Sol, I was wondering what the best way is to inform all of my connections of a new book I put up (v3 of the same book, actually)? Is there a way to get emails about new chapters/books from connections? I looked through my recent TNBW emails to see if the new system has been sending me those, but couldn't find any. If not, it would be a useful enhancement.
Thanks.
Dirk
What's the current best way to do this? I usually go to main menu, click reviews, look at inline posted (the only kind I do), scroll through to check where I left off on all my reviews (who and what chapter), click on the author's name, find their book, then go to the chapters and select from the dropdown, then click to leave an inline review. There has to be a better way than what I'm doing...
Sol, on the list of minor enhancements, can I suggest you add a real Home button next to Post Your Writing. I'm aware that the label is actually a link, but by default, my eye always goes to the big blue button. It would also make it more intuitive for new users. I use the Home page every time I log in, sometimes more, whereas the Post Your Writing button at most once or twice a week. There's room on the browser page for both; I don't know about tablets & phones.
Thanks.
Dirk
Found a workaround. I made it inactive, then was able to make it active.
Dirk
Sol, I'm getting inconsistent information from the system as to whether or not my new chapter one (in Into the Mind of God v3) is active or not. I followed the usual steps to publish the chapter, but it says the content is inactive. When I looked at the drop down to see if I could make it active, it already was. I'm not sure which is correct.
I'm not sure if it matters, but I had an old chapter 1 in that book that I had made inactive. I then deleted that chapter once I was ready to post the new one.
Thanks.
Dirk
A few people on the site have recommended I keep my chapters to 10 double-spaced pages or less. 10 pages is about 2500 words. It makes for a more pleasant read when you don't have to stop reading a chapter halfway through because you don't have the time or inclination to read something that goes on forwever, like this sentence. :-)
Dirk
Click on the little magnifying glass icon at the top of the screen (next to Post Your Writing button), type in the name to find an author, then click on that to see their books.
Dirk
In case this isn't already on Sol's bazilliong-things-to-do-list, here's a useful-to-have: on inline reviews, when someone replies, it would be helpful if we could see some kind of highlighting (e.g., red instead of blue) on the inline comments where the author has responded to a specific inline comment. I know Janet uses that, but unless I click on all of the inline feedback I left her, I'll miss her individual replies.
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Dirk
Point of order - Janeway was never a captain of the Enterprise, although I thought she was awesome. She currently stars as Red on Orange is the New Black.
As for the away team, Kirk and Spock or Kirk and Bones would be on the away team. If Spock goes, Scotty is in charge ("I canna beam ya back, Captin."). If I remember correctly, Spock wasn't often in command. He usually went where the main story arc went, which means with Kirk. I could see Bones advising Scotty on the bridge, rather than keeping his ars in sickbay, where it belonged. No wonder so many of his patients died ("He's dead, Jim!"). Any old red shirts will do for the away team, since they're going to die anyway.
Ah, the memories.
Dirk
Thanks, Sol.
I spent some points testing out versioning. Although it's a good start, the number and order of my chapters changes between drafts. I don't want to take down my old v2 content since I still want feedback as I write v3 of my book. I'm actually writing act 3 of v2 and act 1 of v3 simultaneously. However, my old chapter 6 could be chapter 8 in the new draft, and so on. For this reason, one can't simply read chapters 1, 2, 3 in the new draft and then pick up the story on chapter 4 of the old one. Currently, the drop down list combines all versions of all chapters in one list.
On the nice-to-have list, versioning should have some way of filtering the list to only see one version at a time so as to avoid confusion between substantially different drafts. Also on the nice-to-have list would be the old reading list functionality (I know you're working on it), but with an automatic increment to the next chapter with the same version number. So, if someone is reading chapter 4, version 3, their reading list increments to chapter 5, version 3. Either that, or some easy way to see in the drop-down list which chapters someone has already read, so they know to pick the next one in sequence.
For now, I've got two books, labelled v2 and v3 in the book title, and am keeping the chapters completely separate. I don't plan to add much to v3 until next year, so I can always switch over to the new site's versioning once I'm comfortable with it.
*** Lastly, will I be able to change version numbers on all my existing chapters without incurring cost in points? My old v2 book has all of the chapters labelled v1, which is how they came across from the old site. I'd like to fix those to have the version numbers match the version number of the book.
Thanks
Dirk
Thank you.
I also have a related question about author replies to my reviews. I discovered accidentally that some authors reply line-by-line to my nits, but I can't really find those unless I click on each of nit to see if there was a specific response. Without seeing this indicated in some way onscreen, it's too tedious for anyone to look for these. Might as well stick to a simple reply like in the old system.
Thanks.
Dirk
Has anyone tried versioning yet? I'm still in the middle of an existing version (v2) of my book, but want to post a new version of chapter one. It's more than simple edits and I'd like to get new feedback.
If I post with a new version number, how will other writers see it represented in the system? I still want people to have access to my existing version of the book, including the old chapter one, otherwise they'll get confused by the changes in the new first chapter. Will they be easily able to distinguish (and compare) the two, or should I simply create a new version of my book in the system (e.g., Into the Mind of God v3).
