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[thealtruismsociety]

I think it would be cool just to make it past the first round, which is based 100% on your pitch.

[Steve]

thealtruismsociety, on 28 January 2012 - 10:09 AM, said:

I think it would be cool just to make it past the first round, which is based 100% on your pitch.

Good luck TAS.

[Marguerite]

Yes, good luck! Let us know what happens.
M

[Thoth]

thealtruismsociety, on 28 January 2012 - 10:09 AM, said:

I think it would be cool just to make it past the first round, which is based 100% on your pitch.

Good luck TAS. It's good to hear from you again. Please keep us informed.
All the best,
-Thoth

[Marguerite]

I should mention in this connection that I am currently shopping "Lynx" to agents, so far to a massive collective yawn.
So send some luck my way, too, please!

Revisiting Sir Percy while I research Lynx 2, the sequel (actually titled The Winged Horse).
M

[Thoth]

Marguerite, on 28 January 2012 - 08:09 PM, said:

I should mention in this connection that I am currently shopping "Lynx" to agents, so far to a massive collective yawn.
So send some luck my way, too, please!

Agents; what do they know.
Tossing heaping shovelfuls of luck at you, Lady M.
(But find someone else to shovel out your stalls.)

Marguerite, on 28 January 2012 - 08:09 PM, said:

Revisiting Sir Percy while I research Lynx 2, the sequel (actually titled The Winged Horse).

And may all your horses have wings.
-T

[whirlybird]

Best of luck to TAS and Marguerite.

I saw a billboard the other day and I thought it might be appropriate. It HAS a picture of Abraham Lincoln with the caption "Failed, failed, failed. And then... PERSISTENCE"

-W

PS-I was trying to insert the image but it I couldn't get it to work for me.

[Thoth]

whirlybird, on 31 January 2012 - 10:27 PM, said:

PS-I was trying to insert the image but it I couldn't get it to work for me.

-T

[Marguerite]

Nice. Thanks, guys! For the picture and the kind words.
M

[whirlybird]

Marguerite, on 01 February 2012 - 08:46 PM, said:

Nice. Thanks, guys! For the picture and the kind words.
M

Anytime, M.

T-How did you do that?

-W (who feels awfully dumb not to be able to figure these things out)

[Thoth]

Marguerite, on 01 February 2012 - 08:46 PM, said:

Nice. Thanks, guys! For the picture and the kind words.
M

You're welcome, Lady M.
You are, after all, always there for the rest of us.
-T

whirlybird, on 01 February 2012 - 08:54 PM, said:

T-How did you do that?

I Copied the tag line from your post and Pasted it in the Google Image Search field. When the billboard came up as a fingernail I clicked on it. I brought up the image alone by clicking on it in the header. Then I clicked on the Browser Address field to select it, then I Copied it. Back in the Forum, edit window I clicked on the Insert Image button and Pasted the address of the image in the presented field. It actually took considerably longer to type this than to do it. Try it W. Paste up a nice heart using the tag "Valentine's Day". Or a Cupid?
-T

[whirlybird]

Thoth, on 01 February 2012 - 11:21 PM, said:

You're welcome, Lady M.
You are, after all, always there for the rest of us.
-T


I Copied the tag line from your post and Pasted it in the Google Image Search field. When the billboard came up as a fingernail I clicked on it. I brought up the image alone by clicking on it in the header. Then I clicked on the Browser Address field to select it, then I Copied it. Back in the Forum, edit window I clicked on the Insert Image button and Pasted the address of the image in the presented field. It actually took considerably longer to type this than to do it. Try it W. Paste up a nice heart using the tag "Valentine's Day". Or a Cupid?
-T

Okay, T.

Here's my attempt.

