Site News & Announcements (Book) http://www.Writing.Com/main/profile.php/blog/support/action/archive The following winners for the January 2012 running of [Link To Item #451035] were chosen from the 136 entries submitted. Congratulations and thanks to all who reviewed and entered! First: [Link To User frankcraft] Second: [Link To User rsdje] Third: [Link To User sha...[Read Full Post] Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:17:00 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/746638 The following winners for the December 2011 running of [Link To Item #451035] were chosen from the 217 entries submitted. Congratulations and thanks for reviewing! First: [Link To User leila_oa] Second: [Link To User fragmented] Third: [Link To User dnadream] ~Diane ...[Read Full Post] Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:22:54 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/745478 The following winners for the December 2011 running of [Link To Item #journey] were chosen from the 57 entries submitted. Each entry was judged based on the criteria provided in [Link To Item #journey] . Congratulations to the following three winners: First Place - [Link To Item #1835817] Second Place - [...[Read Full Post] Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:24:35 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/744381 Happy New Year Members! Please note that email within Writing.Com is presently delayed. We expect the delay to clear over the next 2 to 3 hours with all email getting through the system and into your accounts around 10pm eastern time. Remember that all gift point transactions are logged instantly and available in your account's Gift Point Log. I ...[Read Full Post] Sat, 31 Dec 2011 18:49:37 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/742886 The following winners for the November 2011 running of [Link To Item #1221635] were chosen from the 20 entries submitted. Each entry was judged based on the criteria provided in [Link To Item #1221635] . Congratulations to the following three winners: First Place - [Link To Item #1829614] Second Place - [Link To Ite...[Read Full Post] Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:52:57 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/741835 Happy Holidays everyone! This is just a quick reminder to refresh your space and try on a winter or holiday skin! Best wishes, ~~SM Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:53:32 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/741674 The following winners for the November 2011 running of [Link To Item #451035] were chosen from the 91 entries submitted. Congratulations! First: [Link To User evertrap] Second: [Link To User mshirae] Third: [Link To User jmariah] Thanks to all who reviewed during...[Read Full Post] Tue, 06 Dec 2011 10:51:40 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/741180 The much anticipated winners for the October 2011 running of [Link To Item #character] were chosen from the 42 entries submitted. Each entry was judged based on the criteria provided in [Link To Item #character] . Congratulations to the following three winners: First Place - [Link To Item #1818450] Second P...[Read Full Post] Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:45:32 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/740771 The following winners for the October 2011 running of [Link To Item #451035] were chosen from the 269 entries submitted. First: [Link To User locks] Second: [Link To User octobersun2] Third: [Link To User thrillskills] Congratulations to the winners! As a remind...[Read Full Post] Wed, 16 Nov 2011 12:07:42 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/739635 The following winners for the September 2011 running of [Link To Item #journey] were chosen from the 9 entries submitted. Each entry was judged based on the criteria provided in [Link To Item #journey] . Congratulations to the following three winners: First Place - [Link To Item #1813106] Second Place - [Link To Ite...[Read Full Post] Wed, 19 Oct 2011 10:38:39 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/737375 The following winners for the September 2011 running of [Link To Item #451035] were chosen from the 285 entries submitted. First: [Link To User mshirae] Second: [Link To User octobersun2] Third: [Link To User elizjohn2000] Honorable Mentions: " [Link To Us...[Read Full Post] Sat, 15 Oct 2011 22:06:54 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/737020 Hello Everyone, November is just a little more than 30 days away and that means NaNoWriMo is just around the corner. Since many people use October for prep work, I wanted to drop this post now... NanoGroups "National Novel Writing Month (NanoWrimo) is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to novel writing. Participants begin writing November 1. The goal is to write a 175-page (50,000-word) novel by midnight, November 30." ~~ NanoWrimo.Org For t...[Read Full Post] Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:18:16 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/735273 The following winners for the August 2011 running of [Link To Item #451035] were chosen from the 144 entries submitted. First: [Link To User geminipoet] Second: [Link To User Evertrap] Third: [Link To User Lunamarcher] Congratulations to the winners and thank ...