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| Greetings Members! Find out about our new Rewarding Reviewers Committee and learn who's receiving Merit Badges from Writing.Com! :: The Sani-Seat Solution Is A Universal Revolution! :: Manage a business with toilet facilities and you are responsible for the health and well-being of your customers. Sharing a toilet seat is like sharing your toothbrush or bath towel with strangers. It's a risk people prefer not to take! Sani·Seat is a completely sanitary solution for any standard toilet seat! Learn More ---> http://www.CleanSeats.Com/ Please support our sponsor and read more today! :: The Rewarding Reviewers Committee :: Reviewing is an extremely important part of the Writing.Com community. Honest, encouraging and respectful reviews assist our authors in improving their talents. Our public reviewing system was created to promote reviewing awareness within the Writing.Com community. Not only is it a useful tool for those new to leaving feedback, the public reviewing system also enables any and all members to reward those reviewers who send great feedback. To supplement our Public Reviewing system, we're pleased to introduce the "Rewarding Reviewers Committee"  ! The goal of this brand new committeeis to actively review public feedback and reward deserving reviewers. While some general guidelines are provided to committee members, we leave the rewarding up to their own opinions. By having the committee involved with crediting our reviewers, we are helping to be sure that no public reviews go unseen. The committee has plenty of Gift Points to give out for great public reviews so don't delay in heading out to publicly review writing from your favorite genres! You'll help your fellow writers, improve your own skills and maybe earn some Gift Points! Writing.Com committee positions are reserved for Moderators and above, but don't forget: Anyone can reward great reviews from the Reviewing page! The Reviewing page can be accessed from the top of any page or directly at: http://www.writing.com/main/my_feedback/action/rrs :: Monthly Merit Badges To The Top Reviewers :: To further promote the importance of great reviewing within our writing community, a Reviewing Merit Badge will be awarded to each person listed in the Top 100 Reviewers for each month. The badge will store the recipient's position within the Top Reviewers for that month. This is a wonderful way to acknowledge reviewers and maintain a history of their efforts. For the first month of this program, we will be determining the Top 50 Reviewers from January 2004 and awarding Merit Badges to them. In February we increased from 50 to 100, so beginning this month, we'll award Merit Badges to the Top 100 Reviewers. The awarding of badges will take place shortly after the end of each month. :: Helpful Guidelines For Great Reviews :: Writing a detailed review is time well spent. Creating valuable feedback for a fellow writer is one of the best exercises available for improving your own writing. That said, if you're going to spend the time to review, there is a much better chance for your ideas to get through to an author if they are well presented and have a few key characteristics. For complete details on creating a great review, please see:
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| Greetings Members! Learn more about Writing.Com's new Content Blocker and find out how many top reviewers we're now listing! :: Do you feel safe sitting on your own public toilet? :: Manage a business with toilet facilities and you are responsible for the health and well-being of your customers. Sharing a toilet seat is like sharing your toothbrush or bath towel with strangers. It's a risk people prefer not to take! Sani·Seat is a completely sanitary solution for any standard toilet seat! Learn More ---> http://www.CleanSeats.Com/ Please support our sponsor and read more today! :: More Top Reviewers :: With the increased usage of the Public Reviewing system, the number of Top Reviewers has been increased to 100. Please remember to stop by the Public Reviewing page and reward those reviews that stand out! If you're looking to receive honest reviews of your own work, try reviewing items of the Top Reviewers. These members usually reward feedback on their own items with feedback on yours! :: New Content Blocker :: The new Writing.Com Content Blocker provides members with a means to eliminate the possibility of accidental viewing of inappropriate material. The blocker can be set to exclude any level of content from being viewed from ASR through XGC. A passcode must be set in order to use the Content Blocker. The Blocking Passcode is required anytime the Content Blocker's level is changed. This allows parents and guardians to have a secure level of control over their child's account. When an item is blocked, the blocking passcode is required to override the Content Blocker on any individual item. Please remember: The Content Blocker is not a substitute for the adult supervision required by children surfing an internet web site! We make a sincere effort to ensure all content has the correct content rating, however, we make no guarantees that all content is rated accurately. To set your Content Blocker, head to the My Account page and click Content Rating Filter/Blocker. You can access it directly at: http://www.writing.com/main/session_options :: Writing.Com Convention 2004 Coming Soon! :: We laughed, we cried. Friends met for the first time and strangers became close friends. We have a fun-filled, creative and inspiring time planned for all who attend the Writing.Com Convention 2004. Over 50 of the 70 spots are filled. 25 of those signed up have attended a Writing.Com convention in the past and 10 of those are returning for the THIRD time! You won't want to miss this event.
