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				<title>Josiah DeGraaf wrote a new post</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2025 20:00:05 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Few events showcase the power of redemption as beautifully as the repentance of a hardened villain.<br />
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				<title>Josiah DeGraaf posted a new activity comment</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 13 Sep 2023 12:21:26 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Glad you&#8217;re enjoying them! 🙂</p>
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				<title>Josiah DeGraaf changed their profile picture</title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 07 Sep 2023 05:48:09 -0400</pubDate>

				
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				<title>Josiah DeGraaf replied to the topic New Phase of Life... Aka: Goodbye! in the forum Contemporary Fiction Writers</title>
				<link>https://storyembers.org/activity/p/104303/</link>
				<pubDate>Mon, 13 Mar 2023 12:21:17 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href='https://storyembers.org/members/olivia/' rel="nofollow ugc">@olivia</a> Good question! I&#8217;ll let Daeus answer the forum question since he knows that better than I do. But the emails and forum access are not connected. You&#8217;ll need to manually unsubscribe your email at the bottom of the email to stop receiving those. (:</p>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2023 19:25:56 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s a real blessing to know we can rest in the Spirit instead of our own efforts. 🙂</p>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2023 19:25:29 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for reading and commenting, Katherine! Really glad you appreciated this article.</p>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2023 19:22:56 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>While it&#8217;s possible to be cowardly, there is a profound difference between being tactful &amp; prudent on the one hand, or shirking courage on the other hand. And in many ways, acting wisely with prudence does take a certain amount of courage itself to do well. 🙂</p>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2023 19:21:40 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You&#8217;re quite welcome, Benjamin. And yes, while what I&#8217;m getting at has a variety of different applications, it does share a lot of key similarities with the concept of showing instead of telling. 🙂</p>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2023 19:20:57 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Books give us such a great opportunity to gently mirror Christ&#8217;s truth to readers. Love the way you phrased that!</p>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2023 21:00:15 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Editor’s Note: This article is the second installment in our four-part series on pursuing the storyteller’s great commission. To learn why we’re running this series and how we’re approaching each topic, read ou [&hellip;] <img loading="lazy" src="https://storyembers.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/10D65174-365B-4836-9082-6BC00A5E763F.jpeg" /></p>
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				<title>Josiah DeGraaf replied to the topic Fantasy Writers/Character Castle Not Working? in the forum General Writing Discussions</title>
				<link>https://storyembers.org/activity/p/103438/</link>
				<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2022 02:07:41 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href='https://storyembers.org/members/e-n-leonard/' rel="nofollow ugc">@e-n-leonard</a> <a href='https://storyembers.org/members/lady-grace/' rel="nofollow ugc">@lady-grace</a> <a href='https://storyembers.org/members/this-is-not-an-alien/' rel="nofollow ugc">@this-is-not-an-alien</a> <a href='https://storyembers.org/members/inkhorn/' rel="nofollow ugc">@inkhorn</a> <a href='https://storyembers.org/members/calidris/' rel="nofollow ugc">@calidris</a> <a href='https://storyembers.org/members/mamaauthoress/' rel="nofollow ugc">@mamaauthoress</a> Alright; how about now? I think I fixed it for real this time. 🙂</p>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2022 02:20:18 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href='https://storyembers.org/members/calidris/' rel="nofollow ugc">@calidris</a> <a href='https://storyembers.org/members/lady-grace/' rel="nofollow ugc">@lady-grace</a> <a href='https://storyembers.org/members/rose-colored-fancy/' rel="nofollow ugc">@rose-colored-fancy</a> <a href='https://storyembers.org/members/inkhorn/' rel="nofollow ugc">@inkhorn</a> <a href='https://storyembers.org/members/e-n-leonard/' rel="nofollow ugc">@e-n-leonard</a> My apologies for the errors! It looks like there was a software update that inadvertently broke those pages. I have undone that update, and the groups/profiles should be working now&#8230;let me know if it&#8217;s fixed for you or not!</p>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2022 02:30:56 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Glad you found it helpful, David! We have plenty other articles on the blog like this one that we&#8217;d love for you to learn from. 🙂</p>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 03 Sep 2022 13:42:42 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Amen! Glad you were able to stumble upon this article yesterday. (:</p>
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				<link>https://storyembers.org/the-real-reason-people-read-fiction-and-why-this-matters-to-writers/comment-page-1/#comment-11857</link>
