We held our sunrise services, passed the plate, and communed with our fellow believers. We look forward to a day spent with our loved ones, celebrating the death and resurrection of the Christ with brunch with the kids, and Easter Egg hunts for the grandkids.
However, there is a pall over our house because our 28-year-old nephew Michael passed away yesterday due to complications from pneumonia.
We will see Mike again. It is what this day is all about.
A blessed Easter to you and yours.
Aww. Thanks for the endorsement! 
My grandmother (who died in 1979) told me that she voted for the lesser of two evils. "Nothing new under the sun" as they say.
But, seriously, if Trump wins, I'll have a hard time looking at his face for however long he winds up being in office. Did you see John Olivers latest rant on Trump called Border Wall? Check it out. It's 18 minutes long, but worth it. The guy always cracks me up.
President Hillary Clinton. Just get used to it folks.
LOL! Thanks for sharing!
Have you tried deleting the chapter completely, and then publishing it again? Granted, you'll lose the reviews, but it will take it to the top of the list. You can always copy the reviews you have before deleting, then pasting them onto your hard drive.
I'd tried once, and failed. I didn't have the time to f* with it, so I left it be. I'll be following this post to see if anyone else knows.
Thank you for posting the link Norm. I'll check it later today.
Have you seen it yet? If not, let me prepare you...
It is Beautiful!
This is most certainly not the gospel. I don't think it will do anything to convert a soul. However, all things are possible through Him. But this... This is remarkable.
The story is set in the time of Jesus, but this is not your average Jesus flick. Not as saccharine as some (Jesus of Nazareth), although there are touching moments. Neither is it as violent as others (Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ), although some points are quite disturbing.
As the promos describe, this movie is told through the eyes of a non-believer. Specifically, a Tribune of Rome. Which brings me to my only complaint of the production. I promise, no spoilers! (As if we didn't know what was going to happen anyway.)
The complaint is that the Jews of Jesus' inner circle would never have accepted a Gentile into their inner group. We know when the time came that they did, but it wasn't as this movie stated.
There, that was my biggest complaint. If we can get past that little literary license used to tell the tale as fabulously as this was told, I gladly wipe it away from the slate and praise the Father that this movie was made.
Go. See this movie! Even if you don't have the time/inclination, buy a ticket as a thank you to the studio and all of those involved in putting this production together. They deserve it.
Now, if you haven't seen the trailer, allow me to share. Click the link here --> (EDIT: link removed by JL Mo for correction. Please see the next post by Norm for the movie's site.)
God Bless.
Hey, hey, hey! That flag-waving was my idea!
Bwaahahahaha!
Okay, seriously, what's the code to insert pictures?
Okay, I need me some good music for the evening...
Let's kick it with some ol' style Southern Rock. (Yeah, yeah, I don't care what genre they give it...)
What is brown, black and blue and laying in a ditch?
The last brunette who told a blonde joke.
Bwaahahahaha!
I bought some shoes from a drug dealer.
I don’t know what he laced them with,
but I’ve been tripping all day.
Dill Carver wrote:I think granny got it, she was just too caught up in nostalgia to say anything.
A place in China, right?
What's the difference between a hippo, and a Zippo?
Give up?
One is real heavy, and the other is a little lighter.
Watson and Sherlock Holmes pitch a tent under the stars and go to sleep. In the middle of the night, Holmes wakes Watson, points to the sky and says, "What do you see?" Watson says, "A sky full of stars." Holmes says, "What do you deduce from that?" Watson says, "Well, that's a lot of stars, and some of those stars may have planets. At least a couple of those planets must be like Earth, and if they are, they probably support life. So probably at least somewhere up there, a planet supports life." Holmes says, "Someone stole our tent, Watson."
This one is so old, it was told me as "The Lone Ranger and Tonto fall asleep in a tent under the stars. In the middle of the night...
Seriously, it's as funny now as it was then.
Keep 'em coming! I dare you!
Only if the roots are blond.
I see you got my subtle reference. I'll confess here, my roots aren't!
Sorry, JL. A "blondes" joke doesn't work with men as the dummies. Nice try, though!
Sure it does! Blonde's the root cause, right?
;-D
Two blonde men are standing on opposite sides of a wide river.
One shouts to the other, "How do I get to the other side?"
The second shouts back, "You're on the other side!"
Bwaahahahaha!
I'd gone back to one of my reviews to remind myself what it said and found that a separate reviewer had added a comment. So, no, we do not get updates on reviews once posted. If Sol rectifies this it would be great.
The X-Line feature is very cool. Most all of the comments get a response, if nothing else with the 'thumbs up' symbol. This feature alone is a tremendous improvement over the old site.
