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The appropriate number should return on your next blog post.

I think I have it patched now.

It's pretty close to current, except you'll be able to post a chapter unpublished and edit it until it looks the way you want it. Then you can publish it.

We have a pretty big Story Archive change arriving very soon. We have separated Adding a story to the system and publishing. This should finally address the issues related to setting a publishing time. First up. You now add all the story meta data first. If you are still in the moderation queue and the story is not yet publicly published, editing the story will remove Moderation approval if you have it. These steps are the same, except you no longer enter Prologue or Chapter 1 during the "Add Story" step. When you save the story/submit to moderation, the story will now flag the top of your story with the statuses. These are visible to the author and the site staff. If you are out of the moderation queue or have your story approved by the moderator, then you'll see that status displayed: Once you have added chapter 1, if you are not out of the mod queue, you'll see this until the chapter is approved: Editing the chapter or the story After it is Approved, but before it is published, removes the approval and sends it back to the moderator queue. So be sure to make any tweaks to the visual as soon as you add it to the system. When everything is posted and approved, you'll get the green bars and the Publish Story button: You can then toggle the publish now button and publish now, or let the date be your guide: Important change! Publishing the story automatically publishes the Story, the prologue (if you have one) and chapter 1 all at once. There is no option to separate these. You can also add more chapters. The chapters will have similar bars on top that shows you the status. You can set the publishing time of the approved chapters. People out of the mod queue will be able to set multiple chapters. When you set a publishing, it will show you on the bar when it will publish. If you have not posted a new chapter in the previous 24 hours, it will let you publish now, otherwise, it'll set the time to the minimum time allowed between chapters. (24 hours) Example of stetting launch time of story: Example of preset publish chapters for author out of moderation: But that's not all. There is now a handy little prompt for members at the bottom of chapters if you are not following the story, you'll see a reminded at the bottom of the chapter to follow it: If you are following, but not following the author that wrote it, you'll see this: We have also added the new buttons to the Author page so things are consistent: There are other tweaks and fixes too. Be sure to check it out!

Welcome to week 18 of our ongoing Grammar Guide. This week we are going to chat about complex phrases, the Clause. A clause is a phrase with a subject and a verb and any complements the verb requires. Depending on the type of clause, it may or may not stand alone as a sentence. Independent Clause - Expresses a complete thought. Two or more independent Clauses can be joined together with a conjunction. Example 1: The shingles blew off the roof. Example 2: I put them in the wheel barrow. With Conjunction: The shingles blew off the roof, and I put them in the wheel barrow. Without Conjunction: The shingles blew off the roof; I put them in the wheel barrow. A note on punctuation: Independent Clauses joined by and, but, for, or, nor, so, or yet should be separated by a comma. Independent clauses joined without a conjunction use a semicolon. Subordinate/Dependent Clause - Does not express a complete thought and does not make sense on its own. Typically modifies or clarifies an Independent clause. Often has: because, when, who, whom and other conjunctions or relative pronouns. Example 1: Because it was windy (this doesn't make sense standing alone.) Example 2: Because it was windy, the shingles blew off the roof. Santa Claus - Nah, never mind. References: Kern, Jara. (2020). The Infographic Guide to Grammar. Adams Media Venolia, Jan. (2001). Write Right! (4th ed.). Ten Speed Press

It seems that way. The Achievement system is new and Blog isn't used much by Invision, I think. So it is probably a bug for mixed author blogs.

I have looked at your account and reported the issue to our programmer. This is not an urgent issue, as you can simply ignore the notification as the work around for the time being.

Probably. Figure it a nice feature for posting blogs for the site

You can also try the quick search on the top of the stories page and select "Stories by Most Reviews" That gives you a great idea of what the beaten path looks like. (ie, the stories that compel people to write something). Since you can only review complete stories, it's another option for finding them.

Welcome to our 17th Grammar Guide! This week we continue our coverage on sentences. The topic for today is Phrases. A phrase is a group of words that adds detail to a sentence but does not have its own subject or verb. Phrases are parts of sentences, but cannot stand on their own. There are five types of phrases: Adjective Phrases - Phrases that give more detail about a noun, and they are usually found right after the word or words they modify. A few guys from my college came over for a barbecue yesterday. Adverb Phrases - Phrases that modify a verb and appear right after it. We will play on the Xbox. Participial Phrases - Phrases using a present participle are formed by adding -ing to a verb, and act as adjectives. Reaching low, Jimmy snagged the ground ball. Infinitive Phrases - Infinitive is "to +verb," and this construction can act as a subject. To bake cake is her big plan. Appositive Phrases - An appositive phrase is a noun (or pronoun) that gives more information about another noun or pronoun. My younger cousin, the really tall boy, is learning how to drive. References: Kern, Jara. (2020). The Infographic Guide to Grammar. Adams Media Venolia, Jan. (2001). Write Right! (4th ed.). Ten Speed Press

I started Gay Authors to put my favorite stories in one place and have a place to chat about them. It just kept growing. Here we are 20 years later (just about) and I'm still here because I continue to see stories like this.