Updates

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

Every form reports errors the same way

Version 1.0.42 · September 10, 2026

Release 1.0.42.

The series, book and chapter forms (new and edit) and the comment box now report an empty title or comment with the site's own message under the field, the same way the sign-in, newsletter, tier and plan forms do since release 1.0.41, instead of the browser's pop-up.
The change-username box marks the username field when the name is too short, badly formed or already taken, so a screen reader reads the reason with the field.

Version 1.0.41 · September 10, 2026

Release 1.0.41.

The sign-in, newsletter, tier, plan and override forms no longer hand empty or out-of-range fields to the browser's pop-up message. The site's own message appears under the form, the field is marked and focused, and a screen reader reads the message with the field, the same way every other error on the site works.

Version 1.0.40 · September 10, 2026

Releases 1.0.39 and 1.0.40.

After moving to the next or previous chapter with the arrow keys, Space starts and pauses text-to-speech as it does on a freshly opened chapter. It used to do nothing, or start and stop in the same press, because the previous chapter's key handling stayed active next to the new one.

Version 1.0.38 · September 10, 2026

Release 1.0.38.

Chapter pages have a few keyboard shortcuts (arrow keys for the previous and next chapter, Space, Escape and Alt with the arrows for text-to-speech). You can now switch them off on your Edit Profile page under Content Preferences, and the Help page lists them under Reading.
Every series has a language, set at the bottom of the series form and defaulting to English. Screen readers use it to read the title, description and chapters with the right pronunciation.
Form errors now point at the field they are about: the sign-in email, the newsletter email, a series, book or chapter title, a tier's name, type or price, a plan's name or delay, an override's series or plan, and the review box. A screen reader reads the message with the field, and the field is marked until you edit it.
An account that is disabled while it is signed in is signed out on its next request and sent to the account disabled page.

Version 1.0.37 · September 10, 2026

Releases 1.0.36 and 1.0.37.

With Chrome's text size turned all the way up on a phone, the search box, the rating stars, the cover upload box, the form buttons and the branch dropdown now stay on the screen instead of running off its edge.