The latter is easy to do. Not sure about the new approach yet. Let me know if there is a help guide for this particular topic.
Thanks.
Dirk
I discovered that the logo is the home button by accident. It's a very useful button and should probably be made more obvious so that new users know it exists and will find the site easier to navigate. Perhaps an explicit home button to the right of the logo?
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Dirk
Sol, under my portfolios->basic info, there is a button called View Public Content, which takes me to a screen that can access all of my chapters. Does that mean they are public on the net? I assume not, but the button label is confusing.
Please clarify when you have a sec.
Thanks.
Dirk
Sol, this is another good example of why we need to be able to join more groups. My editor, Vern, and others used to post to the corresponding group in the old site, but since we need to be a member of the group and are allowed to join only five, some of the contributors are already maxed out, leaving a very useful group without experienced writers to answer questions. Would it be possible to have an upper limit of at least ten groups very soon? It would make it much easier for everyone to juggle the groups they belong to (drop some, join others). With five groups, we're too easily maxed out.
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Dirk
There seems to be a problem posting to this group. I'm wondering if you have to be a member of the group in order to post. I didn't specify any limitations when I set it up, so it should be open. Please try joining the group, if you can. I tried inviting members of my connections to join, but the invitation screen is buggy and doesn't work.
Sol, if you're monitoring this, please clarify whether membership is required in order to post. Also, as noted, the screen to send out invitations to connections doesn't work. I was able to select invitees from among my connections, but the send function didn't work. Now the dropdown list doesn't work at all, so I can't retest.
Thanks,
Dirk
I've found a few ways to manage chapter-level reading lists. For material that was already up at the old site, the chapters transferred over. For these, I use the old site's reading list and keep it up to date with where I'm reading/reviewing using the new site.
If you use only inline reviews on the new site, those are displayed on the Inline Posted tab (click the drop-down menu, select Reviews, and then the tab), which are chronological in order, most recent reviews first. From these you can see where you left off.
If neither of these applies to you, then you probably need to keep a paper list or spreadsheet for now. I would think the spreadsheet is easier to maintain, and it works regardless of what you're reviewing and what types of reviews you do.
If Sol can get the sort order of posted regular reviews to be chronological soon, you can use the Regular Posted and Inline Posted tabs to view all of your recent reviews so you know where to pick up with all books you're reviewing. At that point the manual lists are probably unnecessary.
Hope this helps.
Dirk
Personally, I grew up watching Kirk and, therefore, loved anything with the original crew, especially the first STII: Wrath of Kahn. Ricardo Montalban stole every scene he was in.
Continental Navy of the United States[edit]
USS Enterprise (1775), a Sloop-of-war, burned to prevent capture in 1777
Enterprise (1776), a Schooner, returned to Maryland Council of Safety in 1777
United States Navy[edit]
USS Enterprise (1799), a sailing vessel that fired the first shots in the First Barbary War
USS Enterprise (1831), a sailing vessel
USS Enterprise (1874), a sailing vessel
Enterprise (SP-790), a motorboat (1917-1919)
USS Enterprise (CV-6), an aircraft carrier (1938-1947) that served in World War II
USS Enterprise (CVN-65), a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier (1961-2013)
USS Enterprise (BLDG 7115), a commissioned building (2005–2011), the orientation "ship" for students at Great Lakes
USS Enterprise (CVN-80), third ship of the Ford class of aircraft carriers. Scheduled to be constructed and in operation by 2025.
Star Trek[edit]
Enterprise (NX-01), the central starship in Star Trek: Enterprise
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701), the central starship in the original Star Trek television show
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-A), a starship in the fourth, fifth, and sixth Star Trek films
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D), a 24th-century starship in the Star Trek fictional universe and the principal setting of Star Trek: The Next Generation
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E), a Sovereign-class starship in the Star Trek franchise
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-M), a starship in Star Trek: Of Gods and Men
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-B, -C, -F, and -J), other ships known as Starship Enterprise
:-)
When requesting readers to read an entire novel, I'm guessing those are people looking for beta reviewers. I tend to be less critical when I do beta reads, focussing more on serious continuity/factual errors and minor tweaks. In my experience, by the time of a beta read, authors usually don't want detailed feedback on how they might rewrite/add/delete entire chapters, story arcs, character arcs, etc. They're looking to get it out the door as cleanly as possible. And, in all fairness to beta readers, the novel should really be in decent shape, having gone through rounds of feedback here on the site from others. My book will go through at least three major drafts here (currently halfway through round two), and one minor draft (cleanup), before going to beta.
I recently created Writing Tips & Advice, which is the successor to the one on the old site. In the past, there have been some excellent posts to that group about writing best practices. It's also where you can ask writing-related questions for others to comment on. The old group was regularly viewed by other, more experienced writers who gave great advice.
Dirk
That worked, Sol. Thank you.
I recreated the Writing Tips & Advice group here on the new site. If you were active in that group before, hopefully you'll join us here.
Thanks
Dirk
