The Ficlatté blog

Sorry, everyone.

We're having some technical problems with the site. The Captcha for new user registrations has been broken for a while and now the comments seem to be broken too (and some have reported being unable to upload stories). We're working on…

Spring is right around the corner and with it longer days. Hopefully that means more energy and inspiration for writing, more cause to put words to paper, and more interest in investing in our chosen craft. To that end, I've created a new challenge for th…

I've issues the first challenge Ficlatté has seen in a few months. You can find it on the home page. I hope we'll see some of our writers step up to meet the challenge and earn a coffee beans for their bragging rights. I've provided a month to complete th…

I don't know about anyone else, but did it feel like January was at least a year long? And, for me at least, February isn't a whole lot better. Sure, the days are finally getting longer, but the weather is still drab and dreary, and it's easy and common t…

I know, I know. I've been away from Ficlatté for a while tending to personal business and getting my life in order. I apologize for my absence, but honestly, it's been good for me, and I'm in a better place now than I have been in a long time.

That said,…

Hi all.

Further to my recent blog entry about spam bots and a programming error, it has been brought to our attention (thanks, August Rode) that there was another programming error that was allowing spam bots to bypass the captcha check. I've fixed that…

With thanks to user maple t I have uncovered a couple of bugs in the "change password" function. Seems that none of us have tried changing our passwords since the site went live nearly five years ago. The good news is that you can now do that without …

I'm thinking that the featured-story code is locked up. I'll have a closer look when I get the chance.

Keep writing!

Ethel.

I've just been stupidly busy with life.

If any regulars here would like to contribute blog posts from time to time, just let me know in the comments and I can add you as a Ficlatté blogger.

Hoping that those of you who do Thanksgiving had a good time, l…

Hi all.

There's a new law coming in in the UK (and Europe, I think) next week that means that we need to be even more careful with your data than before and not send you unsolicited e-mails.

As far as I can tell, we're compliant. We only send you e-mai…