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Giraffe Call Open: A-Z

Apr30

Today’s Giraffe Call Theme is based off the Blogging from A-Z Challenge.

Over the next 2 weeks, I will write one fic to prompts for each letter of the English Alphabet – one prompt per person; a second prompt for donators.

If I receive enough prompts/donations to write a prompt for each letter of the alphabet, I will write two bonus stories to non-English (real or fictional) letter themes.

Leave as many prompts as you wish. Please leave your prompts in the form of:

A is for Apple
C – Cephalopod Creeps.
and so on.

I will list the letters here. As one becomes “full;” i.e., 4 or more prompts, I will cross it out.

If I get a large number of overlapping prompts, I may ask people to re-prompts with new letters.

A – B – C – D – E – F – G – H – I – J – K – L – M – N – O – P – Q – R – S – T – U – V – W – X – Y – Z
– A – B – C – D – E – F – G – H – I – J

Continuations:
I – K

Prompter Count: 23
Extra Prompt count: 1
Donator Count: 6
Total letters to be written: 36/26

Donations go towards summer renovations: still working on the foyer! I want to make a new bench, a storage area, and a slippers-for-guests arrangement. It’s an 8×4 space; budget is $300.

If I get two new prompters or one new donator, I will write a setting piece (setting chosen by poll) explaining something about one of my universes.




At $20 in donations, I’ll order pizza! – REACHED

At $25 in donations, I’ll finally have enough for the hardwood boards, and find a hardwood store in Ithaca! – REACHED!

At $40 in donations, I will choose 1 non-donater at random to receive an additional microfic as well. – REACHED

At $50, anyone who donated $7.50 or more will have a copy of “Alder by Post” mailed to them if they wish. – REACHED

For every $50 donated, I will do a one-hour livewrite on Etherpad or googledocs during the next month.

At $65, I’ll write a third microfic to the prompts of everyone who donated. – REACHED

At $75, I’ll buy the accessories for the storage area. And post pictures!

At $80, I will write two extra 500-word continuations – chosen by prompters picked by random number generator.

Buy an Extension
500 words $5.00 USD
750 words $7.50 USD
1000 words $10.00 USD
1250 words $12.50 USD
1500 words $15.00 USD
1750 words $17.50 USD
2000 words $20.00 USD
100 words $1.00 USD

This entry was originally posted at http://aldersprig.dreamwidth.org/509529.html. You can comment here or there.

W is for Whisk(e)y

Apr30

To [personal profile] thnidu‘s prompt.

“There’s a reason it’s called the water of life.”

David was drawing circles on the floor of his dorm room, linked circles around a central circle, and in the middle of it all, an open glass of whiskey. “Uisce beatha,” he continued. “Hey, Wayne, pass me that second bottle, would you?”

His roommate, who had been walking a careful circuit of the room, wanting only to get to his desk, his computer, his tequila, and his chat with his girlfriend, nevertheless passed over the second bottle. “More whiskey?”

“This one’s whisky.” He turned the label so it was visible, the missing E clearly absent, and poured out two shots, and then a fractional third shot. “No e.”

“No E. Okay, I’ll bite. Isn’t summoning demons supposed to be a weekend activity? Elizabeth got awfully pissed at you the last time you started mucking about with the forces of good and evil on a weekday.”

“No kidding. And Miranda hasn’t talked to me since that thing with the bog monster.” David poured out two more shots, drank one, and passed the other to Wayne. “Go talk to Steff. It’s fine, I’m not going to do anything stupid.”

“You’re sitting there in a chalk diagram drinking whisk-no-e.”

“Yes, but I’m not going to fuck around with the forces of good and evil tonight. No demons, no bog monsters.”

“Then what in the unknowable Names are you doing?”

David grinned up at him. “Math homework.”

“Math homework?” He poured himself another shot of whisky.

“Finding e.” He drank down another shot himself. “Like I said. Water of life. This stuff is going to be a life-saver.”

This entry was originally posted at http://aldersprig.dreamwidth.org/523921.html. You can comment here or there.

All The Characters – trading help for words

Apr26

As discussed with [personal profile] moonwolf in this thread here, I could use a character list.

I will write 50/words a character for lists by setting with links:

Vas’ World
Malia
Paz (Observe and Report)
Ezra
Vas (By the Wall)

With the link being their first appearance, bonus points (20 more words) for noteworthy later appearances.

DW links preferred, but some writing only exists in one or the other setting.

Please claim settings below if you are interested. I will start a list here that will X post.