				<pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2022 19:06:04 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great point about Wodehouse vs. Tolkien. 🙂 While both offer great experiences, they are definitely quite distinct from each other! I certainly wholeheartedly agree as well with the notion that meaningful experiences also teach us how to live life well.</p>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2022 14:00:34 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>At a conference I attended a few summers ago, a New York Times best-selling Christian author taught a session on why people read fiction. During it, the speaker made an interesting claim: while most Christian [&hellip;] <img loading="lazy" src="https://storyembers.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Why-people-read.jpg" /></p>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2022 22:27:22 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks, Sereena. My heart goes out to those who struggle with depression and anxiety, and I&#8217;m grateful to God that he was able to use my words in this way.</p>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2022 22:26:45 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Glad you found this article helpful, Kristianne! I&#8217;m certainly glad that Sara Ella is addressing these topics too. 🙂</p>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2022 22:26:07 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Finding the right balance is hard. Spending a lot of time praying and thinking about these issues, though, alongside the advice of trusted mentors and beta readers often are able to help. Have you read either our Tricky Subjects series or Beyond the Brokenness series here at Story Embers? I think both of those series would be able to help you with&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-102222"><a href="https://storyembers.org/the-secret-to-writing-depressed-but-not-hopeless-characters/comment-page-1/#comment-11775" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2022 14:00:28 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Editor’s Note: This is the second part of our series exploring the merits of Coral by Sara Ella. You can read the first installment here. Beware that this article and its companions will contain sp [&hellip;] <img loading="lazy" src="https://storyembers.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Coral-2.jpg" /></p>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 07 May 2022 13:10:10 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You&#8217;re welcome! I&#8217;m glad you found it helpful. 🙂</p>
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				<title>Josiah DeGraaf replied to the topic Creating relationship between reader and villain in the forum Characters</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2021 00:03:08 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href='https://storyembers.org/members/taylorclogston/' rel="nofollow ugc">@taylorclogston</a> Rescued. Sorry about that!</p>
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				<title>Josiah DeGraaf replied to the topic Prayer Support Thread in the forum General Writing Discussions</title>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 20 Nov 2021 15:26:35 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href='https://storyembers.org/members/morreafirebird/' rel="nofollow ugc">@morreafirebird</a> I&#8217;m really glad to hear that they&#8217;ve been a reason for praise for you as you&#8217;ve gone through them. 🙂 It&#8217;s great to hear about how God has been working through the hard events of the last year for you to enable you to become a stronger writer. It&#8217;s so beautiful to be able to serve a God who can use even our sufferings for our own&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-96433"><a href="https://storyembers.org/activity/p/96433/" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 20 Nov 2021 15:21:13 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m glad this article was helpful for you, Rachel. Writing it was convicting for me as well! 🙂</p>
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				<title>Josiah DeGraaf replied to the topic Prayer Support Thread in the forum General Writing Discussions</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2021 00:53:53 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href='https://storyembers.org/members/anne-of-lothlorien/' rel="nofollow ugc">@anne-of-lothlorien</a> Those are some great thoughts! We have a great guide indeed. ^_^ I was travelling up to Harrisburg over the weekend of the 6th.</p>
<p><a href='https://storyembers.org/members/obrian-of-the-surface-world/' rel="nofollow ugc">@obrian-of-the-surface-world</a> Those do sound like some hard experiences to go through as you work on writing your story. I will certainly pray for you when I go out and pray later&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-96275"><a href="https://storyembers.org/activity/p/96275/" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2021 23:23:34 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey friends!</p>
<p>Just thought I&#8217;d touch base with you all a week later and see how this was going for you all. 🙂 I&#8217;m a couple days behind due to some travelling I did over the weekend, but have been appreciating going through this habit over this past week. Thinking through the Day Three prayer prompt in particular helped me to realize just how&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-96121"><a href="https://storyembers.org/activity/p/96121/" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<title>Josiah DeGraaf replied to the topic Intertextuality and Disney in the forum General Writing Discussions</title>
				<link>https://storyembers.org/activity/p/96120/</link>
