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If you were my mobile phone, where would you be?

Mercedes, just me in the house so I can't blame anyone but the dog, and she says it wasn't her. She looks guilty, but even so I believe her.

(That's not a sign of going dotty, right? asking the dog? and losing the phone?)

If you were my mobile phone, where would you be?

LJ, checked the car a few minutes ago

Emmy, I did find my diary in the car. I'd been wondering where it was. but I do have a landline and the mobile is stored on that, so I don't have to remember the number, phew. Dead handy, that. Well, it would be. If the stupid mobile would ring.

If you were my mobile phone, where would you be?

Grouchy how dare you be organized

If you were my mobile phone, where would you be?

Crazy -

nope
nope
nope
nope
Oh! ................. nope.
nope.

you've done this too, I'm guessing

If you were my mobile phone, where would you be?

Thanks B - dead helpful that was

If you were my mobile phone, where would you be?

Emmy, they're little devils for hiding, aren't they?

RE: The Invitation

No I commented once that I'd never mastered the crucial knack of writing for Mills & Boon - anyway those are romance novels and I'm a Capital R Romantic hopeless case

The rest of the time I'm a cynical old trout, though

RE: The Invitation

Ger, my life would be a lot easier and more cheerful if I was a bit more like that myself

RE: The Invitation

Tilla, I have more than a romantic streak, I am pure full-blooded closet Romantic

If I can't have a glorious all-bells-and-whistles romance myself, the next best thing is someone else's

My problem is that I'd go through fire for my loved one, take a bullet, sizzle with dedication - whereas the average bloke, let's face it, is perfectly content to have a few laughs with someone who remembers he likes his eggs over easy and doesn't have a headache when he's in the mood for a quick fumble.

RE: History is made

I found a few highlight videos which covered the whole thing in minutes she looked beautiful, especially the second dress. Good looking couple, good luck to them, the kids should be spectacular.

It did occur to me, watching QE2 taking her place, that as she is the head of the church of England it was like having the pope as well as the sovereign at your wedding

Can you imagine being the mother of the bride and yet unable to cry or do anything without thinking the entire TV-watching world is glued to your expression, waiting for you to do something they could be critical about?

RE: The Invitation

I've used this poem in a blog too, wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy back, I love it

And you're talking to a man you could address it to? Wow, that's wonderful I hope he responds, and I hope, oh I hope for your sake, that he responds lyrically. Because the woman that could ask this question, and the man who could answer it, would have something so far beyond the ordinary that life would change completely and forever for them both.

RE: Can love exist without respect.

Is it possible that she was hinting that you have this lovely new relationship but are still hanging round the singles website?

I haven't read the other comments, apologies if this has already been covered in detail.

Beta reader needed

Sure Imp, will pass the word on, ta. SF is science fiction and tends to be incredibly technical - another genre I tend not to beta read as my brain starts bending 3 pages in and finally collapses into a dying star in a galaxy far far away, no matter how frantically I engage the cyberfoil conduits and try to matrix the retroengineering I've just had upgraded.

And yet - love Dr Who. And am a trekkie.

RE: Quote of the day - no place in America

Question - a lot of Trump's campaign rhetoric was about stopping the Chinese taking so much work away from Americans, now he's suddenly 100% behind helping one of their biggest corporations out of difficulty. This is not rumour, there is video and tweeting from the POTUS uncatogorically stating his support.

The Left says there was a large pay-off which directly benefits Trump Industries.

The Right - says nothing. Nothing at all. China? They never heard of the place.

Pay for play? (one of his most frequent accusations against previous office-holders)

or

being good neighbours because China will be key to the Korean negotiations?

Anyone?

Beta reader needed

Crest - Novel - good pun. Intended?

does no-one in your life ever say what they mean, is there always a hidden agenda?

I wonder, I wonder, if just possibly a new beta reader could be a gazillion times more valuable than two or three email addresses single people on a singles website have set up to get contacts from dodgy strangers? I believe the going rate is selling email addresses is something like 1c each.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Tough one.



If anyone does know a buyer, I've collected a fair few from eligible men who unfortunately can't come onto CS very often so would prefer me to contact them direct.

Beta reader needed

no worries although you definitely undersell yourself there

Beta reader needed

B, even for free, that's draconian

Beta reader needed

Fabbydoodle Tilla, will mail you

Beta reader needed

BTB, anyone interested in those other genres but not wanting to give me their email address I can get email addresses for you instead. The better known an author is, the more they will only be interested in someone with beta reading experience already so you might not get a reply, don't shout at me if you don't.

Beta reader needed

Keepers, they say everyone has a book in them, the trick lies in coaxing it out.

There's a pretty big market for beta readers already but good beta readers, eish, hard to find. So many will just say 'yes very interesting' (or of course 'no thanks no more' ) and then there are some who want to rewrite the book to their fancy and should indeed go off and write their own instead

Beta reader needed

This is for the last in a series of whodunits in the traditional armchair detective style. Because it is a series the challenge, with every new book, is to reintroduce the characters for a new reader without boring the pants off those who follow the series so at least one new beta reader is needed every time.

Having said that, anyone who has read from the Lawns series (you know who you are, although only Red and Chrome ever posted public comments on my CS book list ) would also be very welcome.

I don’t think this counts as advertising (neither selling nor offering money) but made it a separate comment so the mods could delete it if they disagree.

RE: The Big Picture

There's a 5.30 in the morning too?



Vicarious living

RE: Our first time & I fell asleep!

You lost me at blinding headache but hey, long as you were having fun

RE: COMMENTS For My '(Troll) Trouble Brewing?' Blog -

Comments open or closed?

Ah. Open.

Now I forget what I wanted to say.

and this little piggie went ouch ouch ouch ouch all the way home

Keepin' it on file, mate. Will be endlessly useful

and this little piggie went ouch ouch ouch ouch all the way home

Traumeel.

and this little piggie went ouch ouch ouch ouch all the way home

Imp, I intend to start growing comfrey again and will look out for Trameel and keep it in the first aid trunk (yeah, trunk, bit of a hypochondriac, me), thank you!

and this little piggie went ouch ouch ouch ouch all the way home

Mappy, make me coffee

Can't take a rest, no time, the green ceiling is now a cloudy misty ceiling and I - I look like an appaloosa. But I'm winding down for the day now and taking back to my couch, like Elizabeth Barrett Browning. So the coffee would be oh so welcome.

The white rabbit from Alice was also hidden in that comment. I'm on a literary roll.

and this little piggie went ouch ouch ouch ouch all the way home

Mic, if you had to rely on gingers for income that would be fair comment. But we're, what, 2% of the peeps? wasn't that the final figure? Hmph. Well may you run away oinking

and this little piggie went ouch ouch ouch ouch all the way home

Mercedes, wow, never? I grew up round horses so I'm surprised I have feet at all, the sods kept stepping on them. And I cracked my pelvis (also courtesy of horses) but yup otherwise got off pretty lightly