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I am confused I thought free account creators lost our earnings from reads, but it seems that I am still earning somehow. When does some of those new rules start like no more earning for free account creators? I thought it started when we all were or most were getting verified and all the new rules. I have only made maybe rounding off about 15 or less cents over the past two weeks. I like earning from reads, but being a free account creator will I continue to earn, or does it just stop come August? I wish Vocal reads my suggestion about a $5 bonus for reading and commenting if they do take away my chance to earn on reads.
By Mark Graham3 months ago in Writers
Hybrid vs. Self-Publishing
Anyone who has ever looked into the hybrid publishing industry knows it's expensive and full of shady companies that look to take your money for very little value in return. Yet, unless you're lucky enough to land an agent, your only other choice is to self-publish, which can be just as prohibitively expensive, if not more so. Which route you take is largely reliant on your time and budget. This article is about my own personal experience with both areas, the pros and cons, and what I ultimately chose. Full disclosure, there is also a small sales pitch at the end!
By Kenny Penn3 months ago in Writers
Dork Drabbles
Now for all the readers out there in Vocal land. The next 'Dork' question is 'What was the last book you read that was SO good you didn't want it to end? Why did you like it? This one is a hard one for me to answer, but if I had to pick one or two, they would of have been the 'North and South' series written by John Jakes or even his 'Kent Family Chronicles' series. I would really like to know how both these families prospered into the 20th century and now. I hope you guys share yours.
By Mark Graham3 months ago in Writers
Dork Drabble
Here's one for all the artists out there. The next 'Dork' question is 'What thing do you like to doodle OBSESSIVELY. The things that I like to do is draw or 'doodle' are houses, odd shapes and just about anything that I can think of drawing. One time I tried faces, but then I usually go back and draw trees and flowers. If you read one of 'Mechanical drawing' articles my 'doodle' was of an 'A' frame house. I know there are artists out there in the Vocal communities and I hope you share your obsessive doodles with me. Please.
By Mark Graham3 months ago in Writers
Dork Drabbles
I'm in the mood to answer fun questions that children ask a times. The next Dork question is 'What yummy snack food do you crave most often?' This one is kind of a hard one for me to answer because I did have quite a few snack foods that I liked. I like sweet and I like salty sometimes together and yet even I think mostly separately. I really crave salty and like potato chips in all the various varieties that they have today. Then again, I crave candy bars like Twix, Snickers, and/or Milky Way. Please share your favorite.
By Mark Graham3 months ago in Writers
Dork Drabbles
Here is another Dork drabble question for one to think about. 'What song to you like to sing in the shower?' Hope this is not too private and personal, but this is from a kid's book. I am not much of a singer in the shower but believe it or not I like songs from Broadway especially the songs from 'West Side Story' and or 'South Pacific'. I could hum those songs all day long. There are a few country and pop songs I could hum to myself too, I guess. Please share your favorites whatever they may be now.
By Mark Graham3 months ago in Writers
Fire Fragments of Caitlin Charlton. Runner-Up in The Posthumous Author Challenge.
A posthumous author profile built from fragments, contradictions, and myth. Critics reconstruct Caitlin Charlton’s life through a single photograph, a surviving recording, and the misunderstandings that shaped her legacy.
By Caitlin Charlton3 months ago in Writers
Everything seems to be going good...
This is just a note that I am wondering about being someone who is a free account creator. Everything is going good for me here at Vocal.media.com, but one question 'Are we free account creators still getting paid for reads or not. If we are not, I hope the higher-ups will please consider accepting my suggestion for free account creators to be allowed to earn say $5 bonus for reading and commenting on 50 other creators' stories. Comments should be at least two sentences long and no SPAM comments. I made this suggestion on Justin's article on New Vocal. Nothing.
By Mark Graham3 months ago in Writers
What Still Lives With You?
Introduction This is something that I was not sure how to approach. I am more than Facebook Friends with Justine, having used her work in many of my poems, and we are going to produce a collaborative art and poetry book sometime in the future.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 3 months ago in Writers
My Obit
I know I am not Vocal+, but I wanted to try this challenge. Here I am waiting at the gates of heaven and overlooking the Earth at all the people who seem to be grieving for me or something else. I, Mark Graham, 106, a writer of sound mind and soul was a writer who tried to teach through his stories, poems and various other pieces of materials that he thought was interesting to share with others.
By Mark Graham3 months ago in Writers
