Writing Sprints November 3-7

Sunday, 2 November 2025 16:02
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what’s a 1k1h?|| time zone converter || 1k1h Calendar

All sprints are run on Discord only. You can find our Discord server here.


Monday ( time zone converter)

5am PT/ 8am ET/ 1pm UTC Mrsimoshen 

8am PT/ 11am ET/ 4pm UTC Max

11am PT/ 2pm ET/ 7pm UTC        LittleMissTPK

1pm PT/ 4pm ET/ 9pm UTC LittleMissTPK

5pm PT/ 8pm ET/ 1am Tues UTC Treefrogie84

7pm PT/ 10pm ET/ 3am Tues UTC Joe


Tuesday ( time zone converter)

8am PT/ 11am ET/ 4pm UTC Alec

11am PT/ 2pm ET/ 7pm UTC PreciousAnon

7pm PT/ 10pm ET/ 3am Wed UTC Alec

9pm PT/ 12am Wed ET/ 5am Wed UTC NotTooLateForTheGame


Wednesday ( time zone converter)

5am PT/ 8am ET/ 1pm UTC Mrsimoshen 

8am PT/ 11am ET/ 4pm UTC Max

11am PT/ 2pm ET/ 7pm UTC        PreciousAnon

1pm PT/ 4pm ET/ 9pm UTC Treefrogie

5pm PT/ 8pm ET/ 1am Thur UTC LittleMissTPK

7pm PT/ 10pm ET/ 3am Tues UTC Alec


Thursday ( time zone converter)

5am PT/ 8am ET/ 1pm UTC Mrsimoshen

8am PT/ 11am ET/ 4pm UTC Alec

11am PT/ 2pm ET/ 7pm UTC PreciousAnon 

5pm PT/ 8pm ET/ 1am Fri UTC Alec

7pm PT/ 10pm ET/ 3am Fri UTC Alec

9pm PT/ 12am Fri ET/ 5am Fri UTC NotTooLateForTheGame


Friday ( time zone converter)

5am PT/ 8am ET/ 1pm UTC Mrsimoshen

8am PT/ 11am ET/ 4pm UTC Max

5pm PT/ 8pm ET/ 1am Sat UTC Alec

7pm PT/ 10pm ET/ 3am Sat UTC Alec



Sign Up October 31 - November 2!

Friday, 31 October 2025 00:15
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[personal profile] formidablepassion posting in [community profile] weekendwritingmarathon

SIGN UP!!

Need to get some words in? The Weekend Writing Marathon (WWM) is a writing challenge designed to help you do just that. You set your own writing goal for the weekend and work to achieve it before reporting back to the group on Sunday night.


How do I participate?

1. Reply to this post with your weekend writing plans–be as specific (or not) as you’d like.

2. Start writing on Friday 12:01 am local time. Work to meet your goal by Sunday night at 11:59 pm local time. You can work on whatever you want during this time.

3. Post your accomplishments to the Finish Line post at the end of the weekend (even if you didn’t reach your goal).


How do I report my accomplishments?

A Finish Line post will go up on Sunday. Reblog that post with your final word count/accomplished goal(s) by Monday at midnight local time. Totals from the weekend will be posted on Tuesday.

This challenge is currently running on 2 platforms: pillowfort, and dreamwidth. If you sign up on this platform, please respond to the Finish Line post on this platform.

Let us know if you have any questions!




Writing Sprints October 31-November 2

Thursday, 30 October 2025 12:05
treefrogie84: (wwm)
[personal profile] treefrogie84 posting in [community profile] weekendwritingmarathon


what’s a 1k1h?|| time zone converter || 1k1h Calendar

All sprints are run on Discord only. You can find our Discord server here.

Friday ( time zone converter)

6am PT/ 9am ET/ 1pm UTC Mrsimoshen 

8am PT/ 11am ET/ 4pm UTC Max

12pm PT/ 3pm ET/ 7pm UTC        LittleMissTPK

2pm PT/ 5pm ET/ 9pm UTC LittleMissTPK

5pm PT/ 8pm ET/ 12am UTC Treefrogie84

7pm PT/ 10pm ET/ 2am Sat UTC Alec


Saturday (time zone converter)

