Help!

I have taken the time to post 2 Book reviews for excellent books in my Modern Series delivery and they turn up under someone else's profile with most of the information missing - Grrr.  Get this sorted Mills and Boon.  I have also tried again to nominate a member but it hasn't come through, I seem to have been there since Eve was a girl and I am sure other members are getting a bit fed up up of my Avatar looming out of the screen.

What is happening?  

Thank you for answering my query.

Unfortunately I am still having problems although I was told my account could be changed but I can't get anything to change.

I love your books and your suggestions.

Thank you for taking the time to give me an answer.

Asha --

It is a known problem! The software tech people seem to be baffled on how to fix it. It is like these posts are being held in a queue. Yours goes to the bottom and another one is forced out. I have had an exchange of emails with them about this!!! It is upsetting and disorienting!

The good news is that they are working on it!

 In the meantime, do drop by the Pub as everyone there  would be delighted to talk about books etc.

Michelle S

looks like there is a spammer that commented on one of my book reviews.

It also looks like you have a spammer who commented on How to Write for Modern Heat.

The site is starting to develop multiple personalities & it's turning into the Seven Faces of Eve!  When I read some posts I wonder if the site is being hacked?  It will be interesting to see the response from Nick as to what the problems have been.  I hope he can also sort out the issue about not being able to change part of you profile - a few of us are struggling with that.

Yeah, and I just posted a review and apparently my name is Shane Davis.

 Can someone let us know the status of this problem?  I won't be attempting to add any books until it's resolved.

Donna

I am having the same problem with posting a review. I have been three different people in trying to post reviews. I have also had other problems on this site and asked for help and received none. Since the eharlequin site has hosties that get right on problems, it is a bit disappointing that this site seems so unresponsive. 

Hi Caro

I've had the same problem I did four reviews on the 5th but not a single one has showed up - I was wondering if they had modorated the page and therefore it would show up later on. Although there is still no sign! Also once I confirm the entry it went to someone else and some other book Gina someone I can't recall their full name at the moment.

Hopefully someone will know what's going on!

Sarah

Hi There,

 I have had exactly the same problem - however with the help of my trusty calculator I can see that the money is in the process of being taken from my account!

I have to say I am really disappointed - I have been e-mailing for the past 3 days trying to get a reply! And I still can't download my e-books. Considering M&B charge the same amount as their paperbacks you would think that they would at least put a little of the profit they are making from the sales towards good on-line customer service!

Guess I will have to wait for someone to get in touch with me in their own time. :-(

I too was having problems, I emailed the address given in a post further down the page eBooks@hmb.co.uk and got a response within hours, problem now resolved.  They apparently refreshed the link to my ebook.  Not sure why no-one's responding to the enquiries sent via the "Contact Us" page though, that's not good.

I get a repeated XML library problem from any book on my eBookshelf that I purchased from 2/12 onwards.  Very very annoying, I bought some books on 28th which is when I noticed and reported this issue (twice!) still with no response.    I've tried 3 different pc's 2 different operating systems, chrome, ie and firefox and nothing works!

Is anybody else experiencing this?

...it's me again!  I've tried clicking on your name on your post but it is still saying page can't be found - good grief.  Please don't stop trying to get fully through onto the forum with a profile *throws out e-version of a lifebelt to keep you afloat whilst the loading gremlins get well and truly sorted*

Thanks for the reply, Michelle! Didn't think to look at the eHarlequin site... d'oh... *puts on newbie hat* I see now that they have both a Fantasy and a Paranormal section on there. Will have a look in more detail about writing/submission guidelines and the likes. Thanks for the tip! :) Have just finished reading Kate Walker's 12-step book as a guide as well. :)

Yesterday I read through a (film)script which I wrote a couple of years ago, which in turn was another version of a story I wrote some other years before of about 12k words. And I finally figured out what the major problem with it was! I already knew it lacked bits of plot, but yesterday I realised that the major thing missing is that the stakes aren't high enough. If the heroine gets kicked out of the education she's in... well... so what? I need to raise the stakes so that if she was to be kicked out, it would be more of a disaster rather than "aww, that's a shame, I got kicked out, now I'll have to get a job".

Anyhoo. That's a modern-day story! Trying to figure out which line that could work as. I'm lurking the historical section on here but haven't yet had anything to post about as such. Trying to think of all the questions I have, but thanks for solving the biggest issue I had so far. Maybe she can be a lord's daughter and be quite spoiled, even if it's 800 years ago! :)

Oh, on a side note... I read in Kate's book something about a certain line (don't remember which one) can house a bit controversial storylines... Question is... how controversial is TOO controversial? ;) (Because my second favourite roleplaying plot is about a steamy couple who, well, are related. *cough* It's an absolute hoot to write about but I'm guessing it might not suit this kind of publication! ;))

This feels like it's in the wrong section, but the forums are not very intuitively laid out so I can't find a place where it would fit - and if I could, I can't post a new topic! :( Also, I'm new to M&B - only started reading them last year!

I'm just wondering about subgenres. I'm a scifi / fantasy / horror (hrm, "horror" sounds so severe, let's call it "stories of the paranormal" instead!) kinda gal both when it comes to reading and writing. Is there a M&B line for me? From what I can tell, possibly "Nocturne"? Can't find submission guidelines for that, though, and it sounds more like stories where someone falls in love with a vampire or that sort of thing... Whereas I'm after something like paranormal investigators (got hooked on The X-Files when I was about 11 - never looked back since!), or dashing starship captains cruising the inky void of space (or trying to survive on a terraformed planet), or sword & sourcery fantasy.

I'm hooked on the Historical line and while I can have characters running around in a medieval type setting, I can't have them use magic or be spoiled princesses... which is my current problem with regards to a story. The heroine was originally supposed to be a spoiled princess, but transferring her to a medieval setting means she's the daughter of a lord, and then there are all sorts of conventions one must follow to be in tune with the historical facts, and that means, how spoiled can a 12th century (or so) woman actually be? Just naming the characters is a bit iffy as they need to fit in as well. Then again, if I did Regency stories (very tempted), there wouldn't be so much of a problem.

A friend and I are writing a story which is actually part of a roleplaying game, and to translate that into a historical setting would be quite strange, as the thing that brought the couple together was a foretelling... okay that's not so difficult perhaps, but considering he's a professor of Divination and she's a student... that's where the whole "umm, yeah, but magic schools aren't for real" comes in. To change it so that it's not divination would be weird, as the heroine is his prodigy pupil, and being able to forsee the future has a tendency to weird other people out. (Which of course means that in each other, they've got someone who Understands and can Relate... and who aren't freaked out by hearing when they're going to die!)

Anyway, I ramble. I should go write on a book instead! :)

EDIT: It doesn't even have to involve magic, actually. I have harboured an idea for a fight-against-oppression type story for a few years now, but it's set in a fictional medieval-time land, not a real one... which would make it fantasy.

Hi

in reference to the above 2 posts, the 1st on Fave forums, posts and blogs is a known issue that we hope to have fixed (very) soon..

...on the eBooks issue, please email eBooks@hmb.co.uk directly and we aim to get back to you in 24 hours. Sorry if that hasn't happened in this instance.

I've had the same and other problems--I think TPTB are still trying to work some bugs out of this site.