SusiQ:
Re: message #3: I think I may have given you the wrong impression. I am in total agreement with you going to the other forums with news of our challenges. What I meant was that I, as an author, felt uneasy doing it because it smacks of self-promotion.
I truly apologize if you thought I was demeaning your efforts. I do, and will, support any ideas that will expand our reader base. As much as I love reading my writing, I love it even more when others love reading my writing, and write to me telling me how much they loved reading my writing. I relish reading their writing about my writing...
...yeah, that's what I meant to say.........yeah......

dido6:
re: message #5: Each forum issues challenges within their particular medium. If we, with the help and blessing of ALL the mods and coords, go directly to the forums with the challenge, it may spark an interest in someone. Someone who wants to create images that go beyond V3 in chainmail panties.