Litmocracy Forums

Abandoned Car in Field Cries Out for Justice

2008-05-30T01:26:25-05:00

<<Julia’s tireless work to get me to fix things around here has finally paid off.

I’m kind of embarrassed because do you have any idea how long it took me to even find the FORUM????

If I have to put in any more tireless work I’m going to have to get rid of my car!!!

Listen, I’ll just come over. I’ll have this whole thing all fixed up for you over the next long weekend.

Sigh.

J. Tireless Car Colterjohn

Confused

2008-02-04T09:03:41-05:00

I can’t figure out the new system. When I click on “Post” I am told I have to add five pieces to my list before I can post one. Okay, I looked through the site and added six to my list. I am still not allowed to post. Please tell me how to post.

New front page!!!

2008-05-12T01:32:03-05:00

I suggest we have a litmag style front page with news and updates and a list that posts links to the top story or piece, as voted in each category, so you can see your work and name in the spotlight. As new pieces are voted to the top, they will replace the old pieces (some of which will be “retired” into Literal Translations) and we will have a fluid changing magazine style front.

Writing for kids?

2007-02-24T19:38:41-05:00

Hey Dave, how about a category for Kid’s Lit?
(Got this idea from your comment on Glutton’s story.)

I’m taking a writing course from the Institute of Children’s Literature. It’s quite interesting trying to write for kids; there’s a surprising amount of discipline involved. I didn’t sign up for the course specifically because I wanted to write for kids, but just because I wanted to force some structure into my writing habits, and it’s been (I think) really good for me. You HAVE to pay attention to word count limits, you can’t use 40 dollar words, you don’t get to write black, depressing, “adult”, totally negative stuff. You have to develop characters within the parameters of the age group you’re trying to write for.

In short, it takes all the fun out of writing! That’s why I’m, uh, late with my current assignment.
I’ve been hanging around Litmocracy too much…

But still, seriously, it might be something to consider, somehow.

I’m going to check into the fridge magnets tonight… been really busy and when not, indulging self by surfing around and posting here. Whee! (heh heh)

Literal Translations Orders

2006-12-18T22:37:19-05:00

Dave,

I’d like to suggest adding a selection box to the Literal Translation Order page, to input the number of copies one wants to order. I’d like to be able to order one for my mum and my auntie and my grand-parents...without filling out 3 order forms.

what do you think?

Calling for a new link

2006-12-03T00:31:34-05:00

Greetings and salutations,

I would like to make a suggestion for a new link.

As new members join Litmocracy and allow us to discover new styles and more diversified reading, I find myself wanting to read more of the same.

By this I mean that when I really like a piece, I’d like to be able to read more stories (or news, or poems etc) submitted by that member. There already exists a function allowing us to view all forum posts submitted by a member; would it be possible to add a link that would allow us to see all submissions by a specific member?

The results could appear just like they do when performing a search, a list of links to the submissions along with the first few lines.

Maybe this isn’t possible, but I thought I’d ask in case it is and other people think it’s a good idea.

Ghost users?

2006-12-02T01:17:53-05:00

Am I the only one who noticed that the site stats will sometimes list more users logged in than are actually listed?

Like right now, it says there are 5 Total Logged-In Users, but only two show up in the list. And there are no anonymous users. Do these extra 3 users represent people logged in to the Post function but not to the page?

Just wonderin’…

--Edit--
I’ve just confirmed that is not the case by logging in to Post and logging out of the main page. I do not appear as logged in in the site stats. When coming back to the Forum from the Post app, I do however appear as anonymous automatically. The mystery deepens!!

blogging the underpublished

2006-10-21T21:17:55-05:00

Literary blogs - even prestigious literary blogs (http://lbc.typepad.com) seem kind of pointless to me - like a bunch of best seller reading junkies chatting about best sellers. I don’t see much difference between them and sports bloggers or soap opera bloggers. I mean, if you really want to contribute something to the field of creative writing (and you don’t do creative writing yourself) then why not blog about UNpublished writers. THEY could use the mention.

So...I would like a blog that concerns UNpublished writers who would like to become published writers. I got no use for blogging about best sellers, and best selling authors got no use for whatever bloggers might say about them anyway. But I have a great use for blogging about how to get published.

Litmocracy seems like an ideal place to have a continuing discussion (blog) on this subject. The writers and editors here are pretty serious about what they do, and pretty good at it. What do you think?

Editing and Quoting in the forum

2006-10-01T14:34:25-05:00

For some reason, I cannot get the EDIT or QUOTE buttons to work when in a forum thread. Both go to a blank page, suggesting that there is an error in the page. This occurs in both IE and FF.

Just a couple small things.

2006-08-24T13:39:44-05:00

Just a couple of things I noticed that you’re probably already working on, Dave. (There’s always a few last things.)

[*] Link from forums back to workshop.
[*] Is the writing circle now wide open (usergroup-wise)? Either way the instructions should probably be changed.

Everything else I’ve looked at works just fine. Good job!