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Sum-sum-summary!

I must be feeling better…

I opened a Giraffe Call the weekend before last. It turned out to be a tiny one, probably because of the weird format of the call.

For that call, I have written:
Reiassan
Navigating Lannamer (LJ
Sun-on-the-Water (LJ)

Bug/Invasion
Voices (LJ)

The Aunt Family
The Princess and the Hunstsman (LJ)
Big Bad Witch (LJ)
Frog Pancakes (LJ)
Princesses (LJ)

Addergoole
Graduation Plans (LJ)
Yr9
Sequential Vignette (LJ) (Porter & Sylvia)
Trying (LJ) (Arundel/Sylvia Year 8)

Fae Apoc
Reality (LJ)
First Day of Work (LJ)

I have one drabble and about $25 of commissioned words left to write, and then I’ll open up the poll for the continuation and the setting piece.

I’m still cleaning up January and February! For January I wrote:
Dragons Next Door
Human Town (LJ)
An Understanding (LJ)

For February I wrote:
One-Off
Setting the Table (LJ)

Fae Apoc
Shit Keeps Coming (LJ)
Shit, Fan (LJ)
Yr9
Silent Song (LJ) [Porter]
Presently (LJ)
Meta: Poll
Giraffe Poll for February Continuation

And amazingly, stuff NOT for a giraffe Call:
One-off:
Bus Stop (LJ)
Dragons:
Hunting Junie III (LJ
Red Covers (LJ)
Aunt:
Boy Trouble (LJ) [Donor Perk]
Science!
Golden Egg? ()
Tir Na Cali
Chapter 18A (LJ)
Addergoole Yr9:
Pet Wolf (LJ) (Ciara)
Addergoole Yr 14:
Pain in the… (LJ)
Rin:
Packed Up, rewritten (LJ) [BEta]

Meta:
Alder by Post
Issue Three Available (LJ)
Alder by Post: Mailed (LJ)
Gardening (LJ)
(Life in the Country)LJ

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Weekly Summary!

Mar9

Feedback Wanted!
Giraffe incentive: Podcast (LJ)
Feedback Roundup (LJ)
VOTE on upcoming THEMES (LJ)

PSA: Open for Business (LJ) Commissioning rates and notes

In the last week, I wrote for the February Giraffe Call:
One Off:
Wine of the Swan Maidens (LJ)
Engineered (LJ)
Pantry (LJ)
Fae Apoc:
Briars & Vinegar: Eating the Roses (LJ)
Early for Roses (LJ)
A New Flower (LJ)
On the Adriatic (LJ)
Family Vintage (LJ)
Addergoole
What They Needed (LJ) Ambrus, 1984
Unicorn/Factory
Making Harvest Wreathes (LJ)
Tír na Cali
Planting Future (LJ)
Success (LJ)
Dragons Next Door
Encyclopedia Draconis (LJ) – A Summary of Sentient Hunters of Other Sentient Species in Dragons Next Door

For the January Giraffe Call:

Unicorn/Factory
Productive (LJ)
The Governors (LJ)
Right and Wrong (LJ)
Fae Apoc:
Making New History (LJ)
Trusting in History (LJ)
Fairy Town:
About the Want (LJ)
What You Need (LJ)
Guarding the Church (LJ)
Addergoole:
Paying the Rent (LJ) (Baram’s Jaelie and her Wish)
Bug Invasion
Poison (LJ)

And for no call at all:
Facets
The Beginning (LJ) [Donor Perk]
Rin/Girey
Under-Handed (LJ) [Beta]
Dragons:
Showing Off (LJ) [Donor Perk: Jin]
Backpack Gremlins (LJ)
Tir Na Cali:
Cali-Novel 17-end (LJ) {Cali-Beta}
Addergoole:
Ciara: Wolf in the Hand ()
One-off:
Still (LJ), a story for my Mother.

I also did a meme:
Ask me about my characters (LJ)

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Giraffe Update!

