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Hello again, getting back into the swing of this.  Just posted review of second chapter of Matthew's vol. 1 and should be able to get through the rest of my second pass through the stories over the next few days.

Finally, started on second round with review of Stephanie's novel, chapter 2. 
I spent way to long trying to finish a story for the superhero origins contest.  Got it posted a few days ago.

So a story with a happy ending - must be a fantasy.

Hello Ann, I just conducted an experiment (science background showing through) using my review of the first chapter of your book.  I started an in-line review and saved it after one comment rather than submitting it.  I got a message to say it was saved but not submitted.  I then went looking for it.  I found it on my home page under feedback in the listing for 'New in-line review replies'.  The draft review showed up at the top of the list with the notations <<draft in line review>>.  If I click on the blue button with 'view' at the right side of that entry, the draft review comes up just as I left it and I can continue with the review.  When I'm done I presume it will go out if I press the submit rather than save button.  If it works you should get a review from me in the next half hour or so.
Hope this helps.

Completed review of Ch 8 of Randy's Kurdish Connection.  (I'd already reviewed chapters 1-6 before joining this group.)

Thanks Jube, the honourary grammar professor.  I like the idea of having a 6 word rule for when to put a comma before and, but etc.  It may be arbitrary but it will simplify things.  I am trying to get with the programme, so to speak, when it comes to commas, but like you, it was an almost untouched subject in high school.  In fact, grammar was an almost untouched subject.  For us, English was a spectator sport, all reading (Shakespeare etc, but always bowdlerized), no writing.
Myth or no myth, I plan to continue to use commas where I think a pause is appropriate.  It seems like the way to encourage a reader to hear a sentence the way the author intended.
cheers

completed my first review on Stephanie's book

Thanks. Can you do some magic and make it show up on the groups Content page?

Hello all, I'm not sure if this is the place to post this.  Thank you all for inviting me to join this group.  When the group first showed up on the site I sympathized with the main objective, to encourage reviewers who would stick with a novel from beginning to end.  I applaud the effort and will try to live up to the objective.
Phil

Well Tom, you could probably put shelves on the back of the door.

Dagnee missed two in JP's quiz above.  Pudding is dessert and estate car is a station wagon.  Jumper can also have a more general meaning, anything we would call a sweater.
The list of words could go on for ever:  a van is called a lorry, a pantechnicon is a moving van, slow moving bumper to bumper traffic is called a tailback, aluminum is called aluminium ...
Incidentally, Elizabeth George is an American author who sets her stories in England.  I like Peter Robinson, an English author who has lived in Canada for years.  His mystery stories are set in Yorkshire.
cheers from Canada (not quite as foreign, at least we do not call aluminum aluminium)

Hello members of the Don't Push This Button group.  I couldn't resist the challenge of a writing prompt based on the old black and white Rob Serling Twilight Zone series from the 1950s so here I am.  I started working on a story that I hope fits with my rather faded memory of the old series.  First draft is just about done.  I'll post it and you can tell me if it fits with what you are looking for.
cheers