Den of Writers | Jean Davison | Activity https://www.denofwriters.com/members/jeand/activity/ Activity feed for Jean Davison. Wed, 15 Apr 2026 10:19:15 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 e324c81bd260ec2920a72285d082f6b5 Jean Davison replied to the topic Mobile phones in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/mobile-phones/#post-5840 Fri, 16 Aug 2019 08:16:04 +0000 OK. Thank you folks you’ve given me an idea.
Maybe I can get round it by not implying the ringing sound is unbroken. Does this work?

I rang her mobile. No reply. Desperation prompted my repeated dialling. More than anything else I wanted her to be safe. Even wanted to hear her saying fuck you and calling me a fat cow. Only she could end this…[Read more]

]]> 0 eba6afa5e382e68feabab474748458aa Jean Davison replied to the topic Mobile phones in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/mobile-phones/#post-5835 Thu, 15 Aug 2019 10:29:07 +0000 Yes, so damn annoying. I expect we’ve all been here with our stories in one way or another. Just when I sat back happily, thinking I’d at last finished my story, that thought about plausibility came to me. And it won’t go away. However…
Last night I tried carefully writing into the story the stop-start from repeated redialling and thought it…[Read more]

]]> 0 60cd3d994be592eeac65de5da37a17a0 Jean Davison replied to the topic Mobile phones in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/mobile-phones/#post-5830 Wed, 14 Aug 2019 12:31:00 +0000 Thanks for your comments Daeds and Tony Lyttle. My mobile won’t just ring and ring, but whether it is or isn’t possible with mobiles generally, maybe most readers would just think (if they thought anything), ‘Oh, my phone doesn’t do that but other phones might’. I do want my story to be realistic, but perhaps I’m getting overly fussy in my old age!

]]> 0 050395109acb0978c7c272e9a4f960ee Jean Davison started the topic Mobile phones in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/mobile-phones/ Wed, 14 Aug 2019 10:08:22 +0000 I’ve written a short story which ends with the line ‘Somewhere there was a phone that kept on ringing and ringing.’ This phone has to be a mobile, not a landline, and that’s the ending I want (I won’t bore you with the details of why). But I’m wondering if no mobile phone would ever keep on ringing and ringing (until the caller hangs up), not even…[Read more]

]]> 0 b0b5a2994d8ee76216ee836b854463e5 Jean Davison replied to the topic Reading Times New Roman doc on screen in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/reading-times-new-roman-doc-on-screen/#post-5334 Fri, 07 Jun 2019 19:45:03 +0000 Thanks. I’ll resume sending stuff to agents like it is then.
I expect the outcome will be the same in any case. Soon I will have enough flipping rejections to paper a wall!

]]> 0 58090bc18636d0f35a1a895ac9485823 Jean Davison replied to the topic Reading Times New Roman doc on screen in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/reading-times-new-roman-doc-on-screen/#post-5327 Thu, 06 Jun 2019 15:33:59 +0000 Dunno. Think so. I thought all gmail was web based.
I’ve found now that if instead of opening the attachment with one click, I open with Google Docs, the words on the screen are clearer (not as clear as the original unattached document, but better than opening with one click). But I find that viewing when opened with Google Docs alters the words…[Read more]

]]> 0 1c163143471c455b1c24d07728889b92 Jean Davison replied to the topic Reading Times New Roman doc on screen in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/reading-times-new-roman-doc-on-screen/#post-5308 Wed, 05 Jun 2019 14:53:05 +0000 Sorry, I’m not explaining this very well as I’m finding it hard to explain what I mean.

Yes, if I type up, say, my synopsis in Times New Roman in Word and save it in a folder in Word, I have no problem when I open it again to look at, print, or edit. But to send the synopsis to an agent, I go into my email programme (gmail) and send it by email…[Read more]

]]> 0 2aaec03047f629ee83e85a84edb0ca61 Jean Davison replied to the topic Reading Times New Roman doc on screen in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/reading-times-new-roman-doc-on-screen/#post-5301 Wed, 05 Jun 2019 09:43:46 +0000 Thanks for commenting Raine. I’ve tried everything except uninstalling and reinstalling word. It’s weird. I never had this trouble until some months ago though it might have happened earlier without my knowing. I only found out when I opened an email attachment I’d sent. The typed document in word looks fine in Times New Roman but not when opened…[Read more]

]]> 0 07bd30b9f687215df1e5911590292a72 Jean Davison replied to the topic FAQ: How to use the Lifeboat in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/faq-how-to-use-the-lifeboat/#post-5280 Tue, 04 Jun 2019 12:53:25 +0000 Thanks, Daedalus. I’ve re-posted it.

]]> 0 0abd90ff80ad7009cb6167f6d4e50195 Jean Davison started the topic Reading Times New Roman doc on screen in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/reading-times-new-roman-doc-on-screen/ Tue, 04 Jun 2019 12:48:43 +0000 I’m re-posting this here as I think I put it earlier in the wrong place.
Just wondered if anyone else is having a problem with the Times New Roman font, 12 pt? This is the font in which agents or competitions often want submissions. It used to be fine for me, but for some time now I find that text I send or receive in this font does not read…[Read more]

]]> 0 9368ca65fdb3ac0050614e84bbc1ec54 Jean Davison replied to the topic FAQ: How to use the Lifeboat in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/faq-how-to-use-the-lifeboat/#post-5273 Tue, 04 Jun 2019 11:37:22 +0000 I haven’t got the hang of using this site yet so I hope I’m putting this in the right place.
Just wondered if anyone else is having a problem with the Times New Roman font, 12 pt? This is the font in which agents or competitions often want submissions. It used to be fine for me, but for some time now I find that text I send or receive in this font…[Read more]

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