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Gosh, Ray, so sorry to hear that you've been ill.  I hope you continue to improve and back up to snuff soon.  Stay at home and don't venture out.  I've been ordering everything brought to my car for the things that can't be delivered by UPS, USPS, or Fed-Ex.  Though it's not as much fun, the fast-food drive-through windows are just as germy as going inside, so everything is being prepared from home for me until this has passed.  There's no sure-fire way to keep from getting the germ since it's airborne, but hopefully staying away from everybody will make it pass on by.

Take care of yourself,
MJ

Such an honor, Randy!  So proud of all your accomplishments!

MJ

Go figure! Some people just have all the luck!  Have you considered Happy Hour down at the local karaoke joint?

Thanks, Don and Bobbie!

YAY!  Congratulations, Randy!  So happy for you!  Keep us informed!

MJ

Merry Christmas to all!  After having been sidelined for the last two months with bronchitis that turned into pneumonia, I am ready for some holiday spirit.  I spent Thanksgiving in a hospital room, so I'm happy to say "I'm home for Christmas."  I'm ready to get back to writing more on my story and ready to do more reviewing here.  But most of all, I'm ready to get back to the barn to see my horses and donkeys.  I've got a couple more weeks to go before I can do that.

I hope everyone is having a joyous holiday season.  So from my house to yours...Merry Christmas, happy holidays, or however you celebrate it, and happy new year! 

MJ

Ray, at the top of the right-hand side of the home page, you'll see your name with a drop-down tab on it.
1) Click that tab.
2) Click Portfolio.  You will then have a list of everything you've posted. 
3) To the left of the last chapter you posted, click the drop-down arrow that says Action.
4) Click the Add Chapter option.  Then fill in the blanks with chapter name, etc.  There is a place for Content, to which you paste the content.  Once you finish at the bottom, hit Save, then hit Post. You will receive a message telling you how many points it takes to post your chapter.  Click to post.

Copy and print this post for reference as you go along.  Hopefully, this helps.

MJ

Perhaps I should use myself as an example.  I came here in 2008 because of the Strongest Start contest.  Though I didn't win, it sure made a better writer out of me when I received those reviews.  The 'regulars' on here have some great ideas and through the years have made very helpful suggestions since we are blind quite often when it comes to our own work.

Ray is correct when he says the old gray mare ain't what she used to be.  My first year here was filled with one review after another, some flowery and full of BS, while others stuck the knife in. I think it's not so much that the membership is falling below normal, but that we as reviewers are also slacking off. It takes both to make this site work.  I for one am guilty.  I'm not reviewing as much due to life at my Animal Sanctuary getting in my way, but when someone posts and gets zero reviews, whether good or bad, it doesn't encourage them to stick around. 

As for the "fly-by" reviews Ray mentioned, I for one have been guilty of starting an in-line, but only getting part of the way through it and realizing I'm rewriting the story, which I don't want to do.  I always leave the door open and in my remarks tell the writer I don't want to rewrite their work and have given examples of what I feel they need to work on, but if they want more help from me, to reach out and I will be happy to help.  And many have, both through private messaging and quickie notes.  I don't do it just to grab points because, after being here for eleven years, I've got more points than I will ever use in a lifetime.  If I point out to someone one time that they need to make sure quotation marks are both before and after their dialogue, I don't feel it necessary to highlight it every time in the remainder of the chapter.  If I point out they are constantly changing tenses, then any writer who is serious about their work will go through the entire chapter and make necessary changes.  I don't see the need to keep pointing it out.  Therefore, your 5,000-word chapter with 25 paragraphs may only be highlighted by me in the first 10 paragraphs if you repeat your mistakes throughout.

MJ

Ah, sad.  I hate to hear that.  I had no clue.  Thanks for letting us know.

MJ

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Just a few I found doing a google search.  I'm sure there are hundreds of others that pay you and not the other way around.  Unless, of course, you choose Vern's contest.

Don' make me no nevamind.  I's reads longs or shorts, jus' whateva I's in da mood fo'.  Too long fo' you, den don' read it.  Too sho't, den read two.  It be dat simple.

MJ
(Just practicing for my character, Sam Woodard.)