				<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2021 23:16:53 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href='https://storyembers.org/members/taylorclogston/' rel="nofollow ugc">@taylorclogston</a> I&#8217;m sorry! Normally I&#8217;m able to find these for you, but this doesn&#8217;t appear to have shown up on our servers or in our spam filter. :/ I don&#8217;t know if there may have been an internet connectivity issue present here? But I unfortunately can&#8217;t find it. Sorry about that!</p>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 06 Nov 2021 20:25:01 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ah&#8211;that&#8217;s a great bit of advice as well! Praise God for surpassing us in his memory and remembrances. 🙂</p>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2021 12:09:33 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks, Brian! That&#8217;s a great quote from Lewis!</p>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2021 12:08:44 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Glad you found it encouraging, Emily!</p>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2021 14:00:00 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Editor’s Note: This article is the second installment in our five-part series on renewing storytellers’ souls. To learn why we’re doing this series and how we’re approaching the topics, read our introdu [&hellip;] <img loading="lazy" src="https://storyembers.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Frustrated-writers-dont-need-more-answers.jpg" /></p>
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				<title>Josiah DeGraaf started the topic Prayer Support Thread in the forum General Writing Discussions</title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2021 13:47:54 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In my latest article published today, I talk about the value of praying regularly about our writing&#8211;and also provided a four-week guide in how to do so.</p>
<p>Starting tomorrow on Friday, November 5th, I&#8217;m committing to using this guide over the next four weeks to practice what I preach and train myself to do this more regularly.</p>
<p>Does anyone else&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-95840"><a href="https://storyembers.org/activity/p/95840/" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2021 14:00:23 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have vivid memories of the day the Story Embers team sat down together and hashed out the core philosophies behind engaging Christian fiction.<br />
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				<title>Josiah DeGraaf replied to the topic Looking for Fantasy/Sci-fi Recommendations in the forum Fantasy Writers</title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2021 18:28:55 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href='https://storyembers.org/members/taylorclogston/' rel="nofollow ugc">@taylorclogston</a> Done! Sorry about that!</p>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2021 23:47:53 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Haha; that&#8217;s fair to take issue with that statement! 😉</p>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2021 23:45:59 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I haven&#8217;t listened to any of their new episodes in the past four years, so I can&#8217;t really comment on them! But I&#8217;m glad we at least have a shared love of the older episodes. 🙂</p>
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				<title>Josiah DeGraaf replied to the topic Controversial Opinion: &quot;Reading makes your writing better&quot; is bad advice in the forum General Writing Discussions</title>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 11 Sep 2021 20:54:43 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href='https://storyembers.org/members/wordsmith/' rel="nofollow ugc">@wordsmith</a> Yes&#8211;highly proficient writers certainly still read! But in terms of reading &lt;i&gt;for the purposes of studying the craft&lt;/i&gt;, the brand new writer who picks up a novel to read it analytically will obviously grow more as a writer through it than, say, Stephen King does. 😛 So while skilled writers may read less, as you said, their reasons&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-94916"><a href="https://storyembers.org/activity/p/94916/" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2021 14:00:12 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Have you ever loved a book or TV series as a child, re-watched it as an adult, and realized how terrible it actually is?<br />
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Several stories fall into this category for me—many of which are Christian and co [&hellip;] <img loading="lazy" src="https://storyembers.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/3-lessons-Christian-Storytellers-can-learn-from-adventures-in-odyssey.jpg" /></p>
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				<title>Josiah DeGraaf replied to the topic Controversial Opinion: &quot;Reading makes your writing better&quot; is bad advice in the forum General Writing Discussions</title>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2021 18:48:07 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for starting this discussion <a href='https://storyembers.org/members/lrc/' rel="nofollow ugc">@LRC</a> and <a href='https://storyembers.org/members/shannon/' rel="nofollow ugc">@Shannon</a>! My sentiments align more with <a href='https://storyembers.org/members/noah-cochran/' rel="nofollow ugc">@noah-cochran</a> on this one, though. While I do agree that it&#8217;s too much to say that your writing will &#8220;suffer&#8221; if you aren&#8217;t constantly reading books, I rarely hear even bestselling/award-winning authors suggest that they&#8217;ve &#8220;made it&#8221; and don&#8217;t need additional&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-94817"><a href="https://storyembers.org/activity/p/94817/" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2021 14:33:20 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ha! Glad you found it helpful, Rachel. 🙂</p>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2021 20:59:37 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks, Libby. I appreciate the comment and am glad that it left you with good questions to think on.</p>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2021 20:54:14 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It certainly does have applications for many other areas of life as well!