[Read Full Post] Sat, 17 Sep 2011 10:46:21 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/734312 The following winners for the August 2011 running of [Link To Item #1221635] were chosen from the 37 entries submitted. Each entry was judged based on the criteria provided in [Link To Item #1221635] . Congratulations to the following three winners: First Place - [Link To Item #1806544] Second Place - [Li...[Read Full Post] Fri, 16 Sep 2011 12:14:06 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/734229 Greets, With the new Updates page in place, we're already seeing members adding a lot more favorites. We noticed that adding favorites wasn't the most graceful process, so we've updated it to be smoother. Instead of the annoying pop-up window, a small and less jarring notification area now appears at the top of your br...[Read Full Post] Thu, 08 Sep 2011 05:02:58 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/733558 What is this "Updates" page? Updates is Writing.Com's central area for member [Link: 'microblogging']. By consolidating the Notebook posts of your favorite authors into one page, you can instantly see what's happening in your personal corner of Writing.Com. Write an update of your own using the text box provided below. Update are automatically added...[Read Full Post] Wed, 07 Sep 2011 04:19:11 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/733460 Day 7: September 7, 2011 For our seventh celebration day, we've finished out our 11th birthday celebration with another set of fun emoticons! " is { } is { } is { } is { } is { } is { } is { } is { } is { } is { } is { } is { }" But .... We've got some more to come, so stay tuned. Enjoy! ~~SM ...[Read Full Post] Wed, 07 Sep 2011 00:05:06 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/733452 Day 6: September 6, 2011 For our sixth celebration day, check out these fun new emoticons and think of ways to use them in your writing! " is { } is { } is { } is { } is { } is { } is { } is { } is { } is { } is { }" Note is that one can show an email address in an "anti-spammer" kind of way with the new . For example, a spam bot...[Read Full Post] Tue, 06 Sep 2011 00:57:35 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/733384 Day 5: September 5, 2011 For our fifth celebration day, plant some pretty emoticons in your items to liven up the scene! is { } is { } is { } is { } is { } is { } is { } is { } is { } is { } is { } is { } is { } ~~SM ...[Read Full Post] Mon, 05 Sep 2011 04:20:33 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/733288 Day 4: September 4, 2011 For our fourth celebration day, have fun with these nifty little black and white emoticons! is { } is { } is { } is { } is { } is { } (current emoticon with a new look!) is { } is { } is { } is { } is { } Enjoy! ~~SM...[Read Full Post] Sat, 03 Sep 2011 23:51:37 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/733212 Day 3: September 3, 2011 For our third celebration day, we've released a few new "techy" emoticons and little file folders! is { } is { } is { } is { } is { } is { } is { } is { } is { } is { } is { } is { } is { } is { } is { } is { } is { } is { } is { } Have fun! ~~SM...[Read Full Post] Sat, 03 Sep 2011 00:17:25 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/733126 Day 2: September 2, 2011 For our second celebration day, please enjoy these new emoticons! is { } is { } is { } is { } is { } is { } is { } is { } is { } is { } is { } is { } is { } is { } is { } is { } Enjoy! ~~SM ...[Read Full Post] Fri, 02 Sep 2011 00:26:32 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/733008 During our week-long celebration, we will release something new for you to use on each day! Make sure you [Link To Item #506157] to your favorites so that you don't miss any of these announcements! (We will also post this in here, but the ambiance is much more fun in [Link To Item #506157] !) And just an added note that everything released during the celebration is here to stay! We will not be removing them after the celebration is over. Day 1: September 1, 2011 For our first celebration day, we have new a few new colorful emoticons to use during our celebration! is { } is { } is { } *^*...[Read Full Post] Thu, 01 Sep 2011 21:14:32 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/732989 Celebrating *11* Years of Writing.Com: Giveaways, Contests, & More! Writing.Com is eleven years old! Starting today, September 1st and continuing through the 7th, we are hosting a huge celebration throughout the community. We are holding themed contests, running birthday activities, releasing new "things" and giving away millions of Gift Points! Creativity and inspiration await you, so jump right in and ...[Read Full Post] Fri, 02 Sep 2011 11:23:50 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/732987 First, I apologize for the delayed posting of the winners. They were chosen on the 15th, but somehow I forgot to post them. Thank you to [Link To User mesonali] for pointing out my oversight! The following winners for the July 2011 running of [Link To Item #451035] were chosen from the 180 entries submitted. First: ...[Read Full Post] Wed, 31 Aug 2011 21:19:31 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/732881 The following winners for the July 2011 running of [Link To Item #quotation] were chosen from the 9 entries submitted. Each entry was judged based on the criteria provided in [Link To Item #quotation] . Congratulations to the following three winners: First Place - [Link To Item #1797916] Second Place - [Link To Item...