Site News & Announcements (Book) http://www.Writing.Com/main/profile.php/blog/support/month/10-1-2009 Hello Members, Introducing the newest WritingML tag: {{review:#####}} In this tag, the #'s are replaced by a review's ID number. The "Review ID #" can be now found on all of the review listing areas, including the public reviews and a member's own sent and received reviews list. It is also now included in your revi...[Read Full Post] Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:39:09 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/673586 Greetings Members! For a long time, people have asked for a way to make their URLs into nicer links. We've been against that primarily because we felt offsite links should clearly present themselves as URLs, making members However, it is now becoming more known that single underlined links stay within a site, while double underlined links send the visito...[Read Full Post] Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:56:41 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/673290 Hello! This entry is to introduce our new Authorized Accounts system -- however it's overshadowed by the Twitter features supported by the system. Though it opens now only with Twitter features, the Authorized Accounts area will be our central "hub" as we expand to more support more sites. In time, we'll provide the mea...[Read Full Post] Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:19:52 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/672655 The following chat sessions have been scheduled for the week of October 19th for NaNoWriMo participants. The goal of these sessions is to encourage members in their preparation for NaNoWriMo. Character Development - Wednesday, October 21st 12:30 pm EST. The goal of this chat is to encourage discussion about the process of character develop...[Read Full Post] Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:18:05 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/672403 The following winners for the September 2009 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 #1599200] Second: [Link To Item ...[Read Full Post] Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:20:57 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/671844 Hello Members! First, Writing.Com has setup its own Twitter channel. We're going to make reasonable attempts to tweet some updates, perhaps to feature some members here and there, contests, etc. So, if you're on Twitter, consider following Writing.Com! [Link: 'http://twitter.com/WritingCom'] Second, if you're a Tw...[Read Full Post] Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:04:31 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/670638 This note was emailed out around 9/16, but is just now making its way into the news Blog. Writing.Com featured in Writer's Digest! Writing.Com is proud to be one of the four writing communities featured in the October 2009 issue of Writer's Digest. We are thrilled to have been chos...[Read Full Post] Sun, 04 Oct 2009 23:53:49 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/670491 All eight of these new Merit Badges can be found in the General section:      Courage Dialogue    Published   Work In Progress     The Four Seasons      Autumn    Spring      ...[Read Full Post] Sun, 04 Oct 2009 01:14:20 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/670375 [Link To User storymistress] cooked up six new Emoticons! { } = { } = { } = { } = { } = {{e:witch-hat}} = Also, don't miss the entry below regarding the new side icons and our Random Read! feature. Enjoy! ~~SM ...[Read Full Post] Sun, 04 Oct 2009 01:21:11 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/670370 Greetings Members, Just a quick announcement of the new icons, which include our new Random Read feature. First, you'll note the new icon row in the left hand column under our "Site Navigation" menus. From left to right, the icons are for: - Instant Messenger - My Favorites - Site News - My NotePad - Random Read! ...[Read Full Post] Sat, 03 Oct 2009 23:57:23 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/670367