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Dog is good, all the time.
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: All the time, Dog is good.
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AW is #1
I can't cite this, because it's from a magazine, but....
I just got my May/June copy of Writer's Digest, which includes the 14th annual 101 Best Websites for Writers from this year's record setting 4,350 nominations from both WD readers and the writing community. #1 website listed under the subcategory "Online Writing Communities" is ABSOLUTE WRITE. Wooooot! Number One!!!! Yep. Well. Duh. Congrats, AW, MacAllister, and everyone else who makes this website so totally awesome. |
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Company Man
Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 6,210
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This forum is about writing? I should do more of that...
Congrats anyway AW!
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Hwee kaptoored eet for kayhosssssss
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: The Eye of Terror
Posts: 36,609
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Hurrah for AW!
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Dream Killer
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Middle of Nowhere, Utah
Posts: 11,535
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This is a great community and I'm so happy I found it.
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"Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid." — Albert Einstein I helped write this!!!!http://www.ibnbattuta.tv/ |
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Your Genial Uncle
Absolute Sage
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: New Hampshire
Posts: 21,576
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Writing? You mean this isn't the Fish Tacos Forum? Wait a minute! I have been misled!
(Congrats Mac, but also congrats to all our members. It wouldn't be a community without you.)
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The Girl in the Steampunk Hat
AW Moderator
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Non carborundum illegitimi
Posts: 25,431
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That's really my dog :)
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: NC
Posts: 10,766
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That's really cool!
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Reads more than she writes.
AW Moderator
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: in the Bouncy Castle
Posts: 8,127
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The Sparkle Catastropony is back!
AW Moderator
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: In the chatroom. Sometimes.
Posts: 13,194
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Absolutely fabulous!
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Lady Sparkles, Sparklepony, The Sparklepony of DOOOOOM, Sparkles, Sparkles McModderson, The Sparkler, Sparklegee, The Sparkling Portuguee... I think I see a pattern here. Oh, and Horny McPoarny. ![]() Where this is desire, there is gonna be a flame. Where there is a flame, someone's bound to get burned. But just because it burns, doesn't mean you're gonna die - You gotta get up and try. P!nk - Try *** Life getting you down? Come get a pick-me-up. ![]()
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MacAllister's Official Minion & Greeter
AW Moderator
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: The Prairies and Lakes
Posts: 4,263
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Congratulations, Mac! Well done, everyone!
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Mexico
Posts: 5,476
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you're welcome :3
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Has anyone seen mah bunniez?
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: doesn't play well with others
Posts: 8,528
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That's brilliant, it really is.
I know I wouldn't be where I am without AW.
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A bit of snow's better than nothing
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Lost in the Wyoming mountains. Don't try to rescue me.
Posts: 10,276
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Huzzah AW! Congrats and a big hug to MacAllister and the mods for making AW so wonderful.
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The Girl in the Steampunk Hat
AW Moderator
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Non carborundum illegitimi
Posts: 25,431
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This x 1,000,000.
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Pyongyang-bred heartthrob...
P&CE Ombudsman/Arbiter/Thingamajobbie
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Just north of the Maginot line
Posts: 33,349
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I believe most of the thanks should go to Cray.
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Order of the Dragon
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Michigan
Posts: 4,927
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We're #1!
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brat
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Transcending Canines
Posts: 17,683
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YAY!!!
I recall posts over the years about AW being in the "top ten online writer's websites" and stuff. Quote:
Oh my goodness! How could I have been here so long and never had a fish taco? Where do I stand in line to get my fish taco???
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Sophipygian
AW Moderator
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Chicago, Illinois USA
Posts: 7,246
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A lot of the credit should go to MacAllister and all the mods who keep AW civilized, no matter how varied its membership.
And I do appreciate your letting non-writers who spout irrelevancies hang around. |
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Lagrangian
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Between there and there
Posts: 7,156
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Huzzah!
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The Sparkle Catastropony is back!
AW Moderator
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: In the chatroom. Sometimes.
Posts: 13,194
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Lady Sparkles, Sparklepony, The Sparklepony of DOOOOOM, Sparkles, Sparkles McModderson, The Sparkler, Sparklegee, The Sparkling Portuguee... I think I see a pattern here. Oh, and Horny McPoarny. ![]() Where this is desire, there is gonna be a flame. Where there is a flame, someone's bound to get burned. But just because it burns, doesn't mean you're gonna die - You gotta get up and try. P!nk - Try *** Life getting you down? Come get a pick-me-up. ![]()
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Tell it like it Is
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: With my cats
Posts: 7,479
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I think Writer Digest choose AW as one of their tops picks each year, but it's wonderful to hear it's first this year. The thing I like about AW is that members who have experience in writing and/or publishing do not try and sugar coat things. MAC, Lisa, and all the moderators can be tough when need be, but they are fair and give people the benefit of the doubt before taking action. I also love the forum is well moderated.
Yeah, AW! |
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an Eric Dolphy fan
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: AW. A very nice place!
Posts: 8,315
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... congrats. Well deserved !
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Represent.
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Davis, CA
Posts: 5,427
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Congrats, Mac!
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bananaed
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: oontz oontz oontz oontz
Posts: 7,238
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