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Tthe four buttons: add video. add picture, submit, cancel. Submit will be most commonly used. Right now it's in the middle, which requires too much "aiming" with the mouse, so we don't hit the wrong button. I suggest moving Submit it to the far left and making it wider, followed by Cancel, then the others, which I think will be rarely used. You may even want to move those two off to the right side of the comment box.

At a minimum, please widen Submit to make it easier to hit.

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Dirk

LOL. Best single piece of advice I ever received from my business counterpart while I was working in IT was, "Count the mouse clicks." I deployed Customer Relationship Management systems for call centers that have to be very efficient/intuitive/self-teaching. I extended his advice to include scrolling and mouse movements. It's a trivial change and will almost certainly be the preferred default. Besides, there's no harm in asking.

Dirk

Default to X-display makes sense.

Thanks. This is a great new feature!

On a related note. Is the Leave Inline Review button disabled when we're about to review a non-paying member? I want to ensure they can read the feedback I'm leaving for them.

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Dirk

I reloaded the page and now it appears to be working.

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Dirk

I just tried x-line and it doesn't work for me. I see the inline review with numbers on both tabs.

Google Chrome, Windows 7.

Dirk

One other idea that seems more workable in the short term is to create a kickstarter-like site dedicated to raising money for book writing/publishing/marketing. The best proposals would hopefully get the most funding.

Sol, start coding. :-)

Dirk

Thanks, all. My "two" Gods are intended to have somewhat different personalities, just enough to keep the reader guessing, although not enough that you would notice in the span of one chapter (God only has a few lines of dialogue most of the time). I toyed with giving the two Gods different names (e.g., Dieu and Dios, from French and Spanish), but that made it seem like they were definitely two different entities, which is not an impression I want to give.

I'll probably keep with one POV and one God at a time. I have a number of dual-MC chapters still to come, so more opportunities to experiment.

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Dirk

Good article.

I think there will always be some market for printed books, probably for those that don't fit the e-book model. For example, I have a large book about the Roman Empire, 8.5" x 11" and one inch thick, weighing over 2 lbs, and filled with hundreds of large images and maps. While it may be possible to format that for a large tablet, it will never fit on a smartphone. I only bought it because I need it for my research. Everything else, I would much rather read on my phone while lying down to relax. I'm reminded of Captain Picard, who loves reading physical books in the 24th century, where printed books are collectors' items.

However, the shakeout in the publishing industry is far from over. Their monopoly over what gets published or doesn't is gone. Aside from self-published books, there are already online businesses that an author can use to help publish AND market books. Full service publishing "packages" paid for by book authors will be an increasingly viable alternative to traditional publishers who take on most of the publishing risk at their expense. The latter are too few in number given how many people are trying to publish books.

One area that has yet to develop fully is successful authors lending their name to new authors, just like real estate agents who work for other real estate agents (a business within a business) in return for a small cut of all homes sold under the leading agent's "brand."

Dirk

Thank you, Mike. Very helpful.

Dirk

Thank you, Mike.

What happens to those who don't turn to/believe in Christ? The majority of the world doesn't believe in Him, including an increasing number of atheists. It seems like the more right-wing the Christian, the more convinced they are that the rest of humanity is going to Hell. Personally, I don't believe in a God that would allow that. That's reflected in my character's struggle. He's a fundamentalist Christian who comes to question all of his beliefs.

And what about those who suffer at the hands of evil. Plenty of children, even babies, suffer greatly in this world (e.g., from diseases and starvation). Technically, they may be sinners by virtue of the simple fact that they are human, but why are they made to suffer in this life?

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Dirk