Nate

Hey! I'm pretty much in the same situation (will be soon). I really want to just write full time after this year, but there's no way I could support myself ...

Glad to meet ya! I think you'll like it here too :)

My Thanksgiving went fairly well; my uncle and aunt came up from North Carolina and we all had a grand ole time eating Turkey and such. Now I'm looking forward ...

Per Perra's request: :xmas_wink: :xmas_happy: :xmas_cool: :xmas_evil: You can find them by clicking on "View more emoticons" under the smiley field to your left when you post a new message.

I'm an ape in sunglasses. How am I responsible? ;)

So far I've actually been incredibly surprised by the vast amount of points being donated. The highest amount donated (besides the ones I've been giving out) has been 50 points, ...

That'd work, but only for a bit. I look up the database once a day and so I can delete any ratings given by a guest :)

Howdy! Check your private messages, you should have a message in there describing YWS and the different features of the board. Anyways, if you want to start posting your work, ...

It was a problem with the prestige system; some users were abusing it by logging in as guest and it gets tiring to have to look through the database to ...

Indeed. I'll base it on prestige and points, and so that I won't be biased, I'll use the database to figure it out since user ids are by number and ...

Been wondering who's been viewing your profile? Well now you can! Just go to your profile, click on the eye in the upper right hand corner of the profile itself, ...

You can now view everyone's points in the memberlist in all themes.

Our first monthly contest! The competition for the Member of the Month for December begins now (even though December has not started yet)! It will go on until December 31st, ...

Forgot to mention that all members start out with 100 points; moderators start out with 250 points (although 150 points will be subtracted for when it comes time to consider ...

For those familiar with TYWC or writing.com, the points system will seem very much alike to megabytes/gift points. At YWS, a member gains points by posting a new story, poem, ...