The new site allows me to see in its reporting data who is using the site the most. It makes for interesting reading. Whilst Mark and I are almost at the top of the tree we are being beaten by two other people. In at number two is the ubiquitous Tyler King (look it up son) but who do you think is Number One?

That's the list of real people though - by far the most popular is 'anonymous' i.e those who read whilst not logged in - so far they've knocked up over 406000 pages!

This really is rather poignant now.

Mo was one of the very first writers on this site - and her husband, Jon Norton, is still the Chair of the ABCtales Foundation charity.

She wrote on Whisky in order to help us to publicise the site at the very outset:

http://www.abctales.com/node/528699

Mo was a fine and feisty character whose work in Northern Ireland and elsewhere has left a fine legacy. She is greatly missed.

Hey everyone

I'm a new "author" and have just joined this site to look for some feedback on the first few pages of what I like to pretentiously refer to as my novel. Never shown it to anyone before, so you ought to feel privileged. Just like being at a blockbuster premier...

If anyone would be so kind as to offer me some honest feedback (go on, I can take it!) I'd be really grateful.

Thank you sooo much!

Sarah

Loads of wonderful wonderful work going on from 'gingeresque'. Just check out any of it.

Also a new, rather quirky, piece from pjwho that I greatly enjoyed:

http://www.abctales.com/pjwho/diamonds

Now select your favourites from the gingeresque new bits!

A couple of you have sent donations in the past week - and I am very grateful to you both. It really does help to keep us going. Right now we have to pay for the new site (although fingers has been incredibly generous with his time) and all donations are especially welcome!

Saturday, in accordance with his wishes, Hunter S. Thompson's ashes blasted into the sky from a specially built canon and exploded in a display of fireworks over the Rockies. Evidently, Johnny Depp foot the bill for the canonization and party, some $2 million. There was no mention in the news reports of their playing the Byrd's version of Mr. Tamborine man, which had been part of his wish as recorded in a late 70s documentary. Other than that, it all went as he would have wanted.

like it a lot.