WN, if it helps clarify, take Ninja Skills out of there...the language of You Suck, when it's not a Chris Moore book, is likely what triggered the moderation. Please note I am guessing on this, as real life started eating my head about 8 months ago and I've been a bit scarce and was not there for the actual incident.

Most boards, minor insults are like punctuation. The powers that be here want it to be basically smack-free, uber polite*...I think** the confusion on the subject is simply a matter of perspective and not seeing the language conflict...assuming you didn't mean any offence by the comment and were just phrasing things comically, basically saying "Your kung fu is not strong enough for this."


*A large chunk of there being zero tolerance is because in the past, certain posters danced the line on purpose to try to sneak in insults without being called on it, or trying to claim "I didn't MEAN to be insulting, I was just being silly" when they were actually trying to be insulting.

**Again, wasn't here for it, so I may be off base.

I'm not big on FB myself; there's a board for members. There's no normal web page yet.
"Hey, all my fiction that's been published has been set in a Gaming universe!  "
There you go. 2 for the price of 1.

The designer of Mana Punk suggested we add "& Yoddeling" to the end.

I find it odd that when I post something like this, I always get the same about of views of the posts and few responses It's like I have a stable of quiet readers.

Why does it take a year for a book to go from a draft to bookstore shelves? Is it to build anticipation? Because publishers are modern-day Neanderthals, trying to make e-books by rubbing sticks together? Because authors are so precious?

The correct answer is: yes! In more detail, it’s because this*:
* Note: Blog may represent one-sided author’s view of a process he actually knows little about, with gaps in knowledge filled with speculation and lies.

http://www.maxbarry.com/2012/04/24/news.html

DRS podcasts of 8 panels from Conjur 2 weeks ago: http://deadrobotssociety.com/2012/02/16/con-jour-4-panels/

ConJour 4 recently took place in Houston, TX, and we are fortunate enough to have eight panels to offer you. We don’t want to flood you with all of them at once, so instead we’re going to release them two per day over four days. Let us know if you like this release method, or if you’d prefer just getting them all at one time.

So now, without further adieu, here we go…

HOW TO START YOUR OWN PUBLISHING COMPANY


Panelists – Terry Mixon, O.M. Grey, Mel White, Chris Dunbar, and David Doub.

CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT


Panelists – Terry Mixon, Chris Dunbar, Michael Ashleigh Finn, Robert Stickmanz, and Alexis Glynn Latner

PLOT DEVELOPMENT 1


Panelists – Terry Mixon, Michael “Talthos” Willett, P.L. Blair, Rhonda Eudaly

PLOT DEVELOPMENT 2


Panelists – Paul Elard Cooley, Mel White, and Charlie Brown.

PUBLISHING AND MARKETING REALITIES FOR THE EMERGING AUTHOR


Panelists – Michael Ashleigh Finn, O.M Grey, Terry Mixon, Rhonda Eudaly, David Doub

TECHNOLOGY FOR WRITERS


Panelists – Scott Padget, Paul Elard Cooley, Michael Ashleigh Finn

THE BUSINESS ASPECT OF WRITING


Panelists – Michael Ashleigh Finn, Rhonda Eudaly, P.L. Blair, and David Doub.

WORLD DEVELOPMENT FOR SCI-FI, FANTASY, AND HORROR


Panelists – Terry Mixon, Robert Stickmanz, Jason Durall, and Chris Dunbar

Sorry, guys, hadn't realized this was still locked.

"book spoilers--no matter how minor--cannot be posted until noon EDT July 26th"

Folks, this is enforced to the hilt. Staff was just put in the position of having to take drastic measures because a poster decided these rules didn't apply to sigs. And the spoiler was a HUGE one if someone puts 2 & 2 together, which most folks here could do.

So drastic measures had to be taken, and we HATE taking drastic measures. Please refrain from causing yourself problems (and making us sad) by forcing the issue in such a way.