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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 also just deleted a quickee request from this person.

~Tom

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

Before I came to this site, I wrote and posted on Booksie. There, if chapters weren't under 2500 words or so, they just didn't get read or commented upon. Booksie isn't set up to do in-depth reviews either. As a result, my chapters hang in between 1900 to 2500 words.

~Tom

wow, Janet. That is just awesome. Wonderful review.

~Tom