Submission Form 'Title' Section: Small Update

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Hey everyone,

Stopping by to inform everyone that a small line of text has been added to the title section of the submission form.

  • “(If submitting for the theme do not use the exact theme name as a title to avoid identically named submissions)”

The reason for this addition is that we’ve received several submissions on a regular basis with exactly the same title. This makes it difficult to display them on any listing where the author’s name isn’t present.

We might in the future revert this as we figure out how to display archive data with author names present, but in the meantime, we’ll try to follow this guideline. We’ll be working on a fix for the issue so that all used are free to name the work however they please.

Website Update: Grid!!!

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Website Update: Grid!!!

Hello all, I hope everyone is coping well with the current societal circumstances.

We have a new update on the website for you guys

As our audience increases dramatically on mobile and our percentage of desktop and laptop uses drops down significantly, we’ve opted into some additional optimizations for the mobile experience and navigation. This won’t negatively affect Desktop and Laptop users,

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The QueryLetter.com Contest

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Hello, all. Just wanted to stop by and share some information with everyone.

We were recently contacted by The QueryLetter.com about a contest they’re hosting. They wanted us to inform The Writers Club audience about it. Although, we personally aim to promote writing for the love of it instead of prizes, we figured it doesn’t hurt to pass along the message.

We usually stray away from financial incentives of this nature, so don’t expect this often.

This writing contest is all about book blurbs that are completely made-up.

Requirements include (but are not limited to):

  1. 100 word maximum.

  2. Work must be original!

  3. Must apply before September 15, 2020

You could find additional information on the contest HERE.

New Club Members Chris Platt and John C. Davis!

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We would like to give a thanks to both Chris Platt and John C. Davis for their continued support and participation in The Writers Club. Their consistent quality and output has gotten the attention of not only our team but several readers. Every new piece submitted is sought out by readers more than the last which proves growth in the ability of both of these fantastic writers. As a result, we’ve awarded them with the title of Member and made their literature more accessible alongside our other members.

Be sure to check out their respective bodies of work!

We hope all our writers continue to write and share when they feel up it. And we highly encourage our readers to take a shot as well!

Stay safe, stay indoors, stay clean, stay healthy. And remember to read and write!

Recent Pieces by Chris Platt

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Different Roads

…at the house through the windscreen and tried to gather his thoughts. This was it. It was time to admit everything and face the consequences. He knew what he had done was wrong. He knew he should have come sooner. It was time. Even if the outcome was bad for him, he would still…

By Chris Platt

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Vintage

…was in the pub with his friends. Every Friday night they would flock to the Nag’s Head, their local pub. They would laugh and talk and drink before staggering home to bed to sleep off the booze. They were all in their early twenties and had such busy social lives. There always…

By Chris Platt

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Challenging Times

… stepped through the double-doors and into the social club. He was puzzled for a moment by the darkness inside. He had arranged to play a few frames of pool with his brother in law and was due to…

By Chris Platt

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Recent Pieces by John C. Davis

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Keep Going

All of us have felt stuck at some point in our lives. The same forgiveness and compassion that we need to show for ourselves in our personal lives can be shown to a world that is hurting and looking for a solution.

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…all have a different reason for being stuck. There may be financial blocks. Maybe it is a consequence from our past. There may be self-esteem issues that have us believe we can’t do…

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The Extraordinary You

You're a gift to the world. Breathe that in. Feel it. Embrace it. Admit it

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…a bold stance to ask the universe to affirm your greatness. It’s a daring move to tell others that you’re…

By John C. Davis

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You Are Alone, and You Are Connected

I invite you to embrace your isolation as a time of self-exploration. Use this time to do something you have…

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…sitting on my back porch two days ago watching the ducks swimming on our pond. I was reminded about how nature takes care of itself. I was reminded that the ducks don’t need to worry about…

By John C. Davis

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Website Updates!

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Hey, all!

