82 Calls for Submissions in December 2025 - Paying - Publishing ... and Other Forms of Insanity

That's a lot of markets.

Panzer, our traveling kitty magician, conjured up the December Calls for Submissions list at the Publishing ... and Other Forms of Insanity site.

 

For this month Erica Verrillo's list has eighty-two markets open for submissions. These markets accept fiction, nonfiction and poetry submission.

 

Panzer says, "You know what this little kitty always says: Read the guidelines before you submit anything." 

 

Note: This is a long list. You'll need to decide what to bring to snack on while you're there. 

 

To study the list tootle over to December Calls for Submissions

 

 

 

OpenAI desperate to avoid explaining why it deleted pirated book datasets - ars Technica

Maybe I don't understand the rules.

Panzer found an interesting post at the ars Technica site about the authors' lawsuit against OpenAI..

 

Ashley Belanger's post reports the judge in the case's ruling about what is not protected in OpenAI's attorney-client privileged information.

 

Panzer says, "This little kitty is confused, because he thought anything between an attorney and client was privileged information."

 

 Note: This is a very long post. You'll need to decide what you want to snack on.

 

To read the post tootle over to OpenAI

 

 

 

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Monday Panzerism

 

Wasted ... wasted ... time.*

Panzer on human misuse of language:

 

Mom is always telling me to be a good kitty.

 

I did that once.

 

 That was a wasted three minutes.

 

 

 

  

 *From Cat Wisdom for humans

New Puzzle: Have you seen my snow boots?

Hint

Here's today's jigsaw puzzle.

 

Remember at the puzzle site you can click the box in the lower left corner to see the finished puzzle.

 

Have fun.

 

To do the puzzle tootle over to Jigsaw puzzle 

Free to Watch Classic Mystery Movie: Michael Shayne Private Detective

See you tomorrow.

Panzer found this classic murder mystery movie on the Nostalgic Art Studio channel on Youtube.

 

Michael Shayne Private Detective is a 1940 black and white murder mystery. It's 1 hour 16 minutes. long.

 

Make some popcorn or a pizza, grab your beverage of choice and have fun.

 

To watch the movie tootle over to Classic Mystery Movie

Free to Listen Regency Clean Romance: Properly Kissed

Next I'll look for today's movie.

Here's a Regency romance Panzer found for you on the author's channel on Youtube.

 

The sweet romance Properly Kissed is written by Kasey Stockton. It's read by Vivki-Jo Eva and 3 hours 45 minutes long.

 

Find a comfy place to relax and enjoy the romance..

 

To listen to the audiobook tootle over to Clean Regency Romance 

Free to Listen Regency Romance Audiobook: Wyndcross

 

Finished for the day.

Panzer found this Regency audiobook on the author's channel on Youtube.

 

Wyncross is written by Martha Keyes. It's narrated by Eleanor Caudill and 7 hours 8 minutes long.

 

Note: The audiobook has ads (several). 

 

 To listen to the audiobook tootle over to Regency Romance Audiobook

Free to Listen Fantasy Audiobook: A Forest of Vanity and Valour

Thought you might like this.

For something a little different Panzer found this fantasy audiobook on the author's channel on Youtube.

 

A Forest Of Vanity And Valour is written by A.P. Beswick. It's narrated by Aaron Smith and 5 hours 56 minutes long.

 

Note: Just like everything else this has ads. 

 

To listen to the audiobook tootle over to Fantasy Audiobook 

Free to Listen Classic Mystery Audiobook: Murder in the Gunroom

That sure was good turkey yesterday.

If you're a classic mystery novel fan, Panzer found this on the Audio Books channel on Youtube.

 

Murder in the Gunroom is written by H. Beam Piper. It's 6 hours 52 minutes long.

 

Note:This is a private eye novel in the Public Domain. The beginning of the audio has an announcement about how you can help narrate the Public Domain audiobooks for LibriVox.

 

To listen to the audiobook tootle over to Classic Mystery Audiobook 

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