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Thanks to everyone for their ideas. Based on the science, a superacid is more complicated than is appropriate for my book, which is more about entertainment (space opera) than it is Asimovian science.

I chose a vat of some of kind of goo (yet to be named) that liquifies whatever you put in it without the frothing and killer fumes that would come from a superacid. It bubbles a little, just to make it look good. As many of you pointed out, it's two thousand years in the future, so who knows what they'll come up with in their chemistry labs.

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Dirk

A faith-based argument matters because one of the possibilities throughout this book is that these two teens are really hearing God. Based on your beliefs, what explains or justifies the killing of all life on Earth?

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Dirk

Wikipedia documents a flood "myth" in many ancient religions, dating back 5000+ years, so they either borrowed from each other, or perhaps there was at least a major, limited flood somewhere in what was then the developing world. Some scientists believe the Black Sea was once a freshwater lake that was flooded by the Mediterranean Sea, with seawater rushing in at a rate ten times that of Niagara Falls.. There is some evidence of a former shoreline as much as 400 feet deep under the Black Sea.

Minor request. Can we have Reading List as one of the options on the READ menu on the home page. I know it's on the main menu on the right, but I frequently look for it under the READ menu. Not a big deal. Just a nice to have, especially for people still getting used to the site.

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Dirk

Jemma, are you a premium (paying) member? The reason I ask is because I'm not sure if the process is the same for free members. You can try it.

For premium members, go to your home page and click on the large Post Your Writing button at the top of the screen. That takes you to your portfolio view. If the chapter is the first in a new book, click on the big red Add New Content button and it will walk you through the steps to post new writing.

If the chapter is for a book you already have up on the site, you should see the book listed at the bottom of the portfolio view. Click on the Action Menu next to the particular book you want to add to, and select Add Chapter. That takes you to a screen to add your chapter. You can publish to any group that you're a member of (e.g., Premium). You'll need points to publish, which you can earn by reading and reviewing the chapters of other authors on the site.

If you're trying to *replace* an existing chapter with an updated version of the same chapter, follow the Add Chapter workflow. Select the chapter number you want to replace and increment the version number. You'll need points for this process as well. Once the new chapter is published, you can decide if you want to hide the previous version of that chapter, or leave it visible so reviewers can compare the old and new, if they want to. Don't delete the old chapter until you're done with the reviews, since any chapter you delete also deletes the reviews associated with it.

There is also a way to edit existing chapters and replace the content without points. For that, go to your portfolio view as described above, and click on the aforementioned Action Menu. Select Edit instead of Add Chapter, and it will allow you to edit the existing content. That won't cost additional points, but it also won't pay additional points to anyone who has already read the chapter you're editing. It will pay points to anyone who has not yet read the chapter.

I hope that helps.
Dirk

Actually, dagnee, I think we're talking about the same bug. On the Send a Message tab, there is a scrollable list that cuts off too soon and you can't see all of your connections. When you click on the list to see the names, right above the first name, a text field appears that you can type into. If you type in the first few letters of the connection name, it automatically filters the list as you type. It's a workaround, but it should make it manageable.

Dirk

Greg, your book is currently posted to groups and connections, but the group(s) you published to don't seem to include Premium. Whatever the cause, I can't open your book. Most people publish to Premium in addition to appropriate genre groups (e.g., sci-fi, thrillers, etc.), which gives them the widest possible exposure on the site without explicitly exposing it to the Internet. If you add it to Premium and then read/recip with others, you'll probably get a lot of the feedback you're looking for (from big picture down to individual nits). If you haven't already published your work to a points group, it will cost you points to add it to Premium. Publishing on the site with points also means site readers will earn points for reading it.

You can also connect with Janet Taylor-Perry here on the site. She's an English teacher, self-published author, mother of five, and still finds free time to work as an editor. She's been invaluable to me.

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Dirk

It looks like everything is published correctly, and you have one regular review already on chapter two. I suggest you start a conversation thread in one or more appropriate group forums (e.g. the genre group for your work and/or Premium) introducing yourself, the novel, and asking for reviews. You can then either wait a few more days to see if anyone reads more, or begin reading other people's work so that they will, hopefully, reciprocate on an ongoing basis. You'll almost certainly need to begin reading other people's work to get them to read three of your chapters. It's very time consuming to review three chapters, espercially if there's no reciprocal relationship.

Dirk

SquarePeg, this is the first I've ever heard of virtual book tours, although it sounds great. Besides the advertising and blogger reviews, are there live Q&A chat sessions or some kind of forum like this one where we pop in and out? I followed your link and looked around, but I wasn't sure about that aspect.

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Dirk