Ok, I had something very Wonky just happen. I got a message in bold red letters that I had 120 Instant Messages Waiting to be Read. First thing I thought was Holy Moly who could be sending me THAT many messages. I clicked view messages and it said that one IM had been received by the same person 120 times. How the Heck DID that HAppen??? Now I am thinking what do I do NOW?? I closed my the Renderosity Site and when I came back on everything was cleared. Did the system just have a hic up? I am afraid to contact the person who received my multi IM's, as they will think ... heck who knows WHAT They will think, nothing good I am sure :( AHHhhhh its Monday, and I thought Sunday was my day from hell hehe. Dee-Marie (ladynimue)

Odd thoughts filled Spike's mind as he dashed down the hall. "Man, am I glad I wore my dark brown loafers..."

Each workshop is different. In most instances you get out of them what you put into them. Keep in mind, as a rule, workshops are not cheap. Do your homework. If they have guest speakers, look them up on the Internet. See if they can give you a list of names of people who have taken the workshop before and query them about their experience. Make sure the workshop is geared toward your writing genre. It would be a total waste of time and money if you were only interested in Sci Fi writing and the workshop was all about How To Get Your Romance Novel Published. Which brings up another point. What kind of writing are you interested in; novels, short stories, fiction, nonfiction, poetry? Is the workshop online, mail order, in person? If in person, how far do you have to travel? If the workshop lasts for several days, does the cost of the workshop include overnight accommodations? If not is there somewhere reasonable nearby to stay. Make sure you figure food, lodging, and transportation into the cost. Did you know that the Dragon*Con/Renderosity Convention is holding a writer's workshop? Something you might want to look into. Just some ideas to ponder :) Dee-Marie (ladynimue)

Hi Hammer, As both an artist and a writer (working on my first novel), I can understand where you are coming from. There is such a fine line between stroking someone's ego and crushing it. The most important advice I can give you is to be tactful. Do not attack the article. Instead stress a good point and follow it by something you think they could change. Again, be tactful. Always remember that your opinion is just that Your Opinion. If you edit with an All Knowing Attitude you will find the author of the article you are critiquing with his defenses up. Try this; before you send off a critique read it out-loud to yourself. Read your critique as if someone had written it about your writing. How did it sound? Was it soft, harsh, helpful? Try to make positive suggestive statements. I liked {this part} of your story, however when I got to {this section} I became confused because suddenly one character disappeared and left me wondering what happened, if anything, to him. Do you think you could clear that section up? Compared to Your article needs a ton of work, I could not make any sense out of anything in chapter 8. You should try rewriting the whole story. I give you a ton of credit for asking for help. One last thought, remember when a person writes they are exposing their soul. Best to nurture, not crush! Artistic Souls are both rare and precious. Just some food for thought :) Dee-Marie (ladynimue)

Yeah, I might just have time to work on something. Thanks for the extension :)Yipppieeeeeeee :)

That is sales info enough for my needs Clint :) This is just such an exciting new option open for everyone who has a Renderosity Gallery and has always wanted to market their images. Thanks Renderosity for giving everyone another opportunity to achieve more than just 15 minutes of Fame! Dee-Marie (ladynimue)

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Excellent work Clint, thanks for letting us know about the new and wonderful things that keep happening to the Market Place and to the Renderosity Site in general :) Quick Q, how are the sales of the Art Prints? What an excellent way for members to create extra income and get their images seen! Dee-Marie (ladynimue)

Shhhhh, you must be very very quiet when hunting a humanoid food source. Quick change of plan. Lets pretend to be rocks and see if he will come to us, making our life both easier and tastier! Zappie's stomach lets out a low growl as he flashes a wicked grin to his friends.

Excellent tuts, I can hardly wait to apply the lighting tutorial on my next image :) I HATE poser lighting, but hey-now, it was not that long ago I was saying that about posing. Perhaps there is hope for me yet :) Thanks once more for being so thoughtful as to post the tutorials. ladynimue

Congrats to everyone who entered! It was an amazing contest with excellent images submitted. A special thank you to everyone who posted an entry to the contest! ladynimue :)

Excellent idea, thanks for sharing all your hard work with the rest of us :) ladynimue

pokes firefly gently :)Hurry! Hurry!

I am so excited about the contest bluevenus, hard to believe there are ONLY 2 1/2 days left. I was looking through the Market Place to see what $5 could buy. WOW, there are tons of Fantastic items! 1. Ironhart's Poser Buildings 2. Amazing Textues for Daz's Victoria by spectre3 3. Wonderful Fun Dragon Folk by caleb68 Those are just three products of the 10 pages full of $5 items in the Poser Market Place. But Wait there's more:) Not everyone works with poser: $5 Items for Vue dEspirt 61 Alpha Planes for Vue 4 by bluevenus 50 atmosphere for Vue 4 by bluevenus $5 2D items Tribal Tattoos Sets by Neoptolemus Karantas Tileset by karanta $5 items for 3D models Carnifex Blades by Carnifex 3D Text by BuffaloWarDance Assorted Building Props by blhawk **Special note, none of the above merchants are affiliated with the contest (except for bluevenus of course). This is just a small list of the many items the first place entrant can call their own. SOOoooOOOo get those entries in, time is ticking away! oh that reminds me; Alarm Clock by bonestructure :) Eagerly awaiting new submissions! ladynimue

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