Updates

What has changed on Writer's Grove, newest first.

Fixes from the accessibility pass

Version 1.0.147 · September 22, 2026

Releases 1.0.140 to 1.0.147.

Underline, strikethrough and code blocks in the chapter editor are kept when a chapter is saved, and come back when it is opened again. A bulleted list followed by a numbered one stays two lists.
Block quotes in a chapter and in an author's note are shown as quotes on the reader's page.
The editor's toolbar buttons have names for screen readers, and reopening a chapter keeps its bulleted lists and block quotes.
The Follow button says "Following" in its name once you follow, so voice control can find it by the word on it.
The sign-in dialog and the newsletter form say when an address is not an email address, and the newsletter form shows a signed-in reader which address it will use.
Claiming a username no longer moves you to the home page on a timer; a link takes you there when you are ready.
The Delete Account dialog can be completed on a phone.
The Change Username dialog keeps the Tab key inside it.
Copying a chapter's link is announced to screen readers, and an empty reply or an empty comment report says what to type.
The book page and the search results read cleanly with a screen reader, as do the author stats, which now say "Ratings".
The selected tab in the header, on Help and in the admin pages is underlined as well as coloured.

Version 1.0.139 · September 19, 2026

Releases 1.0.131 to 1.0.139.

Chapters can carry two notes from the author: one above the text, closed until you open it, and one at the end. Unlike the story itself, a note may hold links, so release announcements and support pages work there.
An author can give three addresses on their profile for where their books can be bought, in print, digital or audio. They appear at the top of every chapter they have written.
The foot of a chapter now says who wrote it, with their picture, what they say about themselves and the rest of their fiction.
Content warnings are shown in one box at the top of a series, book or chapter page, grouped by where each warning was set, with a link to your Account settings.
Anything marked for readers 18 or older asks you to confirm your age once, and never asks again.
Text-to-speech is on by default for every account.
Referring someone now comes with an agreement of its own, and the Referrals page says plainly what a referral earns.

Version 1.0.136 · September 17, 2026

Release 1.0.136.

The referral program has its own agreement at /referrer-terms. Setting a referral code now asks you to read and agree to it first, and your Referrals page records the version you agreed to and the date. If the agreement changes later, the page asks you to agree again before you set a new code. Your existing code keeps earning while you do, and anything you are owed is still paid.
The Terms of Service and the Referrals page now say plainly that only a payment earns a commission. A month the account you referred pays nothing for earns you nothing, which covers the 30-day free trial, free Premium time however it was given, and any coupon, discount or contest prize that brings the bill to $0. That was always how it worked; it was never written down.
Your 10% is now a true 10%, cut off at the cent. The remainder is dropped and never rounded up, so a $14.99 payment earns $1.49. Commissions already recorded keep the amount they were recorded with.
The Terms of Service no longer says the commission is worked out after payment processor fees. It never was: the 10% is taken from the amount of the invoice that was paid.

Version 1.0.135 · September 17, 2026

Release 1.0.135.

Basic Text-to-Speech is now on for every account, existing ones included, so readers can listen to your chapters with their browser's own voices without you having to switch anything on. The switch is still yours: untick "Allow Basic Text-to-Speech" under Reader Features on your Edit Profile page and the player disappears from your chapters.

Version 1.0.134 · September 17, 2026

Release 1.0.134.

The Terms of Service, the Privacy Policy and the Contest Terms now print our mailing address in the form the post office approved, with the unit and box number on one line. The address itself has not changed, so nothing about the documents needs agreeing to again.