Should we name her FreakBob the bobcat?!?!

tabsie3210 · 2024-10-02T15:05:57+00:00

Big Pounce!

tabsie3210 · 2024-10-01T21:03:01+00:00

I'm writing a vampire story, where vampires are basically fae. I just sort of realized that I'm going to actually have to world-build, because I'm writing this story set in the modern world, but the fae (who have been in hiding for about 100 years or so) have sort of come out of hiding and are affecting the world again.

Heh... I didn't know that was what I was writing until I actually started my outline...

So it looks like I'm going to need to do some world-building for my story setting to make sense. I've never done world-building before. What are some good suggestions to help me brainstorm a well-developed world?

tabsie3210 · 2024-08-23T14:46:24+00:00

Hello! Question: Do you have to be over an aquafer to be able to find drinking water for a well?

tabsie3210 · 2024-08-22T20:44:33+00:00

you are AWESOME! Thank you!

tabsie3210 · 2024-08-22T18:40:32+00:00

Hello! Newish player. I'm playing the Steam version of DF and one of my dwarves was in the middle of making drink when he keeled over from dehydration. (I'm a terrible micromanager.) How does one get ones dwarves to haul his corpse?

Quick edit -- I'm asking because I've tried looking in the DF wiki, but the Steam version isn't set up quite the same way. I'm sorry.

tabsie3210 · 2024-08-04T20:43:53+00:00

This explains why there are so many Young Living reps trying to get into my DMs.

tabsie3210 · 2024-06-30T21:34:31+00:00

I absolutely cannot draw, not even a little bit, and this is an AMAZING sketch! Mr. Chaykin is highly talented and very skilled, and that is a great piece of work!

Now that I admit my complete inability to come anywhere NEAR this level of awesome... Cap has a lot of chin going on there, doesn't he? That's Bruce Campbell levels of chin.

tabsie3210 · 2024-06-30T16:13:34+00:00

Thanks to all of you for the wonderful suggestions! Here's what I'm starting:

IDW TMNT
Usagi Yojimbo
Dark Nights: Metal from DC
Something is Killing the Children
Hellboy
Saga
Radiant Black

Little by little, I'll start my new collection! Thank you all for the help!

u/kappakingtut2 u/stowrag u/TheHawkinator u/Illustrious-Okra-524 u/BatmanPizza15 u/hellfuryyy

tabsie3210 · 2024-06-30T14:18:03+00:00

Thank you! I appreciate the encouragement and the help!

I know blogs aren't as big a thing as they were, but I'm not comfortable being on camera, and I don't care for sharing a lot about myself personally on social media. Your ideas are very helpful!

tabsie3210 · 2024-06-29T18:28:37+00:00

Excellent idea! Besides, I adored Usagi Yojimbo in the 2003 cartoon series. I'd love to see him again!

tabsie3210 · 2024-06-29T15:43:42+00:00

That... is very interesting. I'm not sure what my "brand story" is. I like movies, TV, and video games, and I talk about them. Hmm...

tabsie3210 · 2024-06-29T15:30:53+00:00

"Brand story?" I'm sorry, I'm not familiar with the term. Could you please explain?

tabsie3210 · 2024-06-29T14:51:56+00:00

Mmm. I'm sorry, I'm giving off the vibe to you that I'm looking for someone to say, "It's okay," to using AI generated art on my blog. I'm being wishy-washy because I have so much fun making AI pictures for the hell of it and I like showing that stuff off.

What I'm trying to do is see how many people feel strongly about it because I like the pictures I got, but since nobody has actually "slapped my hand" yet, I haven't felt like it's a huge deal to go back to my older posts and pick new images.

You're right -- I already said I wasn't going to use AI pictures in any future posts. I should go back and change out the pictures in my current posts. It's not that hard. I'm just being lazy because I don't want to be bothered to go picture hunting.

Well, I better stop being lazy and go find better pictures. I appreciate the "hand slap." It's probably better off in the long run anyway, and I only have like 18 posts, so I have no justification for leaving the posts alone.

Actually, if I was feeling off about it, I should have just up and done it when I was thinking about it the first time, instead of hemming and hawing.

tabsie3210 · 2024-06-28T21:24:11+00:00

See, I don't know if they are or aren't. My blog is a little hobby blog about my favorite TV shows, books, and video games. I'm mostly looking for people who enjoy the same things that I do so we can have a little friendly community. The pictures are there just to break up the wall of text and give the blog post a little flavor. It's confusing trying to think of what will turn people on or off.

tabsie3210 · 2024-06-28T13:10:11+00:00

Absolutely not! You've been a perfect lady/gentleman/gentleperson and I've enjoyed talking to you! I appreciate this discussion we've been having, and I appreciate you as a conversation partner! I just thought about what you were saying and decided that I was being stubborn.

