Recent content by Bakkerbaard

Not that I know of, but guess one more forum couldn't hurt.

Hi, I've received a denail from Amazon to have access to some of the reviews on my first book. So I mailed them back asking what the reasons behind this competely idiotic decision are, and all I got was an answer that my request was denied. Again. It's a bit strange to me that I am not allowed...

All right, thanks. Sometimes you just need to shake things up a bit. I re-dun-did it, and I'm sending all 105 words to the designer.

I can work with that, but "however" is really just a highbrow "but," isn't it? Highbrow is definitely not what I do. That's really kind of the problem. This is book three of the series. I'm never sure how to balance catering to new readers and making old readers go "Yes, I bloody know!" I tried...

Hello! I was planning to whip up a blurb myself, but then I went ahead and commissioned a cover, forgetting that the artist will need a blurb to put on the back. So now I'm in a rush. Would y'all mind having a look at it? It’s been twenty-five years since Eddie Sterling was blacklisted from...

Yeah, in the previous two stories Eddie and Rosalie (Kay's parents) were around 25. The third book is supposed to bridge a gap, and make it so the events of another book I hope to write at some point don't come out of nothing. Kayleigh wasn't in the other books. In fact, in the first book her...

I should be done with the SPAG corrections soon now, and I'll start on the big ones. This is now the first one I'm gonna tackle. Thanks!

Sorry for the dealy. I was being distracted by en entirely different toy for a while. This seems like a simple solution for the problem. I'd love to, but my showing always needs a lot of words, and I'm desperately trying to cut the word count. Actually, my telling uses a lot of words, too...

I'm going through the corrections from betareaders, and they all trip over the same words in one way or another. With your permission, I would like to present it you, because I have now stared myself blind on it. I also believe I may have asked you this exact question before, but that was way...

I'm definitely not gonna do that, though. I have a thing for women being good at a traditionally male job. I don't know if that's sexist in its own way, but I don't believe I care either. ;o) I do remember the Cuba-thing. Not that I was there, but I know that whenever I saw things about Cuba...

No, not really, I think. The way it is in my imaginary draft right now is that she's instrumental to the story. I wasn't sure if I wanna add to the stereotype. Still not, really. It helps my process if I can picture a person, see them walking around, doing their thing, and most of all, hear them...

Okay, to put it more concise: Where did the latin mechanic trope come from? And if it's based in reality, how did that happen?

This has all the potential as coming off racist, so let me first say that this is not the intention. I trust any ignorance on my part will be corrected by those who know better. Now. What's with the latin mechanic trope? How did that happen? In the majority of media I've experienced that...

That's the one. No reply expected. Spellcheckers don't understand that, though, so they'll automatically suggest a question mark, and I suspect that's why betareaders keep tripping on it. I was halfway through a "yes, but" before I realized I was walking into a trap. ;o)

That's why I come to the forum first. It's full of authorities here, but one more couldn't hurt. ;o) I find digression often leads to discoveries. Nowhere. Nothing is being emphasized. It's the kind of throwaway thing you say after something says something they would know about. Like me, for...