tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post3546614834145450472..comments2023-11-05T03:56:08.325-08:00Comments on Murrmurrs: The Beta ReaderMurr Brewsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-67662533322804831662020-07-08T12:16:37.256-07:002020-07-08T12:16:37.256-07:00I also learned the hard way about that "repla...I also learned the hard way about that "replace all" function. <br />The good beta reader is worth their weight in gold, and acknowledgements. Even better is getting a beta reader once removed--a friend finds them for me so I don't even KNOW who my readers are and they don't know me--the honesty is wonderful that way. Green Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14548218493061015711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-4045307456993515402020-07-06T05:18:30.914-07:002020-07-06T05:18:30.914-07:00I'm going to assign the Anonymous family to so...I'm going to assign the Anonymous family to some long lost continent that is under the oceans. Poor things couldn't make it to school. Seriously, one wonders about the national origin of the bots that produce such stuff.WD-40noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-9557630683069887052020-07-05T17:15:31.833-07:002020-07-05T17:15:31.833-07:00And they can't spell "boomer."And they can't spell "boomer."knittergranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160027913020949487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-14232809203022061722020-07-05T14:29:25.129-07:002020-07-05T14:29:25.129-07:00The Anonymous family is always so off-topic.The Anonymous family is always so off-topic.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-8689535882743593022020-07-05T14:28:40.878-07:002020-07-05T14:28:40.878-07:00Although it would probably class you up considerab...Although it would probably class you up considerable if you yelled "ARGYLE!" when you were frustrated.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-58925457676380411782020-07-05T14:15:28.428-07:002020-07-05T14:15:28.428-07:00Oh goodie! Where do I sign up for Boomer Mass Suic...Oh goodie! Where do I sign up for Boomer Mass Suicide Day?Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14843459906469325667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-14238946851663966652020-07-05T13:25:15.356-07:002020-07-05T13:25:15.356-07:00Baby bomers are already being abused in the retire...Baby bomers are already being abused in the retirement homes, and the only way you baby bomers will escape this fate is by killing yourselves before you reach the stage of life where you are old and helpless.<br /><br />You deserve this for destroying your own children's future. No one is coming to save you. Suicide is your only hope.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-45878184344639165872020-07-05T11:51:41.685-07:002020-07-05T11:51:41.685-07:00I would LOVE to be called a casserole. Must be my ...I would LOVE to be called a casserole. Must be my Lutheran upbringing.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-26328271914298008252020-07-05T10:08:03.536-07:002020-07-05T10:08:03.536-07:00can't wait to tell someone 'you're an ...can't wait to tell someone 'you're an casserole', then say, 'sorry, spellcheck'. <br />Chris Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07401772309953538355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-69414510797462081982020-07-05T03:46:11.308-07:002020-07-05T03:46:11.308-07:00I remember the paper clip! That was back when I h...I remember the paper clip! That was back when I had a Microsoft computer. I certainly don't miss him and condescending manner. One of the first things I did with my Mac is disable the spellcheck to where it just does the red squiggly line but doesn't change anything. Often it is correct that I have misspelt something, which I then correct myself. But oftentimes it picks out somethingmimimanderlynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-48077396047372686682020-07-04T22:43:57.342-07:002020-07-04T22:43:57.342-07:00Yeah, with birthdates!Yeah, with birthdates!Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-52056824029659218362020-07-04T22:43:22.036-07:002020-07-04T22:43:22.036-07:00Those are some discouraging deficits, for sure. So...Those are some discouraging deficits, for sure. Sometimes things come to you if you really concentrate on fixing the problems instead of thinking the solution will show up with enough time. I don't usually DO that, but...Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-16814536893216378852020-07-04T22:41:54.243-07:002020-07-04T22:41:54.243-07:00Yeah, I don't really need a line editor so muc...Yeah, I don't really need a line editor so much. More of a development editor. A person to remind me to build the setting, or put the scenes in a different order, or drop a character altogether, or spell something out more...that sort of thing.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-80320975801872494022020-07-04T22:40:13.902-07:002020-07-04T22:40:13.902-07:00Oh, lordy, lordy.Oh, lordy, lordy.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-1721063462992742332020-07-04T21:27:28.620-07:002020-07-04T21:27:28.620-07:00Good luck with yours. I wrote a "cast of char...Good luck with yours. I wrote a "cast of characters" list when I began and just add each new one and what occupation they do when I introduce them in whatever chapter, for instance, "Beverly, hairdresser" and I keep the list beside me when working on it. Or I did when I was working on it. Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-1465898305489386912020-07-04T21:24:48.112-07:002020-07-04T21:24:48.112-07:00I've ignored my one and only partially written...I've ignored my one and only partially written book for almost a year now because I can't figure out how to tie parts one and two together for some action and a solution in part three. Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-38643802196209092082020-07-04T19:34:58.824-07:002020-07-04T19:34:58.824-07:00I got to be a beta reader a coup of times and it w...I got to be a beta reader a coup of times and it was fun! Way easier than coming up with an original story and have it make any sense. With all of your alternative words it might be a bit of a challenge even for those who are really good at it. I like the idea of half the characters' names starting with H.jonohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09357820440454534635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-24551587354066277102020-07-04T18:33:24.272-07:002020-07-04T18:33:24.272-07:00Way back, last century back, in fact...computers a...Way back, last century back, in fact...computers all used spellcheck.[the option to dislocate/smash spellcheck had not then been invented.Or even, apparently, considered]. Also, spellcheck ran on an American system and had conniptions at any non-American words. Like "arsehole." See! It STILL puts a wiggly line under that! But back in the early days it used a bent paper clip to offer dinahmowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00052642938090553088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-29316186225537565232020-07-04T11:00:09.178-07:002020-07-04T11:00:09.178-07:00Interesting! I've discovered I sometimes type ...Interesting! I've discovered I sometimes type "won" for "one," although I always catch that won right away.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-31321480549727343042020-07-04T10:33:57.391-07:002020-07-04T10:33:57.391-07:00I feel for your machine's inability to tell Al...I feel for your machine's inability to tell Alan from balance. I haven't done that yet, but am hitting rearrangement of letters in words as I read. Left becomes felt and vice versa. Now becomes won, etc. I had a beta reader for a while, but then she got distracted with her granddaughter and declared that everything I wrote was good and that didn't help at all!<br />Bruce Mohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00170656188990284530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-51260235825135807012020-07-04T10:06:10.383-07:002020-07-04T10:06:10.383-07:00That's right! That's just what I need. An ...That's right! That's just what I need. An assistant. I believe I have enough dust around here to whomp one up.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-27204291134872580592020-07-04T10:05:39.314-07:002020-07-04T10:05:39.314-07:00The trouble is, even I don't know.The trouble is, even I don't know.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-53529516728642795342020-07-04T10:05:09.260-07:002020-07-04T10:05:09.260-07:00I believe God was in beta until Noah and then he h...I believe God was in beta until Noah and then he hit his stride.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-60548671683713438492020-07-04T06:31:51.624-07:002020-07-04T06:31:51.624-07:00Remember that God delegated the naming of things t...Remember that God delegated the naming of things to Adam.Larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16743115941978474464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-41140098912046189462020-07-04T04:44:45.998-07:002020-07-04T04:44:45.998-07:00You could just market it as a temporal paradox nov...You could just market it as a temporal paradox novel. Folk'll never know!Imperfect and Tensehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07348507012722069785noreply@blogger.com