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- Column: NaNoWriMo is now! (November) at storywrite
Learn more about it at wikipedia, but the basic idea is to attack attack attack writing a whole novel in November. You can do it! Get a basic plot and start writing! - Column: Notification system live, and other fixes at allpoetry
The email notification system I mentioned in my last post is now live. Some of you will be irritated by the email you suddenly get, but hopefully some of you also find it useful. It's designed to be easy to disable - there's a link in 'my account' for n - Column: A message from Barack Obama about Healthcare Reform! at allpoetry
- Column: Old top commentors of the day at allpoetry
- Column: ChatAct - A site for role playing at allpoetry
I'm excited to announce the 'beta test' version of Chatact, Allpoetry's newest sister site. It's targeted at role-players, with groups and journals being the main focus. There are contests too. Please be patient with any bugs - Column: Site Info at
Welcome! - Column: More updates! Poems by online users, Return the favor at allpoetry
Poems by online users has replaced rewards as the default for when you click the 'read' link. I've also cleaned up the sidebar when browsing poems, and simplified the 'add a feature' page.
When making a comment, you can choose a poem of yours to - Column: Sharepoetry Updates at sharepoetry
You can now comment on archived poems. The max number of unarchived poems for free members is now 10 - we really want you to focus on poems you're currently editing.
Detailed comment ratings weren't being shown for awhile - they should show up a - Column: Comment Ratings, take 3 at allpoetry
The comment rating system has been updated again. Now you can rate a comment however many stars you like - that's up to you, as it should be. The points given are based on the length, so a small (<100 letter) comment gets 1 point per star, medium gets 2 - Column: Changes to comment ratings at allpoetry
Comments of 100-130 characters now have a maximum rank of 3 stars. 130-200 character comments can be awarded 4 stars. 200 characters isn't really that long - just exactly as long as this paragraph is!
The goal of this is to encourage people to w - Column: Site updates at allpoetry
Lingering bug from the database upgrade should be fixed, for example with addlines. The featured box now attempts to hide adult items from users who can't view them, and will display a '*' at the end of the title if something is adult. The "chat with t - Column: Updates - Friends, Featured clicks, and more at allpoetry
With this update we introduce the idea of 'friends', which are favorites that have also added you as a favorite. Also, when you click on a poem in the featured box, you'll be encouraged to comment before leaving the page. And much more, please report an - Column: Freewriting to think of new poetry at allpoetry
We call it writing "practice", in the menus here. I've just moved some of my favorite topics to the top of the list, so if you're looking for inspiration check them out. - Column: April is National Poetry Writing Month at allpoetry
a.k.a. NaPoMo, the goal of this is that you write a poem *every day* for the month of April. If you write one for each day this month, we'll give you a free month of silver membership! Join the - Column: April Fools Day 2009 at allpoetry
April fools day is one of my favorite days of the year. Here I chronicle this year's attempt at humor, along with some (anonymized) responses. - Column: SW April Fools Day 2009 at storywrite
April fools day is one of my favorite days of the year. Here I chronicle this year's attempt at humor, along with some (anonymized) responses. - Column: American Life in Poetry: Column 201 at allpoetry
At 14
To be shy,
to lower your eyes
after making a greeting. - Column: American Life in Poetry: Column 200 at allpoetry
- Column: Site Updates! at sharepoetry
Sharepoetry has reinvented itself! I've added some fun features that work better with a smaller site and could never work on a big one like allpoetry. I hope you enjoy! - Column: Introducing Journal! at allpoetry
We've been testing it for weeks, but now most of the bugs are ironed out and I'm excited to announce that allpoetry now supports Journals! Blog or write about your day to day life, things you're excited about, etc. Choose 'add' at the top, then 'add a - Column: Ghost Villanelle - American Life in Poetry 187 at allpoetry
This one is topical to a bit ago, halloween. Do the drifting veils of rhyme and meter disclose a ghost, or is it a ghost? - Column: "How Is It That the Snow", American Life in Poetry: Column 193 at allpoetry
The first two lines of this poem pose a question many of us may have thought about: how does snow make silence even more silent? And notice Robert Haight's deft use of color, only those few flecks of red, and the rest of the poem pure white. And silent, s - Column: American Life in Poetry: Column 191 at allpoetry
Most of us love to find things, and to discover a quarter on the sidewalk can make a whole day seem brighter. In this poem, Robert Wrigley, who lives in Idaho, finds what's left of a Bible, and describes it so well that we can almost feel it in our hands. - Column: Halloween header and logo at allpoetry
We've updated the front page for halloween You might also notice the new darker raven, he's the winter raven, and should visible on the site about half the year
Also some bug - Column: Site Updates at allpoetry
Contest minimums has been increased. The featured box now randomly shows 7 of the top 15 bids, and rewards only show one item per person. - Column: Advanced background options available at allpoetry
On the edit background page, there are now checkboxes on the right to a) have the background image stay on the left edge of the screen, and turn off the line (if there was one).
These options are in the right - Column: Site layout updates at allpoetry
Are currently underway. Please be patient while I go around fixing bugs and things.
Known bugs: pages that had a tiling background are only showing the background on the inner part of the page. - Column: Why we're changing to a layout with side spaces at allpoetry
It has dawned on me that most of our poets probably don't realize that everyone's monitor is different, so just because their screen looks great now, it doesn't look great on everyones.
I briefly go into what the site looks like currently on mo - Column: More design updates at storywrite
After some thought, we're now trying another alternative to the way backgrounds were changed several weeks ago. On larger monitors, we'd made it so backgrounds with a left edge repeated again on the right page of the screen. Now they are only on the lef - Column: New Logo! at allpoetry
and front page design Hope you like them! The front page design will change every few months, roughly with the seasons. You also may noticed that it is centered on the screen. Over the next week, we'll be upgradin - thundering west at allpoetry
we are big boats
thundering west - [ get back to bed ] at allpoetry
get back to bed
in her sing/song voice - Column: Featured box reset at allpoetry
We're doing an experiment - all bids in the featured box have just been refunded. The base cost is 5, and will of course go up depending upon what people pay. Please join me in attempting to read and comment as much as possible to keep the costs low! C - Column: Storywrite updates! at storywrite
Last week we had some exciting changes: New (similar) logo, pretty background header, lots of fixes. Cost of contests went up for awhile to 200, but is now back to 100 due to problems with current contests. Chat has had many updates and now notifies you - Column: Site Updates at allpoetry
Drafts are here! And autosaving every minute while you're adding your poem. To view drafts, click 'add from a draft' on the right of the add page.
Also a new format for browsing notes, advanced mode now defaults to the regular allpoetry heade