Access this convention information at any time via the Convention 2004 link in your "Member Tools" pull down menu. :: Convention 2004 Scholarship! :: Each year, Writing.Com raises funds to help those who need some help to attend our convention. The Scholarship Fund is open to all members of the Writing.Com community who are Registered Authors or above and have had an account for 3 months or longer. For more information or if you want to apply, please visit:
Please only apply for Scholarship funding if you are 100% sure that you can attend the event! Funds are very limited, so don't wait! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- And don't forget to visit our sponsor: http://www.CleanSeats.Com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you for your continued support of Writing.Com! ~~ The StoryMistress andThe StoryMaster
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| Greetings Members! Message Threading speeds things up in forums and a big Recycling Bin improvement may just save the day! :: Do you feel safe sitting on your own public toilet? :: Manage a business with toilet facilities and you are responsible for the health and well-being of your customers. Sharing a toilet seat is like sharing your toothbrush or bath towel with strangers. It's a risk people prefer not to take! Sani·Seat is a completely sanitary solution for any standard toilet seat! Learn More ---> http://www.CleanSeats.Com/ Please support our sponsor and read more today! :: Delete Item ---> Recycling Bin! :: If you've been waiting for a must-have Premium Membership feature, this Recycling Bin upgrade is it! When a Premium Member deletes an item from any "Delete" link, the item is not permanently removed... it's sent to their recycling bin! This gives Premium Members the chance to "undo" an item's deletion for up to two weeks after. If you've ever changed your mind about deleting an item or accidentally clicked without reading, this feature is worth its weight in gold! If you don't ever want to regret a deletion decision, this safety net is something you shouldn't be without! Remember, the Recycling Bin is only available to Premium Members and above. For more information on all of the features provided with each level of paid membership please see: "Compare Free and Paid Membership Benefits" :: Full Message Threading :: Members with Basic Membership or above will notice a new section entitled "Full Message Thread" following each message in a forum. The message's thread includes the subject, author and posting time of all responses to a given message. This makes following (and looking back over) a discussion much faster and many times easier. Remember, Message Threads are only available to those with a Basic paid membership or above. For more information on the features provided with each level of paid membership please see: "Compare Free and Paid Membership Benefits" :: Writing.Com Convention 2004 Coming Soon! :: We laughed, we cried. Friends met for the first time and strangers became close friends. We have a fun-filled, creative and inspiring time planned for all who attend the Writing.Com Convention 2004. Over 50 of the 70 spots are filled. 25 of those signed up have attended a Writing.Com convention in the past and 10 of those are returning for the THIRD time! You won't want to miss this event.
