Any news will be added here; anything new happening in The Lounge etc.

ONLY ADMIN & MODERATORS TO POST HERE.

June 13th, 2009:

The Lounge is created, then deleted because of a glitch, and remade.

June 13th, 2009:

The topics:

Introduce Yourself, Chat Room, and Advertise/Recommend Stories and REQUESTS! are made by ranDUMM the Admin.

Topics deleted: REQUESTS!

Topics made:

-The Lounge Newspaper, for any news to be posted.

-Challenges: Challenges that anyone can take part it; just reply and say that you are taking part in the challenge.

Challenges: NEW CHALLENGE POSTED! The Loner Pie Challenge. Check Challenges thread for more information.

12:15PM, 14/7/09, OUR FORUM, THE LOUNGE, HAS REACHED SPOT #70 OUT OF 1552! :D *hands everyone in forum muffins*

Everyone, please put this just this topic on your subscription list so you know what's going on.

Also, spread the word! We're almost at 200 posts, almost at the #50 mark! EVERYONE is welcome to join in the fun! :D

4:18PM, 14/7/09, 237 posts, spot #50! Well done guys!

Sometime in the midst of yesterday...

We reached spot #45! Well done guys! :D

We reached 560 posts, and spot #39! :D

There has been a poll added to the 'Chat Room' thread. Please check it out and vote.

OUT OF 1556 FORUMS, WE HAVE REACHED #35!! *CHEERS* :D

A new poll has been added to The Chat Room. Poll voting ends at 12:00PM [Australian time, which is about 7PM according to the time on this site].

VOTING IN THE POLL HAS NOW CLOSED. THE END TOTAL IS AS FOLLOWS:

WOULD YOU RATHER: 71% [5 VOTES]

STORY GAME: 28% [2 VOTES]

THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO VOTE :)

A New Topic has been made! It is called: Would You Rather. Please see Topic for details.

WE HAVE REACHED 1000 POSTS!! HighOnBrokenWings made the 1000th comment at 12:06AM [according to site time] ON THE 17/7/09. HER COMMENT IS AS FOLLOWS:

HAh!

Oh well...

CONGRATULATIONS EVERYONE! :D

Just a reminder that you have 3HOURS left to get your stories in for this week's challenge. Nainaaa will be putting up the challenge sometime soon. Remember to PM me, or leave me a note in the Challenge topic if you want to do the Challenge next Sunday.

WITCH ROBYN will be doing the challenge this week. Remember, you have THREE DAYS to write your challenge. :D

Congratulations to Fleur-de-lis Evans, a friend of mine, for becoming moderator!! :D:D

TOPIC: A Guide to Letting the Words Flow - An Inside Guide to Fictionpress

CREATOR: Fleur-de-lis Evans

PURPOSE: To guide authors of fictionpress in the ways of the forums, the accounts, and the site itself.

A new topic has been created by ranDUMM called 'Register'.

This is so that if you ever forget someone, or something about them, this thread will help you remember! :D

PLEASE POST ACCORDING TO THE RULES, ONCE.

Congratulations everyone! WE HAVE NOW REACHED #25 ON THE LIST OF FORUMS, MAKING US ON THE VERY FRONT PAGE!!! WELL DONE GUYS! :D And we only have 21 posts until we reach #24 :)

TOPIC: Vintage Rack - Links and other recommendations

CREATED BY: Fleur-de-lis Evans

PURPOSE: Need a place to post the recommendation of books, youtube videos, etc. Here's the place.

REMEMBER EVERYONE: YOU ONLY HAVE 11 HOURS LEFT TO GET YOUR CHALLENGE IN; THE NEXT WEEKS CHALLENGE WILL BE BY WITCH ROBYN.

The next challenge by Witch Robyn has been posted - remember to stop by and check it out!

Next week, Raingypsy's challenge will be posted. Remember to PM either myslef or Fleur-de-lis Evans if you have a challenge to post.

Since the idea discussed in Ideas! has received so much encouraging feedback, we have decided to go ahead with it.

THE END OF THE MONTH ENDS THIS FRIDAY THE 30TH OF JULY. SUNDAY WILL BE THE LAST DAY TO GIVE IN YOUR STORIES FOR THIS CHALLENGE. THE NEXT CHALLENGE WILL BE POSTED ON SUNDAY, AND THAT WILL ALSO BE THE SIGNAL FOR YOU TO START THINKING ABOUT YOUR TOP 3 FAVOURITE STORIES. PLEASE PM ME OR FLEUR WITH YOUR TOP THREE CHOICES, SO THAT WE CAN DECIDE THE WINNER.

A REMINDER WILL BE POSTED UP ON SUNDAY EVENING, ALONG WITH THE CHALLENGE.

:)

REMINDER: There is ONE day left to get your story in for the current challenge! Raingypsy's challenge will be up tomorrow :)

You have ten hours to go to post your challenge up before Raingypy's challenge is posted :)

A new topic called 'Need A Review?' has been made by ranDUMM. This is a topic for people in need of a review to request one. Remember to be nice - you only get a review if you give a review!

Changes have been made to the topic "Advertise Your Stories."

I have gone through and made sure each entry follows this template:

Author:

Title:

Rating:

Summary:

(Optional) Excerpt:

And that every story is only advertised ONCE!

(Oh and everyone who posted has recieved a review from me!)

OOPS SORRY!

There is a poll up on both the threads Chat Room and Challenges, for you guys to vote for your THREE favourite challenge entries from the last three weeks! Voting closes on Sunday the 8th of August.

PLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASE, as we need to determine three winners. Thanks guys!

And if you ever get a spare moment, try out the challenge for this week! :) Or read other people's challenge entries - everyone loves a review!

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