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?
Thanks,
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
I created a new group called "writing tips & advice" to replicate the one on the old site, but the new group is not showing up, neither in My Groups nor All Groups.
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks.
Dirk
Seabrass mentioned in a reply to one of my reviews that we only get partial credit if we do an inline review, then the rest of the credit for a regular review.
Does anyone know if this is the case? Sol?
As far as I can tell, I'm getting full credit for inline reviews.
Thanks.
Dirk
Sol, I think Judy Goodwin may be referring to the regular vs. inline reviews. Regular reviews posted are not in chronological order, but inline reviews are. If both were also chronological it would be a good workaround until a chapter-level reading list is available. I can easily tell from my posted inline reviews where I left off with other authors books, but not from posted regular reviews.
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Dirk
Sol, you would know better than anyone what's causing people the most hairloss, but if you have any interim suggested workarounds for the reading list, please let us know.
Thanks!
Dirk
Hi. Has anyone figured out how to manage a "reading list" with the new site yet, as we had on the old one?
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Dirk
My apologies if someone already answered my last request, but I believe I put it in an existing thread and now can't find it. I'm trying to figure out a way to mark/remember the next chapter I need to read in all of the writers I'm following. Essentially, to recreate the reading list from the old site.
Thanks.
Dirk
I'm not sure if anyone else has asked this yet, but I can't seem to find a way to "bookmark" chapters in other people's content. I currently have to hunt and peck through their books to find out where I left off. I'm sure there's a way to do this.
Thanks.
Dirk
SolN wrote:We're going to remove the feature that recalculates points. I want to simplify the system, not make it more complex. If the site doesn't mind having people add tons of content and not paying more points to review, I don't have a problem with it.
Hi Sol,
I think this is a good solution. I never noticed anyone adding tons of content after an initial publish. If this did occur, I suspect it was only a few individuals. Occasionally, I added a few paragraphs or so, but I think this is fair as the process of workshopping evolves. I think most of us are members to give and get feedback of stories in progress. Letting us make minor edits as we go to avoid duplicated reviews is extremely helpful.
Cheers,
Don
Generally, when I want to add a lot of new content, I re-publish so I get new reviews (including from current reviewers). Mostly, though, I save complete chapter rewrites for the book's next draft since it invariably affects the rest of the chapters that follow.
Thanks,
Dirk