[Read Full Post] Mon, 15 Aug 2011 16:20:06 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/731594 Greets! I've just turned on an update to the Instant Message system that changes the notification when you receive a new IM. In the past, when you a new IM came in, the entire IM console would open and then pop open your IM. With this update, if your IM console is not open, IM's will be announced via an on-page notification that you...[Read Full Post] Sun, 24 Jul 2011 04:24:31 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/729561 The following winners for the June 2011 running of [Link To Item #451035] were chosen from the 174 entries submitted. First: [Link To User gobbledock] Second: [Link To User arpita92] Third: [Link To User janice012001] Congratulations to the winners and thank you...[Read Full Post] Sun, 17 Jul 2011 17:39:47 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/728873 The following winners for the June 2011 running of [Link To Item #character] were chosen from the 25 entries submitted. Each entry was judged based on the criteria provided in [Link To Item #character] . Congratulations to the following three winners: First Place - [Link To Item #1789894] Second Place - [...[Read Full Post] Sat, 16 Jul 2011 22:53:50 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/728813 The following winners for the May 2011 running of [Link To Item #451035] were chosen from the 180 entries submitted. First: [Link To User kaylee] Second: [Link To User tangerinedream] Third: [Link To User 1starsong] Congratulations to the winners and thanks to e...[Read Full Post] Wed, 15 Jun 2011 22:18:28 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/726324 The following winners for the May 2011 running of [Link To Item #1221635] were chosen from the 21 entries submitted. Each entry was judged based on the criteria provided in [Link To Item #1221635] . Congratulations to the following three winners: First: [Link To Item #1777520] Second: [Link To Item #1781169] *^*Bu...[Read Full Post] Wed, 15 Jun 2011 21:34:42 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/726318 The following winners for the April 2011 running of [Link To Item #quotation] were chosen from the 10 entries submitted. Each entry was judged based on the criteria provided in [Link To Item #quotation] . Congratulations to the following three winners: First Place - [Link To Item #1770214] Second Place - [Link To It...[Read Full Post] Tue, 17 May 2011 16:07:43 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/724160 The following winners for the April 2011 running of [Link To Item #451035] were chosen from the 271 entries submitted. First: [Link To User locks] Second: [Link To User hypermommy] Third: [Link To User geminipoet] Congratulations to the winners and thanks for al...[Read Full Post] Mon, 16 May 2011 10:03:44 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/724075 Greetings Folks! As of last night, we completed the final phase in migrating two of our web/database servers as well as our "master" database server to new hardware. The summary of the result is zoom. We're seeing much faster and more consistent page load times across the site. We managed to do the entire upgr...[Read Full Post] Thu, 28 Apr 2011 00:27:38 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/723128 The following winners for the March 2011 running of [Link To Item #character] were chosen from the 40 entries submitted. Each entry was judged based on the criteria provided in [Link To Item #character] . Congratulations to the following three winners: First Place - [Link To Item #1761367] Second Place - ...[Read Full Post] Mon, 18 Apr 2011 08:25:04 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/722536 The following winners for the March 2011 running of [Link To Item #451035] were chosen from the 309 entries submitted. First: [Link To User sha4852] Second: [Link To User blainecindy] Third: [Link To User tbeshers] Congratulations to all the winners and a specia...[Read Full Post] Sat, 16 Apr 2011 07:52:25 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/722380 Hello everyone! I hope most enjoyed our April 1st! Whether you enjoyed or did not enjoy our decade old tradition of general goofiness and tom-foolery here at Writing.Com on the day, I do hope it inspires a little creativity and reminds you to think 'box, outside of the' and look at your world in a different way....[Read Full Post] Sat, 02 Apr 2011 02:09:03 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/721291 The following winners for the February 2011 running of [Link To Item #451035] were chosen from the 262 entries submitted. First: [Link To User riot] Second: [Link To User blainecindy] Third: [Link To User lee0047] Thank you for continuing to send quality reviews...[Read Full Post] Tue, 15 Mar 2011 22:07:50 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/719859 The following winners for the February 2011 running of [Link To Item #1221635] were chosen from the 46 entries submitted. Each entry was judged based on the criteria provided in [Link To Item #1221635] . Congratulations to the following three winners: First: [Link To Item #1755732] Second: [Link To Item #...[Read Full Post] Tue, 15 Mar 2011 21:26:23 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/719857 The following winners for the January 2011 running of [Link To Item #597313] were chosen from the 78 entries submitted. Each entry was judged based on the criteria provided in [Link To Item #597313] . Congratulations to the following three winners: First: [Link To Item #1743901] Second: [Link To Item #1744...