Dreamwidth user Magibrain has a bingo card generator for creative inspiration. You can use this to make customized cards using your favorite motifs, which you can play in the Dreamwidth community Allbingo if you wish. The menu offers a whole bunch of premade prompt lists for plot, characterization, setting, etc. and there are also lists for non- ( Read more... )

Goal-Fish is a new site offering a customizable to-do list by . It has categories, such as chores and fun, with constraints (day/night, indoor/outdoor, current pain level, cost of supplies, etc.) for available tasks. Once you ask it for a task, it presents a simple description, and you can open detailed instructions if you wish. Learn more hereThe ( Read more... )

After a hectic summer working in the breathtakingly beautiful California wilderness, living with no reliable internet, and then a lengthy hospital stay and major surgery, I have finally been getting myself back into the game artistically.  I have yet to dip back into the crowdfunding, though, and I'm afraid it has more to do with a lack of ( Read more... )

Current library handling of ebooks is crummy.  Big publishers have arranged it so that the library can only lend the ebook to one person at a time, which cuts out a key advantage of ebooks over paper books.  The libraries all seem to use a thing called Overdrive, which does not accept ALL ebooks, so there's a bottleneck problem.  Some publishers ( Read more... )

So, friends, I'm going to do a little brainstorming on here, and would love some input ( Read more... )

This was a good month for my Giraffe Call! I didn't beat October's record, but I came close, making $80 in tips and getting 2 new donors and several new prompters ( Read more... )

Recently, flutterbychild asked what a landing page is and what should go on one.  The discussion turned up several other folks who have built landing pages inspired by mine for the Poetry Fishbowl, or at my recommendation.  I figured that this topic deserved a post of its own, so that more people can see it and talk about it.

What is a landing page?
A landing ( Read more... )

Practical Ecommerce posted this recent article showcasing 13 crowdfunding websites.  Some focus on creative projects, others on small businesses.  Fees, processes, and creator/sponsor tools vary.  Compare the sites and think about which would work best for your particular needs.

After the 2011 award season, there was a discussion and a poll for ideas about where the Rose & Bay Awards should go next.  A total of 17 people participated in the poll.  Here are the results ( Read more... )

What is Sketch Fest?Sketch Fest involves artists from all over the world, working on a pool of prompts and ideas for up to - but no more than! - one hour an any given sketch. For 24 hours, we creatively jam, share our results with each other, and sell our work. Artists can work in any media, for any part of the 24 hours, on any of the prompts, and ( Read more... )