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I wanted to BE Dale Evans. Somewhere there is a photo of me in full Dale Evans costume when I was around 8 years old. My brother had Roy Rogers holster with signature cap guns. Yes, I'd say we were influenced positively, in a positive way.

This is a wonderful workshop. I have learned more from reading critiques of others' works, than from any other activity. Some reviewers leave in-depth, insightful reviews. It is comparable to an advanced graduate course.

Bravo! This new feature has me cheering, almost as loud as when the Giants beat the Padres last night. Waiting for each one took patience and faith. You de greatest.

Yes Vern, re how to reply to inline items in X-lines format. I found this by accident. An extra click, but for such a great improvement, I'll sacrifice some of my treasured clicks.

I strongly agree with Lesley, Janet n& njc. As soon as I moved over to the new tnbw, I requested the Print function be restored, and was told it was coming soon. I can see that printing out the on-line review comments and replies will take some programming, but I believe being unable to see a hard copy of the entire review is a BIG lack in the new system. njc -- every point is well done.

Back to the subject of improving the listing of new work from Connections on the Home Page: Perhaps remove the covers displayed next to each title. These take a lot of space, so removing them would allow for more titles in each category listing. I love creating a cover, and do it frequently, but I question whether it is necessary in the list. The cover appears appropriately when the title is selected and the piece appears for review.

I strongly second Tom Oldman's request to have the cursor go to the text box after a word or phrase is highlighted. The in-line review requires lots of manual movement of the cursor. Having been a programmer in a past reincarnation, I understand how changes such as this one can have a low priority when a large, complex system is in its infancy. But this "bug" (and I don't use that word loosely) causes problems -- I've been tossed off the system numerous times during an in-line review for exactly the reason Tom describes.

It seems I remember on the old forums there were guidelines about how to review. Maybe these could be republished. I learned to review by doing exactly what njc suggests -- I read others' reviews, and in doing so I learned so much, not only about how to write a helpful review, but also about writing. I went astray once by being too critical (the bossy in me emerged) and was reprimanded for it. I appreciate reviews that give DETAILS, that point out lines that work, and those that don't. Instead of saying, "This moved me" or "You write well," give examples of the lines that stood out. I love it when a reviewer points out long or boring or too detailed paragraphs. Sometimes I do run on, almost in stream-of-consciousness mode, which is fine in first drafts but which shouldn't be in the published version. A gentle reminder of this is always welcome.

Sol, about the two postings of "The Watch" --  think what I did was accidently post to the Free group when I edited the unpublished story to add a cover picture. Then, I couldn't see it anywhere, so I thought, "Another disappearing posting," and started from square one. Thus, it is there twice. The reason the story doesn't show up in the New Short Story list on my Home page is that I'm not a member of the free group, I think. I'll delete the unpublished one. Later, when I get the points, I'll publish it in the Premium group. I hope you haven't spent time trying to figure this one out.

Sol, I paste from MS-word, as I've always done. The problem is recent. Yes, it could be something that has infected my word processor. Perhaps I should take my PC in to be scrubbed. Thanks for looking into this. If no one else is experiencing it, it's probably not a problem you need to concern yourself about. You have enough to do.

I can't get back into the review to see if I posted it. I did get the points for the review, so it must have been posted. But it looks like a regular review instead of an inline. All of my inline highlights and comments are gone, and only the summary appears. Someone else's regular review that was there in the beginning is now gone, and seems to be overlaid by my review. Mrs. Piddles replied to my review. This definitely seems to be a bug.