Just stopping by to let everyone know that The Writers Club's official website has a beautiful, sleek, new cover page to land on. If you share the “Home” page it'll retain the original web link, but if you share the “Cover Page” you'll see this lovely knew image. When you click through it you'll be taken to the new entrance to The Writers Club.

We'd like to thank Seth McAllister for consistently improving on our website as a whole and lending so much focus to The Writers Club specifically.

I hope you guys enjoy this knew design.


Difficult Times

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Hello all!

We at The Writers Club hope you and your families are all safe at home!

During these trying times where many of us find ourselves stuck at home, lost and sometimes scared, writing is what we turn to. Now more than ever I urge those willing to write to share their feelings through poetry and their thoughts through narratives and essays to comfort and provide entertainment to others who come through to read as a distraction. Let The Writers Club be the middle ground bridging the gap between those that rely on writing to escape and those that rely on reading to escape.

We hope that at the very least The Writers Club succeeds at taking your mind away from the anxiety induced state of affairs from recent weeks going forward into difficult times.

Thank you to all participating Writers and Readers.

Stay safe. Wash your hands. Avoid going outside if you don’t have to.

New Club Member, Sushant Thapa!

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We would like to thank Sushant Thapa for their continued support and participation in The Writers Club. Because of their consistent contribution, we’re awarding them Member Status and encourage you to check out their collections of literature.

Thanks to this writer the visiting readers have had plenty more to read.

We hope all our writers continue to write and share when they feel up it. And we highly encourage our readers to take a shot as well!

Recent Pieces by Sushant Thapa

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The Art Of Talking

…humble being from inside, wants to listen a lot. Listening is the passive form of talking, but I guess it is where we absorb the world. To understand and share our personality, one…

By Sushant Thapa

I Know Not...

…not an interpretation for everything. There is no reason why I am typing what I write or do not like. In an inner awakening, I have disliked life from what it is. I am an optimistic from definition. I wish good things to happen. All the time. It is a relief, but this showmanship is like an…

By Sushant Thapa

Slices Of Life

…air stopped blowing fiercely. Onlookers gathered in Frank’s room. He knew not. Those eyes of his neighbors were restless. They wanted Frank to stand on his feet, he had always been a carefree curious wanderer…

By Sushant Thapa

Website Updates!

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Hey guys,

A small change has been made to The Writers Club's main page.

In light of the large shift in how visitors reach the website and consume content (desktop to mobile), we’ve made a small change to the top and bottom of the Home page to make navigation smoother for mobile users.

Towards the top, you’ll notice the ‘Club Members’ section has been changed from columns to a dropdown compress the section and allow users to reach the submissions sooner. The Club Members section remains on top since we like to show off these writers for their commitment to the craft.

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Here is what to expect on desktop. (The dropdown is open to show how the list will appear.)

The dropdown is identical across all platforms in visuals and function.

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This is what can be expected on mobile. (closed dropdown.)

Similarly, Categories and Month Posts on the bottom of the Home page (Right Sidebar on Desktop) have been turned into dropdown menus to ease mobile navigation.

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This is a desktop view of the Categories and Posts by Month dropdown options on the Right Sidebar.

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Categories and Posts by Month on Mobile at the bottom of the page.

This is just a small convenience based change. We hope you have all been enjoying your time here in The Writers Club.

New Club Members!

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We would like to thank Alex Almeida and Alexander Zoltai for their continued support and participation in The Writers Club. Because of their consistent contribution, we’re awarding them Member Status and encourage you to check out their collections of literature.

Thanks to these writers the visiting readers have had plenty more to read.

We hope all our writers continue to write and share when they feel up it. And we highly encourage our readers to take a shot as well!

New Club Member!

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We would like to thank Robert L. Scarry for their continued support and participation in The Writers Club. Because of their consistent contribution, we’re awarding them Member Status and encourage you to check out their collections of literature.

