I am very pleased that you can keep this site going.
Dare I ask... will there be any investment of interest to build it up again? After all, it has been sadly neglected in recent years.

There's a very good chance we'll be getting an APP going in conjunction, which should give the site a welcome boost.

I know it's been rather neglected. I have never had the time to do LS properly let alone take on another site.

I've had an interesting call today from the guys who are porting over our sister site LS to a new platform. The CEO thinks it might be a good thing to do for all concerned, to keep this site going.

He is actually a published author, and likes that we have a "mainstream" publishing presence too.

So it now looks very much like I'll be able to keep the site going after all, with their help.

Thank you to those who put your ideas / suggestions forward as to how we could keep the community together.

I'm sorry this has been a bit of an emotional rollercoaster, taking a few twists and turns along the way. The whole experience has been rather stressful!

But it looks like we will be able to keep the community going for the long haul.

Thank you for your understanding.

Nicola

"For crying out loud." "Not a damn thing has been done."

Wow, what an attitude to have. Quite frankly, it stinks.

I've seen spam on international news sites, remain for days and days, and you complain that it isn't cleared up within 12 hours here, on a non-profit writing site, managed by a few volunteers? Quite remarkable.

The spam reports will go to more than one person in future, which should help.

I like to think that authors are a little more particular / discerning, about which publisher they sign up with.

Who in their right mind (unless broke), would want to sign up with a company, everyone in the industry considers a homogenous McPublisher (Amazon)?

Publishers tend to be specialists in certain genres, to try and be all encompassing, has fail written all over it.

I seriously can't see it ever happening. Fun article all the same, the usual from the NY Times!

Excellent work Gav! =d>

Congratulations to the winners, and thank you everyone for taking part.

Well done Alan, I meant to write a note on your entry, but forgot. Must be the aluminum pans

daffodil

Welcome Shelide.

You certainly are a creative soul.

"Beatrice and Virgil," Yann Martel. It's one of his follow up books after the success of "The life of Pi."

Interesting read so far, a few chapters in. Talented writer, that's for sure.

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