The New YWS Experiences Bobofication
8 Jul
For many of you YWS’ers, the name Bobo strikes awe, admiration, and even aspiration. Â To most of you, however, it probably just strikes you as odd and unfamiliar. I invite you, however, you cast your eyes upon the top of the YWS home page, where you will see a logo much like this one:

Now, you have identified the truth that lies behind the name of Bobo.  You see, in the year 2005, Nate opened the YWS store on Cafepress.com, and needed logos for the Young Writers Society so he could make money off of it (he claims it all went to keeping YWS alive, but we all know that in 2006, the site went down anyways, probably because he was keeping the money for himself… just kidding, Nate!).  Anyways, to make a long, boring story a short, boring story, I designed the above logo (as well as another one that is found in the store), and since then it has become the standard logo for the Young Writers Society.  I also created several templates for the site, although the only one remaining now is the “Chimped Out” skin—the only template, ironically, that I never fully completed.  Hence the lack of chimps on the Chimped Out skin! (more…)



It’s October first, which to most normal people mean it’s the beginning of the month. Of course, we all know better. That means it’s time to sign up for
Starting an internet radio station for the Young Writers Society has been my pet, top-secret project over the last month. I finally went ahead with it today, and we had our pilot program at 8:30 pm EST. By all measures, it was a smashing success! Over 70 listeners, and I only gave 30 minutes notice!