Comments for A Month of Letters

Comment on What do you want to see for next year? by Rosie

Rosie — Sun, 12 May 2013 09:18:23 +0000

plus Australia or Oceania (to include New Zealand and countires in the area)

Comment on The Month of Letters in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution by Barb

Barb — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 04:30:51 +0000

Great concept! So glad to have found you. You might enjoy a recent post at http://www.ritewhileucan.com/more-is-less-no-more-giving-up/ that tells the story of how a mother and daughter decide to write a letter for each day of Lent. Ripple effect guaranteed. Write on!

Comment on Day 26: Fountain Pens and Typewriters, favorite old-school writing tools by Kathy Redman

Kathy Redman — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 08:15:42 +0000

I have two beautiful fountain pens made by Faber-Castell. I bought them when I lived in Singapore – where the writing bug bit me. I keep one filled with royal blue ink and the other black ink. When I pick them up I know it’s time to shift gears.. a little slower, a littler more centered. What happens when I use those pens changes lives.

Comment on The Month of Letters in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution by Barbara McKinnon

Barbara McKinnon — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 23:20:39 +0000

Great article. I also sent a letter request.

Comment on The Month of Letters in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution by Angela

Angela — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 17:57:50 +0000

The comment about cursive being hard made me whimper a little, but that’s not why I’m commenting today. That reason is: Congrats on 1800 site members!

Comment on What do you want to see for next year? by Penman

Penman — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 05:23:34 +0000

I would suggest using a more readable color for items in the sidebar and the names and dates on the above posts, and in the profiles. I never did understand why most of the text was black but a few items would be in the pale turquoise like color. At least on my computer screen the color was very hard to read against the white of the computer screen.

Really, I think this is a fantastic site, a fantastic idea, and a great place to make new friends.

Comment on What do you want to see for next year? by Penman

Penman — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 05:17:04 +0000

I think it is a great idea, being able to know what country a participant is from. I participated last year and believe it was listed with the user name, but not this year.

Comment on What do you want to see for next year? by fly

fly — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 01:28:57 +0000

Indie authors are easier to reach. Of course, if they have an email address, you can always email them and say “Hey, is there an address to send snail fan mail?” and you may be surprised to find out what you get. If you can email them, most will reply back or give you something.

Part of why I like this challenge is that it’s not easy.

Comment on What do you want to see for next year? by Helen

Helen — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 00:06:37 +0000

Loved this project! Thank you @Mary & all who I've "met" here! A birthday section might be nice. I'm still going to be writing all year & I'd love to send out cards! Also, is there a way to organize time sensitive requests (birthdays or otherwise)?

Comment on What do you want to see for next year? by Helena Fearnley

Helena Fearnley — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 21:00:54 +0000

I loved the leaderboards! But maybe next year the “Total Items Mailed” section of the ‘Post’ page could have a little more relevance? It didn’t contribute to our “Letters” tally, or our “Total Items Mailed” score, I would have had to make several posts a day to get these to reflect correctly!

It’s also a shame that a lot of the things we enter into the ‘Post’ page aren’t reflected when we look at our “Letters” page – unless I’m missing something, all we have is the text we entered! It would be nice to look over the letters page and say, “Oh, I mailed X items that day…” or, “Oh, that was the day I tried mailing an Austen style letter internationally!”

I also had a few tiny issues with the ‘Post’ page after hitting Publish. I often got an error message telling me I didn’t have sufficient permissions to access the page. Everything posted, though. I also have had an alert since I unlocked my final achievements which I simply can’t banish!

HOWEVER. The project is fabulous, and everything that I needed to complete it works fine. And I’ll definitely be on board next year, too!