Kyla Matton Osborne (Ruby3881) replied to the topic All LB rants in one place in the forum About LiteracyBase 8 years, 5 months ago
@bestwriter Wikimedia was one of my favourite sources, some years ago. I still use them occasionally. I can see why you’d prefer them 🙂
@sunil Pixabay is a provider of public domain (and therefore free to use) images. It is not generally described as royalty-free because of the confusion with pay to use sites like Shutterstock. Pixabay’s…[Read more]
Kyla Matton Osborne (Ruby3881) voted up to a reply by bestwriter in the topic All LB rants in one place 8 years, 5 months ago
@bestwriter A royalty is a payment that is made to an artist (an actor, musician, writer, photographer, etc.) when that artist’s work is used in a commercial project that earns money. It’s kind of like a sales commission, but instead of being based on the sale of a product or service, it is paid for the permission to use a copyrighted work. When…[Read more]
Kyla Matton Osborne (Ruby3881) voted up to a reply by Kyla Matton Osborne (Ruby3881) in the topic Title Writing Challenge 8 years, 5 months ago
Kyla Matton Osborne (Ruby3881) posted an update 8 years, 5 months ago
I am taking some time this afternoon to reply to some comments on my posts that went unnoticed over the past few weeks. If you want a quicker response when you comment on a post, please tag the author so we’ll see your comment!
Kyla Matton Osborne (Ruby3881) replied to the topic Title Writing Challenge in the forum Writing Challenges & Tips 8 years, 5 months ago
@nakitakona13 Awesomesauce! Congratulations on an excellent title! You have a great balance, good length, and the title really gives the reader an idea what your post will be about. That’s exactly what you’re after 🙂
For fun, I put your headline into an analyzer that looks at emotion. You rated a super high 66.67%! On that analyzer they say the…[Read more]
@bestwriter To my knowledge, none of the Shutterstock images are free. There may, however, be some sort of free trial period when you sign up for the service. Any photo that appears on another site (like Pixabay) should be understood to be part of an ad for their paid service.
Regardless of your approach to writing or your goal in belonging to a…[Read more]
Kyla Matton Osborne (Ruby3881) replied to the topic Lowest Pay Rate for Rant Post in the forum About LiteracyBase 8 years, 5 months ago
@Thinker Sorry, I’m no help when it comes to the nuances of American politics. I’m Canadian!
BTW, those who think Clinton and Trump (both terrible choices for president, IMHO) are the only options should give serious consideration to how Sanders differs from both. Whether or not people like his approach, he could teach many countries a thing or…[Read more]
Kyla Matton Osborne (Ruby3881) voted up to a reply by peachpurple in the topic Lowest Pay Rate for Rant Post 8 years, 5 months ago