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Sol is awesome!!!!!!  Thanks!

When I say you, I don't mean you as in you Charles, I mean as in anyone and everyone on the site i.e. in general.  So my comments were not meant as a personal attack.  If I've said "your reviews are crap", this reply would've been more than justified.  Hope this clarifies that bit. 

Referring to other people's work that doesn't meet your as in Charles' supposed standard, as junk, is not acceptable.  And that's what I've taken exception to.  Also referring to people who made friends on the site as "sucking up" to each other, is not nice.  I took exception to that as well.  But irrespective of whether my previous comments have been general or not, if your reviews are anything like your comment in this thread, I'd say it would be justified to assume that you as in Charles may be thinking you like in Charles are giving constructive critism wheras you as in Charles are in reality just being rude and obnoxious.  If I could care enough, I would've checked out your reviews.  But frankly, I don't.  If anything, I'd rather suggest you read your comments before you click submit in future.  Because your initial comment was anything but plain or rational.

Close call Jack!!! LOL But not that I think it's going to make a difference ...

When I joined it was different given you couldn't post withoutpoints ignoring location for now which is a topic for another day LOL I joined as a reviewer to get points as I knew I was going to post eventually. But, points aside, most of the replies/feedback I got writers did offer to recip and if not for that it would've taken me much longer to get the hang of things. So all I'm saying is, keep on doing that it can only help new joiners?! And yeah, in the process you do get to know people too! And if you're really lucky you get to make new friends too!

Reading K's comment, I don't think we should go any further amy!!!  LOL

hahaha, I love the "minor" adaptation! 
ps - I LOVE chocolates!  hehehe

K
This is way worse than what Matthew did - he gave Black John a friendly slap between the shoulder blades while he was next to him, granted, with some force but that's because BJ's a big guy and can take it.  I thought it was akin to a friendly, but hard punch on the shoulder.
So, I can either change it to a punch on BJ's shoulder or add more to it to make it clear it's not an attack from behind, although unexpected.
And here I thought guys weren't complicated ....  *shakes head*
Thanks!!!!
Janet R

I've made some changes to Chapter 12 (Chapter 10 - After the storm).  This is what I've added because it makes better sense to do it in Ch12 than the next one.  This will clarify why Matthew is still planning to raid Aiden Tower despite Catherine's assurance that Anthony (or Lord Brat for those who's more inclined to his proper title ) isn't involved.

Black John chuckled.  “Aye, but only because I don’t want to miss witnessing the young lord Aiden’s long overdue rebuke.”
The mentioning of Aiden’s name forced Matthew to replace pleasant thoughts with not so pleasant ones.  He needed to focus on today’s pursuit at some point.
Although he believed Catherine when she had stated her brother meant him no harm, he wasn’t about to extend the courtesy to Aiden until he proved himself wor-thy of Matthew’s trust.  Matthew also knew that sitting down with the young Lord Aiden and reasonably discussing the finer points of border politics in a civilised way wasn’t going to be enough to bring Aiden around. 
Today’s raid on Aiden Tower was to serve the sole purpose of showing the younger man what the stakes were.  And Aiden was about to make an important de-cision, whether he liked it or not.

Thanks for everyone reading and all your support so far!
Cheers
Janet R

Who's who?

Here is a quick reference guide to who is who in Northern Skies.  For the old people! 

Matthew Dacre - The Earl of Norwood
#  Black John*  - Captain of the Guard at Norwood Castle and an expert swordsman
#  Tom* - expert scout, pathfinder and spy
#  George* - expert with horses
#  Henry* - expert medic (nearly as good as an old village wife!)
#  Robert* - expert archer
#  Nicholas - bailiff at Dacre Tower
#  Alice - Nicholas's wife
#  Mary - chamber maid at Dacre Tower
#  Will Taylor - scout from Dacre Tower
#  Davie - footloun from Dacre Tower

* denotes Matthew's trusted friends and members of his inner circle

Catherine Miller nee Aiden - Dowager Viscountess Eamont
#  Anthony Aiden, Baron Aiden - brother
#  Simon Aiden, Baron Aiden - father (deceased)
#  James Forster - captain of the guard at Aiden Tower
#  Humphrey Miller, Viscount Eamont - Catherine's husband (deceased)
#  Agnes - Catherine's waiting woman at Aiden Tower

Hope this helps!  I'll update the list as we go and some may even disappear eventually.

Cheers
Janet R

ps - it's not really so bad, is it?! 

I was thinking this would be the way to go ... condensing a day-and-a-half into a paragraph or two.

The scene covers a day-and-a-half of boring stuff really, hence why I just want to give a re-cap.  If I can think of something to spice it up, I'd go this way, otherwise, as said, getting it down/limit the space it takes up, is the way to go.

Good feedback!  Thanks!

Hi Sol
Really appreciate all your hard work!  I feel like I have the hang of the new site now, so don't change it too much now!!!!  LOL, you can't win!    But seriously, the new site works.  I like all the little gadgets and stuff, like book covers and the little symbol-thingys that's all over the place.  Most importantly, I'm back to reading, reviewing and posting instead of fumbling around, which I think is what matters!
Cheers
Janet

This means a lot to me - it was what I was going for!  Thanks!