New Year's Resolution 2023

This years reading challenge for January is combined with a New Year's Resolution. I generally don't do those, because I am bad at keeping them like most people. I decided to go for it this year anyways, with the goal of just trying to keep up with it and to not be too hard on myself if I don't manage to do so. Furthermore it is small enough that if I do skip a day (and that is definitely going to happen) I can either just leave it, or make up for it on a day with multiple pins.
Other smaller goals are to finally finish my Dragons section. I wish to turn it into a reading experience with polished articles and a story that leads through them.
The third part will be to continue working on my CYOA Project. I started it in October, but never got too far. I planned out many of the choices, but have to actually write out the articles and options. The hole thing is also an interesting experiment on how far subscriber groups can be used for this kind of thing!
And last but not least, to just keep writing where I have fun. I always try to organize stuff and then rarely follow through, but I have really never worked so long on a single project with only minor interruptions as I have on this world. And I think the more than 150'000 words are a testament to that. So really I just want to keep it up and create this world!

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Goal

Review ten articles of other anvilites and set a new years resolution

Resolution

Create one pin per day on my map for the Adirondack Mountains. The pin has to have a title and a short description.

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Learnings From Other Articles

These are ten articles I chosen more or less at random. Some of them are from my notifications, some from the Discord server, some older articles and some from the World Ember leader board.

Sentinels are an absolutely chilling and fascinating subject. A specific thing I would like to do more is to use icons effectively to improve readability of articles, which I believe Annie Stein has down to a science!

An immensely dense and fascinating introduction. I love the writing of Dr Emily Vair-Turnbull and how she describes the places of her world. I always struggle with describing the places and I think her work is a good place to learn more.

As most articles by Stormbril it not only is beautifully designed, but also tells great stories. There is much to learn from his work, but I think one thing I wish to add to my world as well is the explicit mention of what to read next. I've done it really in just one article, but I would like to add it to more!

Omari is a wonderful world of cute and wholesome things and this article is no exception. I love Ezra Aldrich's ability to evoke this athmosphere. I think it is always good to remember, that not every article has to follow a grand plan and can just stand on its own!

A fascinating article by Sh4d0wPh03n1x on a creature that is a staple in fantasy. The various subspecies each come with their own little variation. It is a great example on how to take something that everyone has and adapt to their own world with their own ideas and twists. The art generated with MJ by Andrew adds that cherry on top of the fantastic writing!

I've been trying to come up with a good template for myself for spells, abilities and skills. So I decided to browse the submissions for the Spell Special Category from World Ember of this year. These five spells stood out to me the most for different reasons. Spell can be very diverse and creative and there are many different ways to approach them. It just hasn't helped me settle on a template for myself...
The spell Summening God by Jacqueline Yang sounds like a super useful spell and its super easy to cast. Just make sure you are actually allowed to cast it!
Eat Your Words is as funny, useful and creative as you would expect from a spell in E. Christopher Clark's World. I pitty anyone who has to sit through this.
A Slaying is a powerful and cruel ritual used by power-hungry mages. The article expands on many different aspects of the ritual and its meaning and effects. Very impressive read by .
Warmth Bubble by KajetanWrites is a simple, everyday use spell. It just keeps you warm. Very useful on cold days. I love these kinds of magic that can be used not just in combat!
The Neverending by Rumengol just hits different. Very creepy and powerful spell, nobody wants to ever be the victim of. I also quite like the simple style.

This was an exciting read!
Remember to always set a world, category or article header and to write an excerpt when submitting an article to a challenge!

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