Hi JP!
Congrats on publishing Fruit of the Poisonous Tree! Good luck, JP. I'm sure it'll be great. Alas, I was not one of the reviewers, so I will not be included in this list. But, I did buy Adventures of a Young Girl, and I'll look forward to purchasing Tree as well.
I know the struggle to give credit where credit is due. At one point, I wasn't sure if I wanted to keep my membership, so I tried to copy/paste all of the reviews I'd received on my stories so that, when the day came, I'd have a concise list of those I needed to thank. Well... Let's just say it was too extensive an undertaking. Also, I (obviously) decided to keep my membership.
I do agree with this piece of advice...
"...keep a tally sheet and add the names of people who deserve thanks for their contributions..."
I used Excel to create a spreadsheet of reviewers per story. If you choose to do this, you'll find a bunch of other stuff you can attribute to any one author (i.e., helpful/professional/not so much). I'm thinking of doing something similar for the stories I review. As I age, I'm finding it more and more difficult to recall the plots and characters of the storylines.
Good luck, again, JP. I'll be looking forward to reading the published work.
Hi, Terry! It sounds as though your time away has been well spent. The new site has its strengths and weaknesses, just as the old one did. The biggest change being the format for the forums. But, I'm sure you'll find the changes easy to navigate. Welcome back!
I'm looking for feedback on an idea for a new group idea.
Are you looking for feedback on an idea? I'm always happy to give an opinion on ideas.
I am proposing a new group be formed called the unreviewed, where those with zero reviews can join and post links to their work.
IMHO, this is a great idea, provided newbies can find "The Unreviewed" group. There is a lot of information to navigate on this site. And a lot of groups to sift through. Perhaps you can add helpful guidance as to how to find a support network on the group, "FAQ for Members"? Elisheva has the right of it, here...
"...but in medieval/fantasy, we start a thread for our work and post there when we need feedback on something specific..."
I've noticed there are works that are skipped over, put into the 'too-hard,' bin. ...sometimes you see a plethora of spelling and grammatical errors and you inwardly sigh...
I believe you might be misunderstanding the motivations of some members. I can only speak for myself, but with my muse beating me over the head to produce, and the reciprocals I owe, it's rare that I'll grab a random piece of work to review. Newbie or otherwise.
I'm not starting the group because I don't feel qualified to moderate it
Au contraire! As the one who had the idea, you should be the one to begin the group. Don't sell yourself short. You'd be great.
I do feel I could contribute and would be happy to help review the unreviewed works.
Absolutely!
Even those strange people called 'Poet's,' would be needed.
As a poet, I read the humor with which this was intended, but I'd step softly on those sensitive toes if I were you.
Experienced writers could swing by say once a week, fortnight, whatever suits and review a members work.
I'd sure give it a shot. Although, between my McShane Mini-Mysteries and the reciprocals I owe, I'm afraid I'd be one of those 'far and few between' kind of reviewers.
The last thing any of us want, and I've been there a dozen times, is for a new writer to lose heart and give up.
Agreed! That's why you should follow through on this idea. There is some wonderful talent on this site, and more joining every day. However, it takes a lot of work, as you can atest, to make it here. Or especially out in the 'real' writing world, where we aren't surrounded by fellow supportive writers.
Good Luck! 'Invite' me if you choose to start this up. I'd be interested in checking in.
Congratulations! You’ve received an in-line review from a caring individual who wants to help with your story. How cool.
When you open that review, you’ll notice two tabs at the top. One is “In-Line”, the default, and other “X-Line” which you can select.
In-Line
If you leave the default, click where the text is highlighted to read the comments in a pop-up box. Then, click the highlighted text to respond to each one, until you reach the end (there will be at least five), where you can leave your own words of appreciation to the reviewer. Initially, there is a number 1 at the end of each comment. When you enter your response a 2 will appear, alerting the reviewer that you have responded to that line item.
X-Line
You can select the X-Line tab, and all of the associated comments will appear in static boxes on-screen. Then, you can scroll through all of them, and reply accordingly (or not). Click the highlighted text, enter your response, and click ‘submit’.
On either selection, you will have the opportunity to enter up to 1,000 characters, a video, and/or a picture. I've not utilized any but the text to date, so, I'm not familiar with the additions. If you are, please add your words of expertise.
Side note: when you click on the highlighted comment, the full dialog box appears. If you place your mouse on the upper right corner, a small ‘thumbs up’ icon displays. This is where you can show your appreciation if the commenter found something stellar (or if there is nothing to ‘say’ in response). I would advise using sparingly.
Congrats, again. Now, be a good member and respond to the reviewer. They took their (very precious) time to offer advice. At the very least, say Thank you.
