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In case you missed it, S🤦♂️ wrote a couple of blog articles you might find interesting. "20260202 E-mail From A Publisher"  "20260105 Shunn Formatting" The first is from his publisher talking about why he rejects submissions and the second is about the style of formatting most commonly requested for submissions to many things. |
February's Contests Are Up in
Which Will You Be Entering?
Remember to Fan your favorite contest and/or contest owner by double clicking their heart until it turns golden yellow!  |
Here's a video with some really interesting things to do to bring in more income from your books -- things like having a clean vs. spicy edition or creating a recipe book to go with it. Note: AI is referenced a lot in this video, but most of these ideas can be done without AI. It would just be more work. If you are 100% against AI and refuse to even be open to ideas probably gotten (at least in part) from AI, don't bother with the video. If you're interested in hearing some ideas you may want to implement (with or without the help of AI), he had some unexpected ones. |
Zines, Random Queen ☮  ? I don't recall him mentioning those and DK what they are unless you are referring to online magazines. |
For those who wonder why I don't like reviewing, it's because I can't seem to reign in my opinions and make a reasonably short review. Okay, I have managed from time to time, but often because I'm just not feeling up to giving it my all and I hate holding back. Anyway, someone found my review worthy of "The Quills" nomination! THANK YOU!!!! I'm glad to see my lack of restraint was deemed valuable by someone. Hahaha! Here's my review for anyone interested. Review of "Who Are You?"  I was reviewing
The story is a great read (and, apparently, the review is as well lol).  Again, thank you for the Best Review Quills nomination!!!  Remember to nominate your favorite reviewer! |
| Random Queen ☮ , but then it won't count. It needs to be at least 250 characters...not that I couldn't write a 250 character sentence. Hahaha! |
Schnujo  - Just copy and paste the sentence until it's like 250 characters. Or just say: "You're so cute." Things like that. |
| Random Queen ☮ , you're a genius! BTW, you're so cute. Hahaha! Geez, that was only 67 characters. I guess I need to laugh longer. Hahahahahahahahahahaha! (Takes deep breath) Hahaha haha (not even 210) hahahahahaha... You're really, really, cute! (Whew! I made it, thanks to your long handle! Lol) |
| Thank you, Humming Bird, SM, and SMs for the wonderful care package I received! The bookmarks are fabulous and I really appreciate the pens! I've been running through those a lot lately -- 6 in the last 6 weeks. I've already run through 2 WdC pens and am on a 3rd. lol Humming Bird, you are too sweet! Thank you! And thanks to you, I got the extra goodies. I sincerely appreciate your thoughtfulness! You're the best! I hope you don't mind the public thanks. |
Thank you to whomever nominated
for Best Activity in "The Quills" ! What an honor!!! |
In case you didn't see this sad news about 🌝 HuntersMoon   ... "Note: This note from [Link To User huntersmoon] wa..." |
| This should remind all of us about the importance of having a WdC Will (to say what happens to our contests/activities when we become incapacitated or pass away) and a letter to our loved ones requesting a copy of our death certificate be sent to SM so our port can stay at the membership level it is when we pass. When SM gets our death certificate, we are turned to a white case and memorialized. If we are a Premium member when we pass, we will forever remain Premium and our items will forever be visible to others. Also, TELL your family your wishes. A note is so they don't forget. Telling them allows them to ask questions or raise concerns or make suggestions about the plan. I recommend a pre-addressed envelope (with a Forever stamp, if you're in the US) to help your family do this with minimal stress. Be sure to include a note in the letter telling SM your username. If your death certificate will be in a foreign language, include an English note saying this is your death certificate (and remember to include your username). Here are some examples and information from my port. Note: They probably need to be updated, but this is better than nothing.
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| Schnujo - good suggestions. i still get birthday reminders about my sister who died almost ten years ago because no one was able to get FB to turn off the reminders. I tried but encountered FB corporate types demanding that I get a death certificate from the next of kin etc etc so I gave up and wrote a sarcastic poem or two. |
If you need GPs and aren't following ║▌│║▌▌║▌█║  , you're missing out! "Note: M O N D A Y M E R I T B A D ..." |
Whoa, 💘 Richard 💘  ! That's some outside-the-box thinking for how to get me a MB I don't have already! Hahaha! Great dedication to the site. I'm sure SM and SMs have you in their Favorites list. Brandiwyn🎶 v.2026  , you're too funny -- both of you! |
Winnie the Pooh  , none to follow him (that I know of, but maybe he does pay new fans -- IDK). If you follow him, you'll sometimes find opportunities to earn GPs by sending a MB as seen in the link I posted. It's too late for this opportunity, but I've seen him do this before, so you'll likely see it again. |
Ready and Waiting --
is on Standby for Your Contest Entries!
