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Oh I Forgot - The Benefits Of Vocal's QuickEdit
Introduction I only have one story in Vocal Resource but today I have requested twenty of my stories to be moved to draft so that I can submit them to Resources I will also submit this article, because an observation in a comment from Naomi Gold made me think of a huge benefit of Vocal Quickedit which could only happen with a model like the Vocal one. If you want to find the quote it is in this story and you will realise why I am writing this.
By Mike Singleton - Mikeydredabout 11 hours ago in FYI
Trails
I am standing in a forest, lost. I wandered in sure that I could trust my sense of direction, amazed by the trees with their tail, straight branchless trunks, mushrooming out to create a green canopy blocking out the blue sky and the sun.
By Mike Singleton - Mikeydredabout 22 hours ago in Fiction
Becalmed
Introduction I'm in another of those periods where I am unable to write. It is slightly weird because there are lots of things going through my head but I just don't know how to put the things together. I was thinking of maybe doing a piece on words, or a story with the theme of being becalmed, and the Brian Eno piece came on the player so that may have influenced me, then there are the two current Vocal challenges "Smooth" and "Identity".
By Mike Singleton - Mikeydreda day ago in Poets
Become A Vocal Facebook Group Member And Bathe In The Positivity
Although this is a positive post about the positivity of being a Vocal Creator, many are attracted by the possible prizes from the Challenges. The bad news is that this is effectively a lottery , you pay your ten dollars a month, you can enter your stories and the chances are it will not even be in the top three no matter how good your story is. However you get paid for reads and the 0.4c a read goes up to almost 0.7c a read for a Vocal+ member. Again the bigger your reader base and following the more you will get but I am not going into that there are plenty of better advisers on getting seen and SEO and here is my own piece. As a Vocal+ member you can withdraw when you hit $20 instead of the $35 for basic Vocal members.
By Mike Singleton - Mikeydred2 days ago in FYI
New Teeth For The Old Cog, ANd Traces
Introduction I got an invitation from either Mick or Michelle for this exhibition at The Biscuit Box (I thought it was The Biscuit Factory but it is two buildings down, I should really check things more carefully), this was the Facebook post with information that I should have taken on board before going.
By Mike Singleton - Mikeydred4 days ago in Art
Are Vocal Promoting Themselves Enough?
Introduction When i was tempted to join Vocal I remeber seeing advertisements for a writing platform where I could win huge amounts of money if I subscribed to their model, and you know I can resist anything but temptation, so I joined up, and while there have been times that Vocal have annoyed the hell out of me like when you get entries to challenges that break the rules like this. I am not blaming the creator, and it can be easily corrected, but I am blaming Vocal because this should not have placed.
By Mike Singleton - Mikeydred6 days ago in Journal
