Greetings and Welcome!

It's great to be back with you once more here at Blogger Party! This is a wonderful place isn't it? I'm thrilled that I found my way here.

Now, on to the business of making money and earning gift cards!

Gather is a community of writers. It's a wonderful community where you can write news articles, fictional stories, poetry, play word games, share pictures and your art and ramble chaotically... all while earning points that can be traded for gift cards and money*!

Last month, I earned a $25 gift card for Barnes and Noble. I did not post every day and I did not limit myself on what I posted. I enjoyed myself! I posted poetry and a few op/eds. I shared some of my art and some pictures of myself. I read other people's articles, rated them and commented on them. I joined groups for everything from poetry to a group that issues two word challenges as writing prompts. I had an amazing time and I made quite a few friends. Before I knew it, I had nearly 3000 points... just for having fun!

You can't beat that. You really can't. Getting paid to have fun? It's about unheard of! What's really nice about Gather is that it is very respected amongst published authors. Currently, Gather is hosting a contest called First Chapters. The winner of this contest will get:

The winner of this writing competition will receive:

* a publishing contract with Touchstone/Simon & Schuster

* a $5,000 cash prize from Gather.com

* promotion and distribution by Borders

Holy cow! Can you believe that? It's an amazing opportunity! You know what's even more wonderful? If you don't have a book ready to enter this contest, you can STILL win very nice prizes just by reading the chapters that are submitted, rating them and commenting on them in a thoughtful manner. I told you... Gather Rocks!

Gather has contests with fantastic prizes all the time. So, if you miss out on this contest, don't be sad. There will be plenty more contests coming your way.

Now, I did say that you can also earn money at Gather, didn't I? Well, you can and this is how you do it. If you earn about 3,125 points in one calendar month, you will be in the $50 earning range. At that point, you will have the option of joining the Cash Program and will be able to have that money transferred to your PayPal account of have Gather cut you a check and mail it to your home. Remember, I made over 2000 points just by having fun. Imagine what you can earn if you put your mind to it!

If you are ready to visit Gather and check it out, please accept my invitation and sign up. I wish you all the very best there and I hope you'll look me up and add me as your friend. My Gather page is http://chaoticramblings.gather.com/. If you invite me to be your friend, we can stay connected and support one another on Gather by reading, rating and commenting on one another's content. Who knows, we might end up the best of friends!

Brightest Blessings to you and yours forever and always...
Chaotic Ramblings