As a way to track your progress, we have achievement stamps to hand out for you. Just report in daily about what you mailed and start collecting stamps for your profile. (You do have to be signup for the challenge to collect stamps.)
You get points for the number of days that you send mail. We track this by the number of times you fill out the form, so please only use this form once per day. You can also record how many items you sent each day. Plus there are some bonus actvities like, “Austen-style” or “international.”
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- Austen-style — A letter written as though it were the early 1800s. Folded, sealed with wax and perhaps written with a quill.
- International — You sent mail to someone in another country.
- Package — You mailed a package.
- Reply — You replied to a letter you received.
- Used a new mailbox — This is for the postal explorer. Try sending your missives from different mailboxes to get to know your neighborhood.
- Valentine — You sent a valentine.
Check out the different challenges and quests that we have for you.
Please note: Only reports made in the form above will count toward unlocking achievements. Comments below are purely social.
Mister Charlie said on February 21, 2013
For next year, I suggest this form would work much better if it had a date field, instead of using the timestamp when I fill in the form. I tried to fill it in for my mailing on Wednesday, but the site was broken. By the time I could come again, it was tomorrow, so I have missed being able to report the sending a letter on Wednesday.
If the form had a date field I could fill in, it would also let me put the right data in for the first 10 days or so of the month when I didn’t realize this form was here.
Mary Robinette Kowal said on February 21, 2013
It does not use a timestamp, it just counts the number of times you filled it out. So, you can fill in the first ten days simply by posting ten times.
Can you use the contact form and let me know what you mean by “the site was broken” on Wednesday? This is the only report I’ve seen that anything was wrong.
Mister Charlie said on February 24, 2013
Oh well, I’ve already posted once with a count of 10 items, or whatever the exact number was at that time. Getting the exact right “achievement” score isn’t so important so I’m not going to worry about it.
I sent you a “contact” message, but FWIW the site was giving a database connection error at about 10:17 pm Eastern time on the 20th.
Carolina P. said on February 22, 2013
What does the “Girls Love Mail” check box refers to? Is it an achivement?
Mary Robinette Kowal said on February 22, 2013
It is, but we haven’t posted the achievement yet.
Lisa Dalton said on February 22, 2013
I just clicked it because I sent a couple things to Girls Love Mail after valentine’s day. I have a couple more in the works for this weekend. Thanks for adding that as an achievement. http://www.girlslovemail.com/
Ria Cabral said on February 26, 2013
im having a problem where i report to send for the day but it doesnt show up. how can i fix it?
Melissa said on February 28, 2013
Odd – I sent mail every day and logged them here – I even kept track on a piece of paper to make sure I didn’t miss any – but when I check my total it’s only showing 14 pieces of mail
Mary Robinette Kowal said on February 28, 2013
Darn it. I’m sorry about that.
Diana said on February 28, 2013
I kind of have the same problem. I didn’t fill in the form everyday but I did make sure to check that the right number of items sent was listed. But it just count them as one.
Mary Robinette Kowal said on February 28, 2013
Sorry about that. The form does say that it tracks the number of days by the number of times you filled out the form. I’ll go find your profile and unlock the achievement for you.
Melissa said on February 28, 2013
not the end of the world – I just don’t get my winner.
thanks for putting this together!
Mary Robinette Kowal said on February 28, 2013
I unlocked it for you. Did you still not get the achievement?
Melissa said on February 28, 2013
just got it a short time ago – thanks for my “gold star”
Diana said on February 28, 2013
thank you
that is very kind
petrini1 said on February 28, 2013
I’m having similar issues. My records show 153 items sent, but the leaderboard shows 132. The site isn’t counting them up. Or I did something wrong when I recorded them. And it hasn’t unlocked the Winner badge, though I did send mail each day.
On the other hand, it says I sent mail 26 days! I didn’t start early, so that’s got to be wrong. I can’t see all of my posts for what I mailed, so I can’t tell if I accidentally hit enter twice.