Access this convention information at any time via the Convention 2004 link in your "Member Tools" pull down menu. :: Convention 2004 Scholarship! :: Each year, Writing.Com raises funds to help those who need some help to attend our convention. The Scholarship Fund is open to all members of the Writing.Com community who are Registered Authors or above and have had an account for 3 months or longer. For more information or if you want to apply, please visit:
Please only apply for Scholarship funding if you are 100% sure that you can attend the event! Funds are very limited, so don't wait! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- And don't forget to visit our sponsor: http://www.CleanSeats.Com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you for your continued support of Writing.Com! ~~ The StoryMistress andThe StoryMaster
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| Greetings Members! This email is full of information about improvements to the WritingML system and updates on our 2004 Convention! :: Do you feel safe sitting on your own public toilet? :: Manage a business with toilet facilities and you are responsible for the health and well-being of your customers. Sharing a toilet seat is like sharing your toothbrush or bath towel with strangers. It's a risk people prefer not to take! Sani·Seat is a completely sanitary solution for any standard toilet seat! Learn More ---> http://www.CleanSeats.Com/ Please support our sponsor and read more today! :: Writing.Com Convention 2004 Coming Soon! :: We laughed, we cried. Friends met for the first time and strangers became close friends. We have a fun-filled, creative and inspiring time planned for all who attend the Writing.Com Convention 2004. Over 50 of the 70 spots are filled. 25 of those signed up have attended a Writing.Com convention in the past and 10 of those are returning for the THIRD time! You won't want to miss this event.
Access this convention information at any time via the Convention 2004 link in your "Member Tools" pull down menu. :: Showing WritingML For Examples :: You can now double up the braces on your WritingML tags when posting examples. When the system finds {{item:100931}} it knows to parse the WritingML as an example. {{item:100931}} will produce {item:100931}. This new functionality within the WritingML system should make explaining things to newer members much easier.  :: New 'ltitem' WritingML Tag :: The new "Line Time" Item tag includes the last modification time of the item being displayed. This is useful when making a list of forums, books or other often updated items. For example, {ltitem:100931} will yield: "Writing.Com General Discussion" - Last Post: 09-01-25 @ 10:51pm :: Convention 2004 Scholarship! :: Each year, Writing.Com raises funds to help those who need some help to attend our convention. The Scholarship Fund is open to all members of Writing.Com who are Registered Authors and higher and have had an account for 3 months or more. For more information and to apply, please visit:
Please only apply for Scholarship funding if you are 100% sure that you can attend the event! Funds are very limited, so don't wait! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- And don't forget to visit our sponsor: http://www.CleanSeats.Com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you for your continued support of Writing.Com! ~~ The StoryMistress andThe StoryMaster
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| Greetings Members! The Romance/Love Costumicon subscription period has just opened and you'll notice some nice improvements to the "My Gift Points" page. :: Do you feel safe sitting on your own public toilet? :: Manage a business with toilet facilities and you are responsible for the health and well-being of your customers. Sharing a toilet seat is like sharing your toothbrush or bath towel with strangers. It's a risk people prefer not to take! Sani·Seat is a completely sanitary solution for any standard toilet seat! Learn More ---> http://www.CleanSeats.Com/ Please support our sponsor and read more today! :: 2004 Romance/Love Costumicon Subscriptions :: costumicon subscriptions are available for purchase! This subscription will last through noon on February 21, 2004. Subscribe to or change your current costumicon from the "My Account" area or directly at: http://www.Writing.com/main/my_account/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! To send one to a friend, head to your "My Gifts Points" page: http://www.Writing.Com/main/my_gifts#spend :: "My Gift Points" Page Update :: Over the last few weeks, the layout of the "My Gift Points" page has been improved. The format has been opened up and sections are no longer side by side. The Given and Received logs now show 25 entries, more than double the previously shown 10! The Spend Gift Points section has been reorganized - you're sure to notice that when you head off to Gift a fellow Writing.Com member a Costumicon! :: Gift Points Are On Sale Until 2/3/04! :: Gift Points are on sale until February 3rd, 2004 (Tuesday) @ 11:59pm. Pricing during this sale is as follows: 100,000 for $10.00 255,000 for $25.00 (2% Extra, Free!) 520,000 for $50.00 (4% Extra, Free!) 1,060,000 for $100.00 (6% Extra, Free!) 2,700,000 for $250.00 (8% Extra, Free!) 5,500,000 for $500.00 (10% Extra, Free!) http://www.Writing.Com/main/store With our automated order processing, Gift Points paid for through PayPal will be instantly credited to your account! Don't forget that we accept checks and money orders sent via postal mail. Money orders can be purchased at many local convenience stores and the US Post Office. Please remember that your purchase of GPs supports Writing.Com, helping us to provide more tools, resources and readers to our community. Members can purchase GPs from "Our Store": http://www.Writing.Com/main/store ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- And don't forget to visit our sponsor: http://www.CleanSeats.Com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you for your continued support of Writing.Com! ~~ The StoryMistress andThe StoryMaster ![Merit Badge in Newsfeed
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| Greetings Members! Writing.Com has been enhanced to work better with Search Engines and we've added a new Portfolio Tool! :: Can You Write A Simple Letter? :: If yes, you could be in big demand, earning big money, writing just a few hours a day from anywhere in the world you choose to be. Here's how you can learn the secrets of this little-known, lucrative business: http://www.thewriterslife.com/wc Please support our Sponsor and visit their site today! :: Sitewide Search Engine Optimization :: Since the start of 2004, we've been making improvements to Writing.Com that make its pages easily read by search engines and directories such as Yahoo! and Google. These sites have always read and indexed the content of Writing.Com's pages, as they do with all other online venues, but over time, their methods for ranking page content changes. Our site's page design had not been recently updated to take into account newer search engine technology. That means the pages were search engine unfriendly. We updated the HTML of our standard page headers and each item's HTML now includes tags that provide the search engine an item's brief description and keywords as entered by the item's author. A major technical change was made to the way pages are linked within the site. In most cases, Item URLs previously included ?'s and &'s. The URLs are now more consistent and easier for search engines to deal with. For example: http://www.writing.com/main/forums/item_id/100931 The changes will improve Writing.Com's online visibility and bring more readers and writers to join in. If, for any reason, you'd like to avoid allowing search engines to index your items, simply set the Access Restrictions on your item to anything other than Public to everyone. Since a search engine can't setup an account, that setting blocks it from indexing the item. :: Portfolio Export Tool :: The new Portfolio Export area provides members with the means to export a large portion of their portfolio quickly and easily. Available to those with Basic Memberships and higher, the system combines Static Items, Books (with all of their entries/chapters) and WebPage Items into one textarea that can be quickly copied and pasted into a new file on your computer. The Portfolio Export tool can be found in your Author Tools pull down menu. Please remember that Writing.Com recommends that you write and store all work directly on your computer and then upload the work to Writing.Com. Doing this helps to ensure that your first drafts and/or changes are never lost in a connection error between our web site and your computer. The Portfolio Export tool can be found in your Author Tools pull down menu. Please remember that Writing.Com recommends that you write and store all work directly on your computer and then upload the work to Writing.Com. Doing this helps to ensure that your first drafts and/or changes are never lost in a connection error between our web site and your computer. :: Gift Points Are On Sale Until 2/3/04! :: Gift Points are on sale until February 3rd, 2004 (Tuesday) @ 11:59pm. Pricing during this sale is as follows: 100,000 for $10.00 255,000 for $25.00 (2% Extra, Free!) 520,000 for $50.00 (4% Extra, Free!) 1,060,000 for $100.00 (6% Extra, Free!) 2,700,000 for $250.00 (8% Extra, Free!) 5,500,000 for $500.00 (10% Extra, Free!) http://www.Writing.Com/main/store With our automated order processing, Gift Points paid for through PayPal will be instantly credited to your account! Don't forget that we accept checks and money orders sent via postal mail. Money orders can be purchased at many local convenience stores and the US Post Office. Please remember that your purchase of GPs supports Writing.Com, helping us to provide more tools, resources and readers to our community. Members can purchase GPs from "Our Store": http://www.Writing.Com/main/store ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- And don't forget to visit our sponsor: http://www.thewriterslife.com/wc ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you for your continued support of Writing.Com! ~~ The StoryMistress andThe StoryMaster ![Merit Badge in Community
