#vss365 #prompt 11/28 – 12/4 2021

Some day I’ll figure out how to make the jump links work to take you directly to the #vss365 responses. Again, apparently, this is not one of those days. Grrr-rrrr-rrr)

LET’S GET STARTED!

The Thought / Motto for This Week

“A poet can survive everything but a misprint.”

~ Oscar Wilde, from The Children of Poets.

Special Collections for Writers and Poets

Let me explain.

BACKGROUND

Nancy’s Novelty Photos on Pixels Products

I’m in the midst of adding to the special collection for writers and poets. However, I’ve created many more themes (flowers, sports, activism, children, tech, landscapes, humor, fantasy, politics, quotes, love, etc.).

You Can Do It, Too

Since I don’t have your book cover,

I’m using mine to give you some examples.

Here is a link where you can find all the (over 500 designs and counting) on spiral notebooks available in my Collections of Nancy’s Novelty Photos on Pixels Products. This is the same kind of thing you’ll be able to do if you wish. Click Here to learn how.

To help me get into the mood for writing, I often match my notebooks with mugs and tote bags.

(So many themes from which to choose – here are a couple of holiday versions!)

Here is a link where you can find all the (over 500 designs and counting) mugs (2 sizes) available in my Nancy’s Novelty Photos on Pixels collections.

I can “lug all my writing stuff around with ease.”

Then, I put all my writing stuff into a tote bag of the same style, so I can find everything fast and get to work! If I want to include my laptop in the collection of tools, I use a “weekender” tote bag. 

I usually keep the image size and background colors consistent when I buy from a collection, but I’m changing both here to show you that you and your customers can choose from the selections of sizes and background colors offered on Pixels for each product.

Here is a link where you can find all the (over 500 designs and counting) weekender tote bags in Nancy’s Novelty Photos on Pixels.  Smaller tote bags also are available here.

I keep the pens, pencils, sticky notes, page tabs, etc. in one of the zip carry-all pouches. Here is a link where you can find all the (over 500 designs and counting) on zipping carry pouches in Nancy’s Novelty Photos on Pixels. 

If I want to give items as gifts, I add a matching greeting card. Here is your link for Greeting Cards.

– a couple more examples –

LoveBirds for you Romance Novelists and

Missing You Now for Holiday Loved Ones.

(Note: you can change background colors and image sizes.)

Easy Peasy

After you get a Pixels account (the free version or for $30/year), all you do is supply the image (which you own or for which you have usage rights).

Pixels handles everything else (the financial transactions, manufacturing, and shipping.) It’s a great deal!

Separate Blog  and Web Page So You Can Find Info About This Without Searching Here

I created an entire blog post for artists and authors on this subject so that I could describe it less here. Click Here to go to that educational piece about how you can do this, too. Alternatively, Click Here to see my web page for more ideas (not just for authors) and instructions about how to do this.

Below, I’ll provide a list of the many and varied products to help you decide whether to try doing this.

THE POINT of Putting Your Stuff on Pixels

I’m sprinkling many examples while spending time and space on this now to show you that it might be both fun and worth it for YOU to do something similar with your own photos.

As of this writing and without my advertising, over 141,000 people have viewed my site! (BTW: I forget to ask people to like, comment, and follow me on my many websites! Please follow me here and there if you visit.) Again, this could work for you, too.

I’d love for you to buy some of my offerings – even as a “thank you” for teaching you this. However, if you participate with your own images, it could be a way in which to attract new customers to your work.

To truly class up your act with a professional theme, you also could combine the images with my presentation infographics for speakers and events, but that is an entirely different subject covered FAR below.)

Now, Drum Roll, Please ~ The List of Goodies

When you click on each link, you can see all of my over 500 images in each category on each item of merchandise. These items are the same items your images will go onto when you participate in Fine Arts of  America / Pixels.

Nancy’s Novelty Photos Are Available On The Following Merchandise

• wall art (prints)
  • canvas, metal, acrylic, wood, framed
  • posters, tapestries
• home decor
  • bath towels, hand towels, shower curtains, duvet covers, fleece blankets, throw pillows
• t-shirts, tank tops, and sweatshirts for people of all ages, including infants
  • • Men’s t-shirts
    • Men’s tank tops
    • Women’s t-shirts
    • Women’s tank tops
    • Sweatshirts
    • Kids t-shirts
    • Baby Onesies
• coffee mugs(2 sizes)
• face masks
• beach towels (rectangular and round)
• yoga mats
• tote bags, weekender tote bags, and  carry-all pouches
• iPhone covers, Galaxy phone cases, and portable battery chargers
• jigsaw puzzles
• spiral notebooks
• greeting cards
• stickers
• holiday ornaments

OK, that’s enough about photos on Pixels for now!

At Last, Let’s Talk About the Benefits of Participating and

How #vss365 #prompts Work – for Your Daily Enjoyment!

Just scroll fast to This Week’s #vss365 Samples if you already know how #vss365 #prompts work.

#vss365 #prompts Start on Twitter

The facilitator on Twitter gives us a mind-exercising word #prompt that we are to use in creating poetry or prose.

The prompts get our creative juices flowing and help us start each day with something delicious and new to contemplate.

It is also a great way to keep your brain active and healthy.

So, I hope more of you will join us in the

• #vss365 (which means ‘very short stories – 365 days a year’)
• #prompt(the word you use when you create a Twitter-sized response in poetry or prose) 

challenges on Twitter!

• You can write something humorous, elegant, scary, or abstruse. We don’t do porn or hatred, but, except for that, whatever you want to do will work! So, get your coffee and join us!
• People don’t usually do this, but you may submit more than one entry per #prompt word.
• Adding photos is not a requirement. However, I love color and images, so I usually choose to use them, unless no photo could depict what I wrote (like on esoteric and spiritual topics).
• I don’t know about you, but I rarely have more than 5 – 10 minutes to do almost anything. Unfortunately, that includes finding the day’s prompt, thinking of a response, and finding the corresponding image I want to use, PLUS posting. Therefore, comma, as I would say, it’s okay to go back later and refine the work to make it better – particularly, if you plan to publish it. I have done that with a few of the things I post here.

• You don’t have to respond immediately. You have the whole day to figure out what you want to post.

Also, you can have the prompts emailed to you daily if you wish.

December 3, 2021

#vss365 #prompt #rival #Haiku

Animals

Each a rival for

My great love.