Throwback Thursday Week 11

Morning, Prosers,

It’s week 11 of our Throwback Thursday Blog feature and this week are getting a little reflective, along with sharing some really exciting behind-the-scenes news with you!

Prose was officially taken out of beta status just over one year ago, and ever since we have been working hard to bring you the best writing and reading social media experience, ever. As a result, we have seen team members come and go, and those of us that remain have become extremely tight-knit. We truly are an extended family, with thousands of miles between us, yet we often spend more time with each other, than with our families.

We often sit in awe over the comments we read, the statistics that we analyze, and the creativity that you all share with us every day. There is something so pure, personal, and raw, when you put pen to paper, or fingers to keys; writing and purging your thoughts is an intimate act, and we couldn't be more honored that it’s us you have chosen to share your words with.

The team share your comments and posts with each other frequently, and to see the love you have for Prose, the platform we pour hundreds of hours into each week, makes us happier than ever! Monday this week saw one of the best days we have ever had on Prose in terms of page-views, visitors, and time spent reading on the site. More and more people are discovering Prose and finding a literary home within our community.

As we mention community, we thought it only right to mention our thoughts on what we see daily on Prose. Prosers are getting to know one another along with sharing knowledge, collaborating, supporting each other. We cannot tell you how proud that makes us, it is so good to see the community grow and along with it, the literary-family-feel you have all adopted. Thank you all so much for helping us become what we dreamt of when this idea was conceived.

Now, with transparency being key, and to further build our relationship with you, we’d like to let you into one of the projects we are working hard on behind-the-scenes. We see Prose as a full literary network; we have published your words in The Prose Anthologies (available on Amazon Kindle), we provide an awesome social network, Portals have been established, we have blog.theprose.com where we offer informative pieces and advice, we’ve had interviews with industry experts, actors, writers, and directors, and we still feel as though we aren't quite there yet. We are currently in development with some super-awesome new features that we know you will absolutely love. But we can’t disclose that, yet. However, what we can disclose is that we are working on the first, of many, Prose magazines called The Prose. Stay tuned, we will share more about this nearer the time. If you would like to offer help, please send us an email, theprose.com/p/contact.

Finally, before we go and get on with the top-secret Prose business, we are making your lives a lot easier when it comes to sharing bugs or feedback with us. We have created a public Trello board for you all to contribute to. The team will keep a close eye, or two, on this and we invite you to join us in the new age of transparency across the board! Here is the link: https://trello.com/b/Kb5b4vee/prose-suggestions-bugs. Help us to help you!

Until next time, Prosers,

Prose.