. -T T-How did you do that? I Copied the tag line from your post and Pasted it in the Google Image Search field. When the billboard came up as a fingernail I clicked on it. I brought up the image alone by clicking on it in the header. Then I clicked on the Browser Address field to select it, then I Copied it. Back in the Forum, edit window I clicked on the Insert Image button and Pasted the address of the image in the presented field. It actually took considerably longer to type this than to do it. Try it W. Paste up a nice heart using the tag "Valentine's Day". Or a Cupid? -T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whirlybird Posted February 2, 2012 Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 You're welcome, Lady M. You are, after all, always there for the rest of us. -T I Copied the tag line from your post and Pasted it in the Google Image Search field. When the billboard came up as a fingernail I clicked on it. I brought up the image alone by clicking on it in the header. Then I clicked on the Browser Address field to select it, then I Copied it. Back in the Forum, edit window I clicked on the Insert Image button and Pasted the address of the image in the presented field. It actually took considerably longer to type this than to do it. Try it W. Paste up a nice heart using the tag "Valentine's Day". Or a Cupid? -T Okay, T. Here's my attempt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whirlybird Posted February 2, 2012 Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 Sorry T, I thought I did it right but no luck. -W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve E Posted February 2, 2012 Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 Sorry T, I thought I did it right but no luck. That's an awfully long address. I tried tracing it and got bounced to a page containing the image that I think you meant to use. The problem is that you were posting a page address and not the address of an isolated image. -T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve E Posted February 2, 2012 Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 Sorry T, I thought I did it right but no luck. Try it again with a simple address. Go to this address and try copying the address over — Pasting it in the Insert Image field. If you get another long address printed then weirdness is afoot. -T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thealtruismsociety Posted February 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2012 Try it again with a simple address. Go to this address and try copying the address over — Pasting it in the Insert Image field. If you get another long address printed then weirdness is afoot. -T Normally with anything image you pull from Google there is a original image link to the far right. Click that and you will be taken directly to the actual image on the server. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve E Posted February 14, 2012 Report Share Posted February 14, 2012 Normally with anything image you pull from Google there is a original image link to the far right. Click that and you will be taken directly to the actual image on the server. I find the "See Full Size Image" link, at the top left, works best for me in Safari. Never had a problem with it. But it's good to explore. Happy Valentine's Day everybody! -Thoth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marguerite Posted February 15, 2012 Report Share Posted February 15, 2012 And to you. Did your novel make the first cut, TAS? M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thealtruismsociety Posted February 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2012 Nope, it didn't. Worse I can't get any friends or family to read it. Kinda bummed. I can't know how it is with no feedback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve E Posted February 28, 2012 Report Share Posted February 28, 2012 Nope, it didn't. Worse I can't get any friends or family to read it. Kinda bummed. I can't know how it is with no feedback. Have you considered posting all or part of it? Hinting for free reads. -T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marguerite Posted February 28, 2012 Report Share Posted February 28, 2012 TAS, have you tried to find an online critique group (in addition to Thoth, that is )? Fellow writers will give you better feedback than friends and family, anyway. One woman I know joined a writers' group on LinkedIn (to restrict the potential respondents a bit), then posted a message with a rough description of her story, asking for potential readers. Her area happened to be close to mine, so I responded. She's still on my "go to" list when I need a quick answer to questions. So it can work, although you'd want to exercise even more caution in picking the right people to work with than you would with a group that met in person. There may also be writers' groups in your area. Check the local bookstores (if such things still exist) or community center. Sorry to hear your book didn't make the cut. I liked the part of it that I read. Best, M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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