Using Our Forums
We understand that our forum software may seem a bit daunting or complex to some of our visitors. So here's a few notes to help you jump into the fray and start posting your own messages or communicating with our members.

REGISTERING
Want to join in on discussions, post your own works or reply to others? Then you need to register. Registration is FREE and allows you to post in our forums. The only things you need to register are:

• Enter a username
  Name or nickname of your choosing. Nothing profane or obscene please. Username must be between 2 to 15 characters and can include spaces.
• Enter a password
  Password of your choice of course. A password that isn't easy for others to guess and/or contains letters and numbers is more secure.
• Provide email address
  Must be working & valid since an email will be sent with a link you need to visit to complete the process. Ensures the staff can communicate with you in case of problems with your account or forum usage.
• Provide date of birth
  You must enter your date of birth. This is required at AC in order to ensure we comply with the United States COPPA law and/or other federal laws or statutes. After the registration process is complete you'll be able edit your settings in the User CP area to chose if you want your age and/or date of birth to be publicly displayed or not.
• Select a gender
  Options: female, male, transgender or undisclosed. Primarily helps staff and other members know what pronouns to use when addressing you in the forums.

NOTE: Currently we don't allow registrations from AOL email addresses due to conflicts with AOL's email policies and practices. Sorry! More info.

Click on any of register links at the top of forum pages. Then follow the instructions. Once done an email will be sent to the email address you provided during registration with a link that you'll need to visit in order to confirm your registration. If you don't receive an email notice within 24 hours, you may have made a mistake in the email address. If so, register again using a different username and double checking your email address is entered properly as well as working. Memberships not confirmed after 7 days may be deleted.