5am PT/ 8am ET/ 12pm UTC PreciousAnon

7am PT/ 10am ET/ 2pm UTC Treefrogie84 

9am PT/ 12pm ET/ 4pm UTC Treefrogie

12pm PT/ 3pm ET/ 7pm UTC LittleMissTPK

4pm PT/ 7pm ET/ 11pm UTC Treefrogie84

7pm PT/ 10pm ET/ 2am Sun UTC Joe

Sunday ( time zone converter

4am PT/ 7am ET/ 12pm UTC PreciousAnon

7am PT/ 10am ET/ 3pm UTC Treefrogie84

9am PT/ 12pm ET/ 5pm UTC Treefrogie84

11am PT/ 2pm ET/ 7pm UTC PreciousAnon 

1pm PT/ 4pm ET/ 9pm UTC Treefrogie

5pm PT/ 8pm ET/ 1am Mon UTC Treefrogie

7pm PT/ 10pm ET/ 2am Mon UTC Joe







UK Boys' Boarding Schools circa 1914

Monday, 27 October 2025 22:39
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[personal profile] dragonbat2006 posting in [community profile] little_details
 I tried Googling and got general info on curriculum, specific schools, and alumnae pages, but not the specific details I'm looking for.

My main character is an upper class 13-year-old boy who, due to long-term illness/frailty was educated by tutors at home, but is now being sent away to school. (Probably England, but since he lives in Yorkshire, I'm not completely opposed to it being Scotland if it turns out that there are significant differences in school experiences between the two countries and Scotland would work better for my character.)

1. Would most pupils begin classes in the fall term as is typical today? As in, would it be realistic for him to begin in September? Or was it more of a rolling admissions thing?

2. How far in advance would his father need to contact the school to enrol/register him? Would there normally be an entrance exam, or would it normally be, 'We accept anyone who can pay the fee, provided there's space'?

3. When it comes to letters to and from home, would there be any reasonable expectation of privacy, or would it be common for staff to read each piece of correspondence? Specifically, the boy has a female cousin of the same age with whom he's quite close. Would he get into any sort of trouble for writing to her or would her letters to him be delivered?

4. If she were in the vicinity of the school, would it be possible for them to meet under the auspices of a chaperone, or would that be totally unheard of?

5. How much would the outbreak of WWI impact him? I would guess that some of the younger teachers would have enlisted over the summer and some of the older boys talking about hoping it won't be over before they get a chance to get in it. Would that mean larger than expected classes? 

Thanks so much!

Finish Line October 26!

Monday, 27 October 2025 00:09
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[personal profile] formidablepassion posting in [community profile] weekendwritingmarathon

FINISH LINE

YOU MADE IT!

I hope your weekend treated you well, but even if it didn’t, we’re here to celebrate your marathon achievements! 

Please reply with your numbers for the weekend–word count, number of pages edited, outlining work–whatever you accomplished. Include what you feel should be included, but please remember that we love numbers almost as much as words.

Thank you for writing with us this weekend!



Writing Sprints October 27-31

Sunday, 26 October 2025 10:43
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[personal profile] treefrogie84 posting in [community profile] weekendwritingmarathon


what’s a 1k1h?|| time zone converter || 1k1h Calendar

All sprints are run on Discord only. You can find our Discord server here.

PLEASE NOTE: some sprint hosts have already completed their autumn time change. Please double check your time conversions!


Monday ( time zone converter)

6am PT/ 9am ET/ 1pm UTC Mrsimoshen 

8am PT/ 11am ET/ 3pm UTC Max

11am PT/ 2pm ET/ 6pm UTC        LittleMissTPK

1pm PT/ 4pm ET/ 8pm UTC LittleMissTPK

5pm PT/ 8pm ET/ 12am UTC Treefrogie84

7pm PT/ 10pm ET/ 2am Tues UTC Joe


Tuesday ( time zone converter)

8am PT/ 11am ET/ 3pm UTC Alec

12pm PT/ 3pm ET/ 7pm UTC PreciousAnon

7pm PT/ 10pm ET/ 2am Wed UTC Alec

9pm PT/ 12am Wed ET/ 4am Wed UTC NotTooLateForTheGame


Wednesday ( time zone converter)

6am PT/ 9am ET/ 1pm UTC Mrsimoshen 

8am PT/ 11am ET/ 3pm UTC Max

12pm PT/ 3pm ET/ 7pm UTC        PreciousAnon

2pm PT/ 5pm ET/ 9pm UTC Treefrogie

5pm PT/ 8pm ET/ 12am UTC LittleMissTPK

7pm PT/ 10pm ET/ 2am Thur UTC Alec


Thursday ( time zone converter)

