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Engagement and Convention Wrap Up!

Greetings Members,

As most of you know, the Writing.Com Convention 2003 was held last weekend
and was a smashing success! Over 55 Writing.Com members gathered for four
unforgettable days of fun, food and creativity. I also even managed to surprise
everyone, including SMs, with a little announcement of my own!


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:: The Convention Wrap Up! ::
This year's convention was even better than last with added events, better
facilities and a refined schedule. Building on the relationships forged online,
attendees met, mingled and made their virtual friendships real. Everyone had
an amazing and unforgettable time and the plans for our Convention 2004
are already in the works!

To recap this year's events, I'll let some of the attendees speak for themselves:
  "Top Ten Highlights of Convention 2003"   by Diane
  "A Life in the Parallel Dimension"   by Marie
  "My Convention Experience"   by Dottie
  "Invalid Item"   by A Guest Visitor
  "Convention 2003 ROCKED!"   by winklett in the woods
  "Invalid Item"   by A Guest Visitor


:: We're Engaged! ::
The buzz is all around the site, but we wanted to officially announce that
The StoryMistress and I are now engaged! I pulled off a marvelous
suprise to close out our Open Mic Night at this year's convention. I can't
begin to do justice to the story, so I'll just point you to:

The Engagement of SM & SMs  [E] #738790 The mother of the bride-to-be tells her side of it all. by catwoman

I Never Saw It Coming  [13+] #741397 Caught off guard by the one I love... by The StoryMistress

:: Extension For Grandfathered Free Accounts ::
On May 15th we announced some changes to our Free Membership, including
a reduction in items to a maximum of 5. For full details please see:
         "Important Changes To Our Membership Plans" 
While the Grandfather period for pre-existing free memberships has elapsed,
we have decided to extend the Grandfather Period. The new grace period will
expire September 15th, 2003.


:: Please Remember To Update Email Addresses! ::
If you're still using your OLD Stories.Com email address anywhere, this is an
early reminder that email service for Stories.Com addresses will end 12/31/03.
This will, for the most part, remove a lot of the SPAM being sent to our servers.

To ensure yourself a smooth transition, it is important that you update your
contact information anywhere you are still using a Stories.Com email address
before the service is turned of. (For our newer members: We changed our
address from Stories.Com to Writing.Com 1/1/03... this note is only intended
for members with accounts started under our Stories.Com domain name.)


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