NaNoWriMo? Nope... NaNo-Something-Else!
November was historically the month of NaNoWriMo or National Novel Writing Month.
Unfortunately, the initiative shut down earlier this year, "officially" due to financial difficulties, but also largely due to issues surrounding "how to handle AI writing."
Another one bites the dust, underscoring how certain aspects of the written word are headed towards obsolescence. Honestly... I get it, as I have been headed towards obsolescence as a writer and editor, myself.
It still begs the question "Why do we have AI to do our writingm compose our music, and creat our art, but we have no AI that's washing our dishes or folding our laundry?"
Still strikes me as the reverse world, in terms of what makes sense. But the world generally doesn't make sense. So there's that...
Our own @traciyork used to moderate Hive's own version of NaNoWriMo, in the form of a month-long blogging challenge... but the community appears to have faded away to nothing. Traci seems to be gone, as well...
So what is this post even about?
Well, I'm not going to undertake a writing challenge, because I tend to fail rather spectacularly at those!
But since we've been in financial dire straits for a really long time, and I loathe the feeling that goes with that, I have decided to undertake a November of more than doubling the size of my eBay store for stamp collectors.
That means adding 1,000 new items (give or take), or 33 a day, on average. Which is essentially a pain in the rear, and way more than I normally would undertake.
Chances of actual success is probably pretty low... but I also have to deal with the fact that the current scale of my business is simply not large enough — any more — to provide the needed income.
The plus side to this equation is that I already have the inventory sitting in boxes and envelopes, so at least I don't have to go out and purchase anything to make this happen.
Why bother?
More than anything, as a means to avoid ending up with a "Pauper's Thanksgiving." What has been looking somewhat in the cards, given our current trajectory.
It's also a bit of a test for my ADHD brain... and it's likely that I'll go way over on some days, and not be able to bring myself to do anything on others... so "averaging" works for me.
I only just decided to start this today, so Day 1 is already a ZERO, but Day 2 (today) added 37 items, so there was a slight catching up.
I just hope this will be enough to make a tangible difference in our world...
Thanks for stopping by, and have a great week ahead!
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I did it a couple of years ago, but didn't know it stopped. That's a shame. However just like the high street shops that shut, people say what a shame it is but admit they never shopped there, I did not exactly contribute meaningfully. Talking of Traci, she introduced me to the BRO discord server to meet Ray a fellow Scot. Well I got such a warm welcome lol that I left the server and did not get involved with anything he did!
Good luck with the stamp listing, don't you just get AI to do it!
Fact... and I try to keep my lamentations to things I actually use and are part of. Otherwise it just becomes too much of a whingefest!
eBay does offer AI aided listing... 🤣
Are you certain about that?...
🤣🤣 !BBH
Funny... and likely true. But the way I see it, I need to get rid of the stuff anyway, because the kids don't care... and getting a little extra money now is better than them getting $1 at a garage sale when we're gone...
Oh no, think positive. Since you're selling your stamps on eBay, why not list them and sell them via auction? And then use AI to create a smart evil bot that outbid in the last minute every offer of your eventual buyers?
I reckon this new and witty sales strategy could end up placing you at the forefront of the technological trend and giving you monetary benefits beyond what you expected.
That is, of course a great idea! And could definitely be made to work.
Once.
Like the old saying goes, "ALL mushrooms are edible... at least once..."