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Noticing Newbies: August 14, 2013 Issue [#5840]

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Noticing Newbies


 This week: Keeping In Touch
  Edited by: Sara♥Jean Author IconMail Icon
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1. About this Newsletter
2. A Word from our Sponsor
3. Letter from the Editor
4. Editor's Picks
5. A Word from Writing.Com
6. Ask & Answer
7. Removal instructions

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Letter from the editor

Keeping In Touch
WdC offers tons of ways to get to know one another, and then keep in touch. Here are just a few!


Yes, Writing.Com is certainly a writing website, but it also offers a way to get to know people. It is a community built around people, for people, by people. As such, there are many ways to connect, so here are a few!

1. Instant Messenger/Scroll
On the left sidebar, there is a little square chat bubble beneath the first box. If you have not yet discovered Scroll, you are missing loads of fun. There are word games, people to chat with, GPs to be earned, and fun to be had.


2. Forums
Forums on all different topics are found all over the site. You can engage in conversations about writing, politics, contests, reviewing, blogging, raffles, and many other topics. Just look on the sidebar under "Browse by Type", choose forums, and then put in your favorite topic. You never know what you may find.


3. Groups
Groups are very much like forums, except that they are often closed, and their forums can only be seen by members. It is a more private setting, rather than a public one, to share common interests. Again, "Browse by Type", choose groups, and then put in your favorite topic. Some groups allow anyone to join, some you need to email the owner, but get on out there!.


4. Facebook
Oh yes, WdC is on facebook! They link us to newsletters, stir up our imaginations with fun questions, allow us to connect to others outside of WdC, maybe even members that haven't logged in for a while, and need some encouragement. Poke them, nudge them, encourage them, and get your creative juices flowing.


5. Twitter
Some prefer the shorter posts on Twitter. Much the same as Facebook, it allows members to connect outside of the site, and spread our writing virus all over the internet to affect other people. Take a peek!


Editor's Picks

Here are some ways to interact with other members of the site. Visit a few, find some of your own, create one of your own... have fun!

Daily Flash Fiction Challenge Open in new Window. (13+)
Enter your story of 300 words or less.
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Join the fun! We inspire reviewers through kindness and learning! Winner of eight Quills!
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FORUM
Writing.Com General Discussion Open in new Window. (13+)
A message forum for general discussion. Please come and chat with others!
#100931 by Writing.Com Support Author IconMail Icon


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Noticing Newbies Open in new Window. (13+)
A warm welcome to our newbies; come meet new and not-so-new members of Writing.Com!
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 BLOG RING Open in new Window. (13+)
Do you wish more members would read and comment on your Blog? Here's how.
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Ask & Answer

My last newsletter talked about finding your quiet place. "Noticing Newbies Newsletter (July 17, 2013)Open in new Window. Here are some of the responses:

Marci Missing Everyone Author Icon said, "Great suggestion about taking time to relax. Although I'm a very inactive person due to disability, my mind tends to do the overactive thing when all is quiet in my house. I find taking some deep breaths during quiet meditation really help."

My brain seems to never stop, it feels like sometimes. Taking deep breaths does help a ton, more than one would think.

JACE Author Icon said, "Right on! Seems like such a simple concept, Sara Jean. It amazes me how hard it is to relax when you're worked up. Usually I work myself into that frenzy when I'm excited about a story ... and hit that proverbial wall--where do I go now?

Then it's time to put that story away for a couple days and forget about it. Relaxing means don't even think about it for a while.

Great newsletter, my lady.

Jace"

It is incredibly hard to relax once worked up. There are those people who can simply let it roll off and be happy again within a few minutes, I really do want to learn their secret. I need much more time.

Thank you, my dear. *Smile*


jim1184 Author Icon said, "This Newsletter is spot on. I am late reading it. House remodeling is taking it's toll. I have internet back so my relax formula is operational again. I have special music on YouTube set aside for events in chapters. I start most secessions with Enigma, Mea Culpa (platinum version) Then on to Loreena McKennitt for Fantasy. Short change hero for Adventure. Everybody has there own muse."

This is such an awesome idea! Training your brain to be in certain moods depending on the music. Thank you so much for sharing! (And I forgive you for reading it late. *Smile* )

zarkianmouse Author Icon said, "Ya know, I actually have an idea with how to find my quiet place which can help with writer's bloc. When I sit/lie down on my bed when I'm bored, sometimes I will take out my mp3 and start to listen to music. Whether it's Daughtry or Vangelis doesn't matter because either way it relaxes me and seriously, music is a great way to get ideas. A song lyric or a note could strike a cord deep inside you and then you can write a masterpiece."

You are very right, and not the first to mention music. Awesome thoughts.

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What is your favorite way to socialize online with other writers?


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