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The Words Count community completed its sixth year on April 28th! Congratulations to everyone who participated this year and a special thanks to oriolegirl without whom this comm would not be possible ( Read more... )

Here are the totals for Year 6, Week 52 (April 22-28, 2013).

The community's combined goal for the week was 16,650 words and we beat that with a very nice 17,634. Way to go, writers!!!

6 people participated this week. We had 5 writers and 4 of them beat their goals. We also had 2 editor and 3 cheerleaders. Woohoo!!!

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Today is National Pet Parent’s Day. If you write, edit, and/or beta today, you know what to do.

A reminder that this is the last daily post we will be making on LJ. Please join us at Words Count on DW. Thank you!

Birth anniversary of women’s rights advocate Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-97), who wrote in 1790, “Virtue can only flourish amongst equals.” If you write, edit, and/or beta today, tell us about it.

Today is the anniversary of the 1936 bombing of Guernica, Spain, and the anniversary of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear reactor disaster. If you write, edit, and/or beta today, let us know.

Today is ANZAC Day. If you write, edit, and/or beta today, you know what to do.

In 1800, the Library of Congress was founded when Congress approved an act providing “for the purchase of such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress.” If you write, edit, and/or beta today, let us know.

Here are the totals for Year 6, Week 51 (April 15-21, 2013).

The community's combined goal for the week was 25,150 words and we were close with 19,436. Congrats to all our writers!!!

8 people participated this week. We had 7 writers and 3 of them beat their goals. We also had 1 editor and 3 cheerleaders. Yay!!!!

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Today is World Book and Copyright Day. If you write, edit, and/or beta today, we want to know.