From around 1995 to 2003 I submitted many poems to the
(Chicken Soup for the Soul!)and (Amazing Instant Poets) connected
to each other under (write and win). They had weekly writing contests
that you could post on. Many times they would have a theme and you
were to write on the spot. I did often and although I saved them on my
hard drive, the hard drive drove itself into the ground along with my
poems. I was not too worried for I trusted the " Chicken Soup For The
Soul" name and consistant history. But recently I got a new computer
and a new screen name. I tried to get into the above sites to copy my
posts but was denied access in the chicken soup board, because it is
no longer active. I tried to go back and get my works by using my
screen name I used when contributing to the board for each poem or
story. I can do so by going thru the Instant Novels site for some
submissions but not the chicken soup ones, which I won many of.
Because I don't remember my titles or grouping under which I posted
them, I tried to use (search) with my screen name as the key word but
it only allows for the last 30 days. I asked Chicken Soup and got a
....you response. They must have had a battle with AOL and us little
guys have to suffer. Any way please please help me get any of my
words back that I posted there. Please email me for my screen name
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Request for Question Clarification by
guillermo-ga
on
03 May 2005 09:48 PDT
Would you please write three or four consecutive words -that you
consider an unfrequent combination- of any of our poems, so I could
take a try searching them?
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Clarification of Question by
idomentalfloss-ga
on
03 May 2005 11:04 PDT
first of all my screen name i went by and is displayed with each post was
(notmesmom6) Also one story that I won on was called ( Reaping The
Harvest) some of them I signed donnalee but the AOL screen name
remained the same. Here I did find one and will send you a link see
what you can do with that.
Message 48 of 50
Subject: THE REASONS FOR OUR SEASON
Date: 3/20/2002 9:05 P.M. Eastern Standard Time
From: LDRS NOVLSUN
MsgId: 410481:48
Subject: the reasons for our seasons
Date: 3/18/2002 10:23 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: notmesmom6
Message-id: <20020318222354.00815.00001524@mb-ck.aol.com>
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Clarification of Question by
idomentalfloss-ga
on
03 May 2005 11:15 PDT
Click here: Chicken Soup for the Soul!
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Clarification of Question by
idomentalfloss-ga
on
03 May 2005 11:23 PDT
Click here: How to find LOST POSTS <>
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Clarification of Question by
idomentalfloss-ga
on
03 May 2005 11:36 PDT
here are some titles and subjects of the many poems i wrote:
Spring's Curtsey
my grandfather's shadow
dancing in your shoes
backyard battle
the indian
bedtime babble
ladder to the sky
unclaimed purple heart
lilacs and gingersnaps
childhood innocence
some others had to do with statues, liberty, ocean,
heros, moon, stars, soldiers, spring,
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Request for Question Clarification by
politicalguru-ga
on
03 May 2005 11:43 PDT
Dear I-do-mental-floss,
What was/were the website(s) (including those unavailable today)?
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Clarification of Question by
idomentalfloss-ga
on
03 May 2005 12:56 PDT
Chicken Soup for the Soul! THis message board was only available
through AOL although it would too connect you to their web site to buy
their books. I remember that if you did not have AOL it was hard to
find. Now once you were at the message board site you could also
enter in other writing contests.... another key word there.... under
that umbrella, you could post a "message" poem in other connected
rooms like (write to win) or ( Amazing instant novelist} those two
sites still remain active but their original main office lets call it
was the one that no longer allows enterence for some reason. Bottom
line is you need to find the magic key to find anything submitted to *
Chicken Soup for the Soul* IMPORTANT..... AOL KEY WORD IS CHICKEN
SOUP, from there you need to type in the screen name (notmesmom6) and
get all those yummy words they stole from me between i think 1995 and
2003
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Clarification of Question by
idomentalfloss-ga
on
03 May 2005 13:10 PDT
Dear Nobody,
Can Sombody talk to Anybody around here ! And when Anyone does
can Somebody called Nobody email me again and tell me if Anybody is
even reading the last few Clarifications . signed Miss Antibody to
this Nobody stuff....
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Request for Question Clarification by
pafalafa-ga
on
03 May 2005 13:58 PDT
If you can post the actual website addresses, it would be a help.
It's hard, as things now stand, to really know which sites you're referring to.
Thanks,
Somebody, aka pafalafa-ga
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Clarification of Question by
idomentalfloss-ga
on
03 May 2005 14:49 PDT
Dear Somebody,lol
Here try this it is my last idea of how to help you help me. AOL.CA
| Press Releases | 4/28/98
... AOL's largest writing site, "The Amazing Instant Novelist," has
teamed up with the ... America Online's "Amazing Instant Novelist"
site (keyword: novel) has been offering weekly
...www.aol.ca/press/press_04_28_98.adp - 14k - Cached - More from this
site
http://aolsearch.aol.com/aol/search?query=write+and+win&page=2&cst=127&ccat=Contest&invocationType=clusterClick&sel=0
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Clarification of Question by
idomentalfloss-ga
on
03 May 2005 21:09 PDT
Hey Nobody... you there? It's me Somebody.. look I think I have found
another key to unlock this mystery..... below is a link to My Boards
on AOL. here if you can access it you will find the names and dates
of all my submissions to chicken soup for the soul. Now when I click
on it to read them I can't because it is no longer an active site.
