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by DCOrange
Thu Feb 18, 2016 12:18 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Formatting questions
Replies: 6
Views: 6238

Re: Formatting questions

Hi, Hexxus -- I'm pretty new myself and haven't encountered precisely your problem, although I've had the program weirdly change my word count, even after I fixed and re-saved it. Unfortunately, it appears that you can't write notes to editors in original submissions. You can, however, write to them...
by DCOrange
Sun Feb 07, 2016 3:15 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Grammarly, ProWritingAid and Hemingway
Replies: 8
Views: 9641

Re: Grammarly, ProWritingAid and Hemingway

Just for the heck of it, I pasted into Grammarly a paragraph from Christopher Buckley's newest novel, the Relic Master. Grammarly did find "significant plagiarism" (thank goodness), but it also found -- in a graph of no more than 150 words -- six "writing issues." I didn't sign u...
by DCOrange
Sat Feb 06, 2016 10:16 am
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Twiddling my thumbs
Replies: 23
Views: 22711

Re: Twiddling my thumbs

I also got hit for using "we." It's plural first person, I guess, and I can't argue that -- but I thought it worked well in the article.
by DCOrange
Sat Jan 30, 2016 8:20 am
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Yikes. Rejected, and a lesson learned. Maybe.
Replies: 4
Views: 5434

Re: Yikes. Rejected, and a lesson learned. Maybe.

I did manage to find where I can post comments to the editor, but I may not bother. I think he or she and I will remain in disagreement about what's amusing and what isn't and I don't want to waste my time sounding petulant. But thanks for your responses -- they're appreciated.
by DCOrange
Fri Jan 29, 2016 1:13 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Yikes. Rejected, and a lesson learned. Maybe.
Replies: 4
Views: 5434

Yikes. Rejected, and a lesson learned. Maybe.

Well, my first article for CC was rejected. I imagine that I could do a significant re-write, but I'm inclined to pass on that and to move on to something different. The problem was that the article is humor, and that successful humor is largely dependent upon style. The editor evidently didn't thin...
by DCOrange
Thu Jan 21, 2016 12:44 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Bios: What name to use
Replies: 3
Views: 7441

Re: Bios: What name to use

I use my own name, kwrite.
by DCOrange
Wed Jan 20, 2016 3:26 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Irritating and confusing
Replies: 3
Views: 3820

Re: Irritating and confusing

Thank you, Lysis, but it doesn't explain yesterday's email. Does one of CC's hands not know what the other is doing? (I have to run out and may not see a response until the morning, but will look for it when I can)
by DCOrange
Wed Jan 20, 2016 2:19 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Irritating and confusing
Replies: 3
Views: 3820

Irritating and confusing

Hi again, all -- It seems like I'm the only newb who ever posts, but whatever. Yesterday around this time, I got an email from CC entitled, "What happened? Where did you go?" It asked if I was going to submit articles (and told me how excited CC is to have me in the fold, so to speak) and ...
by DCOrange
Mon Jan 18, 2016 8:42 am
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Twiddling my thumbs
Replies: 23
Views: 22711

Re: Twiddling my thumbs

Thanks again, Paul. Those tips will come in handy; I can use the structure. About "that." I see your point and will keep it in mind. At the same time, I tend to appreciate the word's usefulness at minimizing ambiguity. E.B. White's reminder, in The Elements of Style, comes to mind: "H...
by DCOrange
Sun Jan 17, 2016 3:42 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Twiddling my thumbs
Replies: 23
Views: 22711

Re: Twiddling my thumbs

And thanks also to Gauderbock. It's great to feel connected.
by DCOrange
Sun Jan 17, 2016 3:41 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Twiddling my thumbs
Replies: 23
Views: 22711

Re: Twiddling my thumbs

Paul, thanks for that *very* useful response. Much appreciated.

My first submission, for what it's worth, was written in second person, which I understand is allowable and, in the case of my article, useful. I can't say that I understood your caution against using "that." Can you explain?
by DCOrange
Sun Jan 17, 2016 10:59 am
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Twiddling my thumbs
Replies: 23
Views: 22711

Twiddling my thumbs

Hello, all -- I submitted my first article four days ago and I'm planning on submitting two more tomorrow (that being Monday, 1/18). I have this strange worry, though, that nothing at all is happening. Is four days common for an article to sit unviewed by anybody but me? Is there a way to see if my ...
by DCOrange
Thu Jan 14, 2016 12:27 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Confused about Hits
Replies: 1
Views: 3010

Re: Confused about Hits

Ha! Never mind. I just realized that the hits are my own.
by DCOrange
Thu Jan 14, 2016 12:15 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Confused about Hits
Replies: 1
Views: 3010

Confused about Hits

Hi, all -- I submitted my first article and see, in My Content, that it's received four hits. Since it hasn't yet been approved, I have to guess that the hits were not from prospective buyers. If that's the case, does it mean that four editors have looked at it and for some reason declined to review...
by DCOrange
Mon Jan 04, 2016 10:06 pm
Forum: Site Renovations Writer's Suggestions
Topic: Flirting with Casting Call
Replies: 0
Views: 25995

Flirting with Casting Call

Hello, all -- I'm brand new and have yet to submit an article. As I browsed the site I saw, in the list of requested articles, a topic that I know quite a lot about. It's listed, however, as Casting Call and of course I don't yet have five articles accepted. But is there any reason that I can't writ...