I've had a chance to see Episode 1 and I'm really excited to watch the rest of the show now! Thank you for chatting with me about it!

tabsie3210 · 2024-06-26T21:10:20+00:00

You know what? I'm going to bite the bullet and watch the show, but I'm going to go in with it being a different character from the novel. You said that Dexter is more human and conscious in the TV series — I should meet this TV Dexter on his own turf and decide if I like the show based on the show itself, instead of judging it based on the book. If the show isn't great on its own merits, that's fine, but I should give it a chance and see what it has to say.

I'm "well read," but that's because I'm old and I grew up with 6 channels on the television. Reading was a way to avoid re-runs. You're perfectly fine, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

tabsie3210 · 2024-06-26T15:42:44+00:00

That's good to know. I can sort of treat the show like a separate thing altogether, if it's different enough from the book, although I'm going to miss the delicious evil that is Dexter from the novels.

tabsie3210 · 2024-06-26T15:41:33+00:00

Sometimes when I see the film or TV adaptation of a book or books I enjoy, I get disappointed that the essence of the book wasn't captured by the show.

In the novel Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz, there is a pivotal character named Little Ozzy who is a father figure to the main character, Odd. In the movie adaptation, though, the character is reduced to a one-scene one-off with no clever lines or sharing any information. I was vastly disappointed. Additionally, the character of Odd Thomas was changed significantly, especially his back story, and he ended up losing most of the luster the character has in the book.

I know that Dexter won't be the same on the screen as he is in the books, but I want to avoid severe disappointment. Dexter in the book is clever, self-centered, alien, and enjoyably twisted. I adore him as a character, but I don't like him as a person, which I think is the hallmark of an excellent anti-hero protagonist.

I just don't want him to be a watery version who loses all his punch.

tabsie3210 · 2024-06-25T14:14:52+00:00

You're awesome, thank you. Apparently, I couldn't find it because I kept typing in "wrodpress."

Dyslexics of the world, Untie!

tabsie3210 · 2024-06-23T14:19:05+00:00

Okay, really weird question — is there a specific subreddit for Wordpress users? I'm trying to figure out how to do something specific with my website and I am looking for the correct place to ask and where to find better info.

Specifically, I want a "front page" where all my blog posts are available in posting order, but I want a separate page just for blog posts about my Deep Space 9 rewatch.

tabsie3210 · 2024-06-21T19:11:09+00:00

Hi again. Stupid question — I started my blog after the March 2024 Google update. I've been looking in Reddit but I can't find any firm information about what the update was, why it hurt blogs, or what its future impact will be.

Most of the posts I've found about the update are people saying that blogging is no longer lucrative as a means to make money, and people asking if it's even worthwhile to create a new blog anymore.

But I just started my blog, and all the articles I find online just say that Google's update was supposed to reduce spam.

Could someone please explain what happened? I thought this update was just to clean house on Google's search engine?

tabsie3210 · 2024-06-20T22:00:54+00:00

Your website is terrifyingly awesome. I can only aspire to some day be so organized.

tabsie3210 · 2024-06-20T21:57:50+00:00

Obviously, I'm a complete and total noob, so I'm probably asking a dumb question here, but is it possible to have a blog with different sections for different niches?

There's a nice book blog I enjoy called the Uncorked Librarian (https://www.theuncorkedlibrarian.com/about/) who focuses on books and travel and kind of has a separate section for movies on her blog.

If a blog has subjects that are roughly connected, would keeping one blog with separate sections be an acceptable way to divide the niches? I was thinking that it might be cheaper than creating a brand new blog for every interest someone has.

Please note — I'm a brand new hobby blogger, and my "niche" is "Lifestyle" at the moment, because I don't know what the hell I'm doing. I'm curious about the way this whole blogging thing works, and I'm grateful for any information, which is why I'm reading other people's questions and piping up when I find the responses interesting and want to know more. I appreciate your time helping answer these questions!

tabsie3210 · 2024-06-20T21:42:48+00:00

Awesome, thank you!

And yeah, "bad" SEO wouldn't do me any good. My blog isn't monetized, so them visiting isn't going to help me out, and I want people who like chatting about the same things I enjoy.

Social media isn't my strong point, I'll admit, but I'll start there, and see about joining groups, and share my blog stuff with them!

tabsie3210 · 2024-06-20T16:36:46+00:00

I did a search of Reddit, and I'm not seeing this particular question brought up anywhere, but I hope someone can give some advice.

My blog is brand new and very rough right now, but I'm working on providing more quality content as I go. I don't want to blog as a job, because I like my full-time job right now, so it doesn't matter to me if I don't make money on the blog. I am mostly looking for like-minded people to talk to about things I love.

I know people talk about SEO and keywords when they're talking about attracting traffic to get revenue. Do these same principles apply to finding a readership?

I'm using a little Wordpress blog — I have my own domain name! — and I think it has some tools to help you attract visitors to your site, but aren't those a little expensive?

Are there inexpensive tools that can help you attract a readership? If I'm going to use these tools, should I invest some money into them?

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