Edited to add: I have set up DW and LJ to allow people who are friended (access list, whathaveyou) to add and alter tags on posts. The format I use is character: shahin (for example), for primary/viewpoint characters of a story.

Claimed:
Aunt Family [personal profile] moonwolf
Unicorn/Factory [personal profile] moonwolf
The Planners [personal profile] moonwolf

This entry was originally posted at http://aldersprig.dreamwidth.org/521105.html. You can comment here or there.

Signal Boost Poem – F, G, H?

Apr25

Looking ahead with the Signal Boost Poem, I am in need of F’s, G’s, and H’s.

F could be for Fallon, Forrester, or Fuchsia , though I’d rather not have two Addergoole students.

G is… what, Garfunkel? Oh! Genique! (and Girey, thanks [personal profile] moonwolf and [personal profile] inventrix, whose suggestions I should clearly note on like a tattoo or something.)

For H I have
hemlock [1]
hunter-hale [2]
in looking at my character tags, and Hera, but, again, all Addergoole Characters.

And I don’t have settings starting with G or H, though F is well handled (Fae Apoc, Fairy Town). Actually, with the exception of Generation Ship, I don’t have any settings between F and O.

Help?

I think I’ll have to start giving couplets for useful help, which means I already owe Kelkyag a couplet~

This entry was originally posted at http://aldersprig.dreamwidth.org/519326.html. You can comment here or there.

Signal Boost Poem Updated, Giraffe Call Still Open! #promptcall

Apr25

The Signal Boost Poem has been updated with [personal profile] ysabetwordsmith‘s signal boost couplets.

If you have boosted The Giraffe Call or its stories, please let me know and I will add more couplets.

If someone wants to art any given couplet, I will write two whole stanzas for any art I can use when finishing/posting this.

The Giraffe Call is still open!!

I have written, to date:
A – B – C – D – E – F – G – H – I – J – K – L – M – N – O

And we are $5 from everyone who donates getting three stories written to their prompts:

Buy an Extension
500 words $5.00 USD
750 words $7.50 USD
1000 words $10.00 USD
1250 words $12.50 USD
1500 words $15.00 USD
1750 words $17.50 USD
2000 words $20.00 USD
100 words $1.00 USD

If you haven’t prompted, please stop by and leave a few prompts. Currently open letters are:
– P – Q – R – S – T – U – V – W – X – Y – Z- A – B – C – D

If you haven’t signal boosted, please do, and send your friends!

This entry was originally posted at http://aldersprig.dreamwidth.org/519063.html. You can comment here or there.

Signal Boost Poem Updated

Apr24

The Signal Boost Poem has been updated with [personal profile] itsamellama‘s signal boost and @Vryka’s boost couplets.

If you have boosted The Giraffe Call or its stories, please let me know and I will add more couplets.

If someone wants to art any given couplet, I will write two whole stanzas for any art I can use when finishing/posting this.

This entry was originally posted at http://aldersprig.dreamwidth.org/517881.html. You can comment here or there.

Giraffe Call Update: Free Extra Prompt Chosen!

Apr23

The Random Number Generator has Spoken! We reached $40, and I chose a lucky winner!

[personal profile] ysabetwordsmith will have a second story written to her prompts!

Stories to Date:

A – B – C – D – E – F – G – H – I – J – K – L – M

Prompter Count: 21
Extra Prompt count: 1
Donator Count: 6
Total letters to be written: 28/26

Donations go towards summer renovations: still working on the foyer! I want to make a new bench, a storage area, and a slippers-for-guests arrangement. It’s an 8×4 space; budget is $300.

If I get two new prompters, I will write a setting piece (setting chosen by poll) explaining something about one of my universes.

At $65, I’ll write a third microfic to the prompts of everyone who donated.

At $75, I’ll buy the accessories for the storage area. And post pictures!

At $80, I will write two extra 500-word continuations – chosen by prompters picked by random number generator.

Buy an Extension
500 words $5.00 USD
750 words $7.50 USD
1000 words $10.00 USD
1250 words $12.50 USD
1500 words $15.00 USD
1750 words $17.50 USD
2000 words $20.00 USD
100 words $1.00 USD

This entry was originally posted at http://aldersprig.dreamwidth.org/517427.html. You can comment here or there.

Stumped on D

Apr22

I went through my settings, and I found several dozen Addergoole D’s, and then
… Hill Decima (http://aldersprig.dreamwidth.org/323024.html)

I need another non-Addergoole D. Anyone have one? (From one of my stories?)

(For the signal boost poem)

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