I was going for "Bridal Wreath" flowers but got bridal flowers instead. I blended it with effects to make it as nice and creepy as possible, a classic "Ghost Bride". This is a series of images I found I could make that emphasize a version of the Mayfair emerald necklace, the one from the novels. This is only one interpretation of it.
The ones I made right before I shut down the GoDaddy site can now be found on The Doorway and the Thirteen on the Parlor's new home, which includes a section devoted to the "key to the doorway", the Mayfair emerald necklace. The necklace has had many different versions created by fans online over the years, and I found NightCafe now understands what I mean when I specify the emerald is a PENDANT necklace, the PENDANT being ONE Brazilian emerald, rectangular, set in gold filigree on a simple gold chain ca 17th Century as described in The Witching Hour. Deborah obtained this necklace in Amsterdam with Lasher's help after seeing it in a a jeweler's shop. This was shortly after Petyr van Abel, the first Talamasca agent ever to come into contact with the Mayfair Witches, removed Deborah from Donnelaith, Scotland after her mother Suzanne's death.
The one thing I can't seem to get across is that the emerald itself is also described as being about the size of a thumbnail.
This effect, though, I loved. I thought it would be a fun idea to have a series of images showing the Mayfair emerald necklace in the various ways it has been designed by fans of the Mayfair Witches novels over the years.
With that, here's why it's all back on Blogspot (kinda).
Each website, each blog I have contains Google tags. They also contain Microsoft tags. Both are how I verify my ownership. Index it, don't index it, whatever. But my sites and blogs belong to ME.
Both blogs have a CMP on them. They are there not because I want to dump a bunch of ads on y'all. I have nothing against advertising as long as it is legitimate and done properly and lawfully. I don't monetize my Mayfair Witches content and never have. Why?
Ethics.
I wish it could be more exciting and dramatic than that. It isn't.
My creations and words belong to me, yes. But the Mayfair Witches and the Lives of the Mayfair Witches novels themselves were Anne Rice's original creation.
Now, should you decide to explore the Blogspot version (even if you hate my content), you will notice several pages in the navigation menu have a little symbol next to them. This means that particular page will redirect you to the updated page of the Parlor that is on the Parlor's new home. I had to both archive and migrate my Original Parlor content manually, and I cannot tell you what a complete and utter nightmare it has been.
I even had to add redirects myself. I had to create a train wreck of my site's content from old to new platforms just to connect it all. Don't get me started. I'm still breathing and snorting fire and steam is STILL blasting out of my ears over all the difficulties I've experienced in ALL aspects of the process.
The blog posts have restored themselves and goes back a few years. Should you prefer not to redirect, the pages with redirects on them show those pages of the Parlor as they appeared in the past. The updated content is on the new site.
One more thing.
I hate that I find it necessary to add this. Here it is, anyway. If you have paid the Parlor a visit across its entire online footprint, I cannot see it. That includes all social media. If there is some sort of problem with my site or its content, or if you have issues with it that you've discussed elsewhere, I have no knowledge of it. What is the most bizarre about all of this is that the Parlor seems to be completely invisible from where I'm standing. Nothing, and I mean NOTHING, is brought to my attention, not even constructive criticism. It is a complete and utter ghost town, here.
Is that weird, or shall I begin looking into just how many creators face this same bizarre problem with not one fix in sight? How many creators out there find themselves asking so many questions about this seeming invisibility? How many content creators have barely managed to even get generalized "your content sux" reasons that aren't specifically about their content but just appear in online lists of things that might be wrong?
How do such vague suggestions fly in the face of Section 230? Askin' for a friend.
The idea that an insane amount of content creators out there are trying to find answers as to why they seem to be so invisible is troubling all by itself. What is more troubling isn't even that many content creators in this boat finally give up finally. It's that they give up because they come to believe nobody cares what they have to bring to the table to the point that they believe they aren't even worth one critical comment. A content creator cannot fix a problem when they don't even know there IS a problem let alone what it is.
It is impossible to know if the content they create resonates or is problematic when there is absolutely NOTHING and NOBODY to let them know this. Concentrating on creating quality content is a given. But if a content creator is completely unaware of what those content quality issues actually are or how to address the problem as pertains to their actual content, they will reach a point where they, too, will make assumptions. They will assume that any further attempts to create quality content after trying so much for so long is a complete waste of time Why?
Because if there is ZERO response of any kind and platforms are of no help beyond "it might be this or it could be that", there is no point in wasting any more time on any of it.
What is really troubling is how many content creators worry that the silence means they are not wanted, and neither is their content. And they come to believe it. Especially when the silence is pervasive across the entire Internet.
How does this happen? What can be done about it? Honestly, I can see no good reason for content creators to be that invisible. The very vagueness of it invites comparisons. From where I'm standing, those comparisons highlight the fact that this is a huge problem for many content creators. What turmoil and heartache these particular problems cause for content creators in this boat means it's time to address those problems. They need to be addressed because content creators who cannot help but worry that they are being throttled online without being told this (you know, like shadow banning)...well...
If this was a spoken conversation and you asked, "What are you saying?"...
You heard me.
