My all in one reply!

I think the new rating system thought up by Marcus and implemented by Jinn is great! I found this site just a day or two before it changed. LOL! I remember wondering if I had simply missed it with the first few reviews I tried.

It is helpful because sometimes the story idea was excellent, but the actual writing was not good (or downright distracting re spelling and grammar) or the story would be well written but the idea so old and overdone I didn't know exactly how to rate them. I tend to focus on more positive comments and want my reviews to reflect that. Having the text box to add comments at least allowed me to do that before the number system was in place.

As a writer myself, I know how important comments can be. I write reviews for the stories that are worth my time to comment on. Many don't fit that criteria but I really only get to read a couple a day if I'm lucky so it will take a while to find the good ones. I tend to just stick to what is listed in the daily update and the occasional random pick and even so, I'm still working from the first or second update as it appears on the front page. LOL!

The nice thing about this forum is that now I'll look for the authors that have posted here for their stories ... *grin*

Pooka