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#1

Welcome Aboard! / Re: Testing

Last post by Jamison - Mar 22, 2026, 09:28 AM

#2

Suggestions & Bug Reports / Re: Format Testing

Last post by Jamison - Sep 14, 2025, 12:40 PM

#3

Welcome Aboard! / Testing

Last post by Jamison - Sep 11, 2025, 06:53 AM

[Fridge]

#4

The Danger Zone / Re: Ding dong! NaNoWriMo is de...

Last post by SepiaAndDust - Mar 31, 2025, 10:27 PM

Well, I really enjoyed the community. All these bright-eyed writers, all with their stories to tell, trying to get everything just right. How long should my chapters be?, Can I use these song lyrics?, Should I put in a love triangle?

Met a lot of people who knew things I didn't, and they were almost always happy to share. The community was fun, sometimes outlandish, and everybody was waiting for midnight of November first to roll around.

I can pinpoint the exact moment that all changed for me. They hired Fridge, and right out of the box... well, fuck Fridge. Nothing was ever the same again.

I had hopes that we could get back to something good. They hired some new mods who mostly seemed like they'd do well. They talked about making changes and fixing the problems. But the powers that be--their self-styled HQ--never had any intentions of things being good again. To this day, I can't fathom what they were thinking.

And then enter Kilby. Ya know, I actually had a glimmer of hope. Until about Thanksgiving of 2023. I know NaNoWriMo was just a little non-profit, but fuck me. Between HQ and the Board, you couldn't find a more useless cadre of self-obsessed, doublethinking, poor-mouth boneheads.

So I'm glad I had the experiences I did, all the good times and even the bad times. Even the confounding ones and the infuriating ones. But I'm also glad that it's over. I'm glad that NaNoWriMo is dead.

#5

The Danger Zone / Ding dong! NaNoWriMo is dead.

Last post by Jamison - Mar 31, 2025, 09:59 PM

They officially posted that the organization is shutting down. I don't see any other way it could have ended. I'm just surprised it took this long.

If anybody wants to discuss the closure or reminisce about old times, feel free.

#6

Coffee Klatch / RIP Michelle Trachtenberg (Daw...

Last post by SepiaAndDust - Feb 27, 2025, 06:55 AM

She passed away yesterday morning at age 39. Possibly from complications of a recent liver transplant.

https://apnews.com/article/michelle-trachtenberg-dead-1789e0979c1548e4e56760badfad73ee

I posted my first watch-through of Buffy at the other place. Like many others, I wasn't sure what to think about Dawn at first, but Michelle's passion for the role won me over.

Condolences to her family, friends, and fans.

#7

Local Resources / We're famous!

Last post by Jamison - Dec 11, 2024, 06:56 AM

A recent blog post from Christie Stratos mentions ExKayEnDay along with several other NaNoWriMo alternatives. Worth a read.

https://christiestratos.com/2024-nanowrimo-alternatives/

#8

Sprints, Dares, & Prompts / Sprint tool: Sprintmaster 3000

Last post by SepiaAndDust - Nov 09, 2024, 11:56 PM

For all your timed sprints (up to an hour). Has a timer, a pretty darn accurate word counter, copy and save-to-text features, and lots of nifty themes.

(Hasn't yet been tested with non-Latin character sets.)

Enjoy!

https://www.exkayenday.com/sprintmaster/

#9

Nuts & Bolts / Usage Wars: prepositions

Last post by SepiaAndDust - Nov 09, 2024, 11:20 PM

How do you use prepositions?

Let's start with the biggie--can you end a sentence with a preposition?

Next, do you say on accident or by accident?

Also, do you consider particles to be prepositions, such as the "up" in get up or straighten up?

And lastly, are there any weird prepositional uses that you've noticed?


For me, the idea that you can't end a sentence with a preposition is ridiculous.

I use both on accident and by accident, but I use the on construction more often.

No, I don't consider particles to be prepositions, so even if there were a valid rule against ending sentences with prepositions, Turn off your alarm clock and get up! would still be an acceptable sentence.

I've noticed a few people saying by example where I'd usually say for example. By example, this sentence right here. I'm guessing they mean By way of example but just left out a few words. But maybe it's dialectal.

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Nuts & Bolts / Re: Usage Wars (and a point of...

Last post by SepiaAndDust - Nov 09, 2024, 11:17 PM

Emily Post shares the idea that generational titles remain even after the older members have died. Miss Manners believes that everyone moves up one notch.

I understand that Bill Gates' father started as a junior and ended as a senior. Or, more accurately, he began as William Henry Gates II and now goes by William Henry Gates Sr.