[Read Full Post] Tue, 15 Feb 2011 14:59:15 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/717902 The following winners for the January 2011 running of [Link To Item #451035] were chosen from the 174 entries submitted. First: [Link To User winniekay] Second: [Link To User flea333] Third: [Link To User katriona] Congratulations to the winners and thanks to ev...[Read Full Post] Thu, 10 Feb 2011 12:06:16 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/717560 Hello everyone! [Link To Item #cramp] turn 9 years old Tomorrow (Sunday 1/23)! ... That's 9 years of offering daily prompt contests to all of our members! Special thanks to [Link To User sophie] and the entire Cramp Crew, both past and present, for all of these great years of prompts... and, of course, their "prompt...[Read Full Post] Sat, 22 Jan 2011 15:24:02 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/716165 The following winners for the December 2010 running of [Link To Item #quotation] were chosen from the 29 entries submitted. Each entry was judged based on the criteria provided in [Link To Item #quotation] . Congratulations to the following three winners: First Place - [Link To Item #1733330] Second Place -...[Read Full Post] Sun, 16 Jan 2011 12:04:46 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/715672 The following winners for the December 2010 running of [Link To Item #451035] were chosen from the 314 entries submitted. First: [Link To User sum1swriting] Second: [Link To User pabernardy8] Third: [Link To User victoria] Congratulations to the winners! Startin...[Read Full Post] Sat, 01 Jan 2011 14:27:06 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/714471 The following winners for the November 2010 running of [Link To Item #character] were chosen from the 22 entries submitted. Each entry was judged based on the criteria provided in [Link To Item #character] . Congratulations to the following three winners: First Place - [Link To Item #1722452] Second Place -...[Read Full Post] Wed, 15 Dec 2010 19:50:28 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/713685 The following winners for the November 2010 running of [Link To Item #451035] were chosen from the 168 entries submitted. First: [Link To User pabernardy8] Second: [Link To User whome] Third: [Link To User janice012001] Congratulations and thanks to everyone tha...[Read Full Post] Wed, 15 Dec 2010 15:21:24 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/713675 Happy Holidays Writing.Com! [Link To User storymistress] has put together 19 new skins with some holiday flair... And here they are: These are all available from the Skins selector when you move your mouse up to the right of our logo, as well as in our full skins list, which is linked from your "Skins & ...[Read Full Post] Wed, 01 Dec 2010 03:17:53 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/712801 Hello Members! We just can't help it ... all of the Cyber Monday hoopla has rubbed off on us. We're doing a little special that we've never done before, and it's something we think will help get everyone in the spirit of holiday gifting. Buy yourself a membership, gift one to someone...[Read Full Post] Mon, 29 Nov 2010 00:47:24 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/712572 The following winners for the October 2010 running of [Link To Item #1221635] were chosen from the 32 entries submitted. Each entry was judged based on the criteria provided in [Link To Item #1221635] . Congratulations to the following three winners: First: [Link To Item #1717696] Second: [Link To Item #1...[Read Full Post] Mon, 15 Nov 2010 16:33:11 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/711462 Greets, Both { } and { } have been upgraded to allow a number of iterations right within the tag: Rather than doing { }{ }, you can now do { } Rather than doing    , you can now do { } Examples:  { } or { } { } { } { } { } (same as { }) { } or { } { } { } { } { } Per the examples above, the tags still ...[Read Full Post] Sat, 13 Nov 2010 01:46:13 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/711239 The following winners for the October 2010 running of [Link To Item #451035] were chosen from the 151 entries submitted. First: [Link To User sapphirefaery] Second: [Link To User free_rip] Third: [Link To User blainecindy] Thanks to all who reviewed and entered ...[Read Full Post] Tue, 09 Nov 2010 13:58:08 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/710833 Greetings Members, We're pleased to announce that we're increasing the Static Item size limit for all of our paid memberships! Free: 50 KB => 50 KB Basic: 50 KB => 100 KB Upgraded: 200 KB => 250 KB Premium: 200 KB => 500 KB Premium Plus: 400 KB => 750 KB Now you can Write On, mor...[Read Full Post] Tue, 09 Nov 2010 02:00:43 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/710798 If you've got a web site or off site blog, we've got a couple widgets for you to try out. [Widgets are little bits of web code that you can add to your web page to automatically add bits of functionality...] [Link: 'http://www.writing.com/main/widgets'] In this initial release, you'll find two widgets: Our Writing Prompt...