Dale’s Comments (group member since Sep 15, 2017)

Dale’s comments from the Navigating Indieworld Discussing All Things Indie group.

Carmel wrote: "Dale wrote: "Caught up with and clapped for everyone. Here's a new one (not repurposed) from me: Under Satan's Thumb. Yeah, it's on a religious/spiritual theme, but I hope you enjoy it . . . either..."

And thank you!

Ted and I both have stories in this week's contest, although we aren't eligible for the reader's choice so you don't have to vote for either of us. But I like his story, and the picture inspired me to write another Bernard and Melody story, which I hope you all like. Have a look!

I also added a flash fiction story today: a href="https://medium.com/@lehket/on-the-bea... the Beach.

Amy wrote: "Oh, forgot-I received another rejection from an agent last week. I can't remember what my total is up to now. I still don't care and I'm very pleased that it doesn't bother me anymore. I think maki..."

Yeah, I forgot to mention that I got one last week, too. We can be partners in not caring. ;-)

Caught up with and clapped for everyone. Here's a new one (not repurposed) from me: Under Satan's Thumb. Yeah, it's on a religious/spiritual theme, but I hope you enjoy it . . . either in spite of that or because of that. ;-)

Alex wrote: "I've just received an email from Medium telling me I am now a top writer in Mental Health. It's nice, but I'm not sure how given I have less than 40 followers and my top story only has 276 claps, t..."

However it happened, congratulations!

Thanks, Carmel!

I just discovered something. On my Medium stats page, I suddenly have 34 views and 30 reads for today showing in the chart, which blows away my previous daily high (low 20's). Yet I couldn't see where any of my stories were getting that much attention.

It turns out that just below the chart there are "tabs" you can select to see stats for stories, responses, and series. The graph combines them all. I got those huge numbers because I posted a response on someone else's story this morning. So far, 32 people have viewed it and 30 have read it.

There doesn't appear to be any way to get the graph to show just your stories, which really is the important part for the Partner Program, since activity on responses doesn't count towards payment. But I guess that can tell you how "visible" your name is. It also suggests it may be important to leave interesting and well-written responses whenever possible, especially on high-traffic stories.

Amy wrote: "Yay well done.

At some point editing has to finish or nothing would get published."

At some point it stops. Whether or not it's finished may be another matter.

My wife ran across a comment by a well-known author who said she had visions of herself browsing the shelves in a bookstore some day when another customer picks up one of her books and opens it. She slides up behind the customer and looks. Then she takes a pen from her purse, reaches over, and says, "Excuse me, I just have to change one word here..."

;-)

I'll be catching up on everyone's latest. And here are mine for today:

Welcome to Howard County - Reposted from my blog, part 1 of a 4 part series looking at the setting of my Howard County Mystery novels.

South Rim - A flash fiction story

Thanks!

Aside: I think this one has a good shot at an editor's choice, too, whenever they get around to that. But ironically, I was rereading it yesterday and realized it would be more effective by rearranging the last paragraph a bit.

As published:

A rustle stirred the treetops behind as a great brown hand gently parted the branches above, as a huge green eye peered through the gap at the now-empty trail, as a great sigh stirred the leaves. Then the branches swished back into place. A Stellar’s jay cried somewhere among the trees, and the deep silence of the forest closed in.

As I wish I'd published it:

A rustle stirred the treetops behind as a great brown hand gently parted the branches above, as a huge green eye peered through the gap at the now-empty trail, as a great sigh stirred the leaves. A Stellar’s jay cried somewhere among the trees, then the branches swished back into place, and the deep silence of the forest closed in.

Why is editing never finished? ;-)

Thanks Carmel and Amy! Looks like I won this week!

Thanks Christine!

Thanks, Carole!

Posted a flash fiction story today: Driftwood. I'd be interested in comments on this one. I'm not sure if it's too subtle. It might be . . .

Got so busy with my relaxing snow day yesterday that I forgot to post the voting link. So here it is: vote for Dale!

I guess people must like this one, because I already had 5 votes when I remembered and went to vote for myself. That's never happened before.

Clapped for and commented on the new posts and moans. ;-)

Congratulations, Carole!

Alex wrote: "A new post from me, re-purposed from my blog

https://medium.com/@arcarver87/a-brie..."

Clapped for this one, too.

Thank you, Erica.