It is a shame because there are few sites with an inline comment system as good as this one, despite it's age, combined with a points ratio so easy now you really only need to trade reviews with 3-4 people regularly to keep posting forever.
One of the other pro sites out there has a painful points system in comparison but is well supported and therefore thriving.
This site could easily kick butt.
Bill,
Given how often you've already asked for this fix and that your requests are simply being ignored, I suggest we stop all attempts to manage spammers until Sol takes the issue (any issue related to this site for that matter) even a little bit seriously.
We're volunteering our time to try to keep the site going with very little outside effort, and we can't even get minimal support from Sol to allow us to do that much.
Sorry for the attitude, Sol, but I'm pissed off. Bill has asked for this fix at least a dozen times over the past couple of years alone. I don't understand why you're still trying to keep this site going if you can't be bothered to do even the bare minimum to allow us to manage it for you for free.
By the way, Marilyn Johnson finally left for the same reason. This site's not even getting life support.
Dirk
Hi Paul. Welcome to the site. And don't worry, we'll crush your writing spirit gently. :-)
Seriously, though, I provide some of the volunteer user support on the site to help new members come up to speed quickly. If you have any questions, feel free to post them in the Premium forum or send me a connection request, and I'll try to get back to you quickly.
To send the request, click on my name next to my Santa avatar, which takes you to my profile page. There, click the blue Connect button on the upper right of the screen, fill in the blank, and submit. I accept all requests.
Don't hesitate to contact me. For the fastest response, posting a note or request to the Premium forum is usually your best bet, although i try to reply in less than 24 hours.
For those of you who knew Nathan Childs on this site, Marilyn Johnson just informed me that he passed away on September 9, 2025. Cause unknown. He was one of this site's longest members, having joined in 2008 (roughly 17 years), and a damn good writer. He is survived by three adult children.
Sol, for some reason "Will H." is not coming up in the writer search field yet is on the site/among my active connections. His membership is active until Sept. 3.
I'd plug your above paragraph into one or more AIs and see what they come up with. Gemini has been pretty good with helping me name a few things.
Edit: Tower Wizards doesn't sound ideal. It doesn't suggest anything about what they are/do in the story.
I'll have to give a try too. 
When Isaac Asimov was asked what he would do if he knew he only had 1 year left to live, his answer was: Write faster! :-)
Congratulations, Jack. I enjoyed that book.
And I'm glad to see someone is getting their stories finished. :-)
How many books have you now published?
Yup. I actually emailed her outside the site a few weeks ago and explained why she's wasting her time. No one from this site is going to work with her at this point.
Vern, she may have done the review before I punted her account. Morag notified me that she was soliciting.
At present, anyone can create a new group on this site, but please keep the following in mind:
- It's a fairly small site, so new groups tend not to get noticed or used much, if at all. The groups currently on the site are the ones members considered worth retaining the last time obsolete groups were purged. Even now, the most active groups in terms of the forums are TNBW Premium and, to a lesser extent, Fantasy/Magic/Sci-fi.
- You can post your writing to any group of which you are a member, even if the forums are relatively unused. Potential reviewers may find your posted writings by looking in those groups. However, the most common way most members find new posted writings is by looking at the works scrolling by on their home pages or by looking directly in the portfolios of other members, especially those currently active (if someone's writing is scrolling by on your home page, that member is currently active).
- Always post your writing to TNBW Premium in addition to any other groups you may choose to create/post to. That ensures everyone on the site, including the most experienced writers, will see your work on their home pages, not just members of genre-specific groups. For further details, see an article pinned near the top of the Premium forum containing tips on how to maximize the reviews you can get on this site.
- The main way for others to know that you created a group is to announce it in the Premium forum (there is no automatic notification to others when you create a group). You ultimately are responsible for trying to drum up interest in and members for the group. Note that each member can belong to at most ten groups.
- If you have any questions about groups, feel free to post them in the Premium forum. That's one of its main uses and ensures the maximum number of eyeballs see your post. Someone is sure to reply, although it may take a day or two.
