Forum Bits and Pieces
Many readers of this blog also belong to my forum at www.mywriterscircle.com, or at least visit it occasionally. So I thought I should bring you up to date with a few developments there.
First of all, we have a "changing of the guard" among the moderators. Our longest-standing mod, Lin, has decided to resign as a moderator in order to have more time for her own writing and her voluntary work on behalf of the BOS Foundation UK (BOS stands for Borneo Orangutan Survival).
I should like to express again here my gratitude to Lin for her hard work on behalf of MWC, and wish her every success in all her future endeavours. Lin assures me that she will remain a regular visitor to the forum as an ordinary member, and indeed has started a special thread in the Coffee Shop to keep members informed about her work on behalf of orangutans.
In Lin's place we have a new moderator, PaulW. Paul lives in Dundee, Scotland, and has been an active and well-respected member of MWC since September 2006. Again, I wish him every success and satisfaction in his new role. If you are a member of Mywriterscircle and wish to add your good wishes to Paul and/or Lin, you can do so in this forum topic.
Incidentally, for those who don't know, the moderators are all unpaid volunteers. They have agreed in a public-spirited way to take on this extra responsibility, to help keep the forum tidy and ensure it remains a safe and welcoming place for all its members. The moderators have certain extra powers compared with ordinary members, including the ability to edit, move and delete posts. The other moderators on Mywriterscircle are Cathy C, Saturnine, Symphony, Nadine L and Carrie.
On a more technical note, some of you might be interested to know that, thanks to the hard work of forum administrator Karl Moore, Mywriterscircle can now be viewed in all its glory on any mobile (cell) phone with Internet access. No special URL is required - just enter www.mywriterscircle.com as usual. Many thanks to Karl for making this possible.
Karl has also changed the settings on the forum so that members' email addresses can only be viewed by logged-in members, and not by casual visitors. This should reduce the risk of members' email addresses being "harvested" from the forum and used by spammers. Of course, you can reduce the risk still further by opting to make your e-mail address invisible, as I explained in this recent forum post. Other members will still be able to contact you using the forum's PM (personal messaging) facility.
It's also worth mentioning that in the last few days several more very interesting-looking opportunities have been posted on the Writers Wanted board by my colleague Linda Jones (though admittedly they are mainly relevant to UK writers). Thanks again, Linda!
Finally, on a lighter note, you might just like to visit Mywriterscircle to check out our new, festive-themed header. I particularly like the iPod with a Santa hat!
First of all, we have a "changing of the guard" among the moderators. Our longest-standing mod, Lin, has decided to resign as a moderator in order to have more time for her own writing and her voluntary work on behalf of the BOS Foundation UK (BOS stands for Borneo Orangutan Survival).
I should like to express again here my gratitude to Lin for her hard work on behalf of MWC, and wish her every success in all her future endeavours. Lin assures me that she will remain a regular visitor to the forum as an ordinary member, and indeed has started a special thread in the Coffee Shop to keep members informed about her work on behalf of orangutans.
In Lin's place we have a new moderator, PaulW. Paul lives in Dundee, Scotland, and has been an active and well-respected member of MWC since September 2006. Again, I wish him every success and satisfaction in his new role. If you are a member of Mywriterscircle and wish to add your good wishes to Paul and/or Lin, you can do so in this forum topic.
Incidentally, for those who don't know, the moderators are all unpaid volunteers. They have agreed in a public-spirited way to take on this extra responsibility, to help keep the forum tidy and ensure it remains a safe and welcoming place for all its members. The moderators have certain extra powers compared with ordinary members, including the ability to edit, move and delete posts. The other moderators on Mywriterscircle are Cathy C, Saturnine, Symphony, Nadine L and Carrie.
On a more technical note, some of you might be interested to know that, thanks to the hard work of forum administrator Karl Moore, Mywriterscircle can now be viewed in all its glory on any mobile (cell) phone with Internet access. No special URL is required - just enter www.mywriterscircle.com as usual. Many thanks to Karl for making this possible.
Karl has also changed the settings on the forum so that members' email addresses can only be viewed by logged-in members, and not by casual visitors. This should reduce the risk of members' email addresses being "harvested" from the forum and used by spammers. Of course, you can reduce the risk still further by opting to make your e-mail address invisible, as I explained in this recent forum post. Other members will still be able to contact you using the forum's PM (personal messaging) facility.
It's also worth mentioning that in the last few days several more very interesting-looking opportunities have been posted on the Writers Wanted board by my colleague Linda Jones (though admittedly they are mainly relevant to UK writers). Thanks again, Linda!
Finally, on a lighter note, you might just like to visit Mywriterscircle to check out our new, festive-themed header. I particularly like the iPod with a Santa hat!
Nick at 4:16 AM 
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