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[!!-BIRTHDAY-!!] Happy Birthday, Writing.Com!

Greetings Members,

It's time to celebrate Writing.Com's Three Year Birthday! Break out
the cake and ice cream and put your party hats on!


:: The World's Best "Job" ::
Today I get paid to write about:
         white sand Caribbean beaches...
                   wildlife sanctuaries in Borneo...
                             Indian Ocean hideaways...
                                       Rome... Paris... London...
If you ever dreamed about the romantic life of a travel writer, here's an unusual
opportunity to get your first assignment.

                   * * http://www.thetravelwriterslife.com/writing * *
                   Please support our Sponsor and visit their site today!


:: A Good Reason To Party! ::
We've finally hit another great milestone; Writing.Com is three years old. This
community, its features and members have come a long way. We're proud to
say we're still going strong! Help us celebrate this wonderful event all this
week; we've outlined some fun birthday activities for you below!

All of the official Writing.Com birthday activities are linked from within
'03 Party Central. This will be linked at the top of the "Member Tools"
pulldown menu throughout the entire week (September 1st - 7th, 2003).

Writing.Com Party Central 2023!  [E] #506157 We're celebrating our 23rd birthday! Stop in to see what's going on! by The StoryMistress

:: Don't Forget: Costumicons Are Available! ::
The current costumicons subscription period will last through noon
on September 17th, 2003. You can subscribe to or change your current
costumicon from the "My Account" area or directly at:
         http://www.Writing.com/main/my_account.php?action=ea_form&type=costumicon

As usual, you can preview any of the larger portfolio images by clicking on the
small image within the costumicons Store.

Don't Forget: You can GIFT costumicons to others!
         A costumicons subscription makes a great gift!
                   Send one to a friend from your "My Gifts" page TODAY!
                             http://www.Writing.Com/main/my_gifts.php#spend


:: 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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 And don't forget to visit our sponsor:
                     http://www.thetravelwriterslife.com/writing
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Thank you for your continued support of Writing.Com!
  ~~ The StoryMistress and
         The StoryMaster

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