I'm going to take care of this bug. We'll make sure we clear requests from people who have been deleted. We'll fix it early next week.
351 2016-03-19 01:58:27
Re: Faux connection request? (20 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
352 2016-03-18 20:24:28
Topic: Laranice not so nice (0 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Thanks for the alerts all. Laranice is no longer a member.
Sol
353 2016-03-16 23:17:46
Re: Welcome (48 replies, posted in New Members)
Hi Caz,
Welcome to the site! Let us know if you have any questions.
Best,
Sol
354 2016-01-28 13:23:34
Re: Welcome (48 replies, posted in New Members)
Welcome Kerry and Roy. Please let us know if you have any questions. The site looks forward to helping you with your writing projects.
355 2016-01-28 13:18:51
Re: Question about notifications after we review. (12 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Do we get notifications when someone responds to the comments we make in an inline review?
I know I get an initial notification when they respond to the in-line review as a whole, but if I then answer their comments to my comments in the inline, do they get notification, and do I get notification if they answer those back?
This is an area that definitely needs some work. I have been thinking about it and the best way to indicate that a new in-line comment, or multiple in-line comments were received on content. Thanks.
356 2016-01-07 12:57:26
Re: Group access vs. display vs. visible? (48 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
You might want to rethink the labeling of these functions in the group creation section. I was testing this yesterday and the descriptions are pretty vague and unclear. It's no wonder everyone keeps asking for clarification.
Yes, you are right. This is something we can do pretty easily. Thanks.
357 2016-01-06 04:46:38
Re: Group access vs. display vs. visible? (48 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
At the moment, we're hiding our groups from everyone, including TNBW members, which doesn't make sense, but if nothing else, then we'll have to.
To be clear, your group is not hidden. It's visible on the Group listing page. The content of the Group is what is hidden. You can even keep the group signup public and the content of the group will remain hidden. All you have to do is set the Visibility flag to No to hide the activity of that Group and prevent non-Group member access to the forums.
358 2016-01-05 12:26:30
Re: Group access vs. display vs. visible? (48 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Ok. Well, just set the visibility flag to private and the forum will no longer be accessible to those not members of the group.
359 2016-01-05 05:05:42
Re: forum search enhancement request (4 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
I agree to all of these suggestions. I wish we could work on them but they are not in the budget right now.
If you are wiling to sponsor these upgrades though we could look into doing them more quickly.
360 2016-01-05 04:50:09
Re: Group access vs. display vs. visible? (48 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
you can find a way to give us just a bit more control over what we would like to be visible while keeping the functionality of the forums, that would be absolutely fantastic. If you can't, then so be it, we/I will work around the system to make it work somehow.
Ok. No problem. It's been awhile since I played with these settings. If you want your Group threads to be private, just set the Visibility flag to No for the group. That will block those without membership in the Group. Search engines will not be able to access them either.
361 2016-01-05 04:24:10
Re: Group access vs. display vs. visible? (48 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Fat chance ever getting a book publishing deal if every uncensored moment about our writing and participation in these groups is visible to the whole world, including book spoilers and casual messgaes in any of the forums we've used to date.
What basis or experience leads you to say this?
362 2016-01-05 04:18:47
Re: Group access vs. display vs. visible? (48 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
This was how the old site worked. In the 10+ years the site has been existence I have yet to hear of anyone not receiving a publishing contract or having any issue whatsoever because of information posted in TheNextBigWriter forum. In fact, I have yet to hear of any publisher having an issue with any work posted on the Internet if it has grown popular. In fact, publishers generally fight to sign work that has become popular online.
In talking with publishers and running my own publishing company, your biggest concern as authors is getting enough people to notice and care about what you have written. If a reader takes the time to dig through a message board on an author website to find a plot spoiler about your book, then you are well on your way.
But if you want to bottle it all up, I'll look into a way of doing it.
363 2015-12-31 22:10:52
Topic: Short Story Contest Winners (17 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
The winners of the 2015 Short Story Competition are:
Radio is Not Dead by Brad Foster
As She Sleeps by Dill Carver
Brain Salad Psychology by mikejackson1127
Congratulations to the winners and all entrants!
We will be announcing a new contest shortly.
Happy New Year!
364 2015-12-28 23:58:50
Re: Short story contest timeline? (7 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Hi all,
I just wanted to let everyone know we'll be announcing the winners of the short story contest on Thursday. Thanks for your patience. We'll make it before the end of the year 
.
Sol
365 2015-12-24 18:05:46
Re: pop up ads (5 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Hi Janet,
The site doesn't shouldn't serve ads to Premium members. I think it is something on your computer. Is anyone else experiencing this?
366 2015-12-24 07:27:06
Re: Listings of new stuff (13 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
How about New Book Chapters?
367 2015-12-24 07:26:17
Re: Listings of new stuff (13 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Ah, so you are suggesting the wording be changed to New Chapters from New Books. Maybe.
368 2015-12-24 07:24:42
Re: Short story contest timeline? (7 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Almost there. Couple more days.
369 2015-12-22 12:34:20
Re: Listings of new stuff (13 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
I'm not really sure what you mean because the homepage is almost exactly like the old homepage on the previous site. The only icons are to show if it pays points or if the user is new and there are bonus points. There is no new book label.
370 2015-12-08 02:11:55
Re: Short story contest timeline? (7 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
It will be one more week. We've been a bit behind but are almost through all of the entries. Thanks for your patience.
Sol
371 2015-11-28 00:23:43
Re: ads? (4 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
This is not from the site. It must be something that installed on your browser. Premium members do not see any banner ads or pop-up ads on the site.
372 2015-11-07 22:31:05
Re: Sol: Connection request I can't delete. (16 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
I temporarily reenabled the spam account so you should all be able to delete the connection request. We'll fix that bug in the meantime.
Sol
373 2015-11-05 16:09:21
Re: Sol: Connection request I can't delete. (16 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Yes, I see the glitch. Will get it fixed. Thanks!
374 2015-10-19 03:25:58
Topic: Superhero Origins Contest Winners (15 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Hi all,
The winners of the superhero origins contest are:
First place - Hardon by Dill Carver
Runner-up - Stringbean by Ceridwen
Runner-up - Vibro by Vern
We enjoyed reading all of the entries and hope that many of them will be expanded into more developed stories or novels. Many are certainly worthy. We hope everyone enjoyed the contest!
Sol
375 2015-10-18 00:24:38
Re: How to post content again? (5 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
You have to post it again.
