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Viewing comments for Chapter 9 "A Matter of Time"Fanstory Praises, Woes & Go's.
46 total reviews
Comment from Sugarray77
Hello Sankey. I wholeheartedly agree that it is a dilemma to choose between reading, reviewing, and writing. Somewhere there is a balance, but I have not found it yet. Thanks for the humorous read.
Melissa
reply by the author on 22-Aug-2019
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Hello Sankey. I wholeheartedly agree that it is a dilemma to choose between reading, reviewing, and writing. Somewhere there is a balance, but I have not found it yet. Thanks for the humorous read.
Melissa
Comment Written 22-Aug-2019
reply by the author on 22-Aug-2019
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Yeah there is a balance to everything for sure. Glad when we find it. I have always said...."read, review, write, promote." I am so glad I have passed the time of paying for promotions!
Comment from pbomar1115
As a poem writer, I'm not very good. For one, I have found it takes a good grip on grammar which I'm working on today. The stories I've written to date took more work than normal. Nevertheless, you are a good writer and I enjoyed this poem.
Phillip
reply by the author on 22-Aug-2019
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As a poem writer, I'm not very good. For one, I have found it takes a good grip on grammar which I'm working on today. The stories I've written to date took more work than normal. Nevertheless, you are a good writer and I enjoyed this poem.
Phillip
Comment Written 22-Aug-2019
reply by the author on 22-Aug-2019
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bro I love reading novels and prose even more so than some poems. I hate these short poems that want you to do great big reviews. Thanks for coming by.
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You're welcome.
Comment from Teri7
This is very interesting write with great news about your autobiography. Thank you for sharing his information with us. I wish you and your wife well in all you do! May God bless you both! Teri
reply by the author on 22-Aug-2019
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This is very interesting write with great news about your autobiography. Thank you for sharing his information with us. I wish you and your wife well in all you do! May God bless you both! Teri
Comment Written 22-Aug-2019
reply by the author on 22-Aug-2019
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Thanks Sis glad I caught some of you oldies that may not have seen this on the first round.
Comment from Robert Zimmerman
You're right about the choices we have to make on FS. There's a lot of good writing here. I enjoyed the poem because I have considered these things myself on several occasions. Robert
reply by the author on 22-Aug-2019
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You're right about the choices we have to make on FS. There's a lot of good writing here. I enjoyed the poem because I have considered these things myself on several occasions. Robert
Comment Written 22-Aug-2019
reply by the author on 22-Aug-2019
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Yep Robert for a long time I have held to the order in here of "reading writing, reviewing promoting" That way you may avoid having to actually PAY your own money to promote your work.
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I agree with you wholeheartedly.
Comment from Mystic Angel 7777
It's a question of how you allot your time :). Promoting is not such a big deal as you are simply paying for the feedback to move you up. It's not the same thing when you deal with true publishing companies as they call a spade a spade with no punches pulled UNLESS it is self-publishing as it is their job to get you to write that check LOL. Congrats on having finished your book and I hope it does well for you. This is well done and thank you very much for sharing it.
reply by the author on 22-Aug-2019
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It's a question of how you allot your time :). Promoting is not such a big deal as you are simply paying for the feedback to move you up. It's not the same thing when you deal with true publishing companies as they call a spade a spade with no punches pulled UNLESS it is self-publishing as it is their job to get you to write that check LOL. Congrats on having finished your book and I hope it does well for you. This is well done and thank you very much for sharing it.
Comment Written 22-Aug-2019
reply by the author on 22-Aug-2019
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Thanks for coming by. I am glad some of you longer time members have come through on this ancient poem. I wrote th8is to encourage more people to review stuff. Some spend all their time on contests and writing and never do much reviewing. After all reviewing is supposed to help writers. I find there are far too many professionals in FS it should have been for amateurs to get help and the professionals should move on or hang around and help newbys.
Comment from Sally Law
I think I'm the only one on FanStory that's a new writer. Most everyone is like you Geoff, a seasoned sage. Congratulations on your published works. I'll have to check it out once it hits the market. I'd love to get a signed copy. I have a signed copy from Mastery and Ben Colder. Sending you and Louise my best today as always,
Sally xo. xo
reply by the author on 22-Aug-2019
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I think I'm the only one on FanStory that's a new writer. Most everyone is like you Geoff, a seasoned sage. Congratulations on your published works. I'll have to check it out once it hits the market. I'd love to get a signed copy. I have a signed copy from Mastery and Ben Colder. Sending you and Louise my best today as always,
Sally xo. xo
Comment Written 22-Aug-2019
reply by the author on 22-Aug-2019
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Hi Sis thanks for coming by. Nothing published as yet. Not outside FS anyway. Getting ready to move on real soon. Lord Bless.
