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  • Lounge, The Re: Wouldn't it be cool if YWS...

    Aye, it used to cost points to post in the Storybook area, and that was a spectacular failure. That was back sometime in 2008 when the Storybook forums were far ...

    May 22, 2013
  • Squills - The YWS News Re: Earn money from [some of] your fanfiction on Amazon

    I thought this was really interesting: Amazon To Allow Writers To Sell Fan Fiction By Jason Boog on May 22, 2013 11:58 AM Amazon Publishing has reached out to fan ...

    May 22, 2013
  • Squills - The YWS News Re: French Copyright Grab, or how the French Govt. stole work

    I came across this at Writer Beware while doing the Morning Round-up for Writing Gooder: Just over a year ago, I wrote about a new French law that, under the ...

    May 21, 2013
  • Information Desk Archive Re: Books tab and cost to post a new literary work is now 300

    I should go ahead and start organizing the tabs based on the Dewey Decimal System. ;)

    May 21, 2013
  • Lounge, The Re: If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go?

    If I have to pick somewhere I haven't been before, I'd love to go to Greenland. Where would *you* like to go, Nate? ;) You didn't tell us! I'm kind ...

    May 21, 2013
  • Lounge, The Re: Title help. :)

    Adrift S.O.S. Shipwrecked Parents Lost at Sea; Adrift at Home

    May 20, 2013
  • Lounge, The Re: Should YWS get rid of some of the genres for literary works?

    Is YA really a genre though? I always just regarded it as an easy way for bookstores to organize books by intended demographic. On YWS, everything is technically YA.

    May 20, 2013
  • Information Desk Archive Re: Free Literary Work Day on May 25, 2013 GMT

    Recently, reviewing has taken off, which is great. The number of works in the Green Room have tumbled from a high of 300+ prior to the April Review Day to ...

    May 20, 2013
  • Information Desk Archive Re: Books tab and cost to post a new literary work is now 300

    No drop-downs! :) The problem with drop-downs is they don't work on smartphones or on tablets. They also hide menu options and can be confusing for new visitors as a ...

    May 20, 2013
  • Lounge, The Re: Wouldn't it be cool if YWS...

    Those ideas are great, Carina! Since you took the time to write up all that, I'll try to respond to everything there: Portfolio "All" tab Good idea, and simple to ...

    May 20, 2013
  • Lounge, The Re: Fiverr!

    You should check out the Fiverr blog. I remember reading one post there some time ago about a guy who had managed to make thousands of dollars a month on ...

    May 19, 2013
  • Media Reviews Re: Star Trek: Into Darkness

    Saw Star Trek: Into Darkness today. As a moviegoer, I loved it. As a Star Trek fan, I'm still sorting through it. Some spoilers may be below. It's a great ...

    May 19, 2013
  • Information Desk Archive Re: Books tab and cost to post a new literary work is now 300

    The initial results from lowering the point cost seem to be very good. The number of literary works posted today doubled from yesterday, but so did the number of reviews. ...

    May 19, 2013
  • Lounge, The Re: Fiverr!

    I've looked at Fiverr in the past, but as a programmer, I concluded the time investment vs. the money received just wasn't worth it for me. It astonishes me that ...

    May 19, 2013
  • Lounge, The Re: The Day Before

    I think this could work. We had one member do this previously and it went very well. The trick is keeping people interested. To do this, constantly engage with the ...

    May 19, 2013


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