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Last of the Giant January Celebrations of the Season! Yeah, it's not January anymore. I'm behind schedule. Just appreciate my disorganization. lol Last chance to earn 15k per MB for this year's events! Expires Monday at midnight (unless you message me about needing additional time for CRs). This is to celebrate the following people who have done all 8 years of
Soldier_Mike  👼intuey  dogpack saving 4premium+  Angelica Weatherby- Easter tim  🌻 pwheeler ~ love joy peace Bunny Sox  Kit  💙 Carly - March into spring  Choconut  Lovina And if you add me, Schnujo's Giving Away GPs  , to your list, I'll give you an additional 15k because I love MBs, too.  For your copy/paste convenience, here's a list of all 11 of us to put into the To section of the MBs so you can send them all at once.  mikewrites, intuey, vpbanjo, dragonfish, pwheeler, rinsoxy, kittee, carly1967, purplesunday, lovina, schnujo If you opt to leave me off, be sure to delete the last comma after lovina. To ensure your MBs qualify for reimbursement...  MBs must mention "The Contest Challenge"  . You can use the item alias TCC -- {item:tcc} or the item number {item:2109126} All MBs must qualify for CRs (community recognition points -- the numbers by our names) meaning you didn't see a red warning on the confirmation screen. If you see that red warning, note how long you have to wait for CRs to kick in and notify me if you want to wait. You can send the rest of the MBs, but remove that person from your list and we can discuss you having to wait and getting your GPs later when you send the MB(s). Must post below or email me for reimbursement. Please let me know how many MBs you sent. If you are waiting for CRs for anyone, please let me know that, too. If you send to all 10 celebrants, plus me, you'll spend 110k (unless you've not used your free MB for this 30-day period yet, then you'll spend 110k) and receive 165k GPs. If you are short on GPs, let me know and I'll send you some ahead of time. I can easily see if you've sent the MBs, so I'm happy to send the GPs. Note: I have a client dying in the hospital, so there will likely be significant delays (4-5 hrs or more) for some people getting paid, depending on when I'm notified. I will try to stay on it, but obviously, decorum. |
| Schnujo's Giving Away GPs - you already sent them! I should have said that, sorry. If you sent me double, I'll return the double. |
ReplyOh no! Somehow I missed the part about your client dying. My heart goes out to you, your client, and the client's loved ones.  |
Reply| 🌻 pwheeler ~ love joy peace , thank you. He passed away last night at 7:38. I feel for his family, but it now cuts out 2 hrs of driving I was doing daily to and from hospice (30 minutes each way, 2 trips/day), so there's that. And since I was sometimes there with him until after midnight because the family didn't want him alone, I'll be getting more sleep now. |
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 Only for members of WdC 1 year or less.
Anyone can enter The following contests are closed, but still listed FYI...
Deadline was March 13
You must have entered the 1st week, if you want to enter other weeks. |
In case you missed the notice about the opportunity to earn 55k GPs... You send 11 MBs to the people I listed in the note, being sure to mention "The Contest Challenge" , and I send you 165k GPs. See "Note: Last of the Giant January Celebrations of the..." for more information. |
John Johnny Johnson  is moving soon, but wants to get back to writing as soon as that's done. There are some polls about Pokemon listed on "Note: To all Pokémon fans, I need some help. I'm mov...", if you're willing.Here are the polls if you don't want to bother checking out the link for more info. lol
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While helping dogpack saving 4premium+ with something, look what I came across!
I didn't even know this existed. Apparently, I'm missing out on a LOT of cool features! |
| It is definitely expensive, Bodhisattwa Parekh . But if it makes you feel any better, I doubt you truly need it anyway. Thank you for all your thoughts on websites, GERVIC. I'm actually looking at making one of my own in the not too distant future (makes vague hand gesture). I appreciate your comments. Elycia Lee ☮ Reviewing, thank you for mentioning you like J.K. Rowling's website. I'll definitely have to check it out! One of the (many, many) things holding me back from making a website is not being sure how to do with it / how to make it look. I'll see what I think of hers. Thank you! |
We don't offer any of that stuff anymore... That whole thing really needs to go away. There are really good options out there for web design and hosting and we ditched trying to keep up with any of that long long ...  |
The StoryMaster  - Luckily, I haven't gotten around to reading it yet, so I don't even know what I thought I was missing. Hahaha! Glad I could help you find another thing to put on your To-Do list. lol |
Here's an interesting article about how book bans actually increase readership. It mentions some small authors and publishers are using it on purpose. Interesting. Note: Most of the 2nd part of the article is about why both parties use it when it increases readership. https://phys.org/news/2025-03-titles-circulation.html |
Friendly Neighborhood Derg  - The ones in question were quite blatant in their depictions of outdated stereotypes. |
| All bans have me worried. Some of the books banned by USA school libraries include books about gay marriage, books about inter-racial marriage, books where a suicide is depicted, books where magic is depicted as normal and good... the list is frankly insane. When I worked at schools, we'd look at the list of banned books from US schools, and order them. So your banned list was a great way to expose our children to different viewpoints and ideas! In Australia, one book is specifically banned - The Anarchist's Handbook - and a heap of books that are basically CP are highly restricted. I thought they were banned, but on posting about this banning thing in a Discord server, they said the books were not banned, but "restricted." And, like Robert Waltz, the ban on The Satanic Verses made me read it. I got 50 pages in before I gave up; it would never have got any traction without the ban. It was so appallingly hard to read. I didn't even understand what was going on, and I like to think I'm not stupid. |
In case you missed it... S 🤦  posted a GP-earning opportunity. (Well, I assume it is. He promised "Generous compensation will be offered to those who provide meaningful feedback.") Plus, you get to be one of the first people ever to read his upcoming book! It's 104k words, though only chapter 1 is posted ATM, but still... He's published numerous books through traditional publishers, so perhaps you'll like his newest novel. (He's anti-self-publishing, so I strongly advise you not to bring that up... lol) If you're too lazy to click to see if you should have clicked, some info is below.  Chapter 1: 1900 words Genre: Horror, specifically Horror/Fantasy with Creature Feature Language: Australian English, so don't bother correcting spelling, punctuation, etc. Link and Passkey: Email him for access What's Expected: Feedback -- He lists specific questions on "Note: REPOST!