Comment from ExperiencingLiphe
I know the not wanting to sleep thing because of this. I usually post right before I go to bed, I do this to punish myself for something I swear, because then I lay awake waiting for the first couple reviews. If there is something wrong I want to fix it right away because I don't want it kept that way for a bunch of people to tell me the same things...but I need to go to bed. lol
reply by the author on 17-Jun-2017
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I know the not wanting to sleep thing because of this. I usually post right before I go to bed, I do this to punish myself for something I swear, because then I lay awake waiting for the first couple reviews. If there is something wrong I want to fix it right away because I don't want it kept that way for a bunch of people to tell me the same things...but I need to go to bed. lol
Comment Written 17-Jun-2017
reply by the author on 17-Jun-2017
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Thanks friend. I guess you noticed the chapters in my rant book are all out of whack I need to fix it later.
Comment from Leonardo Wild
Oh, the struggles of life ...
LOL!
I truly hope this is the extent of the problems you face, Sankey. ;-) Since joining FS, I am in a similar boat, I must say. Actually, yes and no. The Galapagos Agenda is not something that I'm currently writing, but rather in the last stage of its revision so all I am doing there is posting what I already have, and then copy-pasting all the comments and reviews to my file to go over the entire manuscript in one go.
Because when writing novels, it's hard to get interrupted repeatedly, so what I do is take a certain time for reviews--to fulfill my dues in helping others--and this gives me enough mental tranquility to make up for my having posted.
Then I just finished that screenplay, which because it was on a deadline, I simply could not stop working on and needed to fulfill a given quota per day to make it. Now I'm about to go back to the second novel in the series I'm calling Survival of the Fittest or The Galapagos Cycle. I got about 100 pages done, and had to stop working on it for a full month now, in order to get all the other stuff in my life going.
But as of this week I need to get back to that, too. But knowing that people like you are actually devoted to FS reviewing, actually has given me a great relief, because the novel is going through many eyes and they can all catch those creeping snags, which seem determined to escape my otherwise eagle eye for such things.
So, my advise in reply to your piece above (no snags, there) is that your reviewing on FS is helping others, and probably while doing so also helping yourself catch what turn out to be regular mistakes, which you then won't be doing! (We hope.)
I do hope, though, that you can find the time to work on your novel, giving you periods of time where you should probably have nothing open but the file you are working on so as to avoid getting FS messages.
reply by the author on 11-May-2014
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Oh, the struggles of life ...
LOL!
I truly hope this is the extent of the problems you face, Sankey. ;-) Since joining FS, I am in a similar boat, I must say. Actually, yes and no. The Galapagos Agenda is not something that I'm currently writing, but rather in the last stage of its revision so all I am doing there is posting what I already have, and then copy-pasting all the comments and reviews to my file to go over the entire manuscript in one go.
Because when writing novels, it's hard to get interrupted repeatedly, so what I do is take a certain time for reviews--to fulfill my dues in helping others--and this gives me enough mental tranquility to make up for my having posted.
Then I just finished that screenplay, which because it was on a deadline, I simply could not stop working on and needed to fulfill a given quota per day to make it. Now I'm about to go back to the second novel in the series I'm calling Survival of the Fittest or The Galapagos Cycle. I got about 100 pages done, and had to stop working on it for a full month now, in order to get all the other stuff in my life going.
But as of this week I need to get back to that, too. But knowing that people like you are actually devoted to FS reviewing, actually has given me a great relief, because the novel is going through many eyes and they can all catch those creeping snags, which seem determined to escape my otherwise eagle eye for such things.
So, my advise in reply to your piece above (no snags, there) is that your reviewing on FS is helping others, and probably while doing so also helping yourself catch what turn out to be regular mistakes, which you then won't be doing! (We hope.)
I do hope, though, that you can find the time to work on your novel, giving you periods of time where you should probably have nothing open but the file you are working on so as to avoid getting FS messages.
Comment Written 11-May-2014
reply by the author on 11-May-2014
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Sounds like some top ideas here my friend. I do appreciate even in your busy time , your coming by and looking at my stuff. God Bless.
Comment from Antoine Charlemaine
Wonderful piece of work, Sankey! A little tongue in cheek, but also pointed and true. Your experience of fs is certainly well documented here, my friend. All the reviewing and replying does get in the way of writing! I enjoyed this. Thanks. Antoine.
reply by the author on 10-Feb-2014
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Wonderful piece of work, Sankey! A little tongue in cheek, but also pointed and true. Your experience of fs is certainly well documented here, my friend. All the reviewing and replying does get in the way of writing! I enjoyed this. Thanks. Antoine.
Comment Written 10-Feb-2014
reply by the author on 10-Feb-2014
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Wow I appreciate the big six! Thanks heaps! I want to see how accurate my guess is with the recent chapters of your stuff I read too ok.
Comment from Selina Stambi
Oh, how you made me smile, Geoff!
I'm still smiling as I write. This is such a sweet, smiley poem and echoes the thoughts in pretty much every Fanstorian's heart, I'm sure!
Have a blessed week, friend. :)
Sonali xxx
reply by the author on 09-Feb-2014
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Oh, how you made me smile, Geoff!
I'm still smiling as I write. This is such a sweet, smiley poem and echoes the thoughts in pretty much every Fanstorian's heart, I'm sure!
Have a blessed week, friend. :)
Sonali xxx
Comment Written 09-Feb-2014
reply by the author on 09-Feb-2014
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thanks Sonali, Sis and you know I love reading all your stuff too. Just need to get my new Novel off the ground hehe.
