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  1. Darrel Bird

    General Discussion I'm Back!!

    I'm Back...Bet you all didn't even know I was gone-See how ya are. Well-The reason I was gone...wait for it...heart attack!! Yes dear friends, I was having a normal morning the 20th when it hit and I told my sweetie we better call 9-1-1. They flew my by helicopter too Peace Health in...
  2. Darrel Bird

    General Discussion Have not seen

    One of the most striking statements Jesus made is this in answer to Thomas. John 20:29 Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed. Because he was referring to the true Christians of today in this end time.
  3. Darrel Bird

    General Discussion Well who woulda thunk?

    Did you know they sell selfie sticks on ebay now? I gotta go right down and get me one-a-dem! Oh wait! Theres a willow tree! And I think I have a yard a gorilla tape left on that roll. I'm gonna go and admire my own lips flapping!
  4. Darrel Bird

    General Discussion Today is

    Today is our 62nd anniversary. I sped off in my car to bring back a dozen red roses and laid them in her chair. Shes in the bathroom getting ready to go to our son's house for Easter. So today is kind of a double whammy.
  5. Darrel Bird

    General Discussion Readin' an Wratten.

    And then there is all the movies about old cops shooting themselves because they can no longer do police work any more? You know the type of stories, 'He could no longer do blah blah so the poor bloke offed himself, ate his gun, hear taps blowing sweetly in the distance? Where do they get that...
  6. Darrel Bird

    Writing & Publishing Where do your ideas for stories come from?

    I was asked that from a reader who had read a few of my stories. That is a hard question. King said it was a tiny idea that he nurtures into a full grown story, or something to that affect. One of my ideas came from a cardboard box under an overpass while driving down I-5 into Vancouver. It was...
  7. Darrel Bird

    Writing & Publishing Christians who write fiction

    The title of the website is Christian Writers, but I suppose that would be a misnomer for me as I probably would be classified as a Christian who writes fiction. So why am saying this? My love for Christ leaks out in all my books and is sure to come on the scene and show up in my characters...
  8. Darrel Bird

    Writing & Publishing Things I can't write About

    I can write using most genres, I guess thats the right word, but I cannot write war stories. I tried and it made me literally sick to my stomach. I wrote a few chapters and chucked the whole thing. I remember the sick feeling I had during the missiles of October crisis, and then Vietnam came...
  9. Darrel Bird

    Poetry The other side

    The other side Its seems as years go by There's more on the other side Seats that were once filled with love Are silent at supper, so still so quiet As memory takes me back The old farm house is gone Just a few sticks of wood laying round The mountains sit in silent watch over the past, long...
  10. Darrel Bird

    General Discussion Outside of time

    Outside of time A few years back my only daughter passed away, and about a week later, I was working at my computer as usual when I felt a presence approach from behind me, I felt someone lay warm hands on both my shoulders from behind me. I stopped typing immediately and the words entered my...
  11. Darrel Bird

    General Discussion Sick TV

    Down with some strain of the epizudics, but it ain't all bad' staid in bed all day yesterday and watched movies. I ran out of moves, and got on Tubi, the place where every bad movie that was ever made was sent to gargle in lizard juice.
  12. Darrel Bird

    Writing & Publishing Writers

    It may seem like there are lots of fiction writers, but in my family there ain't. Nor even heavy readers that I know of. Am I the only oddball?
  13. Darrel Bird

    General Discussion Daylight squandering time

    Setting back the clock an hour still has me messed up, and yes, this is a rant. It messes up my sleep pattern no end.
  14. Darrel Bird

    Writing & Publishing Catharsis for the vowels

    Since I ran Scriber grammar checker over all my stuff I determined that it does a better job than I can do. However, now I have to spend a few weeks checking the grammar checker because it throws a curve ball on occasion. I am finding this cathartic rather than work. I find satisfaction in...
  15. Darrel Bird

    General Discussion Hanging Out

    I haven't hung, hanged? Ok, I haven't spent a lot of time on CW before, but find myself hanging out here more and more. I suppose it may be symptoms of sitting at a desk all the day long. I don't do Facebook or any other social media any more. I talk to the dog, but he doesn't seem to have much...
  16. Darrel Bird

    Writing & Publishing Sure way to obscurity

    Not going to the work of promoting ones own books is a sure way to eventual obscurity. What say you?
  17. Darrel Bird

    Writing & Publishing Need help

    I need your help. I have self pubbed 43 e-novellas through Smashwords and over the years downloads of the books have fallen off. I charge 1.99 each for the novellas. I really don't care about the money and have given away I don't know how many. What I am wondering is that, is it a right thing...
  18. Darrel Bird

    Writing & Publishing What kilt him?

    “kilt” is an Appalachian word. A word also used in writing westerns. I used the word in a western and it threw the A.I/grammar checker into a tail spin and it changed the word to 'what kilted him'. Anyway I had to go back and re-edit the whole book because I used the word through most of the...
  19. Darrel Bird

    Writing & Publishing A.I. and common sense

    Scribber seems to be pretty good at checking for grammar errors, I guess anyway, since my grammar is so bad in the first place that I can't tell. However, it being an A.I. Doesn't have common sense, and that is the weakness of A.I. For instance I ran it on a western book, and it changed this...
  20. Darrel Bird

    Writing & Publishing Pricing question

    Do you all think 1.99 is too much to ask for novellas that consist of from 5000 words to 20,000 words?
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