Thanks for your kind comment. It was great meeting you at Left Coast Crime-- the people are always a highlight of a conference like that. And I'm glad you're enjoying Mahu Surfer; yesterday I learned it was named as a finalist for the Lambda Awards for best gay mystery, so I'm really excited.

Left Coast Crime is the one of the friendliest almost large conventions I've ever been to. The people are great. To get an idea of what they are about sign up for the yahoo list. 4_Mystery_addicts.com many on this list are LCC people and great people they are. Donna Moore, who contributes here on a regular basis is a mainstay.
All, great, great people.

Public speaking is a horror! The only reason I can do stand-up is because the room is dark and the crowd is drunk. Toastmasters has been on my list of things to do forever.

Hey, you finally got a picture up! Nice to see you.

Great to hear that Deb. Much success, as always! I think Celapene will be in touch by the end of the year so we'll see. Gourmet story... LOL, you dag!

Tks for asking - it's done and sent! I was working on a "strange" poem too but missed the deadline for that. Never mind - I'm a terrible poet!

Sure do. How's the piece going for S&T?

Just wander. The forums are broken down into categories and the latest 3-4 of each show. But press view all and you can scan tons of topics. Same with the blogs. It is a great place for learning about everything crime writing. Cool input from a lot of very focused and motivated people.

See ya, wild Aussie Woman!

Tks darling Deb... I'm very confused about this place still but should spend some time becoming familiar. Right now I'm back on the wip so... you understand! LOL. Hugs.

Wonderful! Joined Mozilla and was immediately supported. Have finally be able to accept all friendship requests and hope you all got them!

Hello DADavenport. Can't read too much--besides. don't you know there's a hurricane coming and Johnny Rocco wants us to close the hotel? unrepentent democrat?! good for you! Now don't let Cody know, but he's not gonna be on top of the world for long!

The 9mm is an inferior round. I recommend avoiding the 9 and going with the .40, or my personal fave, the .45.

I think I need to update my system. My home computer died and I replaced it with my business computer, but it is not a fully supportrd version of MSN and simply will not do certain things. I have a Gmail, for instance but it will not allow me to utilize all it offers. So, I'm off to get advice from a programmer this week and hope to update this dinosaur soon.

In the mean time, thanks for the suggestion, Sandra. I appreciate it. And to everyone offering friendship...I DO accept! I just can't do it officially right now.

That's weird - try clicking accept again. Sometimes Ning is a bit wiggy, but it usually works after a few seconds.

Technosnafus can be a real pain in the butt. If it doesn't work, tell me. I'll try withdrawing my friend request and then resending it, and see if it works then.

I'm getting friend requests. I spotted them on my gmail and clicked to accept but see no changes here. Am I doing it wrong? What is the procedure? I'm not ignoring anyone, after all a girl needs all the friends she can get, but I can't figure out how to RSVP

Thanks, Daniel! It's terrific being here. I think you've created a wonderful space for everyone in the Crime/Mystery/Thriller community. I recognized a lot of talent here as I scanned the members list.

Glad you like the place, DA. I've cleaned up your multiple postings. Unfortunately, I'm still working on getting a member's help page together, as Ning doesn't have a default one for everyone as yet.

In the meantime, I say try anything. You can't break it. :)