As usual, Alex, your suggestions are excellent - Yes, the site is not servicing writers well -- it tends to favour the crypto scene and anything about coding or promoting the platform - that's fine, but

Ha ha, you sound like me viewing a murder mystery with my wife. I like Nat and I'd be really disappointed if he's bent in some fashion. As I've said before writing is stream of consciousness for me and

Thank you!

I could answer this directly but the story is narrated from Marcus' first person point of view and he is aware that he spent time in West Harbour and thinks he may have grown up there but has no idea if

Yes, but the way society is now it's a challenge for love to survive at all

Thanks for the tip, Alex - I signed up for their newsletter and I'll study what they're about. I appreciate your help, my friend :)

That was my whole plan - give the readers something for free and a link to my website - I was pushing my first published novel at the time - now, I'm simply giving Hive something for free bc I can't re-publish

He doesn't remember - Apparently, he spent at least part of his childhood there. He depends on the family lawyer for some details but he's unsure whether he can trust him, He has no other relatives now

Exactly! I did this on Twitter for years and posted my instalments to coincide with lunch hour:_

Thanks, Joan - I post an instalment once a day (usually by 200 pm EST)

I read your excerpt and I see what you mean about strong emotions. Robert's passion was so deep it blinded him and he became monomaniacal. The reader is drawn into the. maelstrom of his obsession and awed

So true, Alex - and I will read the post :)

Yes, those who aren't writers may roll their eyes at such an observation but in my experience it's true. I often say I don't make things up; I write them down. Your quote says it well: 'when I write, I

Yes, please do, Alex. By the way, my first novel was begun in 1980 and finished in 2011. It was not an easy task - I hope I didn't give that impression. I did grow up in writing it - so did my children,

That's really beautiful writing, Alex - it reminds me of Ray Bradbury at his best when he writes about his love of books. I used to write exclusively with pen and paper. I wrote all my poems and my first

Thank you!

Thanks, @hivebuzz!

Hi, Alex - That was one of the first principles I learned in psychology, namely that frustration breeds aggression. I saw it in my teaching career when students couldn't grasp a concept and would react

Alright, you're right. I admit I do see my stories as lucid dreams. But I don't make them up - I write them down. So much of my own life is contained in them that they are similar to dreams in that respect

It's so true, Alex, in my life as well. I remember my first meeting with Robert, a true life-long friend, and feeling both drawn and repulsed. Maybe that dichotomy creates the sense of it being unreal,