[Read Full Post] Sat, 30 Oct 2010 00:21:58 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/709749 The following winners for the September 2010 running of [Link To Item #451035] were chosen from the 245 entries submitted. First: [Link To User joycampbell] Second: [Link To User omniblueeyes] Third: [Link To User 4provinces] 7 Honorable Mentions - WDC 10th Birthday Special! Awarded 25,000 Gift Points and an exclusive Good Deeds Merit Bad...[Read Full Post] Sat, 16 Oct 2010 20:43:32 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/708617 The following winners for the September 2010 running of [Link To Item #1701993] were chosen from the 36 entries submitted. Each entry was judged based on the criteria provided in [Link To Item #1701993] . Congratulations to the following three winners: First Place - [Link To Item #1711929] Second Place - [Link To It...[Read Full Post] Sat, 16 Oct 2010 11:21:33 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/708572 Hello! I'm happy to announce the beta release of Macros for the recently updated WdC editor! Macros allow you to quickly create your own custom WritingML editor buttons. When those custom buttons are clicked, the text you've previously entered as the macro is dropped into the text editor area. To use Macros, click the [Site Image] button in the WritingML editor toolbar. Macros require an Upgraded Membership or above. E...[Read Full Post] Wed, 06 Oct 2010 22:56:19 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/707879 Greets!     Horror / Scary / October Skins!     Thanks [Link To User storymistress] for these awesome skins & themes! These should now all be in the selection area for skins, as well as the new "Browse" listing noted in the previous blog post. Enjoy t...[Read Full Post] Fri, 01 Oct 2010 00:08:28 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/707371 Greetings Members!    Browse Our Skins & Themes "From the "Skins & Themes" page, you'll now find a link to browse the entire list of available Skins. We've also made the "Most Popular Skins" link easier to see."    "My Account" Menu Additions "Quick links to the "Skins & T...[Read Full Post] Tue, 28 Sep 2010 15:59:15 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/707176 Greetings Members! We have a couple great updates to tell you about that should make things a lot easier on our group leaders and other active members. Check 'em out:   Pay from Group Funds "You can now pay for Awardicons, cNotes and Merit Badges with group funds! Just above the button to submit for confirm...[Read Full Post] Mon, 27 Sep 2010 22:17:57 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/707126 Greetings! We'm pleased to announce the winners from our [Link To Item #507049] 10th Birthday Contest. We had over 60 entries to this year's running, a record by far! Picking our favorites was not an easy task and we ended up with quite a few honorable mentions! 1st Place: [Link To User northernwrites] " Cat Magnet Though all pets from her house must be barred, When my mother goes out in her...[Read Full Post] Thu, 23 Sep 2010 14:08:03 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/706815 The following winners for the August 2010 running of [Link To Item #quotation] were chosen from the 20 entries submitted. Each entry was judged based on the criteria provided in [Link To Item #quotation] . Congratulations to the following three winners: First Place - [Link To Item #1698860] Second Place - ...[Read Full Post] Thu, 16 Sep 2010 14:49:14 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/706246 Along with the post I just added [Link to Book Entry #706027], I also wanted to make note in the News blog that I've rewritten the workings of our Scrolling Messages* system to make it much "smoother". The pages no longer jump and refresh on a set schedule. Instead, the page checks with the server for new messages behind the scenes a...[Read Full Post] Tue, 14 Sep 2010 01:33:56 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/706030 Greets, We've added sorting options to the emoticons listing. Along with the default sorting by category, you can now sort the emoticons alphabetically and by color. You'll find the links for the sorting at the top of the emoticon screen: <a href="javascript:LaunchPopPlus('http://www.Writing.Com/main/tools/action/emoticons', 'emoticon_list', '400', '500&...[Read Full Post] Tue, 14 Sep 2010 12:29:06 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/706027 Coffee? Of course... especially with this new set of emoticons from [Link To User storymistress] ! = { } = { } = { } = { } = { } = { } = { } = { } = { } = { } = { } ... and Happy Birthday to the StoryMistress! ~~SM ...[Read Full Post] Mon, 13 Sep 2010 02:14:08 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/705908 Greetings, I wanted to point out a wonderful forum, [Link To Item #1706101] created by [Link To User kiyasama] , where members can share their experiences and memories from the day or just visit to read those of others. Having read a few of them, I can attest that they are very moving and brought back some of my own memories of the day. It's ...[Read Full Post] Sat, 11 Sep 2010 03:25:40 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/705784 For each of the ten days during our celebration, we released something new for you to use! These are new additions to the site and will stick around after the birthday festivities end, of course. We hope you've enjoyed our 10 days of releases! Day 10: September 10, 2010 For our tenth and final celebration day, we have another nifty set of TEN new emoticons that include: : displayed with the WritingML code of { } : displayed with the WritingML code of { } : ...