For those who can't draw, but have a specific idea in mind, AI (at least ChatGPT) can now take your drawing and turn it into an image (so no more worrying about stealing other artists' work). Check out starting around minute 12. If you decide to watch from the beginning, (it's over 17 minutes long, either he didn't noticed one of the ChatGPT images has "a a' or he hoped we wouldn't notice. lol |
It's Everyone's Favorite Month! Well, if you're a poet, that is... National Poetry Month!
celebrates it every year in honor of eyestar~* ![]() She's the one who insisted that every month of "The Contest Challenge" ![]() ![]() When I started creating dedicated months, I decided to celebrate National Poetry Month on "The Contest Challenge" ![]() ![]() ![]() And there you have it! That's the history of this challenge celebrating National Poetry Month!
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Tomorrow is National Virtual Vacation Day in the U.S. (Yeah, there are a lot of obscure "holidays" no one actually celebrates...or even knows exists. lol) I found this and thought some of you might enjoy it. You mostly just need to be able to click, drag, and sometimes use the back button to enjoy these virtual tours. ![]() ![]() ![]() https://medium.com/brightnow/100-free-virtual-vacations-and-online-tours-familie... |
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Schnujo's Giving Away GPs ![]() I'm retired as is my wife so we can take the time and give the care that these animals need. I will do this until I'm unable or not around any longer but until then, I will be their caretakers until they pass. They will know warm welcoming home, good food and treats, love, compassion and empathy because in the end, The Cat Knows. ![]() |
Optionally, if I decide to go to the shelter, black dogs and black cats have the hardest time getting adopted, so I may just go that direction. They're cheaper than an endangered dog or cat breed lol |
Time is running out for the March contests in
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Well, you can do any consecutive 12 months, so April 2024 - March 2025 or January 2025 - December 2025 or whatever floats your boat and I allow catching up, so if it takes you 3 years to do those 12 months, it's okay. If you ever do other contests, check the Previously Highlighted Contests dropnotes to see if I have highlighted that contest (doing a quick Ctrl F helps) so you can get that entry to count because you can't do the contest entry, then later come back and try to count it for the challenge when you weren't actively participating in the challenge. But you can participate in the challenge, hit or miss, a month here or there, as you enter contests, until you manage to fill in 12 consecutive months. ![]() But if all you do is Promptmaster, yeah, I doubt I'll end up highlighting it 12 times in a row. lol |
If you haven't checked out
definitely do! What a fun challenge! And, you know, MBs are involved, so what could be better? |
Thank you, Jody! I have a related challenge, too.. "Note: We are doing a Merit Badge Magic Mash UP! ..." |
Just want to brag that I know the guy from this podcast. Lol The podcast is ranked #4 out of 70 for best podcasts for writers. https://www.facebook.com/share/195KKXhkHH/ |
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+ ![]() Angel bunny Easter eggs galore ![]() 🌻 pwheeler ~ love joy peace ![]() Bunny Sox ![]() Kit ![]() 💙 Carly - March into spring ![]() Choconut ![]() Lovina ![]() And if you add me, Schnujo's Giving Away GPs ![]() ![]() 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. ![]() If you opt to leave me off, be sure to delete the last comma after lovina. To ensure your MBs qualify for reimbursement... ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 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. |
Oh no! Somehow I missed the part about your client dying. My heart goes out to you, your client, and the client's loved ones. ![]() |
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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" ![]() See "Note: Last of the Giant January Celebrations of the..." for more information. |
John Johnny Johnson ![]() 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+ ![]()
I didn't even know this existed. Apparently, I'm missing out on a LOT of cool features! |
It is definitely expensive, Bodhisattwa Parekh ![]() ![]() 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 ☮ Raya, 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 ![]() 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 |
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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 🤦 ![]() ![]() 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. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
In case you missed Fivesixer ![]() ![]() Check out his note here. ![]() If you have questions about voting or need more information, please contact him. He's eager to get votes, thus eager to answer questions. ![]() |
So, uh, yeah, if this was written by you, I totally understand if you now block me. Hahaha! It doesn't mean my response it the "right" one, but I did prefer the 1st one. (Remember, I have a brain injury, so I'm not to be trusted. lol)
Alas, it's not a skill I possess Bruce.