It would be something we would have to plan for around Christmas if we start now! But we can do things on a smaller scale certainly. All the banners and stuff have an approval process to go through....BUT we can plan whatever we want through our club forum with just Stormy's approval. less

Character Limits on the Forum

There are character counts on each portion of the thread - the main post and all of the comments thereafter.

The word count is roughly 800 words, but the character count is 8,000 with or without spaces. This also includes any formatting.

That probably will not change because it's essentially the same template for the review program.

However, there are ways around it.

One way is to run your document through a word processor to get the character count, divide that by 8(000) and that will be how many tabs you'll need open.

Once you post the main body, in rapid succession open the thread in the other tabs and post the next sections sequentially.

If done quickly enough, it will prevent anyone the change to comment before the whole thing is posted.

Perfect Example: Community Chronicle

I didn't have any magic powers or anything. Just fast fingers. less

It would be something we would have to plan for around Christmas if we start now! But we can do things on a smaller scale certainly. All the banners and stuff have an approval process to go through....BUT we can plan whatever we want through our club forum with just Stormy's approval. less

Well hells bells we need a new project. We had such a let down after the book project was finished and sent in.

So we can plan a Poetry Open
A longer story writing competition
A short story competition
Some non-fiction types of writings

All of these would take some planning but sound amazing as a next minor project. less

Oh hell yes, I have a problem with the Monday night time frame for meetings. I have been diagnosed with stage 1 hypertension and my family thinks it's a point of pride that they all have heart attacks before age 50. I would like to not do this! I usually go River Walking with Mistress Dragon and Izzaba on Mondays at 7pm.

I would love to reschedule the meetings for either earlier in the day....by even two hours earlier would be amazing. Or even on another day.
I would like to start a poll to get some ideas about what time would be the best for the most people. less

Oh hell yes, I have a problem with the Monday night time frame for meetings. I have been diagnosed with stage 1 hypertension and my family thinks it's a point of pride that they all have heart attacks before age 50. I would like to not do this! I usually go River Walking with Mistress Dragon and Izzaba on Mondays at 7pm.

I would love to reschedule the meetings for either earlier in the day....by even two hours earlier would be amazing. Or even on another day.
I would like to start a poll to get some ideas about what time would be the best for the most people. less

Ummm... I think I might be the only person on this side of the planet so please. Do not take me into account if everyone else would like earlier meetings.

I am usually up at about 430am, I just need to find a way to be reminded when I wake up that we have a meeting! less

Ok so I will get us a good old fashioned meeting recap done and posted probably by early tomorrow. Don't forget to check back because I'm also gonna list the suggestions and invite some discussion.
I'll make the topics:
Poetry (whatever you want to write...surprise us)
Vacation stories (Fiction/Non-fiction)
Open Topic (whatever strikes your writing fancy)

I'll also post a voting poll for time frame for the Eden Lit club. SO be sure to weigh in on when it would be best for you to attend. less

Ok so I will get us a good old fashioned meeting recap done and posted probably by early tomorrow. Don't forget to check back because I'm also gonna list the suggestions and invite some discussion.
I'll make the topics:
Poetry (whatever you want to write...surprise us)
Vacation stories (Fiction/Non-fiction)
Open Topic (whatever strikes your writing fancy)

I'll also post a voting poll for time frame for the Eden Lit club. SO be sure to weigh in on when it would be best for you to attend. less

I handed over my pasport beginning of June, signed new contracts mid-June, have to wait for the lazy man in the FAO office to have gotten off his ass and do his job. We are still waiting for the Experts Bureau to give me my Experts Certificate which is the hold up (well that or the FAO official still hasn't submitted- he hates foreigners so it really could be that) then another week at the police station to get my new visa.

To be honest, I am a worry wort. And will all that is going on in China at the moment... I am kind of afraid that they are looking to meet a quota of foreigners to deport. And me being me, I worry, so I am wickedly afraid I am going to get deported. I don't know why I would, but this is just the fear of waiting such a long time to get the paperwork done.

In 2008, millions of foreigners were sent home because they changed jobs or something else minorly silly, but the government waited till the day my visa expired to say anything. So I am freakishly paranoid and freaking out about it. less