[Read Full Post] Fri, 10 Sep 2010 00:03:02 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/705718 For each of the ten days during our celebration, we will release something new for you to use! These are new additions to the site and will stick around after the birthday festivities end, of course! Day 9: September 9, 2010 For our ninth celebration day, we have another nifty set of TEN new emoticons that include: : displayed with the WritingML code of { } : displayed with the WritingML code of { } *^*UmbrellaR*^...[Read Full Post] Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:01:34 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/705650 For each of the ten days during our celebration, we will release something new for you to use! These are new additions to the site and will stick around after the birthday festivities end, of course! Day 8: September 8, 2010 For our eighth celebration day, we have another crazy set of TEN new emoticons that include: : displayed with the WritingML code of { } : displayed with the WritingML code of { } *^*Puz...[Read Full Post] Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:04:42 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/705590 For each of the ten days during our celebration, we will release something new for you to use! These are new additions to the site and will stick around after the birthday festivities end, of course! Day 7: September 7, 2010 For our seventh celebration day, we have another super duper set of TEN new emoticons that include: : displayed with the WritingML code of { } : displayed with the WritingML code of { } : displayed with the WritingML code of { } : displayed with the WritingML code of { } : displayed with the WritingML code of { } : displayed with the WritingML code of { }...[Read Full Post] Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:02:25 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/705512 For each of the ten days during our celebration, we will release something new for you to use! These are new additions to the site and will stick around after the birthday festivities end, of course! Day 6: September 6, 2010 For our sixth celebration day, we have another fabulous set of TEN new emoticons that include: : displayed with the WritingML code of { } : displayed with the WritingML code of { } *^*Vignette3*...[Read Full Post] Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:01:38 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/705430 For each of the ten days during our celebration, we will release something new for you to use! These are new additions to the site and will stick around after the birthday festivities end, of course! Day 5: September 5, 2010 For our fifth celebration day, we have another fun set of TEN new emoticons that include: : displayed with the WritingML code of { } : displayed with the WritingML code of { } : displayed with the WritingML code of { } ...[Read Full Post] Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:04:43 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/705376 For each of the ten days during our celebration, we will release something new for you to use! These are new additions to the site and will stick around after the birthday festivities end, of course! Day 4: September 4, 2010 For our fourth celebration day, we have another cool set of TEN new emoticons that include: : displayed with the WritingML code of { } : displayed with the WritingML code of...[Read Full Post] Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:06:28 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/705310 The following winners for the August 2010 running of [Link To Item #451035] were chosen from the 172 entries submitted. First: [Link To User earlyhours] Second: [Link To User joycampbell] Third: [Link To User ketsuekineko] Sadly, one entry had to be disqualified for not following the r...[Read Full Post] Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:56:56 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/705265 For each of the ten days during our celebration, we will release something new for you to use! These are new additions to the site and will stick around after the birthday festivities end, of course! But, again, a reminder to check out Scrolling Messages for your chance at some Gift Points. Our birthday elves gave away over 150,000 Gift Points on the second day with their little challenges. Click the [Site Image] icon in the left col...[Read Full Post] Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:59 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/705227 For each of the ten days during our celebration, we will release something new for you to use! These are new additions to the site and will stick around after the birthday festivities end, of course! But fiirst a reminder to check out Scrolling Messages for your chance at some Gift Points. Our birthday elves gave away over 200,000 Gift Points on the first day with their little challenges. Click the [Site Image] icon in the left column t...[Read Full Post] Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:15 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/705146 For each of the ten days during our celebration, we will release something new for you to use! These are new additions to the site and will stick around after the birthday festivities end, of course! Here's Day 1: Day 1: September 1, 2010 For our first celebration day, we have a cool set of TEN new emoticons that include: : displayed with the WritingML code of { } : displayed with the WritingML code of { } : displayed with the WritingML code of { } : displayed with the WritingML code of...