- If you're new to the site (and especially if you're a trial member who doesn't know anyone on the site yet), please ask in the Premium forum if anyone else would be interested in joining a group you are thinking of creating. Groups created at random without buy-in from anyone tend to flop quickly.
- Spam groups will be deleted, as will your account.
Sol, just notified me that the issue is resolved. I'm surprised your browser let you through with just a warning. Google didn't even give me an option to do so.
I haven't forgotten I still owe a number of you reviews. I got sidetracked by life briefly this week, but should be back to the round robin catch-up this weekend.
I appreciate your patience.
Dirk
Hi Bethel. Welcome to the site. If you haven't already found it, please have a look at an article in this forum with tips on how to maximize the number of reviews you'll receive here. The article is pinned near the top of the forum, so you can't miss it
Also, please note that advertising your services on this site is not permitted, whether in the forums or via private messages.
Please feel free to post any questions or concerns directly to this forum to ensure the maximum number of eyeballs on your posts.
Dirk
Yes, I've been suspending Luna accounts off and on for a few days. I imagine Bill has too.
Persistent, I must say.
Welcome to the site. What would you like to know?
Hi Vern. Click on one of your existing chapters to open it, and from there click on the Add Chapter button. Instead of allowing the system to increment the chapter number, set the same chapter number as the one you want to replace but increment the version number. Follow the usual steps to post it. At that point, you would have both versions of the same chapter active, and your reviewers would see both in the chapter pick list.
To make the older version inactive, you do that from within the same Add/Edit Chapter wizard. Click on the chapter you want to have hidden to open it, click on the white Edit button, and on either the content or publish tabs (probably the former) within the wizard, you'll see the list of all chapters, including both versions. Make the older version inactive.
If you ever want to see the older version for yourself, you go to one of the two aforementioned tabs and select view from the mini menu to the right of that chapter/version. Viewing the old chapter this way is probably the easiest way to find old reviews of that chapter without digging through all your reviews. You can also delete the older version entirely, although then you lose the reviews associated with it.
There are a few other ways to do the same things above, but I'm doing this from memory/typing blind, so this is the way I remember best.
There's a longstanding bug that, for some reason, prevents some images from working on the site. I mentioned it again to Sol recently in an update to the maintenance thread for another member. Haven't heard back.
Can you try converting the image to another type? If I had to guess, the site probably doesn't handle newer image encoding. The oldest versions of .jpg files may work, although I've been told some jpg files do not (maybe there's a difference between old and new jpg files). If you can, try loading the image into a different image viewer (such as MS Paint, then save it to a different file format, and try loading that).
If all else fails, please email me a copy of the problem file (I'll message you with my email address). I wouldn't mind getting to the bottom of this and knowing if there's a workaround.
Thanks
Dirk
I have a hunch that Ben is trying to peddle the services of that link he included, having referred to it as the "best book publishing" options. And he's using a temp email service (mailshan.com), which are often considered suspect by admins, and hasn't done a single review on this site.
Ben, if this is legit, please refrain from throwing in links that seem so obviously intended to sell, otherwise your account may get suspended.
Thanks
Dirk
Sol, can you please assist member Penfold? He's tried uploading several different image formats for his cover page but none work. Also, please post here what the solution or workaround is as this keeps coming up, and I don't know how to assist people.
Thanks
Dirk
LoL. Yes, I did. He dabbles in a lot of stuff, some of which finds its way into his stories. He's done photography, journalism, writing, internet radio host, etc. and has turned many of them into moneymaking ventures. They obviously did something right because they owned a very large acreage outside of Calgary (just downsized to the townhouse next door) and raised six kids, with lots of pets, chickens, etc. He said his radio gig takes less than an hour of his time and he's able to do it from home. I think it's then bundled together by a media company with the songs he discusses and plays for a good 6+ hours in total each week. He's trying to get me to do an interview for his show, also related to music.
christircouchc is a spammer account and is now closed. Buyer beware.
christircouchc is a spammer account and is now closed. Buyer beware.