6am PT/ 9am ET/ 1pm UTC Mrsimoshen

8am PT/ 11am ET/ 3pm UTC Alec

12pm PT/ 3pm ET/ 7pm UTC PreciousAnon 

5pm PT/ 8pm ET/ 12am UTC Treefrogie84

7pm PT/ 10pm ET/ 2am Fri UTC Alec

9pm PT/ 12am Fri ET/ 4am Fri UTC NotTooLateForTheGame


Friday ( time zone converter)

6am PT/ 9am ET/ 1pm UTC Mrsimoshen 

8am PT/ 11am ET/ 4pm UTC Max

12pm PT/ 3pm ET/ 7pm UTC        LittleMissTPK

2pm PT/ 5pm ET/ 9pm UTC LittleMissTPK

5pm PT/ 8pm ET/ 12am UTC Treefrogie84

7pm PT/ 10pm ET/ 2am Sat UTC Alec





Database maintenance

Saturday, 25 October 2025 08:42
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[staff profile] mark posting in [site community profile] dw_maintenance

Good morning, afternoon, and evening!

We're doing some database and other light server maintenance this weekend (upgrading the version of MySQL we use in particular, but also probably doing some CDN work.)

I expect all of this to be pretty invisible except for some small "couple of minute" blips as we switch between machines, but there's a chance you will notice something untoward. I'll keep an eye on comments as per usual.

Ta for now!

Sign Up October 24 - 26!

Friday, 24 October 2025 17:04
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[personal profile] formidablepassion posting in [community profile] weekendwritingmarathon

SIGN UP!!

Need to get some words in? The Weekend Writing Marathon (WWM) is a writing challenge designed to help you do just that. You set your own writing goal for the weekend and work to achieve it before reporting back to the group on Sunday night.

 

How do I participate?

1. Reply to this post with your weekend writing plans–be as specific (or not) as you’d like.

2. Start writing on Friday 12:01 am local time. Work to meet your goal by Sunday night at 11:59 pm local time. You can work on whatever you want during this time.

3. Post your accomplishments to the Finish Line post at the end of the weekend (even if you didn’t reach your goal).

 

How do I report my accomplishments?

A Finish Line post will go up on Sunday. Reblog that post with your final word count/accomplished goal(s) by Monday at midnight local time. Totals from the weekend will be posted on Tuesday.

This challenge is currently running on 2 platforms: pillowfort, and dreamwidth. If you sign up on this platform, please respond to the Finish Line post on this platform.

Let us know if you have any questions!



Writing Sprints October 24-26

Thursday, 23 October 2025 11:31
treefrogie84: (wwm)
[personal profile] treefrogie84 posting in [community profile] weekendwritingmarathon


what’s a 1k1h?|| time zone converter || 1k1h Calendar

All sprints are run on Discord only. You can find our Discord server here.

Friday ( time zone converter)

5am PT/ 8am ET/ 12pm UTC Mrsimoshen 

8am PT/ 11am ET/ 4pm UTC Max

11am PT/ 2pm ET/ 6pm UTC        LittleMissTPK

1pm PT/ 4pm ET/ 8pm UTC LittleMissTPK

5pm PT/ 8pm ET/ 12am UTC Treefrogie84

7pm PT/ 10pm ET/ 2am Sat UTC Alec


Saturday ( time zone converter)

24 Hours of Sprints starting at Midnight Eastern!

Sunday ( time zone converter) **EU TIME CHANGE!** Please double check your time conversions!

5am PT/ 8am ET/ 12pm UTC PreciousAnon

7am PT/ 10am ET/ 2pm UTC Treefrogie84

9am PT/ 12pm ET/ 4pm UTC Treefrogie84

12pm PT/ 3pm ET/ 7pm UTC PreciousAnon 

5pm PT/ 8pm ET/ 12am Mon UTC Treefrogie84

7pm PT/ 10pm ET/ 2am Mon UTC Joe


AWS outage

Monday, 20 October 2025 10:11
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[personal profile] alierak posting in [site community profile] dw_maintenance
DW is seeing some issues due to today's Amazon outage. For right now it looks like the site is loading, but it may be slow. Some of our processes like notifications and journal search don't appear to be running and can't be started due to rate limiting or capacity issues. DW could go down later if Amazon isn't able to improve things soon, but our services should return to normal when Amazon has cleared up the outage.

Edit: all services are running as of 16:12 CDT, but there is definitely still a backlog of notifications to get through.

Edit 2: and at 18:20 CDT everything's been running normally for about the last hour.