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Who would know if there is a plan to deal with it?

Molly, Sherzahd (hope I got it right), and MagnificentRascal are the admins for this site and work with Symbios on it.

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Proved today I was a klutz .. took a tumble sprang ankle I'm hoping.

Hope that's all it is. I have weak ankles and used to twist them pretty regularly. Just stepping on a rock the wrong way while hiking did it one time. Take care. Ice it if it's swollen and get it comfy.

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Mendalla, what I did was to go to the story page here, click "Edit" at the bottom, copy the text, paste it into a Word document, then send that. Not only does that work, even if you've lost the original files, but it also includes any last-minute edits along the way.

Yeah, yeah, point out the easy way after I do it the hard way. Sigh. That's what happens when you're three sheets in the wind all the time.

It's a carryover from the base code and the other site that we seem to be stuck with. Not sure if there is a plan to deal with it

Brat - Brag

Gooooood morning, Inspirations!

Last I checked it is a weekend. And that means ... I'm not at work. Not even on call this week.

Been prepping my stories for the anthologies and once again cussing myself out for the "big oops". Lost the original Docs file for "The Empty Office" so I had to take a PDF image of the copy on the site and use OCR (Optical Character Recognition) to convert it to a text file, then do some editing to deal with the vagaries of OCR. But I now have a usable copy.

Anyhoo, coffee is brewing. Borrowed some Kicking Horse Pass from another local institution (glances around nervously as if checking for large, white furry animals).

Tea du jour is English Breakfast and Peach.

Hot chocolate is ready to go for those what drink it, and marshmallows are restocked from the newly replenished reserves.

Google to the rescue. Found a free OCR. Sadly, it's a bit of a mess (as usual for OCR'ing images) so major editing job ahead.

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And Stories Space wants to be the publisher now, so "Stories Space Publishing" is now the publisher of these anthologies instead of my LLC. This is probably a better way to drive traffic to this site which would benefit us all.

Sounds good. I like the idea of associating it officially with the site.

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I am working on a 2nd cover option for your review. May set up poll to choose.

Look forward to it.

My Second Chances submission should be in your Inbox.

I've hit a snag with "The Empty Office" for Spooky Tales. It's one of the ones that I lost the original Docs file in "the big oops" and the PDF I have is created from "printing" the site's copoy using MS's Print to PDF driver so it's an image rather than text and Word can't convert it. Going to see it I can find some software to OCR it.

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I just sent my two stories to you. Hope the formatting is mostly alright. Wasn't sure what a standard manuscript looks like.

She told me upthread she wasn't too concerned about format since she was going to reformat it anyway.

Feet - Frat

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I bet the guy thought you were joking with the standing order of a dozen cases

Nope. As soon as I mentioned your name, he just nodded and smiled. 😉

grabs a couple pecan divines

So with my insomnia and busy week at work, this week has been a total bust for writing. Oh well, long weekend so maybe there's still hope.

Oh, and me today:

All in favour of ending winter immediately, say "Aye".

Aaaaaand it's morning!

Coffee is hot and in the pot

Teas of the day are Scottish Breakfast and Cream of Earl Grey

Hot chocolate mix is available with plenty of hot water and marshmallows (you should have seen the look on the guy's face when I told him I wanted a standing order for a dozen cases a month)

Have a good one!

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Annie, keep yours as is. I say writers spanning the globe. The one I was in had mixed spelling, language too. I think that makes it cool.

Agreed. I write Canadian English, which is a mash-up of English and American at this point in time. I like to think it is part of my Northern charm.😊

Cover is fine. I take it from your post that options are limited. Personally I would hunt up some PD or CC art of fireworks or similar on theme art but if we are limited in options, then this is good.

I don't recall anything especially trigger-y other than the beginning of my story but if there is, a warning could be slipped into an intro.

Patents protect inventions by inventors.

Patience is required for patients.

Robe hands ready for wearing.

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A slight flaw in your calculations, there, Scott. 14 entries. 🙄🤣

I did a count this morning and forgot one was missing in action.

Fell - Felt

Colours all combine to white.

Fail - Fall

Come and taste the wine.

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Jury duty.

Hang 'em! String 'em up!

🤣

Oh well, there's probably worse things. Like root canals and eye surgery.🙄

Coil - Foil

Actually ... I like it. People wield swords and the pen is mighter than the sword so why not wield words, eh?

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I kinda like that. Tale Winds Press ... hmmm

I like it, too. See if it steps on any toes.

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Nicola gave permission! Woohoooo!

Knew Nic would come through for us. She's a good one.

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Love talespinners but it series name of popular book, so better not. What about Wordcraft Press? Is it better than Creative Voices Press?

I like it. Word weavers? Tale weavers?

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Can this be true? I actually agree with Mandella's choice, and his reasons.

Great minds ya da ya da. 😄

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It could age you or lead to eye-problems.

My eye problems can only get better. So says my eye surgeon. 😎 One eye fixed, one more to go (Feb. 28).