Feb26

Since the last Giraffe Update, I have written:

For February’s Call LJ:
Stranded
Not That Kind Of Girl (LJ)
Vas
Vinting Love (LJ)
One Off:
Bleed it Out (LJ)
Rose Petals (LJ)
Twelve Roses and One (no xpost)
Pure Snow White (LJ)
Tír na Cali
Second Pressing (LJ)
Addergoole:
Love and Hospitality (LJ)
Yr8
Thorny Disposition (LJ)
Planting Seeds (LJ)
Planners ‘verse
Rose of the City (LJ)

For the Aunt Call:
Bless the Cat (LJ)
Passing the Cat (LJ)

For January’s Call:
Unicorn-Chased (LJ)
Addergoole
Mission to Paris (LJ)
Fae Apoc:
Getting Over History (LJ)
Presented ()
Fairy Town
Meeting Mr. Ting (LJ)

Non-Giraffe: Wolf in the Circle (LJ)

OTHER:
Alder By Post (LJ): the second issue is out!

I’ve rewarded myself (LJ) – things the Giraffe Call has helped fund!

Signals Boosted! (LJ)

Call for Call Ideas!! (LJ) – I need ideas for upcoming Giraffe Calls!

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Monday Morning Giraffe Summary

Feb20

Good morning! It’s a cold grey day and I have a lot of writing in front of me, and a lot behind me as well!

The Linkback story for the Giraffe Call is up here on DW (LJ)!

This weekend I wrote for February’s Giraffe Call LJ (Which will remain open until 11 p.m. EST tonight):

One-off
The most Interesting Wine (LJ)
Salvation in a Bottle ()

Fae Apoc
Bitter Vintage (LJ)
Late Planting ()

Briars and Vinegar (LJ)
Briars and Vinegar: Blood on the Snow (LJ)
Briars and Vinegar: For 100 Years (LJ)
Briars and Vinegar: Sharp and Bitter (LJ)

Addergoole
Picking Grapes (LJ) (Shiva & Niki)

The Aunt Family
…and Thou (LJ)

Facets
The Sweet Rose of Morning (Did not Xpost)

Unicorn/Factory
Pure as… (LJ)

For the Last Call:
Stranded:
Laying the Foundation (LJ)
Fairy Town:
The “A” Shelves (LJ)
Reiassan:
Stories of the City (LJ)
Fae Apoc:
Step on my Tail (LJ)
Tir na Cali
Window Shopping (LJ)
Catpeople
Down in Kitty Town (LJ)

Non-Call:
Reiassan:
Being Brought In (LJ)
Privates (LJ) Rin/Girey, adter Hurt/Comfort

I posted some business posts:
January Giraffe Update (LJ)
List of Stories (LJ) Input! What do you want a continuation of?
And, for good measure:
February 15th’s Summary (LJ)

clare_dragonfly‘s Garden of Prose is still open for a little while longer!
so is
ankewehner‘s Flash Fiction Fishbowl!

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Week Summary, with Signal Boosts

Feb15

anke is holding a fishbowl! The theme is “Law and Order!” Go prompt her!
meeks posted her adorable pictures from the most recent SketchFest!
moonvoice has posted some gorgeous totem art!

Betas: Lair (LJ could use a look-over, pls.

smw wrote this absolutely awesome fic, “The Dream of Agathopia”
ysabetwordsmith posted here Fishbowl Report for the most recent fishbowl. She also posted this adorable poem yesterday! And this discussion on writing alternate history.
Djinni drew himself some icons, for once! Yay! 🙂

And my writing over the last week:

Giraffe Call (Yes, still January’s!):
One-offs:
The Snow War (LJ)

Stranded:
Lines of the City (LJ)

Fae Apoc:
Ending the Hunt (Lj)
Singing down History (LJ)
Learning of History (LJ
In the Jam (LJ)
On the River (LJ)
These Walls Can Talk (LJ)
On the RIver (LJ

Fairy Town:
Mrs. Gent’s Lemonade (LJ)
Differences of Opinion (LJ)

Dragons:
Exterminator (LJ)

Bug Invasion:
It’s all in your Head (LJ)

Unicorn:
The Silver Road (LJ)

Aunt Family
Midnight, Summer Solstice (LJ)

Cracks:
Up From the Cracks (LJ)

Non-Giraffe:

Non-Giraffe:
Two Vignettes of Cya (LJ)
AgYr9
All you Can Be (LJ) Ahouva
Prickly (LJ) Sylvia/Gar
In the Infirmary (LJ)
Porter Needs a Girlfriend (LJ) Arundel/Timora
Fae Apoc:
Exit Strategy (LJ) [Donor Perk]
Vas:
By the Wall (LJ [Donor Perk]

Aunt Mini-Giraffe Call:
Kitten Negotiations (did not xpost)
Unexpected Guest (LJ)
That Damn Cat (LJ)

Whew! All that writing tires my fingers out! And you know what?
This Saturday, 2/18, is the Next Giraffe Call!
The Theme is Wine and/or Roses!

