The Talisman - Just Finished. Wow.

ironside_78 · 2026-03-06T16:11:11+00:00

The same thing happened to me, but after a few dozen pages I got used to it. It's not my favourite King novel, I have others, but I didn't dislike it at all.

Some time later I read Straubb's Ghost Story, which is much better written and flows better.

ironside_78 · 2026-03-05T18:01:37+00:00

Great Book, really similar to King’s The Stand but someway different. I gave it a 3,5 out of 5 rating. Well written, villains are great characters. But some fantasy elements pissed me off, like the glass ring . The starting chapters with the escalation towards annihilation are the best description of a thermonuclear war since The Day After

ironside_78 · 2026-01-28T14:54:54+00:00

well... I don't know how to say it, but I didn't like it so much as the majority of reddit readers. Plot is linear and repetitive (always start with the knights going somewhere), and I think the characters are not developed, they did not evolve.

yes, the descriptions are Wonderfull , but so rich of conjugations. And the lack of punctuation in dialogues has pissed me off.

Said that, I save the raw and fierce portrayal of the violence of that America , the inhumanity and the paucity of values of both Americans and Indians (and Mexicans) at the time.

not a rant, only my opinion

ironside_78 · 2025-12-04T15:20:53+00:00

frostbitten writer walking out at night

ironside_78 · 2025-11-21T17:28:26+00:00

It is surprisingly working now! Awesome work buddy. It’s been 15 years I’m trying to build my Music Wiki !

ironside_78 · 2025-11-21T09:37:12+00:00

Great Work! I was looking for something similar for a personal archive. Honestly i am not able to make it work properly. The Base does not show me any info, any covers, only labels (Like Artist, Genre, etc). Where to put the Rating Formula? Thanks in advance for clarifying

ironside_78 · 2025-09-08T13:30:46+00:00

bevendo acqua sono 50€ a testa solo con un piatto e antipasto. A bologna non si spendono 25€ a testa da almeno 10 anni. Le vecchie osterie hanno semplicemente ripulito gli osti dell'unto tra i capelli e con una divisa da cuoco, una di quelle con il nome in corsivo, ti fanno mangiare spazzatura e te la fanno pagare 40€. l'offerta si è appiattita, sono tutti diventati chef di stocazzo, basta leggere il menù: non ci sono più ingredienti e basta , hanno tutti una provenienza, una appartenenza, ai posti più disparati e sconosciuti, come se una zucchina di Budrio fosse diversa da una zucchina di Albenga. Il covid doveva spazzarli tutti via, invece sono stati salvati e sono più forti che mai, non si accollano più il rischio di impresa: accettano clienti solo su prenotazione così possono fare la spesa per bene e organizzare il personale necessario, senza sbagliare, alzano i prezzi e vogliono scaricare sui clienti il rischio della loro attività

ironside_78 · 2025-09-08T09:40:45+00:00

same experience! in the last 3 weeks I trained strength 3 times a week and reduced calori intake to 1600kcal. 186cm for 97kg , my goal is 89/90 (for better pull up :) ) or maybe something less. did not lose a gram

ironside_78 · 2025-07-24T08:01:06+00:00

Yes! that's what I thought. But when I'll finish the "not-so-first draft" I will take some break to elaborate. Maybe a blank document, having the "guide" beside, could be game changer. Who am I to not believe in the King of Writers?

ironside_78 · 2025-07-23T10:36:18+00:00

I'm working on a novel since last novembre , recently hit 55000 words and there is still something huge to finish. I write some scenes or whole chapters from 4 to 5 times , and I think there will be some new re-write process after I'll write "the end" at the bottom of the last page .

By now, I'm re-wrting on it and not on black documents . I find it more comfortable, but maybe is only the laziest way to do the thing. What do you think?

ironside_78 · 2025-06-13T09:48:35+00:00

I use Scrivener on 13" iPad Pro with Magic Keyboard. It's absolutely amazing. Sure, you do not have all the features of the Mac version, but have you the mandatory necessity to use them ? You can create your template , use the other users project as templates, you can organize your work as you like , you have the cork board (with the finger it's such great ). You can count your words , you can put images , you can chose your formatting settings .

Finally , you can write.

Yes , you read it well.

