Recent content by LeslieLevendale

the section you pasted into the box felt atmospheric. I think it's promising. The grammar can be fixed easily. The main thing is that you have a story that you want to tell. Please continue.

I hardly ever see a female driver where I live but it's quite a rural part of England. I'm sure in bigger towns and cities there are plenty. I would call them ma'am.

In the UK (depends where exactly you are in the country and who you are, that is your social class): mate, pal, fella, boss, guv, driver and sir. the latter two only if you're posh (or want to sound posh) haha.

Thank you. I'll try not tog et carried away. It's not quantity that counts the most, it's quality.

Oh, thank you. Who would have thought. You can teach new tricks to an old dog.

thanks for the advice. L

Strange. I use Ctrl+C then Ctrl+V copying and pasting formatted text from MS Office Word docx and it's never happened to me. Are using OpenDocument Text as a source? Or Is it perhaps LibreOffice that's not compatible with SH?

I'm afraid I wouldn't have a clue how to start it. My nephew created my profile pic from a photo. So my contribution to the "artwork" was providing my face. Haha He offered to create the artwork for the cover page, too, but then I found a decent photo in my album that captures the feeling of the...

thank you. So my instinct was right.

Someone messaged me on archiveofourown that they wanted to turn my book into a comic. Is it a scam? My book is a literary fiction. Little action, character driven, lots of inner monologues and reflections. Slow-burn. And around 800-900 pages. Admittedly I can't remember when I held a comic book...

Awww, thank you. sometimes it feels like watching the grass growing haha yes let's raise our glasses

Is there an award on SH when an author exceeds 100k words? I'm asking for a friend... :-)

I never measure art this way.

Love, being loved and being seen

No. I love them in different ways. haha