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Marta,

You are going to kill me! I screwed up again. I accidentally placed my
STORY review for Soledad's, "The Last Stand" under AUTHOR review. I have yet to
write the author review. Could you make the switch for me? I promise to be
more careful in the future....sigh.

Mirasaui
_mirasaui@aol.com_ (mailto:mirasaui@aol.com)

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Author: Soledad
Title: The Last Stand
ID: 206
Category: Races/Places: Villains (31) General
Reviewer: Mirasaui

Story Review:
This was a captivating story from beginning to end, a detailed look into the
lives of Orcs told from the perspective of the Uruk-hai, Uglúk. We see more
than a horde of vicious beasts, but individuals with varied personalities and
strong survival instinct. As the narrative points out, some are more close to
their roots than others and Uglúk is one of these. In spite of his
terrifying nature, his respect for his sometime mate, contempt for those who whine and
complain, his worry about the fate of his clan, humanize him in a way that
leaves one with a grudging admiration and empathy for such a creature of the
dark. Even his end, in the fight with Eomer, commands respect, which is given
by the enemy. To cap, there is even a hope that Lugdush and her unborn child
will survive. I never thought to enjoy reading such a subject, but Soledad
can write even Orcs with interest. The humour, detailed description, lively
dialogue, language and suspense make this a grand read. The research and time
put into the writing is evident. To those who have yet to brave its pages,
beware - this one is a real treat!



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Hi Mirasaui,

On 29 Sep 2005, at 10:22, mirasaui@aol.com wrote:

> Marta,
>
> You are going to kill me!  I screwed up again.  I accidentally 
> placed my
> STORY review for Soledad's, "The Last Stand" under AUTHOR  review.  I
> have yet to
> write the author review.  Could you make the  switch for me?  I
> promise to be
> more careful in the future....sigh.
>

This was caught in my junk mail for folder for some reason. I think
because you have "Attn: " in the subject line? No matter; I've told the
program that it's *not* junk, as you are important ;-) , and so
hopefully it will sort properly from now on.

Anyway, that's why I didn't reply yesterday. I just now saw it. I shall
make the appropriate change ASAP.

And don't worry about making mistakes. Of course it's best to avoid
them, but none of us are perfect... I have made many, *many* mistakes,
but have been able to correct them myself because I am an admin. Best
to know and fix, than not to know.

Cheers,
Marta


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On 29 Sep 2005, at 10:22, mirasaui@aol.com wrote:

> Marta,
>
> You are going to kill me!  I screwed up again.  I accidentally 
> placed my
> STORY review for Soledad's, "The Last Stand" under AUTHOR  review.  I
> have yet to
> write the author review.  Could you make the  switch for me?  I
> promise to be
> more careful in the future....sigh.
>
> Mirasaui
> _mirasaui@aol.com_ (mailto:mirasaui@aol.com)
>

Follow-up:

I've reset your author review to Soledad to draft status. Mirasaui,
this means you can now edit it, but it won't count unless you change it
to tentative or final before Sunday.

What you need to do is:

1. Navigate to the screen where you can click on a link to vote for
this story.
2. Open the link in a new window. Usually you can do this by either
right-clicking (on a Windows machine) or clicking while holding down
control (on a Mac).
3. Copy the draft review (hit ctrl-c on a Windows, command-c on a Mac
after you've hilighted text).
4. Close this window.
5. Click the link to enter a new story review.
6. Paste what you copied from the author review (hit ctrl-v on Windows,
command-v on Macs).
7. Submit the review.

This will create a story review with the text you originally entered as
the author review. If you want to enter an author review at any point
you can just edit it as you normally would. If/when you do this, don't
forget to change the status to either tentative or final; your vote
won't be counted otherwise.

Marta

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