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Here are Your December Options for
 Remember that you can always do catch up entries if you get behind. The 1st 2 need more entries -- AKA, the competition is light so winning should be easier. lol
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December's Contests in
Deserve Your Attention!
 Reopened at my request -- Share your WdC knowledge! Be sure to double click those hearts of the contest owners you love until they (the heart, not the owner lol) turn gold!  Love a contest you want to keep track of? Go to the forum and double click the heart in the upper right corner until it turns gold, too! |
Well, it took me a bit over 3 hrs. to update
but it's done. YAY! I should NOT let myself get so far behind! We had 3 winners of the challenge to do all 10 contests so congratulations to dogpack saving 4premium+, Soldier_Mike, and Chilly Charles 🎄 for their hard work! Here are the December contest options:
This contest reopened at my request and is a great way to spread your knowledge of WdC!
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Oops! Mistakes Over at
Well, when I'm in charge, you get what you get. lol The first "contest" previously listed was apparently a bank, but now I've replaced it with the actual contest. I apologize for the error.
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Has the November Round of
Been Updated in the Forum and GPs Dispersed Yet? No -- But It Will Happen, Eventually. Have the New Contests Contests Been Posted for December? Yes -- Finally, Barely Are They All Open Yet? IDK. Stop Asking Me Questions! I had to replace all the contests. Let's not get into who might have forgotten to send out reminders in November, But also, what are the odds that not 1 contest owner is around from any December contest? Higher than I'd imagined, TBH. Anyway, the contests are up and will be open soon, if they aren't already!
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Does anyone know if I buy a Visa gift card for someone in a foreign country, but I buy a virtual one through Amazon, can they use it in their country just fine for most online purchases, even though I bought it from the US Amazon store? |
N.A Miller  , well it looks like if I send a virtual Visa, I can't be guaranteed it will work, probably as a safety precaution against those stupid gift card scammers who are usually overseas. But thanks. If it doesn't work for everyone, I don't want to take the chance. Plus, member who needed an overseas bill paid, turns out the recipient won't accept a Visa gift card from Amazon, perhaps because it won't work in their country or perhaps because it sounds like WE are the scammers. lol |
DOH! I just realized this wasn't directed at me, N.A Miller . You and Humbly Giving Poet PNG- 📓  were joking around. I'd forgotten about that part of these comments. Hahaha! |
AI Writers/Users Make More?!? Here's a survey of writers using AI. Turns out those who use it tend to make more money than those who don't. The video says those who shun AI tend to be those who don't use it (per the survey). Though I know in S🤦♂️'s case, he's very anti-AI but has openly said he's tested AI a year or so ago, which is fair. You shouldn't say you hate a tool you've never used. But AI has improved a TON in the last year! Plus, if you aren't good at writing AI prompts, your results won't be as great. I've seen some AI prompts and they can be quite extensive -- often several hundred words. The difference is they can be recycled because they are instructing the AI to write based on what happened last so results using the same prompt for an argument following spilled coffee would look different than an argument following a broken dagger, though they used the same prompt. And the scene that caused the dagger to break or the coffee to be spilled is a whole different prompt from the prompt to write the following argument. Prompt engineering is a whole thing in itself. I'm not good at it, but if you are a skilled writer, you don't need to be as good at writing great AI prompts. You could just use it to write the bones that you construct around to speed up the process. If you want to use AI to write the scene 80% of the way, as he mentions, so you only have to pretty it up and AI it down, you need to be REALLY good at prompt engineering. Most folks I know who use AI to write are still doing over 50% of the writing, themselves. One mentioned she writes about 67% after AI has written the 1st draft. But that means every time a non-AI user has written 3 books, she's written 4. Plus, she works on her novels daily and runs her business full time, so she cranks out a LOT and makes several thousand a month because she takes her writing and business seriously. ..unlike certain Schnujos I know. Lol FYI, for those who can't watch the video, the top few uses for AI in writing aren't doing the actual writing and the least common use (and use the video doesn't recommend) is letting the AI do the writing without you touching it or touching it much. Don't do that. |
How's it Coming with Your November Entry in
Time is Running Out...
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November is Winding Down. Yes, I'm WAY Behind on the Forum in
(but not too far behind on my homework, so there's that lol). How are doing with you entry/entries this month?
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| I know how easy it can be to get behind. This month, I'm behind on almost everything except my exercise routine. As of this evening, I'm actually ahead on that. In fact, I've added chewing exercises to my routine and I'm caught up on those until mid-December. |
November's Contests at
are Listed Below:
Be sure to double click the heart in the upper right corner of the forum of your favorite contests' forums. Clicking until it turns gold from here favorites the owner, not the contest, itself, but that's cool, too! Why not do both?!? |
Absolutely, pwheeler ~ joy to the world  ! Sorry for the delay this month. Between school, doctor appointments, and the bouts of depression, it's been a tough month. |
UPDATE: CONTEST CHANGE
As some of you may (or may not) have noticed, "Bite Size Poetry Contest"  hasn't been updated. The owner hasn't been around, so I've replaced the contest with "Wintry Writing Wonderland" . Technically, "Wintry Writing Wonderland" doesn't have a word/line count min/max, so you can stick to the 500/15 or you can go long, if you choose. On the good side, "Wintry Writing Wonderland" accepts both poetry on stories, so isn't that exciting?!? I don't think anyone has already entered "Bite Size Poetry Contest" , but if you already have, I'll count it. If not, please enter "Wintry Writing Wonderland" instead. I apologize for the late change! I try to give the owners time in case they forgot. Plus, I had a paper, statistics, and have a presentation I'm supposed to be working on right now, plus my dissertation I'm having to give fake weekly updates on, several doctor appointments (the last one took an hour and a half just to get there), blah, blah, excuses, excuses. It's me, okay? Just accept it. Hahaha! Anyway, this is a great contest addition, so I hope you all have fun with it!
