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I read a lot!

You likely plan to get some mileage from those names, but the joke might get a bit old before the end of the story. Just a thought.

Me, too.

Okay, in The Bridge on the River Quai, at the end, when William Holden gets killed, Jack Hawkins gets defensive with his Thai women bearers, and protests that he had no choice. What? To kill Holden with his mortars? No, Holden was killed by Japanese rifle fire. I never got that scene.

In NBNW, the plot from that point on depended on Cary sitting across from Eva in the dining car. So how could that be "arranged" on purpose? And in the very beginning, the fortuitous event of Cary just happening to be there when the victim is knifed and then getting the knife in his hand... But I didn't care! It was exciting, I like Cary Grant, and it was a good movie!

In Heat, with Pacino and DeNiro, when DeNiro's crew is coming out of the bank they just robbed, Pacino, who's heading to the bank but is still blocks away, somehow can see that far and says, "They're already coming out of the bank!" And then at the end, from a similar distance away, he sees DeNiro's girlfriend waiting for him in the car. And then, when DeNiro is running away, Pacino just happens to guess right on the direction he took. But I still liked that flick! The shootout scene in the streets of LA - based on a real-life shootout, I've heard - is awesome. Great acting by all concerned, including Val Kilmer.

I'll think of some more, given the time. The point is that, though some WTF moments occur in films, the good ones don't let those moments ruin the movie.

Well, Cary Grant was told to go there, if my memory serves. But there were other plot holes in that film, and they didn't bother me. Great movie!

I discovered a minor plot hole in my novel, "Teammates," that no TNBW reviewer spotted, and it got past my picky-picky editor as well. So I'm going to fix it. Somebody, out of the millions who will read the book, would be bound to spot it.

Okay, Sol, the scroller still doesn't go to the bottom of my connections list when I want to send a message to one of the last two names on the list. Now I can see the names I couldn't before, but my last two connections - including you - aren't visible. If I make two more connections, then your name will show on the list, it seems. Can't this bug be fixed? I'd hate to make new connections just so I can send a private message to a now-hidden-from-view older connection.

So you start from the bottom of the list and go up? What is this, Chinese? Okay, if that's the drill, I'll accept it. I guess. But you haven't explained how I got .03 points deducted for posting a poem on Premium when I did no such thing. The point value is miniscule, but it suggests a flaw in the system.

There is obviously a misunderstanding here. What I was pointing out was that to post a story into this group, it now costs points to do so. The easiest solution to avoid spending points would be to post the story in the Free TNBW group. But then the advantage of posting in your genre, and thus making it easier for people to find your posting, would be lost. I'm a thriller writer, so if I'm looking for a new thriller posting, I would come to this group. As an example, Janet Taylor-Perry is a member of this group, but she posted her latest story in the TNBW Free group, with thousands of members. Someone who doesn't know her would have to stumble upon the posting by accident.

So I don't think it's complicated, Dags. You've posted in this group. Right now it will cost you points to do so. But if we make our group free, it won't, and you'll still have the advantage of having your story in the appropriate genre group.

Cobber, there's no "extra" points required to post into this group. It costs the same no matter what points-required group you post into. And posting in this forum or the general forum obviously doesn't cost any points. I posted this issue in our forum, because it only involves our members. For topics relevant to TNBW members at large, the Premium or Free forums would be the appropriate venue.

I started the group using the old incentive system - get points by reviewing so you can spend them on posts - because I liked it. But if the TMS members prefer to make it a free site, that's easily changed.

Clear as mud now?

If all the groups become no-points-required for posting, then getting points for reviewing would be essentially worthless. I thought the old system worked well. Authors accumulated points for doing the work of reviewing, and in return, they could post their own stuff. Now it'll be a free-for-all, with the only governor in the process being reciprocity. Maybe that's a good thing; I don't know. I'll canvass the members of my group to see what they think.

Okay, I just tried it again. Now JudyS781 is clearly visible, but the next name in the list is not. Is this a time issue? The last two names were connected in the last two days.