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I found another bug in the x-lines. If you leave a review and then want to go back in to add something (e.g., if you thought of something else to add), if you click on x-lines, the edit box at the bottom of the review is incorrect. It's showing what appears to be the unformatted database text (e.g., with <p> paragraph markers and so on), instead of a proper text box. The bug is reproducable.

You've probably already googled for tutorials on dialogue. If not, they're out there, as are cheap e-books on the same subject (e.g., Dynamic Dialogue by William Bernhardt for $4 on Amazon). The other way is just to start reading/posting. Comment in your book content summary and chapter notes that you're looking for help writing dialogue. Eventually, you'll find reviewers who do it well and can help you with it.

Sol, time permitting, can you please delete the orphan review reply in my account. My home page shows that I have one review reply waiting for me. It's from Don Chambers. He took the chapter down before I could read his reply to my review, and now I'm unable to read the reply and clear the reply count on my home page. The date on his reply is March 17, 2015.

Thanks.
Dirk

I thought y'all might find this interesting: http://annerallen.blogspot.com/2013/05/ … s-for.html

For the foreign character problem, I found that the word processor here on the site handles the characters just fine. It's only when you save and display the chapter in the posting view that the characters are converted to ?

EDIT: It appears to be a problem with the way the information is stored in the database. Once I open the chapter back up in the word processor here, the character is also a ?  So, it displays it correctly the first time I paste it into the word processor. It then saves it as a ?

When I came onboard, I got a few courtesy reviews from people that I quickly realized could really help me improve my writing. I knew they were "in demand" so I applied myself, learned how to do good reviews, and read more of their work than they did mine, out of fairness. The problem with that was I finish their book long before they finish mine and, if I'm not interested in their next book, I either have to force myself to keep reading them, or risk losing them altogether, which is a virtual certainty if you don't recip. In that event, I'd rather read stuff I'm interested in and use the "money" to reward a great reviewer for continuing to read my stuff. If a new person doesn't have two points to rub together, then they need to read more so they can eventually afford the best reviewers. In real life, if I can't afford a great editor, I can either use one that is run-of-the-mill, or I can work more to earn money to get the very best.

That's mentioned as a poosible addition/alternative in the endurance points thread. I think it's great idea. I think it would have to come out of your own points, though, otherwise it becomes like a ratings system, which didn't work on the old site. Everyone got top ratings so the author wouldn't offend anyone. If the points don't come from you, then authors will be inclined to give them to everyone. I would gladly pay my own points for excellent reviews.

The way I deal with great reviewers currently is to try to read more of their work than they read mine. The only downside to that is I usually finish their book before they do mine, so I may lose them later in my story, unless they've got another book online that I also want to read.

LOL.

I really like the idea of increasing points as the number of chapters reviewed grows higher. At least that gives us some way to reward long-term reviewers.

I'm not sure about rating reviews. That used to be the case on the old site and most people are too polite to give any less than five stars to avoid insulting/losing reviewers.

Perhaps they might say something about growing old that makes you rethink how to write your poem. Or perhaps you build a relationship that leads to better and ongoing feedback. ... Now you're going to block me, aren't you?

As for Mein Kampf, it's heartening to know even psychopaths can write bestsellers. There's hope for me yet!

Oh, you drunk is the perfect time to read Queen Amy. She's DOA, but I left her up to shame you for helping me create her.

I use MS Word 2007 with Times New Roman. What WP do you use, K?

EDIT: I just tried four characters (cut directly from MS Word and pasted into the WP here on the site): e with two dots, e with a bar (again), e with a bowl over it (same as your s), and a French e with an accent. e with two dots worked. French e worked. Interestingly, the e with the bowl didn't work, nor did the e with bar.

EDIT: I just tried K's s with a bowl. It works, even though e with a bowl doesn't.