But there is a way I just know there is...
http://boards.aol.com/aol/read_myboards.mbl?boardId=449684&my=1
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Request for Question Clarification by
justaskscott-ga
on
07 May 2005 10:46 PDT
I did find Chicken Soup for the Soul and Amazing Instant Poets through
AOL ... but alas, I haven't found your poems.
Also, I can't see your list of submissions on My Boards. (Perhaps you
see them when you sign on -- they're your boards, after all -- but
others can't see them when they sign on.) Could you list names,
dates, and links for those submissions here?
I'm intrigued by "Click here: How to find LOST POSTS <>." Could you
provide a link? Alternatively, how did you find this text?
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Clarification of Question by
idomentalfloss-ga
on
13 May 2005 03:12 PDT
Howdy,
Ok now you asked for a link to I'm intrigued by "Click here: How to
find LOST POSTS <>." Could you
provide a link? Alternatively, how did you find this text?
HERE IS WHAT TO DO
FIRST GO DIRECTLY TO GOOGLE not GO, I SAID GOOGLE, THE BEST OF THE NET.
NEXT TYPE IN ( LOST POSTS <<LDRS NOVEL)
NOW FIND THE ONE THAT ISN'T ABOUT POLITICS OR A GAME WHERE YOU FOLLOW SOMONE.
THEN CLICK IT AND YOU WILL SEE POSTING RELATED TO THIS NIGHTMARE QUEST
I AM AT WAR WITH. HOPE THAT WORKS ,,,,,,,,
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Request for Question Clarification by
justaskscott-ga
on
13 May 2005 07:48 PDT
I'm sorry, I don't understand your clarification. I've tried running
this search on Google:
( LOST POSTS <<LDRS NOVEL)
://www.google.com/search?num=30&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&q=%28+LOST+POSTS+%3C%3CLDRS+NOVEL%29&btnG=Search
I don't see the link you're talking about.
Could you post the actual link -- in other words, the website address?
(Or you could post the entire result -- both the text and the website
address that you find relevant in the Google results.)
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Clarification of Question by
idomentalfloss-ga
on
13 May 2005 08:41 PDT
ok i get it now, it think, I can't get a address because the site is
basically considered a community board to post on but only if you are
a member of AOL. So i think i just got tangled in a loop hole. I
selected all from the board, copy and pasted below for you. I do
believe though that they only way I can get those poems back is to
find a way to unlock the closed site, or find a crack in the goggle
world that might have picked up on past posts . Should I change my
search from the web to groups? I did contact AOL and share with them
my frustration and how unfair it was for AOL and Chicken soup for the
soul message boards to not give me ample time to copy my submissions
before they locked the door. I did get a very kind letter back
stating they will look into it. I hope so. But I still see $50
dangling up in this site somewhere if you want to grab and run. I am
also going to cut and paste My Boards, it has a list of all the
rooms_contests that I have entered and won in under the screen name
notmesmom6 and walshbeverly but it also lists everyone else's poems so
you must go into set up and find a way for it to only display my
words. But I must warn you many poems are located but chicken soup
posts just went POOOF into Sybil Cyber hell
Message 1 of 1
Subject: How to find LOST POSTS <<LDRS NOVL Dove>>
Date: 2/16/2001 6:58 P.M. Eastern Standard Time
From: LDRS NOVL Dove
MsgId: 235969:779
Hello there!
At the suggestion of another member, I am posting here the best and
most efficient way to find a post you believe is lost. If you have
any trouble after trying this method, please contact one of the NOVL's
listed here: LDRS NOVL's Dove, Carmel, Hap, Karen, Loki, Fur, Heart,
Sly and Dark.
Good Luck!
How To Find Lost Posts:
To make it easier to read all the posts in the contest you are
searching, do the following first...
1) click on this hyperlink to take you to Short Poems: Short Poems
(of course, you are already THERE, but if you want to get there AGAIN,
save this post and click on the hyperlink)
2) click on PREFERENCES at the bottom of your screen
3) click on the VIEWING tab
4) under SORT ORDER, check either OLDEST FIRST (or NEWEST FIRST if
you don't want to see all the ones you saw yesterday - it really does
not matter).
5) under THREADING, check THREADED.
6) OFFLINE READING is not important to this process.
7) under DAYS BACK, type in 999.
8) click SAVE <-very important
Then:
5) highlight the contest you want to search by clicking once on it
6) click on LIST ALL <-very important
7) once the poems are listed, go to your menu bar at the top of your
screen, choose EDIT and click on FIND IN TOP WINDOW
8) type in your poem's title as you posted it and click on FIND NEXT
9) your poem title should be highlighted
10) click on READ POST and you will see your poem
LDRS NOVL Dove ^v^
Amazing Instant Novelist Staffer
Senior Manager - Short Poetry
Check us out...find out who we are...
Meet the Short Poetry Board
SP COOL Posts
Instant Poems ok my
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