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Okay. I'm going to stand right up and stay this loud and proud... I love good concrit. There. I said it. Now, what do I mean by good concrit? Tell me where I screw up, by all means. If I have run-on sentences (a major problem of mine), tell me. If I messed up the chronology of a story, or have a dangling thread, tell me. If my vocabulary for a character is quite frankly OOC, tell me. All of these things are things I need to know to improve as a writer, and I know I can improve. I'll keep trying to do better until they pry the keyboard (or whatever it's become in future) from my cold, dead fingers. But I also need to know that I did some things right. Tell me what worked, what you loved, what made you stick with me long enough to want to review. I'm going to quote a review I got here, on AFF: I haven't made it back to fix the issues, but can I tell you how awesome a review this is? And this detail was for a 1,000 word flash fic. I LOVE reviews like this. Don't get me wrong. I won't turn away a short and sweet, "Loved it!" review, because that's always fun. I don't even mind hearing, "I just didn't get into it." That's fair enough, and I'm not silly enough to expect everyone to always love my work. But to take the time to give a thoughtful review like this is just so damned flattering to me as a writer. Now, why don't we see more of this? Authors like the one you encountered, who only want to hear how marvelous they are. Me, I learned a long time ago that we only learn by making mistakes. So, I play with words, and put them together, and I really, really want someone to tell me what they think. I do try to give concrit when I can, but I have to admit, it's harder as a staff member. I'm always mindful that I am an archive mod here, and even though I only leave concrit reviews as just another member, I do run the risk of someone thinking it's an official sort of thing. Trust me, it's not, and I am making a conscious effort to review more when I read for pleasure. And so far, no one has hated my concrit, so let's hope that continues.

This really isn't the right place for this, but I'll respond anyway. The system allows for longer reviews. If the review window is small, you may not see what's there after the text scrolls up, but it's not erased. We have members who leave reviews that are a page long, so I know it can be done. I leave reviews that are one or two paragraphs myself. As far as plagiarism, which is what you're talking about, it is illegal. ILLEGAL, not just immoral or unethical. People can, have, and will continue to go to jail, pay huge fines, and forever bear the stigma of being a thief and liar. No one likes a liar or a thief. However, some ideas are common enough that they can't be considered the property of any one author. For example, a very common plot device is to have the main character kidnapped. That has been used by countless authors, and no one can claim that idea. But if your have your main character kidnapped by a spaceship piloted by small chartreuse creatures that speak Esperanto and live on a planet called Pfzbyzk, and someone else writes a story using those creatures, or that planet, then you might have a case to holler, "Plagiarist." That is purely an example, by the way, and not something that was actually written (as far as I know, and I deeply hope this is not taken as a prompt).

That email is not returning an account. However, I was able to find an account with the pen name of Angelic_Chaos: http://members.adult-fanfiction.org/profile.php?no=1296785009 That account is indeed inactive, and does need to validate. The issue is that the account was not created under the email address you've given me. You do need to use and have access to the original email address used to make the account, and that is where the issue lies. I will send you a PM with the email address I have on record, since I prefer not to disclose email addresses on a public venue like this. If you no longer have access to that email address, let me know, and we can proceed by updating that email address for you. Once we've done that, the validation process will work.

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We only count stories posted here at AFF. You need five or more stories posted here for a pairing.

http://books.adult-fanfiction.org/main.php?list=2257

We still have the Rich Text Editor that allows you to edit a chapter that's been posted. That's never changed, so I still fail to understand what the original poster is asking.

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You don't need to validate your account to the new code. You opened the account after that process had begun, and therefore the validation process won't work for you. You don't need to use the Member Tools tab to log in. From the home screen of the archive, http://www.adult-fanfiction.org/html-index.php, you will see, in the upper right corner, a pair of fields for your email and password. That's where and how you log in. Please do not attempt to change the password there. If you need to change the password, you can use this FAQ, which has the link to reset the password: http://www2.adult-fanfiction.org/forum/index.php/topic/29620-how-to-reset-your-password/ I'm showing your account as this: http://members.adult-fanfiction.org/profile.php?no=1296908771 The last activity was 2012-03-23 16:19:15, which appears to be when you created the account. I show no stories posted under this account name. Is that all correct?

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Have you checked your Spam or Junk folders for our emails? There's often an issue with AFF mail being redirected to those folders. However, as far as I can tell, your account doesn't need validation. It has not been accessed since the day you created it, however. So, with that in mind: Are you using the correct email as your login? Are you using the boxes in the upper right hand corner to log in? Are you typing in your password correctly? This is case sensitive, so if you used capital letters anywhere, you will need to use them every time in those places. If the answer to all those questions is yes, I need you to list the steps that you are taking, so I can see where this is going wrong. Be as detailed as possible. Thanks!

Or it means don't use Internet Explorer, which is a complete fail as a browser. Aside from that, I love my PC. On a separate note, please don't hijack threads with silly lists. We excise those from profiles as needless profile vomit, and it seems inappropriate to place them in another member's thread.

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yourfacekillsme - Not Quite There Yet

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That works for me. Let's see if the readers concur.

This FAQ explains how to edit the Summary Field, which is where both the description of the story and the tags live. Once a story is posted to the archive, you no longer have access to the dropdown menu for tags. In order to edit those, you need to manually remove and/or add tags, keeping in mind that the field has a 240 character limit. Use your arrow keys to move to the end of the Summary Field line in the edit screen, and you will see the tags.