What happened to the most recent posts link at the bottom of the home page? It was in the "who's online" section above the list of Users active in past 15 minutes. I liked it!!! It was a nice way to see which threads were the most active and where everyone was congregating. 
Why'd it go away?   
I know the "Show unread posts since last visit" will do basically the same thing, except it lists by topics. You have to click each topic and then click the last page in that thread to see what was posted. The old way was listed by posts. You could just scroll through them, no matter the thread. Made it easier to notice conversations you'd like to join. The topic subject doesn't always reflect how the conversation has evolved. Even though the subject says they're talking about one thing, the conversation may have switched to something else.
I miss the old link. 
~Paige

With so many topics about Fan Fiction I figured there'd be several people on these boards who'd be interested in the following information...

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Are you a fan of Star Trek? Have you always wanted to write a Star Trek
novel? Simon and Schuster publishes the very successful line of Star Trek
fiction. They're looking for 400-page manuscripts featuring Star Trek characters
from The Original Series, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space
Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, or Star Trek: Enterprise. Detailed submission
guidelines are available at
(http://www.simonsays.com/content/feature.cfm?sid=44&feature_id=439) or (http://tinyurl.com/mvlgy)
The guidelines are a bit confusing, in that at one point they state the publisher only
accepts agented submissions, then later go on to give detailed information for
submitting your first three chapters and synopsis. And the FAQ section
specifically says that previously published unagented authors may submit the first
three chapters and synopsis. So if you have a great story, I say submit it
per their guidelines even if you don't have an agent. You won't own copyright
to the work, but my understanding is that these books pay very well and
writing one of them is a good credit on your resume.

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This info is from a legitimate writing source.

I was wondering how much promotion type stuff Jim had to and/ or does for his books?

In the romance genre authors are promotion slap happy. Bookmarks, pens, magnets, postcards, promotional mailing lists/ newsletters, magazine ads, websites, Amazon author pages, sticking bookmarks in utility bill payments, blogs, book signings, speaking engagements, press kits, chats, conducting workshops, posting on tons of email loops and forums... It’s endless and quite frankly overwhelming.
Is it the same full-court-press for other genres too? Does any of that stuff really make a difference or is it just swimming up stream?

Thoughts?

~Paige 

There’s only specific avatars to choose from? Can’t bring in other pictures?  Sorry, I’m new to the whole message board thing. I’m forcing myself here, just cause I can’t stand the thought of missing all that used to happen on the list.