[img]http://www.google.com/imgres?q=valentine%27s+day+peeps&start=71&num=10&hl=en&gbv=2&biw=962&bih=1292&tbm=isch&tbnid=7wu4ORzWlyHdxM:&imgrefurl=http://obsessivesweets.blogspot.com/2011/02/valentines-day-holiday-roundup-peeps-of.html&docid=USCbtivvl1l3IM&imgurl=http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RXSBH9djgT4/TV3LnA8dnpI/AAAAAAAAGGQ/EyFdjajL84Y/s1600/IMG_2011.JPG&w=1600&h=861&ei=A94pT-2xCYrc0QHxmbHSCg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=290&vpy=704&dur=2363&hovh=165&hovw=306&tx=150&ty=95&sig=100512480152458036614&sqi=2&page=3&tbnh=118&tbnw=219&ndsp=34&ved=1t:429,r:31,s:71[/img]

[whirlybird]

[img]http://www.google.com/imgres?q=valentine%27s+day+peeps&start=71&num=10&hl=en&gbv=2&biw=962&bih=1292&tbm=isch&tbnid=7wu4ORzWlyHdxM:&imgrefurl=http://obsessivesweets.blogspot.com/2011/02/valentines-day-holiday-roundup-peeps-of.html&docid=USCbtivvl1l3IM&imgurl=http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RXSBH9djgT4/TV3LnA8dnpI/AAAAAAAAGGQ/EyFdjajL84Y/s1600/IMG_2011.JPG&w=1600&h=861&ei=A94pT-2xCYrc0QHxmbHSCg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=290&vpy=704&dur=2363&hovh=165&hovw=306&tx=150&ty=95&sig=100512480152458036614&sqi=2&page=3&tbnh=118&tbnw=219&ndsp=34&ved=1t:429,r:31,s:71[/img]

Sorry T, I thought I did it right but no luck.

-W

[Thoth]

[img]http://www.google.com/imgres?q=valentine%27s+day+peeps&start=71&num=10&hl=en&gbv=2&biw=962&bih=1292&tbm=isch&tbnid=7wu4ORzWlyHdxM:&imgrefurl=http://obsessivesweets.blogspot.com/2011/02/valentines-day-holiday-roundup-peeps-of.html&docid=USCbtivvl1l3IM&imgurl=http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RXSBH9djgT4/TV3LnA8dnpI/AAAAAAAAGGQ/EyFdjajL84Y/s1600/IMG_2011.JPG&w=1600&h=861&ei=A94pT-2xCYrc0QHxmbHSCg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=290&vpy=704&dur=2363&hovh=165&hovw=306&tx=150&ty=95&sig=100512480152458036614&sqi=2&page=3&tbnh=118&tbnw=219&ndsp=34&ved=1t:429,r:31,s:71[/img]

whirlybird, on 02 February 2012 - 12:54 AM, said:

Sorry T, I thought I did it right but no luck.

That's an awfully long address. I tried tracing it and got bounced to a page containing the image that I think you meant to use. The problem is that you were posting a page address and not the address of an isolated image.
-T

[Thoth]

whirlybird, on 02 February 2012 - 12:54 AM, said:

Sorry T, I thought I did it right but no luck.

Try it again with a simple address.
Go to this address and try copying the address over — Pasting it in the Insert Image field.
If you get another long address printed then weirdness is afoot.
-T

[thealtruismsociety]

Thoth, on 02 February 2012 - 01:45 AM, said:

Try it again with a simple address.
Go to this address and try copying the address over — Pasting it in the Insert Image field.
If you get another long address printed then weirdness is afoot.
-T

Normally with anything image you pull from Google there is a original image link to the far right. Click that and you will be taken directly to the actual image on the server.

[Thoth]

thealtruismsociety, on 14 February 2012 - 10:51 AM, said:

Normally with anything image you pull from Google there is a original image link to the far right. Click that and you will be taken directly to the actual image on the server.

I find the "See Full Size Image" link, at the top left, works best for me in Safari.
Never had a problem with it. But it's good to explore.

Happy Valentine's Day everybody!
-Thoth

[Marguerite]

And to you.

Did your novel make the first cut, TAS?
M

[thealtruismsociety]

Nope, it didn't. Worse I can't get any friends or family to read it. Kinda bummed. I can't know how it is with no feedback.

[Thoth]

thealtruismsociety, on 28 February 2012 - 02:57 PM, said:

Nope, it didn't. Worse I can't get any friends or family to read it. Kinda bummed. I can't know how it is with no feedback.

Have you considered posting all or part of it?

Hinting for free reads.
-T