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Giraffe, Etc. Summary

Feb4

The Mini-Call is up! (and on LJ) Prompt on the Aunt Family series!

Since the last summary (and on LJ), I have written:

For the January Giraffe Call:
One-Off
And Before That? (LJ)
Backstage (LJ), technically Big Trouble in Little China fanfic

Fairy Town
In Mr. Ting’s (LJ), after Burning Summer Quest (LJ)
Katydid’s Camp (and on LJ)

Tír na Cali
Tea with HER (continuation 5) (LJ)
Tea with HER (Completion) (LJ)

Fae Apoc
When the Gods Attacked (LJ)
Delving in History (LJ)
Bringing Home History (LJ)

Bug Invasion
From the moment they breathed our air (Lj) after: Staying in the City (LJ) and Spooks vs. Bugs (DW)

Non-Giraffe Writing included:
Non-Giraffe

Addergoole Yr9
Moving On (LJ), Ahouva & Basalt
Damn List (LJ)
clare_dragonfly wrote this story of Kayros and Vic.
kajones_writing created
these characters and then wrote
this story and
this story.

Addergoole: Boom
Meeting the Family (LJ) (a chat log)
Roleplay Log (Cya/Cabal, posted by cluudle)
Cleaning Up (LJ), One month later
cluudle wrote this story set in the same general timeline as my current Boom ‘fics, staring Yoshi’s paternal half-brother Etienne.
Legacy (LJ) – several years later

Tir na Cali:
Wrong Brother? ()after “Can we be that Close?” (no xpost). [Donor Perk]
Cali-Novel Ch17-most (LJ) [Beta]

Aunt Family:
Read my story “The Wish Machine” (from the Aunt Family ‘verse) in this month’s EMG-Zine!

And I’ve asked you, and asked you to ask me:
Pick a character to ask questions of! Any character of mine in any setting!
(and on LJ)
Ask Kendra here (LJ)
Ask Rin here! (LJ)
Ask Audrey Here! (LJ)

The donations reached an AMAZING $246!

Thanks to everyone who participated!

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Giraffe Summary! Read the Crazy Fiction! Answer the Many Questions

Jan31

Since our Last Summary (LJ)

I have written for the January Giraffe Call (and on LJ):

The Cracks
The Dark of the City (Lj)

Dragons
Origins of Smokey Knoll (LJ)
Planning Board Woes (LJ)
Home to Pixie Town (LJ)

Fairy Town
Strange Neighbors (LJ) [After the Fairy Road (here on LJ)]
Loaves (LJ)
Burning Summer Quest (LJ)
The Beggars (LJ)
City Holiday (DW)
Re-Blessing the Church (LJ)
()

Fae Apoc
Digging through History (LJ), after Scrounging for History (LJ)
Down in the Dark (LJ)

Tir na Cali
Tea with HER (continuation 2) (LJ)
Tea with HER (continuation 3) (LJ)
Tea with HER (continuation 4) ()

I have written for the December Call (perks & commissions):
Commissions from Last Call:
Addergoole
So. (LJ) Between Years 28 & 29
Yr9
So I’ve Started Out (LJ) after “Some Say Life.”
Nice Guys (LJ) After “Changed.”

Aunt
Princesses, Knights, and the Huntsman (LJ)

Stranded
Strand-Workers and Strand-Working Organizations (LJ

I have written not for any Giraffes:
Addergoole: Boom
Mother-Son Bonding (LJ)
Kept du Jour/a> (LJ)
“Are we killing this one?” (LJ)
Addergoole Yr9
Consequences (DW) Addergoole Yr 9, Ceinwen & Thorburn

Rin:
Hurt/Comfort (LJ) [Donor perk]

Vas:
Reveal SOMETHING? (LJ)

Stranded:
Tangling isn’t just a walk in the park (LJ) Spring & Lance [Donor Perk]

And I asked you more questions:
Mini-Call Poll (DW) (what time should I hold a livewrite for the Mini-call?

