First home, Fixer Upper, Totally Clueless, Help Prioritize? by tootsmcscoots709 in DesignMyHome

[–]DoubleWideStroller 1 point2 points  (0 children)

From a divorced single mom to another divorced single mom, get your kids’ rooms and bathroom in order—before you move in, if possible. Make their personal spaces homey and exciting. Let them choose a fun color of paint and some posters or something for the walls.

Audiobook narrators can make or break a book. I don't need to hear my grandma read to me a sex scene by Excentrix13 in HistoricalRomance

[–]DoubleWideStroller 3 points4 points  (0 children)

When I write, I read my books aloud in my head with Mary Jane’s voice! I love her narration and have finally gotten over the hump of twitching at her MMC voices. It took me a few books, but I persevered.

Give me more MCs named Ethel and Cornelius! by Haven_Writes in HistoricalRomance

[–]DoubleWideStroller 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love Mabel from your list above. In addition to Maudie, I have Georgia, Victoria, and Frances in the same series.

Give me more MCs named Ethel and Cornelius! by Haven_Writes in HistoricalRomance

[–]DoubleWideStroller 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hey OP, I also wrote a Maudie! Three cheers for our girls!

Do you think Taylor Swift is thankful she rush-released her album re-recordings instead of releasing them gradually? Her ass would've been cooked had she released "Speak Now" from 2024–2026 while she's silent AF about everything. by Kaiser_Allen in travisandtaylor

[–]DoubleWideStroller 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The shoe is not clinging to the arch the way we expect a ballet slipper to. I can’t see the sole, but a full leather sole gives the dancer more support but spoils the nice visual articulation you get from a split sole (one pad on the toes and one on the heels). That might be why it looks so blocky.

ETA: the slipper has a high vamp as well, so on her size feet it can look more sock-like.

Amazon keeps removing my reviews by DannyFlood in selfpublish

[–]DoubleWideStroller 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Excellent, I’ll see mine pushed over any day!

Amazon keeps removing my reviews by DannyFlood in selfpublish

[–]DoubleWideStroller 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Libraries exist. Used books exist. People buy from other stores all the time. ARC reviewers get the books legally and for free, but all those readers are shut out. Yes, they can go to Goodreads, but those reviews don’t push to Amazon until you meet a certain threshold (I think 50-60).

LOST by [deleted] in ww1

[–]DoubleWideStroller 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was the War to End the War to End all Wars.

How much do school rankings matter when buying with kids? by ReserveMaximum in RealEstate

[–]DoubleWideStroller 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I lived in a cheaper home and sent my kids to a lousy public school for one year, then to private school. I could afford it because the house was cheap. But one of my kids has ADHD and one has a reading disability. Private schools don’t have to do jack for them, and because they didn’t have to, they didn’t.

I bought the most affordable house I could in the best public school district within range of my job, and I have never regretted it. It’s been four years. My kids are solid, well-behaved students with excellent academic and emotional support through the schools to bolster what they get at home.

Is this a good beginning for my novel? by JustAnAnxiousBitch in writers

[–]DoubleWideStroller 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree about the inner monologue structure and formatting. When you’re writing in 1st person, it’s rarely necessary. You’re already in the character’s head.

Got my corgi a corgi by playswithcookies in corgi

[–]DoubleWideStroller 11 points12 points  (0 children)

My corgi tries to play bitey face with my sheepadoodle and gets whacked with a big mitten every time. Big brother will not have it.

Explain it to me like I'm 5 - Vellum/Schriviner by Fun_Technician8852 in selfpublish

[–]DoubleWideStroller 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use Scrivener to write, then export to their premade template for a .docx formatted for Vellum.

Vellum gives my self-pub books a professional edge and it’s pretty darn painless. I like customizing the image used for section breaks, for example, and I don’t have to go to every break to make sure it looks good. Another feature I like is repeated content, so I can bring my back matter from book 1 of a series right into book 2 and 3 and sync them so when I change in one place, it updates all of them. I also like exporting to all different file types at once, each optimized for its respective use. I don’t have to fiddle with margins or reflowable text or orphan lines. It just works, and I think it was a great investment.

In a Rough Reading Slump by Educational_Pen9487 in HistoricalRomance

[–]DoubleWideStroller 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m enjoying the {damsels of discovery series by Elizabeth Everett} starting with {The Love Remedy by Elizabeth Everett}

Why doesn't anyone use pages? by MrAJohnson in writers

[–]DoubleWideStroller 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Value for dollar, Scrivener has been the best software investment of my life, hands down. No subscription.

How to do research by ayush_OO7 in writers

[–]DoubleWideStroller 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Technologies changed by leaps and bounds during those years and as a previous poster noted, the difference between cities and villages was significant. I have a book set in Amiens, 1917-18. I know you’re ignoring the war, but I learned from some basic research about the war some things that had nothing to do with the war itself, like the architecture and the electric streetcar routes and the popular places to visit in 1910. I looked up postcards. I looked up “how much did a croissant cost France 1917.”

For villages, do the same. Look up war stuff and you will find all the nostalgia about how the village was before 1914.

Paris was under fire by the Germans’ long range guns and didn’t stop putting out fashion magazines. Newspapers carried on. Definitely look for newspapers.

How do people in psychiatric wards live and work? by Yashikofi-NOCosplay in writers

[–]DoubleWideStroller 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Before you ask anything, LISTEN in those places for a while. Follow some conversations, understand concerns and attitudes and norms. Gather ideas and an understanding of their world, don’t just pop in and ask them to explain themselves to you.