Hi @lesliedow

This NaNo bootcamp I had a workshop as well. When I was trying to move back and forth between the bootcamp event and the workshop, I found I could not use the drop down list.

In the attachment, you can see the drop down list does not list the special events, only the classrooms, so when I was in the workshop, I could not go quickly (using a drop down list) back to NaNo2016 (although it was possible to go to NaNo2015).

Instead, I had to back out of the workshop, and then drop down the NaNo2016 and then go to team arena and then my team and then the thread I wanted--a lot of extra steps.

Is there a way to have the events and classrooms drop down list have the same drop down as is available in the first drop down list? Special Events, too?

Thanks,
Lyn

Hello folks! I'm a new member, just joined this morning. Looking forward to meeting other writers and getting involved with groups and the forums here at SavvyAuthors!

I've been writing stories ever since around the age of four (I'm forty, by the way)- Mother has the annoying habit of pulling out some of those carefully saved tales to embarrass me show her pride. Currently I am working on two works, one fiction (LitRPG is the sub-genre), and one non-fiction (a biography of Louis Sockalexis).

I am horrible at introducing myself- I either do not say enough or have people backing away in horror from too much information, so I will leave it at this.

Is it possible to make "linked type" automatically show as bold? If you look at the paragraph below, you can see that the two exact same words: sprints are both linked, but one is light and the other is in bold.

Links don't seem to stand out in a paragraph as a link, until you happen to run the cursor over it and it turns pink. For example, I was looking for the calendar for sprints. But it wasn't as easy to find as when I posted the calendar for sprints in our forum and after linking typed it in bold. In fact, if it is typed in bold before the link, the link will un-bold it, so it becomes pale.


I always go back after and highlight and bold, but it an extra two steps and I wonder if it were possible to make it automatically bold the link.???

I know you are busy, but I thought I would put it on the list of requests. In fact, I'll go to the forum and re-post this.

Hi, newbie from south Louisiana here. Looks like a great site.

I've missed about 3-4 days yet and now have to write ~1940 words/day. I wrote for hours today, morning till recent, but still came up a few hundred short. With some success, I've been trying a sort of stream of thought/wordspill, but what else can I do to catch up?

Do you have a great romance ready to sell? Entangled Publishing is looking for YOUR BOOK! C'mon up to the SavvyBlog and submit your three-line Pitch to Entangled editors and avoid the slush pile!

Hi all!
We are tidying up around SavvyAuthors so that the site will run more efficiently (and faster!). If you have taken a class with us before 2016, you will find your old classrooms still here but moved into a new section of the site. This is just to reduce our server load a bit.

Your older classes and forums for any Events before 2016 are now found here: http://savvyauthors.com/Community/index.php?categories/2015-classes-and-events.1027/


Please let us know if you have any difficulty finding things!

Thanks!
Leslie

Hello, I've been a member since January 11, 2013. A friend told me about Savvy, but I just didn't get as involved. I decided to get involved today and hopefully take some classes.

Hi, all! Wow, already loving this class even on the first day! Last year I pantsed and it was a mess, but I feel optimistic about some guided structuring!

OK--trying to get facebook acct in "authors" name--can't figure it out--same with gmail.
Book is nearly complete. How do I do this. Kate

Because we are! Savvy has two events:

Plot your way to NaNo Success in Plotting Camp, starts Monday August 17

Then join us for NaNovember motivation and fun in our NaNoWriting Camp! November 1-31.

I'm new to Savvy and looking forward to connecting with other authors. I write realistic military and contemporary romance set in the south.

Greeting from Melbourne, Australia

I have a minor character in my manuscript, but I can't figure out an ARC for him. I just need a little one. I looked at the story without him and it doesn't work. He's the glue for the group, but feedback I have gotten is he is the least developed of the characters.

I tried character worksheets and nothing. He's almost a tool for all the other characters, and the plot. The only possible arc I can think of is that although he is the leader of the group, he isn't really A LEADER. And after his choices cause a few mishaps, and the death of one of the group, he figures out he really shouldn't be the leader. But he also is that person who can get others to follow the new leader. Is that a good enough arc for a minor character?

Are there lectures? Is there homework?

My work in progress is now published. How do I remove it from the WIP page?

- Anna Taylor Sweringen

Hello everyone,
My name is Dave Wickenden. I am a retired fire fighter from Ontario, Canada. I retired specifically to write. I had gotten totally sick of writing business plans and reports for politicians who had their own agenda. My work was dry and lifeless and I felt totally stagnated. Thus my escape to creative writing.

I have tried a few times during the years to write a novel, but life always got in the way. I finished my first novel seven months after retiring, but found that I didn't know what I didn't know. The last year and half I have been learning the trade of writing with the help of a great group on Scribophile.

The first draft of my new novel, Homegrown is almost complete and having gone through critiques for Chapter one, I already have a map drafted out for the re-write.

Hope to make friends here and learn and help others.
Talk to you soon,
Dave

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Hi there! I'm Lana. I write... I guess it'd be called mainstream fiction or "love stories". Several people who have read my books claim they like my stories, but they hate romance novels. So I've spent the past few years trying to figure out what to call my books. "Women's fiction with romantic elements" seems too high brow for what I write. (No offense meant toward women's fiction writers. I love reading it, I just don't think I'm delving that deeply into my characters' psyche to warrant such a title.)

I'm pretty sure that if I market my books as romances, readers will be disappointed because I don't really nail that genre either. So, my goal for the rest of this year is to figure out how to plant myself SOLIDLY in the romance genre. And I feel in order to do that, I need to start networking with other romance writers and readers.

However, I'm an introvert. I struggle to connect to people, so it's really hard for me to jump into a group setting and say, "Hey, I need a friend or mentor that can guide/shove me in the right direction."

My first novel was published by a small e-publishing company in 2009. We parted ways amicably right before I finished revising my second novel. Since our parting, I've been focused on indie publishing. I've released a total of seven novels. My eighth novel is in the editing/revising process and I hope to release it by the end of the year.

I look forward to getting to know all of you. Hopefully, I'll get over my fear of people laughing at me and start networking.

Onward!

Going on starting today and ending Wednesday at 11:59PM, pitch your book to an agent or editor on the SavvyAuthors Blog during our Hot Summer's Cool Pitch Event!

Hi Everyone!
So happy to be here and looking forward to getting to know all of you I'm Jen and I write contemporary romance for Harlequin, Grand Central and Berkley/NAL. I'm excited about the courses offered here through Savvy Authors and the networking opportunities, so please reach out to say hi and let's get to know each other!
Hugs,
Jen

I'm an unpublished author and finished my first novella. I sent the manuscript to a publisher who referred me to this site. They loved the concept of my story but suggested that I connect with other authors here.

I would like a critique partner, but my disclaimer is this; my last English class was in my Junior year of high school 78-79 a period of time I like to call it the Jurassic Period. LOL

If anyone has the time I would appreciate it.

Thank You