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Summary-Like Update thing! See all the pretty Fiction! Answer all the Questions!!

Jan24

The Giraffe Call is closed (and on LJ), but if you only left one or two prompts, please feel free to go add another 1 or 2.

Since the last update, I’ve posted several requests-for-feedback:
What do you want to know about my Settings? (LJ) (Stranded, Reiassan, Dragons)
Mid-month mini-giraffe-call poll (LJ) (what & When?)
Pretty Icons (LJ) discussion on possible February Giraffe Themes

I’ve posted three pieces from the last call:

Reiassan
Under Scrutiny (LJ)
Dragons
Encyclopedia Draconic: A Survey of Reproduction Methods (LJ)
Yr9
Teasers (LJ) Arundel, Sylvia, Porter

Two non-Giraffe pieces (in payment for an icon from @inventrix):

Separation Anxiety (LJ) Boom!/RP timeline/ Cynara
Parting Advice, and Mother Bears (LJ)

And seven more Giraffe Pieces:

Vas
Further Exploration Reveals… (LJ)
“I said, Further Exploration reVEALS,” (LJ)

Tir na Cali
Tea with HER (beginning) (LJ)
Tea with HER (continuation) (LJ)

Reiassan
Road Map To… (LJ), a story of Steam!Callenia

Fae Apoc
Scrounging for History (LJ)

Addergoole
Family Legacy (Dreamwidth)

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Merry Kinkmas, a summary!

Jan1

I went on a New Year’s kink spree, hereby designated as Kinkmas, and offered to write 100 words for each square selected by the prompter from my card or a communal card.

So far I have written:

December Kink-Bingo Mini-Challenge – Line of Bingo Microfics (here on LJ)

Mery Kinkmas, another mini-bingo (here on LJ)

Merry Kinkmas, another 6 microkinkfics (here on LJ)

Happy Kinkmas: “Virginity/Celebacy:” Rin & Girey (here on LJ)

Merry Kinkmas! Possession/Marking, a story of Fae Apoc (here on LJ)

Merry Kinkmas! Drugs/Aphrodisiacs, a story of Fae Apoc (here on LJ)

Merry Kinkmas! Virginity/Celibacy a story of Fae Apoc (here on LJ)

Merry Kinkmas! Wet, Dirty, Messy & Vehicular, 2 stories of Fae Apoc (here on LJ)

Merry Kinkmas! The Pit, two stories of Space Accountant (here on LJ)

Tentacles & humiliation (LJ)
Sense Dep & Phone Sex (LJ)

Thanks to

rix_scaedu

for creating this summary!

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Giraffe-Call for Prompts Summary

Sep24

I have one more piece to continue for lilfluff and one to expand upon for The_vulture, but I have enough to write a summary for last week’s call for prompts (and on LJ).

This was a relatively small-response Giraffe Call, but there were both new donors and new prompters. I am $35 closer to my giraffe carpet – thank you very much!

Wednesday-Thursday-Friday:
Too Hot to Handle, a continuation of Too Hot for Prime Time (LJ)
Pissing Into the Wind, a continuation of Pissing Away Time (LJ)
Staying in the City, a continuation of Fleeing the City (LJ)

Tuesday:
Little Lost Kitty-Girl, Tir na Cali
Not Even a Bullet
Deeper in, a continuation of Down, Down, Down.
No More Waiting, a continuation of Waiting

Monday:
Found, after Dusting Lost Thoughts, after Lost & Found
Love and Lovers
Down, Down, Down
The Lost Road
Swimming Alone
Left Behind
Too Hot for Prime Time, Tir na Cali

Sunday:
Isi, Waiting, Addergoole yr 22-23
Fleeing the City
Lost and Found
Pissing Away Time, Addergoole yr 9
Dusting Lost Thoughts, directly after Lost and Found
and
Preconceptions, in the same setting as Down the River, from my gender-funky call for prompts.

I’ve started working on the continuation of Spring Break, too, from the Abduction Prompt-Call

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