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Drakeathon, Hour 3!

Feb19

And on we go!

Three stories written, 5 more prompts in the wings, this is fuuuun! 🙂

I received a donation with no prompt, thank you! Do you have a prompt you want me to write to?

See the rules here.

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Drakeathon Begin!

Feb19

The Drakeathon Begins!

Free Fiction From Your Prompts!

During the Drakeathon hours (8 p.m. – midnight EST Saturday and 2 – 6 p.m. EST Sunday), leave a prompt or request and I will write 50 words on that prompt and post it here.

Donate to the Drake Fund and I’ll write 300 words on your prompt for every $5 you donate (up to $50/3000 words); additional perks for donors are listed below.

Signal boosting adds 50 words to the count; someone showing up from your signal boost adds another 50.

The first 3 free prompts each hour and every paid prompt are guaranteed to be written; paid prompts of over 1000 words may be finished after the ‘thon but within 30 days.

If I write to your prompt I will post it to the blog or as a comment in the Drakeathon thread, with the name of the prompter (or another dedicatee if you wish); plus you get a nonexclusive publication right, so you can post it on your own blog or elsewhere as long as you keep the credits intact.

If I merge prompts I will add wordcounts together, thus your 50-word prompt may be part of a 100- or 350-word story, for example.

Prompts should be left as a comment to a Dreamwidth or LJ Drakeathon post.

Donor Perks

* Your Prompt /will/ get written.
* You will be invited to a googledoc to watch me write in real time.

Other perks vary with the total donations I receive:

If I reach $20, I get a pizzaReached!
If I reach $75, everyone who donates will get a printed-and-snailmailed or pdf-and-e-mailed prettified version of the story from their prompt
If I reach $150, there will be an e-book of the stories from these prompts; sponsors will get a free copy
If I reach $225, the e-book will include a never-before-seen short story of 1500-3000 words written for this anthology
If I reach $300, there will be a print book, and donors will receive a discount on said book.
If I reach $375, the e- and print book will have professional art for the covers & a second new short story.

What won’t you write?

Anything that really squicks me. That’s generally limited to sexual situations involving food, former food, dead things, or kids, but hardcore torture has been known to bother me, too.

Fanfic, or pieces set in other people’s universes, unless it is your universe and you are asking me to write it, or if it’s my universe.

Anything involving hurting animals. Especially cats. 🙁

So what should I prompt you on?

Almost anything! If you want 150 words on daffodils, I shall give you 150 words on daffodils! If you’d like a short piece of erotica, I’m more than willing.
There are a few exceptions, see below.

If you’re stumped, I have several years’ of fiction in my livejournal. Try these tags for ideas:
More, Please – stories people have asked me to continue
FaeApoc – the setting in which my ongoing webserial Addergoole is set
Rin & Girey – a fantasy semi-romance abduction series
Cali – a slavery-and-porn series, sometimes with future!catpeople
“Vas” – a new series of short-shorts of planet exploration and unexpected findings.

If you’re here from Addergoole, yes, I will write Addergoole or Wild Ones Stories.

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Drakeathon! Livewriting Flash Fiction – TONIGHT!

Feb19

The Drakeathon is in a few short hours and I’m getting excited!

I’ve figured out this googledocs thing, so donors will get to actually watch me write *chews nails!*

But if you’re not going to be around tonight, and don’t want to miss out, I don’t want you to miss out either! Feel free to leave a prompt here, let me know if you donated/signal boosted, and I’ll work on them through the evening.

Details here and here.

And here’s the fun donation bar/Paypal button:

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Drakeathon! Livewriting Flash Fiction – the details!

Feb7

What’s Livewriting? 1889ca’s webpage describes it as “the act of writing a book or story within a set timeframe, with live updates for an audience that also participates by suggesting directions the story might go.”

What’s Flash/Microfiction? Flash fiction is generally defined as short-short stories, under 3000, 1500, or 1000 words. Microfiction is generally short, complete stories under 500 words.

What’s the Drakeathon? The Drakeathon will be two 4-hour sessions in which I ask you, the audience, to prompt me to write short fiction. I’ll ask for audience participation as I write, and post the stories as I complete them.

But, since this is an ‘thon, I’m trying to earn a little money, too (in this case, for Drake, the above-pictured kitty, who has recently been diagnosed with diabetes). At least the first three prompters each hour will have 50-word microfics written off their prompts, but those who sponsor the ‘thon will get more bang: each $5 sponsorship will get 300 words, up to a 3000-word story (anything over 1000 words will be completed in the weeks immediately following the ‘thon).

Note: I’m still ironing out details. But!

As sponsorship goals are met, those who have donated will get bigger perks:

If I reach $20, I get a pizza
If I reach $75, everyone who donates will get a printed-and-snailmailed or pdf-and-e-mailed prettified version of the story from their prompt
If I reach $150, there will be an e-book of the stories from this anthology; sponsors will get a free copy
If I reach $225, the e-book will include a never-before-seen short story of 1500-3000 words written for this anthology
If I reach $300, there will be a print book, and donors will receive a discount on said book.
If I reach $375, the e- and print book will have professional art for the covers & a second new short story.

TL:DR Summary: Throw prompts at me, get microfics.
Throw money and prompts at me, get longer fics.
If enough money is thrown at me, there will be shinies

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