November is National Novel Writing Month! It's a challenge where by the end of the month, you have written a novel of 50,000 words done. Link: http://www.nanowrimo.org/ I'm Barsook there. This is my first year and I would like challenge you to th...
It's been two years, folks. So.... What do you want to see the group like at the end of this 3rd? Smaller? Bigger? More Active? More calcium? Less filling? Organically certified? I'm listening.
Hear Ye, Hear Ye! Please stand for the Right Honorable Svetla, new PWoC Admin. Seeing how she's a positive, regular, technical, creative member of our community, I've drafted her (that's right - she didn't volunteer or solicit). I'll be going o...
Ayasofya (Hagia Sophia) What else is there to say? Share images of your Frozen Poetry
... okay, more like guidelines. But you'll get the idea, hear me out. First off, as the group's administrator I am not: a dictator a legislator a judge a policeman a referee a negotiator a paid Chess.comstaff member your Dad Having said tha...
...or so one would suspect with Valentine's Day lurking just around the corner. Some of you will no doubt be overcome with the urge to gush poetic - either in the Romantic variety, or the Tragic variety (or perhaps even Comedic?). Well, I've ded...
I got some messages. I made some requests. I got results. (thanks kohai) Water under the bridge. -Writch
This one I came across where he (HectorRM) used an old chess.com Christmas theme but Hector added the vitage cards inthe background. It had a nice "homey" feel I couldn't resist to share.
Everyone please thankour multi-talented and gracious Ms. Chess_kebabs for this season's decorations.
Not really. I haven't got the time or energy. But just like gifts, "... it's the thought that counts!" Right? Happy Holidays, folks. (It had to be said.)
If you happened to notice PWoC's apparent diminishing numbers... Fear not! It is not an expulsion or an exodus. I'm just cleaning out the names of folks who's chess.com accounts have been closed or haven't logged into the site for over 9 mont...
Greetings Shiney Happy People! I have a new idea we're going to try: a stickied topic for Blog Update announcements. I'm going to call it the Blog Log. I've noticed in the Notes that occasionally people announce this type of thing here, and that...
Hello, Writers! And a Happy Thanksgiving Greeting to all the Americans on board. There's been a lot of new folks of late and so I just wanted to post a refresher reminder or two about general guidelines on the topics that are put up dedicated to...
Greetings, Folks. As some of you may be aware, since Rael left, it looks like I'm the sole Admin of this group and a SuperAdmin at that. That hefts the entire responsibility of the care and feeding of this delicate tropical orchid that I affectio...
For some reason, the settings for notes and forums stuff went non-public. I changed them back. In the future if anyone has trouble posting in the PWoC Forums, drop me a message? Kthx.Writch
I've started a new sticky thread called The Graffitti Wall - Notes writ large. This will be the place to carry-on those longer, drawn out discussions that start on the Notes, or simply where you need more space (or formatting options for emphasis...
As you may have heard the buzz, Rael has elected to take a break or leave - which exactly I don't know because I was as surprised as the rest of you and found out for the first time here: Rael's Account Closed. If you want to voice something, wit...
Hey Writers (lurkers and actives alike)! Take a peek over in the Forums for the start of an active online writing group. If after following the activity in this group for a while, you feel impelled - nay, compelled - to join, send me (Writch) a ...
Despite the occult sounding name, this sub-group isn't anything Wiccan or even nefarious. Although it is about "Writchcraft:" Writing With A Purpose. What I’m calling for is a gathering of writer-folk into a small group for practice. That...
Let's just forray this and let it sit, steam, sweat and stew. Absurd at first, of course, to think that our motley crew of chess players consorting in this incidental location in cyberspace, for no more cause than the correlative love of the game ...
As you may be aware, Queen LOB announced in a Forum post that a couple pawns have been promoted to Knight-admins here at Poets and Writers of Chess.com (PWoC). We're IJReilly and Writch and we've got some ideas that we hope will help liven-up the ...
Ello everyone This is your Admin Aoife speaking Now that we've had time to get a feel for each other's styles we think we're all ready for our first themed competition!The theme will be.. *drum roll* CHESS!Now I know this may shock some of you....
