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Authors will now receive notifications in the left column's when they receive a new rating on any of their items. Ratings are no longer anonymous by default! The notification will include the giver's user tag just like the other notifications. (Past ratings-only remain anonymous and are not affected by this change.) Members with a paid membership do still have the option of checking the "Make Anonymous" box to leave an anonymous rating. In this case, the notification will show "Anonymous" rather than the giver's information. The first time you "rate-only" something, you'll receive a pop-up warning reminding you about the change. This is a one-time only warning and is only for members with accounts created prior to today. (Newer members will not receive this notice.) Nothing about reviewing has changed. This update effects the action of leaving a rating without a review only. Review emails will continue to come for reviews and no new notifications have been added for the ratings that come with a review; the email continues to be the singular notifier for those. This has been well test, but if anything seems out of place, please drop a line in "Bug Reporting" . Write on, ~~SM |
I'm not sure how many of you know this, but Writing.Com is a family-business, run by a husband and wife team. We are known on Writing.Com as StoryMaster and StoryMistress, a play on "webmaster" and "webmistress" way back when. Thirteen years ago, we started and built our writing community with everything we had and we're still going strong. It means the world to us. We received a video tonight from members of our online community... I can't even begin to put into words what this did for our hearts. Seriously, I can't. I was welling at less than a minute and then the "thank you" closer really got me. So, a huge shout out to the Writing.Com fans who put this together secretly and just so beautifully... THANK YOU. We are humbled and grateful and we really wanted to share this with all of you. - The StoryMistress and The StoryMaster |
The following winners for the August 2013 running of "Short Shots: Official WDC Contest" were chosen from the 26 entries submitted. Each entry was judged based on the criteria provided in "Short Shots: Official WDC Contest" . Congratulations to the following three winners: First Place - "Horse Feathers: Blistex Tex II " by Indelible Ink Second Place - "Invalid Item" by A Guest Visitor Third Place - "Invalid Item" by A Guest Visitor ~Diane September Contest "Quotation Inspiration: Official Contest" |
Congratulations to the following three winners of "Good Deeds Get CASH!" ! First ($100): Review of "Time" by Sparky Second ($50): Review of "Eventide-Prologue" by JMRobison Third ($25): Invalid Review by Anonymous Remember, we randomly choose 10 reviews entered into the contest and then The StoryMaster , The StoryMistress and I individually rank those 10 reviews. I combine our rankings and from that we get our top 3 winners. Thanks to everyone who reviewed and entered this month. ~Diane |
Day 7: September 7, 2013 For our seventh celebration day, building blocks plus a few odds and ends! *blockgray* is {e:block} is {e:blockb} is {e:blockbr} is {e:blockg} *blockgray* is {e:blockgray} is {e:blocko} is {e:blockp} is {e:blockr} is {e:blockv} is {e:blocky} is {e:bookstack2} is {e:bookstack3} is {e:dragon} is {e:picnictable} is {e:plug} is {e:pot} We hope you've all be having a great time! ~~SM & SMs |
Day 6: September 6, 2013 For our sixth celebration day, how about a cup of tea? No? Well, we have other beverages... *teagray* *teapotgray* is {e:tea} is {e:teab} is {e:teabr} is {e:teag} *teagray* is {e:teagray} is {e:teao} is {e:teap} is {e:tear} is {e:teav} is {e:teapot} is {e:teapotb} is {e:teapotbr} is {e:teapotg} *teapotgray* is {e:teapotgray} is {e:teapoto} is {e:teapotp} is {e:teapotr} is {e:teapotv} is {e:bottle2} is {e:bottle3} is {e:bottle4} is {e:bottles} is {e:bottles2} is {e:bottles3} is {e:glass} is {e:glass2} is {e:glass3} is {e:glass4} is {e:glass5} Party on! ~~SM & SMs |
Day 5: September 5, 2013 For our fifth celebration day, color your world... and then some! is {e:crayons} is {e:crayons2} is {e:crayons3} is {e:crayons4} is {e:crayons5} is {e:crayons6} is {e:crayons7} is {e:crayons8} is {e:crayons9} is {e:crayons10} is {e:hotair} is {e:hotair2} is {e:hotair3} is {e:medical} is {e:medicalblack} is {e:medicalblue} Color on, ~~SM & SMs |
Day 4: September 4, 2013 For our fourth celebration day, we're stocking the pens plus a few odds and ends! is {e:penb} is {e:penbl} is {e:peng} is {e:peno} is {e:penp} is {e:penbr} is {e:penv} is {e:peny} is {e:twitter} is {e:dialog} is {e:facebook} is {e:glassesy} Enjoy! ~~SM & SMs |
Day 3: September 3, 2013 For our third celebration day, how about a little weather, utilities, and musical icons! is {e:clouds} is {e:wind} is {e:rain} is {e:tempcold} is {e:temphot} is {e:faucet} is {e:rollingpin} is {e:vinyl} is {e:vinylb} is {e:vinylr} is {e:vinyly} is {e:violin} is {e:elecguitar} is {e:mic3} is {e:phonograph} Write On! ~~SM & SMs |
Day 2: September 2, 2013 For our second celebration day, we've got a few natural emoticons to brighten your day! is {e:baretree} is {e:baretree2} is {e:treecypress} is {e:treefall} is {e:treefall2} is {e:treefall3} is {e:treepine} is {e:dropbl} is {e:dropg} is {e:dropo} is {e:dropp} is {e:dropr} is {e:dropv} is {e:dropy} Write on! ~~SM & SMs |