I would like to add my wishes to everyone for a happy holiday filled with NFL and a good meal.
Max, every time I hear someone say they'd like to "make a toast", I flash on me getting buried under pieces of toast at a Rocky Horror Picture Show screening.
Take care everyone.
~Tom
I have the same problem, DIrk, but with Japanese long characters as well as all the Kanji, Hiragana, and Katakana characters. My temporary solution is to take a picture of the character, word or phrase and reduce it to the size of my font and insert it into the text as a picture. It will work, but it won't enlarge or reduce if the reader uses the zoom controls for the text.
It is a stopgap, and it is quite labor-intensive, but it does work.
~Tom
At the moment, Sol has a lot on his plate. He (and others, presumably) are working on changes to the Booksie site. This isn't a pressing thing here - annoying, yes - but not pressing.
~Tom
I'm not convinced that is strictly true. But I do find myself sometimes coming up with less than 5 comments on a short chapter. Then I'm faced with either trying to put them into a standard review or finding other things to highlight that aren't necessary to make the 5. That isn't really fair to the author.
What I would like to see is something like a ratio of necessary comments to length of the post. If it is under, say, 500 words, then only 2 comments, but if over 2500, then perhaps 6 or 7 comments to make the points. That way, you could still get a fixed amount of points for a post, but only have to come up with 2 to N comments.
~Tom
Someone has to take a look at the word-count routines. I just posted a short review (of, it said, 13 words). When it showed up under the post, it reported 9 words.
Something is definitely wrong, Sol.
~Tom
I just did another regular review. The edit box counted 80 words. When posted, I saw it contained 76 words. Somehow, 4 words are being miscounted (and dropped) when a review is posted. But, I looked for what was missing and could not find anything. I suspect some hidden stuff (like a CR or LF) is being dropped.
~Tom
I could try, Janet. Keep a good copy of it.
EDIT: I just looked over my options and found that it will Export a PDF easily. But I'm having a problem locating the Import function.
~Tom
I have OpenOffice installed on Windows. It will allow importing and exporting from/to PDF files. Just import the whole thing, change what you want and then export it back out to a new PDF. OpenOffice is free and a heck of an editing/drawing/spreadsheet/math suite.
~Tom
Nope. This was a straight review, typed all at once and then I clicked the Post button. Before i did that, I was told I had entered 55 words. Then, when I clicked the button, I didn't see the "you received ... points" banner so I looked at the review. It said I had posted 50 points exactly. Apparently, you have to get MORE than 50 words to get points. That, I can live with. It is having the word count drop from 55 to 50 for no reason that bothers me.
EDIT: I've solved the copy/paste problem. What you have to do after you paste is add a single carriage return. Then the words are counted once more and you will have what you need. I do that automatically if I keep track of comments using a text file.
~Tom
I just got bitten by the "miscounted words" bug. I provided a regular review that told me I had 55 words. When I posted it, I received NO points and when I went to the review, it showed 50 words. So, if I had even 50 words, why not the points?
~Tom
I also just deleted a quickee request from this person.
~Tom
The Weavers produced a song called: "Martian to Pretoria" (or something like that). 
~Tom
I have binders full of women to choose from.
My old binders full of women have staple holes around the midsection area after being removed from magazines carrying the articles I enjoy reading.
~Tom
I agree also. There have been times when I might inadvertently slip into 3PO, but once pointed out, I change it. If I want to be in 3PO, then I do it and ignore any nits pointing it out.
Every author has a writing style. If you don't, then what makes your stories remarkable?
~Tom
There are all types of sneezes, too. My grandmother used to have a run of 5 or 6 in a row with a two-second breather: Chee-chee-chee-chee-chee. My wife stifles them - or tries to: Snork-snert. Me, I just let it fly: Waaah-hooo. Ha-phoob!
I've never put a sneeze in one of my stories, maybe I should.
~Tom
JP suggested that I submit The Cat and her Ship, Chapter 3 as an example of meeting dialog. Those that wish can take a look at it and comment.
~Tom
I'd leave them the same name. If anyone remembers, or has even seen the movie, they will either not remember the characters names, or really care if they do. If the plot is totally different, it doesn't matter either.Write on!
~Tom
Good for you guys. Well done.
~Tom
I think all you have to do, JP, is to go to your Portfolio, select the story you want to submit, and use the drop-down to choose "Publishing Setup". Once you're viewing the setup, at the top right is a "Contests" button. click that and put the story into the contest. When you save the publishing setup, it will submit the story.
At least I think that's how it works.
~Tom
I don't think there is any way around it, Dill. It would be nice to be able to send PM's to anyone registered, but that can't happen under current restrictions.
~Tom
I have never had square brackets do anything in any forum/review I've given. In fact, I usually quote the sentence fully, using [xxx] to indicate the error and (yyy) to indicate the proper word. In this manner: "I see [your] (you're) happy now."
Works every time - even here on this site.
~Tom
Murphy did have quite a career. In "To Hell and Back" he managed to play himself - something fairly rare in Hollywood.
~Tom
Janet:
Try making the same comment WITHOUT the double angle-braces. This is because HTML interpreters "see" the angles as a precursor to HTML commands and try to interpret it. Since there are two, both facing the same way, the interpreter thinks they are nested and tries to find the ending angle-brackets facing the other way. Since it didn't find them, it tossed the remainder of your comment on the floor.
I've had this happen to me also. Don't use "< - -" either, because that can be a comment. I suggest using "[" and "]" to bracket your question.
~Tom
I was more of a shmoo lover. Even tried to dress as one for a Sadie Hawkins Day dance in 1957. Ended up as Fearless Fosdick because I needed my arms. But this is now off-topic. Cheers...
~Tom
I’d like to work a variation of it into the dialogue of my novel, if that is okay with you?
Cheers Dill
No problem, Dill. I have no idea where I heard/read the little blurb, but I'm sure it is in the public domain.
Happy you liked it.
~Tom
