My next book Dawn of the Cyborg is coming out 1 September with Black Opal Books. I have the cover and will reveal it the week of 6 August but we are still doing edits. Would anyone be interested in doing an honest review in exchange for a copy of the book or maybe a PDF ARC? It will be another two weeks at least before I could provide the ARC. Maybe longer.
I was reading through recent posts, and I think I can answer your question about how to PM another user (although I haven't done this myself). Assuming that you are using a web browser on your computer to read these forums, and not the TapaTalk app on a mobile device, the easy way to send a PM to another forum user is to find one of their posts (for example, the very first post in this thread by the author md) 1. In that post, move your mouse or trackpad cursor to the gear symbol icon in the top right corner of the post. It should be labeled "Post Options" when your cursor is on top of it. 2. Then move your cursor to the downward pointing arrow just to the right of that gear icon and click. A vertical dropdown menu with the options of "Select Post" "Link to Post" "Report Post" "Member" and "Back to Top" should appear 3. Move your cursor down to "Member" and you should see a vertical dropdown submenu with options of "Send Message" and "Give Gift". (One my computer and web browser they show up to the left of the "Post Options" dropdown menu.) 4. Click on "Send Message". You'll be taken to a "New Message" page with the name of the user filled in. You have the option of adding other message recipients (but you have to know their user names to type in), and you can fill in the blank text box for the message "Subject" and then type in your text in the message body. Click on the "Create Message" button on the bottom right when you are ready to send off your message.
5. Alternatively, if you're prepared to type in the names of the message recipient, and don't need to rely on finding one of their posts to make sure you are sending your PM to the right person, you can click on the "Messages" option in the forum title bar. This option is at the far right, just before the final two, colored options of "Goodreads" and "J/P Facebook Group" -- which basically only work if you are a member of Goodreads or the Jealous/Possessive Facebook groups and have logins to join them; there are some useful Goodreads features that you can access in alternate fashion, without being a member, but I would not use the title bar option unless I were a Goodreads or Facebook member with a login.) So, the title bar shows "Home" "Help" "Search" "Members" "Profile" and "Messages" for this forum's options, and you want to click on "Messages" to either send or read your PMs. Again, if you create your PM to another user from the "Messages" page, you should be sure that you have spelled the user name that you've typed in correctly, and directed the message to the correct person. That's why it's easier to send a message from one of their posts -- you know that you've got the right person and the poster's name is automatically filled in.
I also found some of the these forum features confusing, so you might want to use the Contact an Admin forum thread to ask questions, and also read through the How do I… threads under the Forum Information section.
Please remember me for an advanced review for any sequels in this series (please say there are more books forthcoming) and / or any other books you write!
Please remember me for an advanced review for any sequels in this series (please say there are more books forthcoming) and / or any other books you write!
Love the cover art on Dawn of the Cyborg.
Thanks so much for the review. I will write the second book in the Cyborg series next year. So far I plan about six books for this series but that may become less or more depending on how the story play out. I will definitely remember you for future books. Jack did a wonderful job with the cover.