Jean Davison

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]

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]

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!

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!

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]

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]

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]

Thanks, Daedalus. I’ve re-posted it.

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]