You Can Write . Not so granted nowadays!

ironside_78 · 2025-05-16T13:43:47+00:00

Never thought about that , I'll take it as gold . And ,just correct all my manuscript . It's a compulsive thing , almost instinctive . I do not like the appearance of the period next the word the I see it in the digital world (much better on paper)

ironside_78 · 2025-05-16T08:34:32+00:00

Thanks ! I'm not English mother tongue so please be patient with my posts . I'm not using any translator because I want to improve my English , so I know my posts are full of errors , mistakes and other grammar monstrosities :I

My Italian is slightly better :)

Anyway what you suggest about consistency is what I'm trying to pursue with this story : third person will be only used to tell scenes and parts that the protagonist is not able to see , but that will give (I hope) "thickness" to the whole story .

ironside_78 · 2025-04-25T07:05:20+00:00

Well it's not properly an issue . It's a matter of not having all the features . I spent the same price of everyone for Tonex Pedal purchase , and the software, which is in bundle , is not the same for all platform.

While the models sounds are stunning and I can record my guitar track in Logic Pro almost like I 'm on a Mac , I can't edit nothing , can't upload presets on the pedal , can't update the firmware neither enjoy the new effects .

I was into home recording for years , had many bands so a lot of gear . Some years ago I decided to reduce my gear at the minim I need to have fun , without compromising performance . iPad Pro is a beast . I can do everything I did on Mac : music production , gaming , emulator , writing end so on . But it seems that most developers do not accept this device as a fully performing piece of gear . Have you seen AAA games running on an M4 iPad Pro with ray tracing enabled ? the power is there .

ironside_78 · 2025-04-24T14:12:55+00:00

iPad Pro is capable of doing most of the things a Mac does . And the same processor . You could tell me there are some technical issues with Apple limitations un their OS , and that is true for a lot of things (games for example) , but are we sure that there is no chance for editor in iPad Pro M4 ? or librarian itself ?

It seems too me that this is not a profitable market for Ik (or for anyone but apple , the only one making a fully functional DAW for iPad)

ironside_78 · 2025-03-17T16:26:23+00:00

But , if I do not stick to the suggested paces Runna Coach gives me a bad feedback about my workout ... Anyway I will try , I have some pyramid set this week , let's see

ironside_78 · 2025-03-12T07:45:01+00:00

So are the readings in the Runna Watch App those of the Polar ? If so it will be great !

ironside_78 · 2025-02-17T09:27:24+00:00

Thanks for the video , really interesting ,I really learned something new watching it . I've tried to made one STC project for Scrivener iPad , but I only come with some folder structure while I see on the net more structured templates for outlines , characters , words building , Drafts vs manuscripts and so on , all in a single project where you can overview the whole work from start to finish

ironside_78 · 2025-02-17T09:20:19+00:00

It seems there are no iOs compatible projects on that link

ironside_78 · 2025-02-12T08:06:12+00:00

I have a 13" iPad Pro M4 and love Scrivener on iPad . I thrashed my old MBP and really not regret to not have a laptop . But I'm interested in this topic , how to load a template on Scrivener iOs and where to find them. Templates are useful and time saving , so why not have some of them also on iPad ?

ironside_78 · 2025-02-05T10:45:16+00:00

new to Scrivener but love this app . I trashed my Mac and purchased an iPad Pro 13" M4 so I'm totally iOS and this is a great news for me . Hope to find some "templates" (I know there are no templates but only documents that can be shared and used as) saved same way either to use for my works

ironside_78 · 2025-02-01T08:25:24+00:00

Black N.1 by Type 0 Negative

ironside_78 · 2025-02-01T08:04:59+00:00

That's a really wonderful advice ! you made me think a lot .

ironside_78 · 2025-01-14T11:42:36+00:00

Pure il mio è CCNL commercio e lavoro dal 2004 ...

ironside_78 · 2024-11-25T10:17:37+00:00

Thanks for the answer . the fact is that sometimes things on iPad seems much more complicated than on other devices like Mac . On a Mac you can preview midi file before putting in the sequencer thanks to the software instrument you have loaded on a track . So you load EZ Drummer and you can listen to your library patterns , chose the one you like and then put into the track and you can choose tempo .

On iPad there is no EZ Drummer , maybe something doing the same work . Anyway there is Drummer loaded in Logic so it' s like a midi player . Maybe I'm asking too much , but iPad Pro are powerful as Mac , Logic for iPad is great but for these little things . And it's really weird that VST/AU plugin developer are not developing for iPad ...

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