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Author Archives: Nick
Happy 4th birthday, Protagonize!
It’s hard to believe that it’s been four whole years since I launched Protagonize one cold winter night in late December, 2007. In 2011, we saw the launch of group submissions (and in fact the whole of the groups feature), … Continue reading
Posted in General, Site updates
Tagged 4th birthday, beta test, ipad, new interface, preview, protagonize, screenshots, ux
9 Comments
Merry Christmas & happy holidays from Protagonize!
To all of our authors, readers, and members who celebrate something this time of year, we wish you a very merry Christmas (et joyeux Noël), joyous Ramadan, fabulous Hanukkah, spectacular Solstice, as well as all of the holidays I’ve probably … Continue reading
Protecting yourselves from publishing scams
Protagonize is a site full of talented authors, so it’s no surprise that we sometimes have to deal with some uncomfortable or suspicious behaviour from unscrupulous users who may be trying to take advantage of some of our younger or … Continue reading
Posted in authors, General, Publishing
Tagged agents, beware, cons, copyright, fraud, legal, misrepresentation, Publishing, scams
8 Comments
Submitting works to groups is live!
Some awesome news for everyone this evening — the ability to submit your stories, poems, and other works to groups is now enabled for everyone on Protagonize! Yes, it’s been a very long time coming. Thank you all for being … Continue reading
Posted in General, Groups, Site updates, writing
Tagged access lists, awesome, groups, new features, private groups, security, submissions
9 Comments
A sneak preview of Protagonize 2.0
Since I launched Protagonize back in late December of 2007, the site has had a pretty distinctive look and feel — something we’ve all become comfortable with, and which has slowly grown to represent much of the site and community’s ethos, or … Continue reading
Posted in General, Previews, Site updates
Tagged author profiles, mockups, preview, protagonize 2.0, reading interface, redesign, ui design, ux, visual design
35 Comments