New Contest Addition!
Remember: Post all 10 contest entries in 1 forum post with {post:#######} showing me all your entries in the 10 contest forums and list which contest entry goes to which contest. I'll give the 1st 5 people to finish 10k GPs! Not sure how to post to get the 50k? Check out how Soldier_Mike  and pwheeler ~ joy to the world are posting. They are doing it 2 different ways, but each is fine. I just need to know which contest and have a link to your entry. You decide how you want to do it. |
Elycia Lee ☮  , they are all pretty quick and easy contests. You are welcome to take it easy this month, if you want. You can just enter one, per usual. But if you are looking for a challenge, enter all 10. If you are one of the 1st 5 people to do so, you will get 50k GPs! |
| It's fine, Elycia Lee ☮ . It's not for everyone. That's why this month you can choose how many you want to do. |
In case you missed it, Jinglette Bellette  is offering 15k GPs to anyone who sends Gingeremy Bread Man  a merit badge!  "Note: [Embed 1AgZjtTsOFw7I8l9BO] Free Gift Points!..." Naturally, the MB must count for CRs. This means if you see the red warning when you are about to send it saying that you sent one to him recently, it won't count for community recognition and Jinglette Bellette won't pay you. But she probably will be patient if you contact her and tell her when you can send him the MB. |
Sorry, Winnie the Pooh . I was hoping that the next paragraph explained it well enough, but I guess not. CR means community recognition. That's the numbers by our names. Winnie the Pooh  . Yours is currently 48. So while there are other ways to get CRs, the most common and easiest way is through MBs (merit badges). We now get MBs just for logging on every day, posting on the newsfeed every day, doing a review every day, posting in a forum every day, and posting in a blog (even if we are just commenting on someone else's) every day. Do that for 7 days in a row and you get a MB from WdC. You can also get them from friends if they send one to you at least 1 week and 1 minute from the last time they sent one to you. But if it wasn't sent at least 1 week and 1 minute from the last time they sent you one, they will see a red warning by your name as they are about to do the final confirmation. If they confirm the MB, you won't get a CR for that MB> You can send MBs to as many people as you want and they will all count, so long as it's not the same person within 7 days and 1 minute. Multiple people can send to the same person and they will all count. You can send 1 MB free to anyone you want every 30 days. The rules for CRs still count. If it's not your free MB, it costs 10k. I hope this helps! FYI, since I'm betting you don't send a lot of MBs and you probably aren't close friends with Gingeremy Bread Man, your MB, if you send one, will count. It will probably also be free, unless you've sent a MB to someone in the last 30 days, so you get to keep all 15k, not just 5k. Yipee! If you participate, after you send the MB, you can forward the MB confirmation email to Jinglette Bellette. Her username for the email is just annette so it's easy to remember. |
🦃 intuey Grateful & Blessed  is looking renew her membership through a MB sale!CRs guaranteed, so you can order them all!!! She's got some rocking deals! You won't find any crazy 150k or 200k exclusive MBs in this sale! |
Schnujo  - No problem at all! Ugh! I have to get super busy catching up in the Contest challenge 🤞🥴🐜🙄🤗 |
Exciting Event in
We are hosting 10 contests and we want 5 entries for each contest. Thus, the 1st 5 people to enter all 10 contests and post all 10 entries in 1 post in "The Contest Challenge" forum will get 10k GPs! Post your entries with {post:#######}. I'm giving away 50k GPs -- 10k each to the 1st 5 people! Don't worry! November is the quick/short/easy contest month! It's still not easy, but I believe in you!
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| 1. "Daily Flash Fiction Challenge" 2. "Chapter One" 3. "Monsters Under The Bed" 4. "Thankful Poetry Contest" 5. "The Dialogue 500" 6. "Bite Size Poetry Contest" 7. "Writing 4 Kids" 8. "Hook of the Book" 9. "Starting Stories" 10. "The Prompt Me Contest" Amethyst Snow Angel, if "Monsters Under The Bed" doesn't open soon, either I'll replace it or allow folks to do just 9. I don't really want to get into people choosing to do 5 because then some of the contests will still end up with not getting 5 entries as people will continue to have favorites. |
Look what 🍬Candywyn🎶  made!!!
Got a plot rolling around in your head that you know you'll never use? Drop it off here! Need a plot? Uh, well, there's not much to choose from yet, but hopefully soon! lol |
Scifiwizard Retired  and S🤦♂️ , I've added your forum to this one as a resource and I added a new idea to yours. |
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) but can I get 5k GPs for entering 5? Or more?
Anyway, you can start anytime since it's simply a continuous challenge and you just need 12 consecutive months, including hopping over a new year, so if you started this month, you would end November 2026. But some folks want their 12 months in a single year, which is fine, too.
Optionally, to finish faster, you can work forwards and backwards at the same time. Do December 2025 and while you are waiting for me to post January 2026, also do November 2025. Then in January 2026, if you have time, you can do that month, but also October 2025. Technically, since I allow catching up, if you can do all 12 months in 1, you can finish super fast! Lol
But no pressure. Do what makes you happy