Nate

This is pretty awesome.

Please all, no flame-baiting. Referring to others as trolls or referring to a belief in God as the invisible pixie in the sky is not appropriate in this forum.

Why do you need to explain? Unless this is hard sci-fi, you really don't need to go into any details about why the planet has a 48 hour day. If ...

Today, July 9, 2011, YWS underwent an unscheduled maintenance operation. This was a result of the database failing twice in two days. What I've done is to convert the database ...

Earlier today, the Young Writers Society crashed due to a corrupted temporary file system. In other words, there was a RAM / memory failure. I managed to fix that, but ...

Thanks everyone for the responses! Keep 'em coming :)

Heh, you only need to report the bug once! In any case, everything should be fine now. Regarding Opera Mini, it's a very buggy browser.

Nate, you're cool and everything, This is a good first line; I like how it leaves the reader hanging at the very end. It draws the reader in as now ...

These are just some questions designed to give me a better understanding of how people use the site. If you have the time, please answer them! 1. Should we continue ...

Is this eligible for us guys in the UK? Um... why are you asking me? ;) First, check the guidelines. If it's not answered there, then send them an e-mail. ...

Medallion Press is looking to showcase aspiring authors between the ages of 13 and 18. They're interested in a variety of fiction genres, and you can check out their submission ...

Mmm, a quick question: Is there anyway to export your YWS blog to your computer? Like, if the internet were to one day die in the nuclear fires of cyberwar, ...

I used to have a post on our old blog, Writing Gooder, called "First Publication Rights and the Internet" that touched on this subject. Still have it saved on my ...

The idea that posting your work online will ruin your chances of publication is more or less an urban myth. There is actually no evidence anywhere that posting your work ...

When I hover my mouse over the YWS button on the black bar near the top, the dropdown menu doesn't seem to appear. :| Aye, I got rid of it. ...