[Read Full Post] Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:32:18 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/705060 Celebrating *10* Years of Writing.Com: Giveaways, Contests, & More! Hello Members, Writing.Com is ten years old! We want to sincerely thank everyone for making this site such a creative and inspirational success. It's been a wonderful decade for us, and we are excited to see what the next ten years (and beyond!) holds in store for this incredible community. A special thanks goes out to our Moderators, Senio...[Read Full Post] Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:26:35 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/705058 The following winners for the July 2010 running of [Link To Item #character] were chosen from the 51 entries submitted. Each entry was judged based on the criteria provided in [Link To Item #character] . Congratulations to the following three winners: First Place - [Link To Item #1693733] Second Place - [Link To Ite...[Read Full Post] Thu, 19 Aug 2010 10:00:29 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/704174 Greetings, members! We've made a few small (but very important!) updates to Writing.Com... " [Image #upgraded_small] For Upgraded members and above, the IM Log has been tabbed! It's now a little easier to follow your conversations using the "Complete Log" tab. You now have quick access to your "Sent IMs" and "Received IMs", as well. The Favorit...[Read Full Post] Mon, 16 Aug 2010 06:30:55 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/703971 For 24-hours only , we are running a Pop Contest on Facebook today! The task is quite simple and the prizes are substantial... head over there and check it out for complete details! [Link: 'http://www.facebook.com/writingcom'] Good luck, everyone! -SMs...[Read Full Post] Tue, 10 Aug 2010 16:33:39 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/703596 The following winners for the July 2010 running of [Link To Item #451035] were chosen from the 200 entries submitted. First: [Link To User 1starsong] Second: [Link To User lee0047] Third: [Link To User sha4852] Beginning with the current round, reviews of the drawn winners will be judg...[Read Full Post] Mon, 09 Aug 2010 11:15:41 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/703496 Just a quick reminder for everyone to make sure you click the [Image #1688978] on forums, groups and other items to add them into your Favorites! This icon is located in the header of any item on Writing.Com. When an item is included in your personal favorites, it will automatically rotate in your right column and move to the top as soon as it is updat...[Read Full Post] Wed, 04 Aug 2010 13:02:07 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/703175 Hello, everyone! We have some new skins for you to try out... and a brand new selector box to make it a little easier to find them! If you click your skins button up at the top left of current header (move your mouse to the left of the graphic up there beside the Writing.Com logo), you will now see a selector box, which will drop down the list of c...[Read Full Post] Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:58:09 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/702804 Hello, Members! As many of you know, in September Writing.Com will celebrate its 10-year birthday! We are very excited about how far we have come in those ten years and the many wonderful things that are still to come. In honor of our first decade and the new one to come, Writing.Com has just released some major and quite fantastic updates to the site. We...[Read Full Post] Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:44:26 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/702680 The following winners for the June 2010 running of [Link To Item #1221635] were chosen from the 31 entries submitted. Each entry was judged based on the criteria provided in [Link To Item #1221635] . Congratulations to the following three winners: First: [Link To Item #1678481] Second: [Link To Item #1686...[Read Full Post] Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:10:14 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/701589 Starting with the current round of [Link To Item #shortshots] , in addition to the generous gift point prizes, First, Second and Third Place winners of the Writing.Com Official Contests will also be awarded an exclusive merit badge designed by [Link To User storymistress] . You can only get these merit badges by winning th...[Read Full Post] Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:34:22 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/699572 [ UPDATE: 2:25pm - Upgrade completed and the site is coming back to normal (there's a big burst of requests that come in to the servers after they've been offline and it takes them a few minutes to answer the flood and get back up to speed). All in all, started about 5 minutes late, ended about 5 minutes late. Success! ] S...