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The biggest change is the new 5-star rating system in place for the short stories and snippets. The first snippet still has yet to be written as I’ve been concentrating on the site itself. You can see each story’s rating at a glance from the Short Stories index page, and add your own rating to the average from each story’s individual page (“Whispers” can be rated on page 10).
I’ve changed the counter to a hosted script so now it doesn’t update every time someone refreshes the page. With it being smaller, too, it’s now less intrusive.

Some initial downloads

Added some downloads to to the Downloads page. It has the complete text of the novel, and the short story ‘Whispers’, as well as companion files to the novel for anyone curious in behind-the-story type stuff. I tried to adjust the Past Updates archive so it opens up in a window without tool, address, and status bars, but the javascript didn’t behave properly, so I’m leaving it out for the time being. I might put it back in when I upgrade to FrontPage 2002 if it supports it, but it won’t be a priority.

The Status page has been updated with some new information regarding the upcoming conferences, as well as some items I’ve listed on eBay to help finance them. One item already has a bidder!

I still need some posts on the feedback forum. Please stop over there and help me out. Thank you.

Edit: The forum no longer exists.