Thanks to this writer the visiting readers have had plenty more to read.

We hope all our writers continue to write and share when they feel up it. And we highly encourage our readers to take a shot as well!

New Club Member!

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We would like to thank Mike Turner for their continued support and participation in The Writers Club. Because of their consistent contribution we’re awarding them Member Status and encourage you to checkout their collections of literature.

Thanks to this writer the visiting readers have had plenty more to read.

We hope all our writers continue to write and share when they feel up it. And we highly encourage our readers to take a shot as well!

New Club Members!

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We would like to thank RayFed and Moin Uddin for their continued support and participation in The Writers Club. Because of their consistent contribution we’re awarding them Member Status and encourage you to checkout their collections of literature.

Thanks to these two writers the visiting readers have had plenty more to read.

We hope all our writers continue to write and share when they feel up it. And we highly encourage our readers to take a shot as well!

New Shop

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Hello fellow readers and writers!

We’re happy to announce that we’ve added a section to The Writers Club that we’ve titled ‘Shop’ with the general purpose of directing our writers to resources at Amazon.com they can use to improve on writing. You’ll find a large selection of books to checkout focused on writing fiction, nonfiction, poetry, music and flash fiction. You’ll also find at the bottom some notebooks (for those more comfortable with pen and paper) and laptops.

You can find the Shop in the navigation bar at the top of any page in The Writers Club.

This has been made possible through the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.

So please, check these products out and maybe you’ll find something interesting!

Website Updates!

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Hey guys,

Just dropping in to let you all know some new updates have been made to The Writers Club and the entire Grey Thoughts website as a whole. A couple of new details are present that were not before. I’ll run down a couple of them right here for you.

  1. The website has been redesigned on both mobile desktop. One of the changes is that on Desktop the menu has been collapsed into a single button titled “Menu” which when highlighted shows all the options for moving around the website. On Mobile an icon to the top left opens the tab to see the menu and navigation can continue from there as usual. This will give the writers club a more detached feel from the rest of the website.

  2. Each page in The Writers Club now has a navigation system which can guide you to any part of the club. This is accessible even from within individual submissions.

  3. Clicking ‘The Writers Club’ banner will take you to the home page.

  4. On desktop the website has been narrowed and has a slimmer look and feel.

Those are just some of the new details added and changed to the website. Seth McAllister has been hard at work modifying and altering the little details to make things easier for visitors to the website and we appreciate him greatly.

Nice Features!!

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Hey there, readers and writers of The Writers Club!

Just wanted to say hi and let you know of some details about The Writers Club that aren’t normally addressed. We tend to keep quiet, but the big boss has instructed us to be a tad bit more vocal about The Writers Club so we’re doing that now!!

We just wanted to share some of the features we’re excited we’ve managed to get on The Writers Club.

Lets hop in.

  1. We’re extremely excited about the nifty translation add on we found. It functions on the entire website if you wander around, but it’s mainly implemented to assist individuals from around the world in accessing and reading the submissions on The Writers Club as well as any foreign writers we might have (which are many.)

    The translation option could be accessed on the upper right hand corner of the website from any page. A drop-down menu will contain all the possible languages to translate the website too.

  2. On the Submission Form page there is a tiny little button at the very button that’ll lead you to the Classic Submission Form which uses different software in the case that you are struggling with the current submission form. That’s just a nice additional option to have since not all browsers are equally friendly. This is another option added considering our visitors from around the world.

  3. The search bar at the top of The Writers Club is the most powerful tool next to the Categories Page. Searching up whatever interesting things you’d like to read will throw you down a great, fun rabbit hole of discovering new writers. It never gets old. I promise.

Those are just some of the interesting features and things to do on The Writers Club. And we will continue to support this platform and improve it for the foreseeable future. Better yet, anytime something new comes along you will all find out right here on The Writers Club Blog!

Thank you for going on this journey with us. Keep Writing. Keep reading. Keep creating.