[Read Full Post] Thu, 17 Jun 2010 14:22:18 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/699459 The following winners for the May 2010 running of [Link To Item #quotation] were chosen from the 10 entries submitted. Each entry was judged based on the criteria provided in [Link To Item #quotation] . Congratulations to the following three winners: First Place - [Link To Item #1676003] Second Place - [Link To Item...[Read Full Post] Tue, 15 Jun 2010 09:45:45 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/699293 UPDATE: 12:00pm 6/16 - Upgrade still progressing. Once your email account has been moved to the new server, the system will allow you back into your email account. As of this update, members who were active on or after February 1st have been moved to the new email server and are able to access their email. At this point, we are considering the email...[Read Full Post] Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:01:16 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/699223 A big congratulations to [Link To User airdale51] for her novel "Service of the Crown" being named one of three finalists in Amazon.Com's Breakthrough Novel Award in the Young Adult Fiction category! ... But she needs your help to win the category and take home the prize! Please vote and suppor...[Read Full Post] Wed, 26 May 2010 14:45:19 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/697402 The Dropnote Tag Introducing the new WritingML Dropnote tag. Dropnotes create links that, when clicked, drop down whatever is between the dropnote tags. Here are a few examples, with links to show the raw WritingML: *When you click this link...**View the raw WritingML* Using the { }{ } within a dropnote creates a great presentation effect...[Read Full Post] Sun, 23 May 2010 23:39:53 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/697085 Our first attempt to offer document conversion using RTF files ([Link to Book Entry #669736]) worked ok, but had some rather large bugs. Prompted by some discussion of document conversion in [Link To Item #1667262] , here is our first Word .DOC converter. Just upload a Word .DOC file and the system will give it back to you with the formating in Writin...[Read Full Post] Wed, 25 Aug 2010 01:01:18 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/696960 Hello Members, In an effort to make WritingML tags a little more understandable, we've updated the system to allow dashes in the tag name. This update applies to all tags, but here's "b-item" as an example: "{{b-item:######}} with the dash, now works just like {{bitem:#####}} without the dash." This is an important update particularly for new members. They're usually confused when asked to enter a bitem into a contest... That'...[Read Full Post] Wed, 19 May 2010 00:06:59 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/696655 The following winners for the April 2010 running of [Link To Item #1221635] were chosen from the 18 entries submitted. Each entry was judged based on the criteria provided in [Link To Item #1221635] . Congratulations to the following three winners: First: [Link To Item #1661897] Second: [Link To Item #166...[Read Full Post] Sat, 15 May 2010 19:58:28 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/696309 Introducing the LineSpace WritingML tag. Example: { } Text to be linespace'd goes here. { } The LineSpace tag allows you to adjust the line spacing for a block of text. The line space VALUE must be a number between 1.0 (single spaced) through 3.0 (triple spaced). Note that the "default" line spacing...[Read Full Post] Thu, 13 May 2010 22:42:36 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/696092 Introducing: { } { } Justify (verb): "to make (a line of type) a desired length by spacing the words and letters, esp. so that full lines in a column have even margins both on the left and on the right." Not Justified: This is some text that is not justified. This is some text that is not justified. This is some text tha...[Read Full Post] Thu, 13 May 2010 03:10:27 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/696009 Greetings Members! Review through the rest of May and earn more Gift Points! [Link To Item #855753] is giving Five times GPs through May 31st. [Link To Item #862933] is giving Six times GPs through May 31st. Now go meet some other members and improve your own writing all through the art of the review! Review On...[Read Full Post] Wed, 05 May 2010 23:28:23 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/695353 Greetings Members! To help relieve some of the confusion members are having about where the "edit", "delete" and other tools links have gone in the Portfolio area, I've split the initial Manage Items portfolio link into two new links: Show Tools || Show Manager. I also added this "Tip" message which hopefully better e...[Read Full Post] Tue, 04 May 2010 10:59:57 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/695185 Greets, You can now set whether your item tool links (like edit, delete, etc) open into a new tab/window (the default) or the current window. For those of you who find yourself getting lost in tablation*#*, ending up with endless tabs, this may be a preference you've been waiting for! Head to: [Link: 'http://www.writing.com/m...[Read Full Post] Mon, 03 May 2010 00:00:44 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/695041 SMs has created the following 13 brand new emoticons for us! = { } = { } = { } = { } = { } = { } = { } = { } = { } = { } = { } = { } = { } Emote On, ~~SM...[Read Full Post] Sat, 01 May 2010 22:24:38 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/694907