Completed reviews of Chapters 26 and 27 of Cobber's State of Vengenance
101 2016-08-31 04:15:11
Re: Please post here regarding a completed review (671 replies, posted in Alpha to Omega - Review Group)
102 2016-08-31 03:48:56
Re: Please post here regarding a completed review (671 replies, posted in Alpha to Omega - Review Group)
Completed reviews of Chapters 11 and 12 of Stephanie's Day of Darkness.
103 2016-07-21 02:31:00
Re: Please post here regarding a completed review (671 replies, posted in Alpha to Omega - Review Group)
Completed review of Suin's "Being Fifteen" Chapter Two.
104 2016-07-17 00:46:53
Topic: New posting from Connection (6 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Maybe this has already been brought up in another post. If it has, my apologies.
When I started receiving emails from members I've been connected to with "New posting from Connection" subject line, I thought it would prove useful. Now, I realize it is drowned out by the size of email entering my inbox. I even have a mailbox rule and it's own mailbox folder.
The problem is every subject line is identical. There's no way of identifying an author I'm currently interested in and one I'm not. It would also be useful to have the type of writing(short story, novel, poetry, and so on) and the posting title in the subject line. I foresee that the character count would exceed the header room. But, I'm fine with an abbreviated format:
MA NV Krudges CH2
MA-Matthew Abelack
NV-Novel
Title with a set max character count (10?)-Krudges
CH2-Chapter Two
105 2016-06-17 05:02:10
Re: Please post here regarding a completed review (671 replies, posted in Alpha to Omega - Review Group)
Completed a review of CJ's "Raven's Curse", chapter 6
106 2016-06-07 21:34:36
Re: I GOT PUBLISHED AND/OR AN AGENT! (22 replies, posted in Alpha to Omega - Review Group)
Great work, Randall. It's great to see persistence pay off. It gives us all encouragement to continue writing.
107 2016-05-24 05:30:52
Re: Please post here regarding a completed review (671 replies, posted in Alpha to Omega - Review Group)
Completed reviews of Cobber's 'State of Vengeance', chapters 23, 24, 25
108 2016-05-13 17:48:48
Re: Please post here regarding a completed review (671 replies, posted in Alpha to Omega - Review Group)
Completed reviews of Stefanie's 'The Day of Darkness' Chapters 9 and 10.
109 2016-04-22 23:49:57
Re: Please post here regarding a completed review (671 replies, posted in Alpha to Omega - Review Group)
I completed a review for Chapter 1 of Suin's, "Being Fifteen"
110 2016-04-22 21:33:08
Re: Discussion of Suin's novel, Being Fifteen (7 replies, posted in Alpha to Omega - Review Group)
I noticed your content is not posted to our group. Is that intentional? It would be easier on the reviewers if you did. Thanks.
111 2016-04-22 05:59:59
Re: Please post here regarding a completed review (671 replies, posted in Alpha to Omega - Review Group)
Completed reviews for Chapter 15 and 16 of Alkemi's Souring Seas.
112 2016-03-25 21:11:32
Re: Please post here regarding a completed review (671 replies, posted in Alpha to Omega - Review Group)
Completed a review of CJ's "Raven's Curse" Chapter 5.
113 2016-03-24 05:13:37
Re: Please post here regarding a completed review (671 replies, posted in Alpha to Omega - Review Group)
Good Lord, it's been almost a month since my last review. Sheesh, this month has flown by. Apologies to all.
114 2016-03-24 05:11:06
Re: Please post here regarding a completed review (671 replies, posted in Alpha to Omega - Review Group)
Completed a review of Randall's 'Kurdish Connection" Chapters 6.
115 2016-02-26 06:36:48
Re: Please post here regarding a completed review (671 replies, posted in Alpha to Omega - Review Group)
Reviewed Cobber's - The State of Vengeance- Chapters 21 and 22.
116 2016-02-09 05:32:06
Re: Please post here regarding a completed review (671 replies, posted in Alpha to Omega - Review Group)
Completed a review of Stefanie's 'The Day of Darkness' - Chapter 8.
117 2016-01-27 05:13:36
Re: General Comments Section (281 replies, posted in Alpha to Omega - Review Group)
I don't know if others use this method, but I use the NBW print function to have an accessible copy I can use to make a new Word file.
Then offline I use the review feature to add comments for a chapter. Then when I'm ready I copy and paste to the NBW site.
This works fine most of the time, except when an author has updated a chapter and there's no date tag. Then unknowingly I go to post and realize my comments are off-base.
Please do me a favor when you make a chapter update and add a date tag in your chapter description section. The date format I use is Revision year-month-date as in Revision 160126.
Thanks
118 2016-01-27 01:36:36
Re: Author Samples for review & discussion (1 replies, posted in Alpha to Omega - Review Group)
It's been my contention that stories that go more in-depth on explanations are Hard science fiction while those who don't are "soft". Granted, you separate the interest of the nerds who understand higher level physics and astronomy from those who don't. My litmus test for whether it's Sci Fi is if a reasonable explanation is given. Doesn't have to be the first time it's mentioned but somewhere in the story it's covered. At a minimum there has to be observations given. Your main character may be a passenger on a star liner, but he/she should still detail what a trip in hyperspace looks like, even if they don't understand the science. Even in that case, if it were me, I would have the person in the seat next to him have some expertise and bring out the explanation in dialogue.
119 2016-01-27 01:21:50
Re: Please post here regarding a completed review (671 replies, posted in Alpha to Omega - Review Group)
Completed a review of Alkemi's -Souring Seas- Chapters 13 and 14.
120 2016-01-27 01:19:44
Re: General Comments Section (281 replies, posted in Alpha to Omega - Review Group)
Randall, I should dub you "The Flash" for how quickly you post chapters.
Sorry to see Ann go.
Should we expand our group? Maybe add a few Sci Fi writers? 
121 2016-01-20 05:56:53
Re: Please post here regarding a completed review (671 replies, posted in Alpha to Omega - Review Group)
Completed a review of Jube's -The World of Phyries, chapter 14
122 2016-01-13 02:54:40
Re: Please post here regarding a completed review (671 replies, posted in Alpha to Omega - Review Group)
Completed a review of Ann's "Aloha Spirit" Chapter 4.
123 2016-01-04 05:54:41
Re: Please post here regarding a completed review (671 replies, posted in Alpha to Omega - Review Group)
Completed a review of CJ's "Raven's Curse" Chapter 4.
124 2015-12-26 22:11:58
Re: -ing vs -ed verb forms (26 replies, posted in Writing Tips & Site Help)
I think it differs based on the POV you use. I found that when in 1POV, ing verbs make sense when the 1POV character is speaking or thinking. Otherwise, stick with ed verbs.
125 2015-12-26 22:07:36
Re: Listings of new stuff (13 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
I don't think that method will clear up the confusion by new reviewers who think it's the first chapter of a new book. I think I've had at least three reviews from newcomers to the site who thought that the chapter displayed was the first chapter. Granted they should pay closer attention. But, I think we should make it as user friendly as possible for newcomers.