</p>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2021 17:44:52 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You are very welcome, Kristianne! Glad this has given you a direction forward. 🙂</p>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2021 23:00:17 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m so glad to hear this was a timely article for you, Coralie! Even when we have more time on our hands than we did earlier, this can certainly be a limiting factor in the progress we can make as writers. That sounds like a great series of steps to take moving forward.</p>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2021 22:59:08 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That could certainly be the reason why! I&#8217;m glad this helped you diagnose the problem. 🙂</p>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2021 14:00:30 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In our annual survey for 2020, we asked participants what would revolutionize their writing lives. Apart from publication, the most common response by far was a consistent writing habit.<br />
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Finding time to build [&hellip;] <img loading="lazy" src="https://storyembers.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Time_management_isnt_enough_to_build_a_writing_habit.jpg" /></p>
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				<title>Josiah DeGraaf replied to the topic Forum and Guild Improvements in the forum Announcements</title>
				<link>https://storyembers.org/activity/p/88557/</link>
				<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2021 13:28:33 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href='https://storyembers.org/members/mischievous-thwapling/' rel="nofollow ugc">@mischievous-thwapling</a> <a href='https://storyembers.org/members/birds-rock/' rel="nofollow ugc">@birds-rock</a> <a href='https://storyembers.org/members/kylie-wingfeather/' rel="nofollow ugc">@kylie-wingfeather</a> <a href='https://storyembers.org/members/jasmine/' rel="nofollow ugc">@jasmine</a> <a href='https://storyembers.org/members/myclipboardismyviolin/' rel="nofollow ugc">@myclipboardismyviolin</a> <a href='https://storyembers.org/members/erynne/' rel="nofollow ugc">@erynne</a> <a href='https://storyembers.org/members/devastate-lasting/' rel="nofollow ugc">@devastate-lasting</a> <a href='https://storyembers.org/members/crazywriter/' rel="nofollow ugc">@crazywriter</a> The developers of the broken software just released an update that should have fixed this issue! It looked resolved on my end when I tested it, but let me know if you still find it occurring.</p>
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				<title>Josiah DeGraaf replied to the topic Editing a Post in the forum Guidelines &#038; FAQ</title>
				<link>https://storyembers.org/activity/p/88556/</link>
				<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2021 13:28:11 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href='https://storyembers.org/members/devastate-lasting/' rel="nofollow ugc">@devastate-lasting</a> <a href='https://storyembers.org/members/kylie-wingfeather/' rel="nofollow ugc">@kylie-wingfeather</a> <a href='https://storyembers.org/members/taylorclogston/' rel="nofollow ugc">@taylorclogston</a> <a href='https://storyembers.org/members/winter_rose/' rel="nofollow ugc">@winter_rose</a> <a href='https://storyembers.org/members/joelle-stone/' rel="nofollow ugc">@joelle-stone</a> The developers of the broken software just released an update that should have fixed this issue! It looked resolved on my end when I tested it, but let me know if you still find it occurring.</p>
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				<title>Josiah DeGraaf replied to the topic Editing a Post in the forum Guidelines &#038; FAQ</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2021 03:49:42 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href='https://storyembers.org/members/devastate-lasting/' rel="nofollow ugc">@devastate-lasting</a> <a href='https://storyembers.org/members/kylie-wingfeather/' rel="nofollow ugc">@kylie-wingfeather</a> <a href='https://storyembers.org/members/taylorclogston/' rel="nofollow ugc">@taylorclogston</a> <a href='https://storyembers.org/members/winter_rose/' rel="nofollow ugc">@winter_rose</a> Thanks for bringing this to my attention! It appears that the same software update that&#8217;s affecting the group home pages (<a href="https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/forum-and-guild-improvements/page/2/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/forum-and-guild-improvements/page/2/</a>) has also broken the editing function of the site as well. I am waiting to hear back&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-88457"><a href="https://storyembers.org/activity/p/88457/" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2021 03:42:42 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href='https://storyembers.org/members/mischievous-thwapling/' rel="nofollow ugc">@mischievous-thwapling</a> <a href='https://storyembers.org/members/birds-rock/' rel="nofollow ugc">@birds-rock</a> <a href='https://storyembers.org/members/kylie-wingfeather/' rel="nofollow ugc">@kylie-wingfeather</a> <a href='https://storyembers.org/members/jasmine/' rel="nofollow ugc">@jasmine</a> <a href='https://storyembers.org/members/myclipboardismyviolin/' rel="nofollow ugc">@myclipboardismyviolin</a> <a href='https://storyembers.org/members/erynne/' rel="nofollow ugc">@erynne</a> <a href='https://storyembers.org/members/devastate-lasting/' rel="nofollow ugc">@devastate-lasting</a> <a href='https://storyembers.org/members/crazywriter/' rel="nofollow ugc">@crazywriter</a></p>
<p>Thanks for reporting this error to us! After spending quite some time today troubleshooting the error, I think I&#8217;ve isolated it to one of the pieces of software we use to run this site that appears to have broken the main&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-88455"><a href="https://storyembers.org/activity/p/88455/" rel="nofollow ugc">[Read more]</a></span></p>
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