In The Mood For Romance

Is this thing working?????  I think this format is ultimately going to be fab, once we're used to it.

Donna

Hi Donna, you betcha this is working. Glad you made the jump over here!

Found you!  Am getting used to everything but I love the new look.

Michelle, I'm sure someone will be able to tell you how to add a pic.  If not here, I'll bet that there is or soon will be a discussion forum on how to do it!

Penn, still getting used to the new site but liking its looks!

Rae said, "Be sure to upload a photograph of yourself or an icon that really represents YOU"

Well, I couldn't get my mountains to work b/c they were too small . . . I found the rose that I'm using right now by searching for public domain photos: I didn't find any mountains that I liked, yet (well, I did but they were also "too small" and I didn't want to figure out how to enlarge them).  Maybe later.  A rose for me is okay but not really representative of me I don't think. I'm just glad to have a picture. 

Penn 

So is that how you do it.  Just type it in -- no html?   I confess I copied Donna.  She of the internet brain. 

Okay, back to the decorating -- one more day and the wallpapering should be done (now you know why I'm really in a grump!)  And I can do italics without going through hoops.  Now I'm beginning to enjoy myself!

 Liz

Am laughing.

Liz Fielding copied ME. 

 I actually like the new site a lot.  Once you get set up, there's less clicking involved because everything is in your favourites.  Plus each member has their own blog.  I like that a lot!

 Donna

Can you help me with the bio? I have my sig line and pic now, but I can't seem to click on bio and it still says I haven't made one.

Dee sent you an email. You need to close your font tags--you're making all of our posts green. And yes, what Donna said about your profile.

::waves to Liz and Nell :::

Penn, maybe resizing your mountains? I need a new picture of myself. Maybe I'll have one of the kids take it later.

Rae

Ok Rae- I responded to Dee already, signed out, went to a new browser and logged back in--- after I made sure I had closed my font tag (which it was- 3 times over so I removed 2). I just got back in so I'm sure someone will let me know if this didn't work.

Sorry it took me so long to get back in here to fix it.

EDIT- Only it doesn't look like it fixed anything. <sigh> Off to (hopefully temporarily) undo my green tag line until the glitch is found and repaired. 

Hi! It's so nice that we're all slowly (but surely?) finding our way here! We're all getting a feel for the new place.  Next week, we can send search parties out for our friends who haven't found their way in!

Penn 

Hi everyone! I'm here! I just don't know if I'll ever get back!   I'm having a  tough time navigating this board so far. I hope it gets easier! But, I think it'll be great if I ever figure it out!

Tamelia- If you go to the top of each room you want to revisit you can mark them as a faveorite. Then when you sign in each time all you have to do id go straight to your favorites and click on the one you want to go to and it will take you directly to it.

Liz- If you have already done the step above when you go to your favorites and click on the #new it should take you directly to the last post you read. Saves a lot of time and scrolling.

I've already had some really kind people add me as a "friend" but can't figure out how that works.  Help!

Liz

I've got this bookmarked in favorites and I clicked on new and I still had to scroll through everything before I got the new posts.  Same thing happens in teh gal pal corral which already has 5 pages of posts.  At least when you click on last though, it does take you to the last page even if it is the top of the last page and there may be new posts on the previous page.  I guess it helps in that you don't have to scroll through 5 pages.  If I had to do that I thinik I'd give up until they got it fixed.

I've come out of major lurkdom because I wanted to see if I had managed to get everything right. It's taken an afternoon and a morning to upload and write everything. Finding a decent photo was the biggest challenge!

Most of you won't remember me because I haven't posted in a couple of years. Here's a quick bio. I've been writing for a while and have won some RWA chapter contests. My last book, an Everlasting Love, was rejected back in Sept. by the senior editor. She also broke the news that the line was merging, and maybe, I could change my book to a regular format without the flashbacks and rewrite it for another line.

I thought long and hard about it and decided now was the time to go back to writing what I love to read every month. That would be you ladies and your books! I have a partial in Richmond that has been there about eight weeks. I'm not too impatient because my last few chapters need more help. Chapters 8 & 9 are always so hard to get right.

I'm hoping this book will be the one. Who knows? I do have a funny story about mailing the partial though. I was at the post office, and the nice clerk told me that the regular air mail rate was half the price of Global Priority and would arrive at the same time. I took off the Priority outer envelope, but my bubble wrap envelope inside had been folded down to make the package snug. The adhesive wasn't very sticky any more.

The clerk said he had an padded envelope I could have because a lady had left it behind a week earlier. When I saw it, I knew why. It was entirely covered in daisies of brilliant fuschia and yellow. I stared at it horrified and pictured the M&B editors wondering about the "flowery prose" inside. I mumbled something about needing a more professional envelope.

Still anxious to please, the clerk said not to worry. My original envelope would do, though it didn't stick well. The clerk found some gray packing tape in the exact shade of duct tape. I was absolutely speechless as he wound it around both sides and ends. The largest uncovered spots were the address and postage labels. He was so proud of his work that all I could do was thank him faintly and leave. My only hope is that the UK editors aren't aware of all the jokes common in the US about nerds and their overuse of duct tape. At least, my manuscript should stand out in the stacks!

Happy Writing, (I need to do some. I read Liz's sheikh book yesterday instead. Loved it!)

By the way, has the Ask the M&B Editors thread gone away? I know people didn't post much, but it was very helpful.

Shannon