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February Giraffe Cal: Shades and Hues of Love

Feb16

The call for prompts is now OPEN!

I am now taking prompts on the themes of Love

Love comes in many shapes and sizes, many colors and shades. Tell me about it. Prompt me about it. What sort of love shall I write about today?

Leave one or many prompts, and I will write (over the next month) at least one microfic (150-500 words) to each prompter (prompts may be combined)

Prompts can be related to one of my extant settings (See my landing page-landing page) or they can be for something completely different.

Prompting is free! But Donations are always welcome.

For each $5 you donate, I will write an additional 500 words to the prompt(s) of your choice.

Donations are earmarked towards our foyer right now: It’s currently stripped-down drywall. 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 $30 in donations, I will buy the awesome mug featured here, fill it with doctored hot cocoa, and post our recipe for such with a picture.

At $40 in donations, everyone who donated will get an additional microfic written to their prompts. I will choose 1 non-donater at random to receive an additional microfic as well.

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

At $50, I will buy the hardwood boards for the front of the storage area and post my plans for such

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

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

At $100, I’ll buy the accessories for the storage area. And post pictures!

At $120, everyone who donated will get an additional (3rd) microfic written to their prompts. I will choose 2 more non-donaters at random to receive an additional microfic as well.

If we get to $120, I will take suggestions for further incentives!

For more information on Giraffe Calls, see the landing page.


Donate below

I also take payment by Dwolla

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The ClockWork Collar, or The Princess of Al-ben, a kink-bingo mini-story in 25 (26) parts. Part 22

Feb15

First: The Collar (LJ)

Previous: A Game (LJ)

Stavanna’s Master sat in the brass-and-copper chair, his hands resting lightly on the armrests. “It’s almost a throne.”

“Indeed. It was sent here as a throne. I’m not surprised they locked it away.” Stavanna pulled three more pieces from her bracelets, and grabbed the first of the levers. “Without the keys, of course, it does nothing.”

“And with the keys?”

She turned one key, and pulled the corresponding lever down. “It does quite a bit. A second key, a second lever. The restraints clamped shut.

“Princess…”

“It’s just a little pain, my lord. A very little blood. Just a little.”

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The ClockWork Collar, or The Princess of Al-ben, a kink-bingo mini-story in 25 parts. Poll 14

Feb14

previous: The Mechanism

“And if I sit?”

“Then we will play a game, and I will show you the Mechanism.”

“And if I don’t?”

“Then we will play a different game.”

“Then I will sit.” His smile was crooked and very wry. “I trust you.”

next: The Chair

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The ClockWork Collar, or The Princess of Al-ben, a kink-bingo mini-story in 25 (26) parts. Part 20

Feb14

First: The Collar (LJ)

Previous: Messy (LJ)

The Prince did not know the Mechanism was there. Of that, Stavanna was certain. If he’d known… things would be different, in one of a dozen ways.

It took four components of her bracelets to open the door. She was glad she didn’t need any of the tricks in her collar; she didn’t want her Master to know about those tricks yet.

Inside, the door closed behind them, the Mechanism glimmered and shone. A chair… nominally. A crank, several levers…

“What is it?”

“It is the most beautiful creation in all the world. And the most deadly. Will you sit?”

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The ClockWork Collar, or The Princess of Al-ben, a kink-bingo mini-story in 25 (26) parts. Part 20

Feb13

First: The Collar (LJ)

Previous: From Here (LJ)

Content warning; ew.

In the times that followed, if she thought about that time at all, she thought of it as penance for her outburst –

– and that was how she thought of tying up the man, Daran, who owned her, beating him, humiliating him, as an outburst – penance, or another step in her eventual goal.

She tried not to think of it at all. She cleansed him, and then he made her dirty. Dirty, all over. Filthy.

And then he cleaned her, as carefully as she’d cleaned him.

And then, in the heart of the Prince’s castle, in the heart of her enemy’s territory, she took him to meet the Mechanism.

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Weblit Wednesday: a Guest Blog by Becka Sutton

Feb13

 All about Weblit Wednesday

What is Weblit Wednesday?

It all started on Twitter when a few of us started tweeting links to our favourite webfiction serials on a Wednesday and hashtagged it #weblitwednesday or #weblitwed. It lasted a while before it sort of petered out. I’m currently trying to revive the hashtag and expand it to include reviews and similar, so when Lyn asked me to write a guest post about it I agreed. It’s all about signal boosting your favourite weblits.

How do I take part?

It’s very simple to take part. Each Wednesday pick one of your favourite weblits (or take time to read a new one) and then tweet a link to it on Twitter using the hashtag above. In addition (or instead if you’re not on Twitter) you can post about it on you blog, facebook or other social network. And if you have time you can write and post a review of it as well.

Anything else?

I’m investigating setting up a couple of Mr Linky collectors like the one the #SerialTuesday people use. One will be for people to post links to their selected weblit and the other for them to post links to their reviews. We can then collate these into a report and post them up for reference.

I think that’s everything. If you have any questions please ask in comments.

About Becka

Becka Sutton is a self-described crazy cat lady, but she’s not very good at it: while she is crazy she only has one cat. She was born in Britain in 1972 and has lived there her entire life. As a child she started scrawling fantasy stories in exercise books her mother bought her to stop her scribbling in her school books. She hasn’t stopped writing since, and she credits writing as the outlet that allowed her to recover from the nervous breakdown she had after her parents died.

Her other interests include reading, listening to music, attempting to draw, growing her own vegetables and looking after the aforementioned Pumpkin cat.

No, you can’t read the novel she scrawled as a kid – she burned it long ago because it was awful.

You can find Becka’s weblit online at http://firebird-fiction.com/ and she is currently running an IndieGoGo Campaign http://igg.me/at/storm-child/x/29867 to raise funds to turn the second arc of one them into a book.

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The ClockWork Collar, or The Princess of Al-ben, a kink-bingo mini-story in 25 parts. Poll 13

Feb12

Previous: Cleaning (LJ)

He stroked her arm. “You will. And then, I think, we will have a little fun.”

She shuddered. “What sort of fun, Master?”

“Daran. And… hrrm.”

He studied her for a moment. “Since we’re in the bath anyway, or since we will be…”

He didn’t look angry, that was the thing. “Yes Daran.”

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