I hope you all enjoy my work, please leave comments, good or bad i enjoy your opinion.

On the occasion of your first reminder of my expiring patron status, I again take keyboard in hand to address the still unresolved problem of the idiot commercial censor program. My reasons for finding the program annoying, insulting and just plain silly are published widely. In brief:
The program expands the list of banned words by fiat.
It makes it impossible to discuss Micheal Moor**** or ****roaches or **** and Jane or Emily ****inson or Charles ****ens; on the other hand, it permits me to mention ’John Thomas’ and ’Lady Jane’. Check Lady Chatterly for context.
Since we now see naked breasts without an ’Adult Content’ warning, the whole list of banned words is more rediculous than ever, but I agreed to live with them.
Please give serious consideration to changing or dropping the current censor program.

Thomas F Abrahamsson replies: "Thanks for input - I agree - I think the banned words list has played out its role. From this point on, I have dropped the censor program of the comments."

Hi all, I am new to the site. I’m assuming i need to be a patron for my art to be wiewable by the public correct. Aug 1st I will be donating for patron membership so I invite everyone to check me out once my art is viewable. Thumbs up to the Elfwood administrators. This is a great site.

Thomas F Abrahamsson replies: "You don’t need to be a patron to get your art to be viewable by the public. When you upload material to Elfwood it needs to be processed by a moderator to make sure it follows the rules. When it’s been processed you will receive an email with the result. However as a Patron you get additional bonusses, like no ads, extra features, able to upload more art than normal members and your uploaded materials will enter the moderators queue immediately after upload as opposed to normal members having to wait up to 24 hours before their materials are sent to the moderators for review."

if i cant post any thin without uploading it and i have to be a patron but i have no money how can i become a moderator is it possible ?i have no money at all but id like to upgrade so people can read and crituqe my stories and poems

Thomas F Abrahamsson replies: "You don’t need to be Patron member, which cost money, to be able to upload to Elfwood. You just need to upgrade your account to a publishing member under "My Account" and "Account Tools". Choose the area you want to upload materials to. If you want to be a member in more than 1 area, then you need to create another account. You can have 1 account per area."

It took me an hour just to find my password and log in, and I can’t even remember how to get to the member’s area - it has been so long since I’ve been to the site (years). Nice to see Elfwood still going along. Glad that it has become such a success. Good work, Thomas. It is a whole different site than it was way back in 1997.

Thomas F Abrahamsson replies: "You’re refering to the Extranet, which doesn’t exist anymore. When you login to Elfwood and you want to upload more materials you just go to "My account" in the navigation bar at the top of the Elfwood page. There you can find an Upload link and where to change your profile and other details."

I tried to renew my patron status through paypal from the email you sent me, but it did not work. Also tried to reply to patronsupport, but yahoo says it is not valid. Is there a problem with patronsupport?

Thomas F Abrahamsson replies: "Our Support is currently down. We’re working on creating a new Support. Try to use the payment option above. That ought to work. The link in the email might not be up to date."

I definitely plan on donating to such a wonderful art site! Consider me a patron the moment my paycheck flies in!

I renewed my patron membership on Oct. 28th and have paypal receipt already, but you notified me that it is expired. What’s the deal? You took my money, yet I am not a patron. Please let me know what the problem is.

Thomas F Abrahamsson replies: "Possibly some bugs; manually Fixed! Thanks for your support Nicholas! B.R. Thomas"

love this site, was wondering though, some of my woodburned faery art has nudity, I wouldnt post the very erotica ones of course, but will ’PG-13’ art be allowed?

Thomas F Abrahamsson replies: "Nudity in itself is allowed. Sexual situations however are not, which includes penetration, erect penis, vaginal fluids, fondling genitalia, female genitalia showing more than the line of the closed outer labia.
//Monica - Elfwood Head Moderator and Forest Manager"

I have two usernames (one for art, one for writing), if I become a member, do I have to pay for each username or will they both get member benefits?