I have chapter one of a new novel (10..." that he wants answered, but additional feedback about the reading experience is expected. Warning: He doesn't do trigger warnings, but you know, it is a horror novel, so it's not intended for those easily offended or for those who are highly sensitive. lol |
In case you missed Fivesixer  's note about needing help/votes, his poetry book is in a competition for the best cover design and he's needing votes. Check out his note here. "Note: YOOOOOOO!!
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*..." If you have questions about voting or need more information, please contact him. He's eager to get votes, thus eager to answer questions. |
If you have a Creative Fabrica account, check to see how much you're paying! Apparently, the All Access cost has dropped from $9/month to $3.99/month. I knew I was wasting money ($9/month) since I forget to go get stuff from there, but I didn't realize how much money ($5.01/month) I was wasting. lol |
| Yeah, as an anti-subscription person, I'm very against the new trends, for sure! I was even more upset when I saw a news article I wanted to read, but when I tried to only accept essential cookies, that wasn't an option. Any cookie I accepted tripped all cookies and any cookie I turned off tripped all cookies to go off and wouldn't allow me to read the article. Well, I opted to not read the article. That's total BS. Here's the link to Affinity software, a 1-off purchase, for anyone interested in design and editing software without a subscription. https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/ |
Schnujo's Giving Away GPs - I've encountered articles like that. They're maddening. Friends and family oft send me links which take me to Facebook pages, nearly all of which require me to log in to my account or sign up. I neither have nor desire a FB account, so the links are pointless. Every time I see another "Rent this software" ad with it's implied afterthought 'and hope we don't withdraw support', my only thought is that Americans are buying the slavery we fight wars to end. The Cloud worries me. Almost anyone can reach into a cloud and take whatever's there. When a lightning bolt flashes through a cloud, it vaporizes everything around it. If clouds are so great for storing things, why do we park our vehicles on terra firma? You and I seem to see things very much the same way. |
| I think you can do pretty much everything without a Fb account, Humble Poet PNG in green . I have one (though I don't have I don't have Instagram or most anything else), but it is connected to nothing else. I don't want to connect things in case 1 thing is compromised. So, if a friend sends you something you are truly interested in, you may have to dig around, but there's almost always a way to access it through a regular login you create...unless they got it from Facebook or it's a Fb thing, then maybe not. lol But so far, I've never found something I wanted that I couldn't access through a regular login. Of course, that often requires giving them my email, which is a whole different problem... I wish someone had advised me to create a spam email account 20 years ago like my friend did. Hahaha! |
For those who haven't heard ""Heart of a Derg" Appreciation MB Group" gives away a MB to "those whose hearts and deeds are the size of dragons." ![Merit Badge in Heart of a Derg
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For the help given to the WDC community ranging from advice to donations and helping out behind the scenes.](https://images.Writing.Com/imgs/writing.com/writers/badges/group-Heart_of_a_Derg-2334942_6.gif) Basically, if you know a person on WdC who does a lot around here, post their name and why they deserve the Heart of a Derg MB on the note linked here  "Note: [Link To Item #2334942] is still giving out our ..." Please don't post on my note. Post on that note above. To make donations to this very generous group, donate to group # 2334942 Do donations to ""Heart of a Derg" Appreciation MB Group" get you a free MB like they do when you donate to most other groups? I don't know. Ask Friendly Neighborhood Derg . You can also purchase a MB for yourself for a mere 20k! Those GPs should be sent directly to Friendly Neighborhood Derg with the MB request. |
EEK! Due to unforeseen (but anyone who knows me should have seen this coming) circumstances, after today, there will only be 2 options for the rest of the month...and one is for newbies.
Yep, per usual, I try hard, but often fall short. Good thing I decided to run 4 contests, never mind the guilt involved. lol Last day to enter!
Deadline March 13
You must have entered the 1st week, if you want to enter other weeks.
Only for members of WdC 1 year or less.
Normal, everyday contest you can enter any time this month. |
OH, NO! Thanks to Schnujo's Giving Away GPs 's shockingly poor planning (perhaps only shocking to her and any newbies reading this), soon, only 2 contests out of 4 will be available and 1 is a newbie contest! YIKES!
Tomorrow is the deadline to write for the top contest listed in the ones below!
Deadline is tomorrow, March 13!
Normal, regular contest anyone can enter.
Only for members of WdC here 1 year or less.
You must have entered the 1st week, if you want to enter other weeks. |
If you have a 1k-5k speculative fiction story you'd like to get published, check out Max Griffin 🏳️🌈  's "Note: I spent the morning doing the cover for the Summer..." for an opportunity to explore.Not sure what speculative fiction is, check with Max or check out the Crosstimbers website to see what they're looking for. Better yet, read some of their back issues. |
Elycia Lee ☮ Reviewing  - Yep, when I was living in North Carolina, I went to visit him and his wife in Virginia. They are a lovely couple. And he's even more talented in real life! |
| Not right now but I bet I could write one. I think I may take Max Griffin up on that. |
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