Did you know that the Giant January Celebrations for those who have done every single contest since the challenge started in 2017 typically cost me 40-60 MILLION GPs? One reason is that everyone gets 500k GPs when they complete their January entry. I've been doing that since the 5th year. This is the 9th year. But next year, I hope/plan to give everyone 1 MILLION GPs when they finish their 10th year! So, if you've got quite a few entries done (or WAY too much free time on your hands), hop over to "The Contest Challenge" and start working on those catchup entries! Even if you've fallen behind, if you've done 10 years worth of "The Contest Challenge" , late entries or not, you'll qualify for the largest celebration in the history of "The Contest Challenge" (and maybe all of WdC)! See the 1st comment below for how to do a catchup entry. |
| To catch up: 1. Find the months/years you need to catch up on. To easily do this, open the Current Competitors dropnote and do a search of your username. On a PC press Control (Ctrl) + F. For a Mac, press Command (⌘) + F. Type your username into the search bar that appears (usually top right or bottom). 2. Once you know a year you need to catch up on, open the appropriate year's dropnote labeled "Previously Highlighted Contests (year)" to find the contests for the months you are missing. 3. In the "Previously Highlighted Contests (year)" dropnote, check the contest options for the month(s) you are missing for contests open for entry. If nothing is available, let me know and I'll find a replacement contest for you. If a contest is only open sometimes (such as a Christmas contest) and that's all that's available, please catch up on other months/years first. When you have done everything you can to finish a year, I'll ensure you get a replacement. 4. Enter the appropriate contest for the month/year you are missing using the CURRENT contest prompt. 5. When you've entered, return to "The Contest Challenge" and post proof that you entered. Title your post with the contest name and month/year you want credit for. For example, you may title your post "PromptMaster March 2025" if you need to catch up March 2025 and entered PromptMaster this month to do it. In the body of your forum post on "The Contest Challenge" , post a link to your entry in the contest forum (not your actual item, but the forum post) with {post:#######}. With that link, I can see that you entered, which contest you entered, and even read your item, if I want.Even if you don't finish the entire challenge, just finishing a year gets you a regular Newsfeed Celebration with MBs! Plus, I will sometimes send GPs to those who are actively participating in my challenge. You only need to enter 1 contest for each month and only need 12 consecutive months to qualify for a regular celebration. Yes, you can hop over a new year, so February 2025 to January 2026 would qualify for a regular Newsfeed Celebration. |
I am still working on my space opera story. Have been working on it since the 18th and trying to get ideas before that. I have entered PromptMaster for three weeks thus far.  I wasn't sure if I should add the other weeks to my initial post or not since you don't need to do every week but I plan to enter every week with all of the prompts. |
Dawn Embers  , great job doing so many entries for PromptMaster this month! Awesome! I wouldn't recommend just adding the additional entries to the initial post because I won't likely see them. I would if you responded to my comment since I "need" to be the last one to comment on each post so I know it's been taken care of already, so if I saw you posted, I'd check that and see that you added more. But if you just edited your original post, you definitely wouldn't get credit for the extra work because I'd never know. Should you even bother letting me know, even though you've already gotten credit for this month? I think so. Sometimes I give GPs for entries, so it would make sense to post them, IMO. However, I would also recommend you look at I think it's March 2025? Check the Previously Highlighted Contests 2025 for March (or May?) to see if I'd highlighted PromptMaster then. I think so. Whatever month I highlighted it in, you can get credit for that month since you're doing extra entries. Thus, I'd recommend creating a new post instead of adding to the old one (though in either case, I'd make a new post, but you do you) and create the title as something like "PromptMaster -- March 2025" so you get credit for that month, too. This way, if you decide you want to do any catching up and filling in of months, you can slowly build up another year if you'd like. But that's just my opinion. You do what makes you happy. |
The Top 2 Contests in
Still Need More Entries If you entered the last one, remember she's hoping for 2 entries from you this month.
 Good luck with all your contest entries this month! |
You're welcome to suggest it, Mousethyme-no romance  . She could say, "A relaxed poetry competition..." But I know a lot of contests don't say what they are. I'm always having to search the rules to see what they do when looking to ensure I have at least 1 poetry contest each month. |
We Have Contests That Need More Entries In
See what you can enter:
Be sure to double click your favorite contests' hearts until they turn gold! They're in the upper right corner of the contest forum. And don't forget your favorite contest owner, too! |
Earn Gift Points by Sending Merit Badges! Earn as many as 40k GPs for less than a minute's work! See "Note: I thought I did this yesterday, but later realiz..." for what to do and who to send the MBs to. They've finished 9 straight years of "The Contest Challenge" ! Help them celebrate! Post there or send me an email to get your GPs. If you don't have enough GPs, you can either ask for the GPs in advance or send the MBs in smaller batches as you get reimbursed.  If you don't know how to send a MB, just ask! I'm happy to teach! |
| Yes, Silver Dragon . I reposted it for those who didn't see it. I did get some more participants after I posted this. |
Two Contests Don't Have Much Competition This Month in
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Thank you for promoting Weekly Quickie last month. I look forward to picking something to enter in February. Maybe horror but we will have to wait and see.