I woke up today in a playful mood, and put together an idea I peeled from a game I used to play (before I decided sinking time into a writing career was a more productive use of my time).
To participate, use the code below to place a badge in your signature according to what league you place in (copper, silver, gold, platinum, diamond, master, and grandmaster). It's not a perfect science, so just estimate your average total sales, and decide what league you place in. List it here. We can see where other people are at, and find the motivation to keep on writing so that we can get "promoted" to a higher league.
Paste the code into your signature after your last book, but before your website, twitter links.
BRONZE:
Code:
[url=http://www.kboards.com/index.php/topic,150985.0.html][IMG]http://josephturkot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Bronze.png[/IMG] [/url]
Code:
[url=http://www.kboards.com/index.php/topic,150985.0.html][IMG]http://josephturkot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Silver-Badge3.png[/IMG] [/url]
Code:
[url=http://www.kboards.com/index.php/topic,150985.0.html][IMG]http://josephturkot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/gold.png[/IMG] [/url]
Code:
[url=http://www.kboards.com/index.php/topic,150985.0.html][IMG]http://josephturkot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/platinum.png[/IMG] [/url]
Code:
[url=http://www.kboards.com/index.php/topic,150985.0.html][IMG]http://josephturkot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/diamond1.png[/IMG] [/url]
Code:
[url=http://www.kboards.com/index.php/topic,150985.0.html][IMG]http://josephturkot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Master1.png[/IMG] [/url]
Code:
[url=http://www.kboards.com/index.php/topic,150985.0.html][IMG]http://josephturkot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/grandmaster.png[/IMG] [/url]CUSTOM BADGES BY KB MEMBERS! POST YOUR OWN IN THE THREAD AND I WILL UPDATE HERE.
Here's one created by Sandra K. Williams
EROTICA:
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Code:
[center][url=http://www.kboards.com/index.php/topic,150985.0.html][IMG]http://i925.photobucket.com/albums/ad97/skw5/Erotica-Badge_zps8369a34f.png[/IMG][/url][br][/center]Here's one created by Robert_V_Frazier
NATURALLY SPEAKING:
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[center][url=http://www.kboards.com/index.php/topic,150985.0.html][IMG]http://tinyurl.com/l2kv6pt[/IMG][/url][br][/center]Here's one created by Carla Baku with help from Adair Hart
SWEAT AND TEARS:
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Code:
[center][url=http://www.kboards.com/index.php/topic,150985.0.html][IMG]http://www.adairhart.com/content/images/Sweat_And_Tears_badge_Resized.png[/IMG][/url][br][/center]Here's another created by Robert_V_Frazier
NOVEL BADGE:
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[center][url=http://www.kboards.com/index.php/topic,150985.0.html][IMG]http://tinyurl.com/qgckcb5[/IMG][/url][/center]Here's another created by Robert_V_Frazier
SCRIVENER:
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[center][url=http://www.kboards.com/index.php/topic,150985.0.html][IMG]http://tinyurl.com/nbleha6[/IMG][/url][/center]Here's one for Alphasmart by Nic.
ALPHASMART:
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[center][url=http://www.kboards.com/index.php/topic,150985.0.html][IMG]http://i61.tinypic.com/im0xv4.png[/IMG][/url][/center]Nathalie has created a badge for those of us that don't average a sale a day yet. Thanks for the contribution Nathalie! (WARNING: It's kind of harsh, but it's important that we can laugh at ourselves).
TURD LEAGUE:
[br]Turd Master[br]Less than one[br]sale per day
Code:
[center][url=http://www.kboards.com/index.php/topic,150985.0.html][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/NsSH7pL.png[/IMG][/url][br][b]Turd Master[/b][br]Less than one[br]sale per day[/center]We can credit this cool badge to SMReine. I'm calling it a Cthulu badge, but if I'm wrong, please correct me.
CTHULU: 
Code:
[url=http://www.kboards.com/index.php/topic,150985.0.html][IMG]http://josephturkot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/octopus-badge.png[/IMG] [/url]Here's one by Dan C. Rinnert. Wear this if you're dealing with envy issues.
GREEN WITH ENVY: 
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[url=http://www.kboards.com/index.php/topic,150985.0.html][IMG]http://www.dcrblogs.com/clients/kb/GreenElite.png[/IMG] [/url]Here's one by Serena Walken for short story and novella storytellers.
STORYTELLERS:
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[url=http://www.kboards.com/index.php/topic,150985.0.html][IMG]http://josephturkot.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/shortstorybadge_zps3f57addf.png[/IMG] [/url]Here's a badge from Kevin McLaughlin
DRAGON:
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[url=http://www.kboards.com/index.php/topic,150985.0.html][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/AfxKe7k.png[/IMG] [/url]Here's Nathalie's incarnation of THE PRAWN, partly an homage to Dayla's laser prawn.
PRAWN:
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[url=http://www.kboards.com/index.php/topic,150985.0.html][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/AfxKe7k.png[/IMG] [/url]Here's a vegan writer's badge for fellow vegan writers!
VEGAN WRITER:
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[url=http://www.kboards.com/index.php/topic,150985.0.html][IMG]http://bit.ly/2kbT7dW[/IMG] [/url]CLASS BADGES INSTRUCTIONS: Paste the code and adjust the year in the code to get the right badge--In other words, change 1990 to fit the year you started writing. The following are the badges I've found so far for class year. Not every year is available--following years are: 1985, 1990-1999, 2001-2020
Code:
[url=http://www.kboards.com/index.php/topic,150985.msg2188356.html#msg2188356][IMG]http://www.adairhart.com/content/images/1990_Class_badge.png[/IMG][/url]