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| Greetings Members, Writing.Com Gift Points are on sale for the next 7 days. Don't miss this chance to grab GPs at great prices! :: The World's Best "Job" :: Writers are getting 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! :: Gift Points Are On Sale! :: Gift Points are on sale until February 3rd, 2004 (Tuesday) @ 11:59pm. Pricing during this sale is as follows: 100,000 for $10.00 255,000 for $25.00 (2% Extra, Free!) 520,000 for $50.00 (4% Extra, Free!) 1,060,000 for $100.00 (6% Extra, Free!) 2,700,000 for $250.00 (8% Extra, Free!) 5,500,000 for $500.00 (10% Extra, Free!) http://www.Writing.Com/main/store With our automated order processing, Gift Points paid for through PayPal will be instantly credited to your account! Don't forget that we accept checks and money orders sent via postal mail. Money orders can be purchased at many local convenience stores and the US Post Office. Please remember that your purchase of GPs supports Writing.Com, helping us to provide more tools, resources and readers to our community. Members can purchase GPs from "Our Store": http://www.Writing.Com/main/store :: Final Reminder: Grandfathering For Free Accounts Expired. :: 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" The grace period has expired. Free members with more than 5 items have had their items over this limit locked; these locked items will be permanantly removed on January 31st, 2004. :: Final Reminder: Please Remember To Update Email Addresses! :: This is a reminder that email service for @Stories.Com addresses ended on 12/31/03. If other services have your email address in the @Stories.Com form, you should be sure to update them as soon as possible. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- And don't forget to visit our sponsor: http://www.thetravelwriterslife.com/writing ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you for your continued support of Writing.Com! ~~ The StoryMistress andThe StoryMaster ![Merit Badge in Organization
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| Happy New Year, Members! One contest has ended and a new one begins! We're offering huge prizes as motivation for members to tackle their most common fear... :: Can You Write A Simple Letter? :: If yes, you could be in big demand, earning big money, writing just a few hours a day from anywhere in the world you choose to be. Here's how you can learn the secrets of this little-known, lucrative business: http://www.thewriterslife.com/wc Please support our Sponsor and visit their site today! :: Season Tickets Results Have Been Posted :: See this item for the complete list of winners and total donations received for December's Season Tickets raffle:
:: New Contest - Burn My Letter! - BIG Prizes! :: On the road to publication, rejection happens. Many excellent writers will never be published because they fear those inevitable rejection letters. That fear prevents them from even trying to have their work published and, therefore, their talents go unnoticed. This is your chance to change that! Rather than focusing on the negative aspects of being rejected, we want to focus on the positive aspects of those rejection letters! The mere fact that an Author received a rejection means he or she actually made an attempt to be noticed. For complete details on this new contest, please see:
In addition, the "Invalid Item" has been setup formembers to help each other, provide leads, links, and other advice, as well as general "chit chat" about the contest. :: Extension For Grandfathered Free Accounts Has Expired. :: 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" The grace period has expired. Free members with more than 5 items have had their items over this limit locked for a two week period before they are completely purged from the system. :: ** Please Remember To Update Email Addresses! ** :: This is a reminder that email service for @Stories.Com addresses ended on 12/31/03. If other services have your email address in the @Stories.Com form, you should be sure to update them as soon as possible. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- And don't forget to visit our sponsor: http://www.thetravelwriterslife.com/writing ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you for your continued support of Writing.Com! ~~ The StoryMistress andThe StoryMaster
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| Greetings Members! "Opportunity" lands tonight! "Opportunity" is NASA's second Mars rover, the twin of "Spirit". For the schedule of events and schedule for NASA's TV channel, please see: http://www1.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/MM_NTV_Breaking.html For complete details on the missions and the status of each, please see The Mars Rovers Website at: http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov We wish NASA, the team at JPL and all of the scientists, technology companies and their employees, the best of luck with this second landing. ~~SM
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