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Funny story: I pulled up behind a fellow who was fueling, he had his daughter or his mistress with him, hard to say. Anyway he finishes up and fails to shut the pump off which could have meant I could have filled up on his dime. I didn’t, finished up, pulled the plane away and went into the FBO...

Here is one from Volubilis in present day Morroco

If you are unsure or the direction is ambiguous, just ask! “Confirm cleared to…” it is your behind up there, not theirs. Don’t be afraid to make them make things clear to you.

I pay $500 for liability and hull combined; I asked about liability-only but it wasn’t much of a savings and over 30 years the hull portion has paid out pretty well: hail damage, a fire, bent engine mount, and recently a smashed wingtip.

Tiger Cruise on the USS Coral Sea CV-43, 1975, they returned from Westpac after taking part in the fall of Saigon and the Mayaguez Incident, I was 14 and met my dad in Pearl and sailed back to San Francisco. The air wing gave us an airshow, dropping live 500-pounders a half mile off the beam...

Check that the primer was screwed in right

If you don’t have a Nautical Almanac, just shoot the pole star, that will give you latitude within 60 nm. Sailors used it for millennia, it was called latitude sailing, they shot the pole star each night, if it was climbing they were heading a bit north and corrected and vice versa. The...

Hi, I had a drop-out and am opening this up again for a beta reader. Ideally, either a woman or someone of Hispanic descent as discussed previously. I think any reader will be pleasantly surprised, there is nothing like this out on the marketplace currently. Thank you.

Forgive me. But KU is a slushpile, the writers that did not make the cut.

I don't know what that is, maybe a version of ARCs? But can you not do that on your own, send an advance copy to people?

Advance Reader Copies==free books, you can only give them out BEFORE publishing, to get reviews. Another trick is to get lots of advance sales through discounts--so on your first day on Amazon, all those go to that day, and it artificially boosts your ranking--people buy on ranking, so getting...

Thank you very much everyone, I have 3 readers now which suffices. I am aware this is a time commitment and am happy to reciprocate. now to in the future. Again, thanks to the community.

Have you tried Book Bub? I buy a lot off that, and it gets you the reviews. How about ARCs, any luck?

Thank you very much! I posted the first 3 chapters on Google docs, please DM me your email, I will allow access and it will send you an email. If you are not familiar with Google Docs, you can edit or comment on it--I found out the hard way when I beta-read someone's works and edited where I...

There is cursing, but in workshops I found some people found some things offensive and have tried to tone that down. My publisher will edit it, it is sufficient for a beta read and submission to my agent.

thank you, I found your website and have started reading you short stories

yes! That was before I started writing, this is the result.

thank you for the response, I enjoyed your books immensely!

I did not hire an editor. I think my writing is pretty good. My first book, I got over a dozen hits from agents and two offers of representation, that was out of 50 queries sent. I think the average is 1 out of 6,000 writers snags an agent, so what is that, 1 out of 12,000? Or is it 1 out of...

Hi, I am looking for a beta reader, or several, for a manuscript I wrote. Not necessarily an author--I know there are several on this forum and welcome them, but also just a reader who enjoys an adventure book, with a dash of magical realism thrown in. Ideally I would like to find someone who...