I discovered the Blog Bandwagon with the current one about maps.
I then wondered if the Blog Carnival is still a thing.
What about other challenges?

https://followmeanddie.com/2026/02/15/rpg-blog-carnival-blog-bandwagon/

#RPG #TTRPG #BlogCarnival #BlogBandwagon #RPGChallenge

Leafwander herbalists festival for the ruin-filled swamplands (RPG Blog Carnival )

https://seedofworlds.blogspot.com/2025/11/leafwander-festival-for-ruin-filled.html

#ttrpg #dnd #blogcarnival #osr #diyrpg

Writer Talk Carnival: Your writing strengths

Our fourth writers’ blog carnival (November 2025) is open for submissions. The theme for this month is “your writing strengths”. Last month’s (but still open and running in parallel) is Work in progress (Oct/Nov)

What are your writing strengths?

We all have aspects of our writing that we excel at (or feel like we do) and those that require more effort – struggle even.

What are your strengths as a writer? (Here are some aspects of writing, but I bet there are ones I have not even thought of.)

• Plotting
• Planning
• Characters
• Dialogue
• Setting
• Emotion
• Pacing
• Clarity
• Sense of place
• Opening paragraphs
• Summary or elevator pitch

• Consistancy
• Disapline
• Doing the actual writing
• Ideas (for more ideas, check out Muse)
• Focus
• Editing
• Word count
• Typing
• Spelling
• Grammer
• Punctuation

Why do you think you excel at your writing strength?

Is it due to practice, natural talent, life experiences, a good teacher, your writing group, or something else? What has life, chance, or dedication done to grant you this skill?

What current weaknesses are you trying to turn into strengths?

For me, editing is a whole new game. I don’t feel confident in my editing skills as I do in some other areas. I owe everything I have figured out to feedback from the Thanet Creative: Writers’ group. I get a lot out of being part of a writers’ group.

What is a weakness you are trying to turn into a strength?

I look forward to reading your posts

I’m excited to see what you all write. Remember to link to this post and ping us with your entry. This post may close for new pings sometime after the month is over (or not). As long as it is open, late submissions are welcome.

#BlogCarnival #questions #writing #writingStrengths

First Day on the Job

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://gregorlove.com/2025/10/first-day-on-the-job/

Decades in Vim

https://islandinthenet.com/decades-in-vim/

Calling all writers,

Have you heard about the latest Writer Talk Carnival? This month’s theme is Writing Tools & Style.

#AmWriting #BlogCarnival #blogging #promoteThyself #writers #writing

Writer Talk Carnival: Writing Tools & Style

Our first writers’ blog carnival is open for submissions. The theme for this month is “writing tools”.

Tools of the writing trade

This theme is inspired by a discussion we had at last night’s writers’ night about what tools we use to plan our writing. Sadly, we ran out of time to get into the topic, but I thought it made for a great jumping-off point for our new carnival that I invented this morning. (Blog carnivals are old; this one is brand new.)

For more on this carnival, see our carnival page.

Some questions to ponder in your reply posts.

Are you a Pantser or a Planner?

Do you plan your writing, or do you just write and see where it goes? Perhaps you are some hybrid of the two? What’s your planning vs inspiration style?

I’m a bit of both. It depends on the story.

What do you write with?

Many modern writers type directly, while others like the feel of pen and paper for their first drafts and type up later. What’s your approach to first drafts and initial writing?

Me? I like to use LibreOffice and type directly.

If you plan or track your story, what do you use?

I have heard a lot of talk about things like Scrivener, World Anvil, Fantasia Archive, Campfire, and Obsidian. Of those, I have only used Obsidian, which is a bit like a personal notes and wiki mashup that is surprisingly easy to use (and free).

My main tool for planning is my Word Processor, some folders, hyperlinks, and a master document. It works for me.

What writing, planning, or tracking tools do you use?

Can you recommend any tools (free or paid) other writers might like?

Would you care to share how you use your tools and/or how this helps your writing?

Where and when do you like to write?

For me, writing time is at my desk, in my living room, when it is quiet and there are no upcoming appointments to interrupt me. The middle of the night and/or early morning are best.

That’s me, though. When and where do you like to write?

Gathering and storing ideas

I’m probably not the only one who writes down their dreams, right? Dreams can be a great source of fresh ideas. I keep them on my computer. That said, lately, I have taken to publishing my dreams on one of my blogs.

Another fine source of ideas is things overheard on the bus. Trust me, you hear some wild stuff.

I know of one writer who loved to take photographs of interesting things. Those photos went on the wall as ideas for new stories.

Where do you gather your ideas, and where do you keep them?

I look forward to reading your posts

I’m excited to see what you all write. Remember to link to this post and ping us with your entry.

Edit: I know I originally said, “This post will close for new pings after the month is over.” I’m leaving it open for now. Come share when you are ready.

#BlogCarnival #blogging #writers #writing

I'm an early bird, but as of tomorrow I am on Holidays and will be camping (lux camping) with my family for a week, so I need to post now or never:

Here is my call for the IndieWeb Blog Carnival submission for August!

https://marisabel.nl/public/blog/IndieWeb_Carnival_August_2025_:_Colors

Looking forward to all the posts! 🌈

#Indieweb #BlogCarnival #indiewebcarnival

I have posted the 238th Carnival of Mathematics!

https://www.fractalkitty.com/238th-carnival-of-mathematic/

If I missed something please let me know.

There is an extremely slow bit of javascript for untouchable numbers that hopefully won't make the post untouchable.

Thank you @aperiodical for organizing this.

This month we have posts from @mjd Peter Cameron, @two_star, @j2kun, Brian Clegg, @fortnow @KarenCampe, Amédée d'Aboville, Ed Vogel, @standupmaths

There was also an amazing amount of math and art being shared on blueSky with @Ayliean 's math art March prompts

#carnivalOfMathematics #indieweb #blogCarnival #math #mathematics #maths

A Dearth of Rituals: And the Ritual of Death

I just submitted my entry for the August IndieWeb Blog Carnival -- Rituals — hosted at https://tangiblelife.net/indieweb-carnival-rituals

https://www.jeremycherfas.net/blog/a-dearth-of-ritual

#BlogCarnival #IndieWeb