Landing Page: Fae Apoc–> Addergoole

Addergoole is a school in the faerie apocalypse universe, as well as a subsetting and the name of the web-serial set there. Teenagers sent away to boarding school learn that, not only is the school not what they expected, but neither they nor their parents are either. Fifty years later, they struggle to continue existing in the post-apoc world that wants nothing to do with their ilk.

Stories span several generations and over 50 years of students in the school.

The Addergoole Wiki currently defunct.
Doomsday

Addergoole Stories include:
Before the School:

Family Legacy (Dreamwidth), Set long before the serial.
Breeding Plan (LJ), late 70’s
What They Needed (LJ) Ambrus, 1984
Three Summers (LJ) Agatha, Shadrach, Acacia before school

Years One through Five:
Let Nothing Ye Dismay (LJ) (Christas, Year 1)
Hell Night Years 1,4,7 (LJ)
Not Everyone Makes it Out (LJ) – early on
Plans, to @dahob’s prompt asking how Regine sees her students.
Sunday Night Content (LJ)
Sunday Night Worries (LJ)
Agatha after School, Baram at Thanksgiving (LJ)
Dunk (LJ) – Jamian
Summertime Memories (LJ) Jamian and Ty

Ayla, Ioanna, and Yngvi talk about the school
Gender-funk (LJ) – Shiva and Niki discuss her bisexuality
Uh-Oh (LJ) – Wren’s human brother, outside the school
Family ties (LJ) – Regine discusses her family tree
Night Terrors (LJ)- Yngvi’s nightmares.
Standoff (LJ) – Jamian, Aviv

Joff Gets a Pony (LJ Link), Year 6

Goodbye for Now (LJ), Yngvi, Year 9
On the Set (LJ Link), meta, filming the AG movie.
Love and Bindings and Shoes, Earrings, Boi are Addergoole stories set later than the serial, available in Tales for the Sugar Cat
Secrets and Going out are stories with serial characters outside of the school, as is
Bowen, Expanded (LJ)
Picking Grapes (LJ) (Shiva & Niki)

Adjusting (LJ) Phelen out of Addergoole

3rd Cohort 10-year-reunion
Reunion (LJ)
Welcome to Addergoole (LJ)

So. (LJ) Between Years 28 & 29 – Yngvi & a son

Poaching, an Addergoole story set before the serial, is available in Other Sides

Year Seven:
Leaving the School (LJ) Phelen, end of Yr7
Year Eight:
Always wanted a Pony (LJ)
52 to 52: (LJ) Damaris & Gregori
Going Out (LJ) Doug

Year Nine:
a rough timeline (LJ)
Belated Rescue (LJ)
Pissing Away Time, Addergoole yr 9
Pissing into the Wind
Friendly (LJ)

Discussion:
What Basalt Looks Like and what Ceinwen & Thorburn’s changes are (LJ)
Timeline (LJ)
Appearance notes on Timora (LJ)

Years Ten through Thirteen:
They Were Over (LJ) (Forrester, Nilam)
Doug Gets a Hug (LJ)
Goodbye Tradition (LJ)
Don’t Cry Baby

Year Fourteen:
Pain in the… (LJ)
A Family Matter (LJ)
Problem-Solving (LJ)

Years Fifteen through Seventeen:
Signs of Love (LJ)
Shades (LJ)
Laziness as an Art Form (LJ)
Laziness X4 (LJ)

Years 21, 23, and forward:
Yr 21
Generations (LJ) and
Revelations (LJ)
Bananas (LJ)
Nephew-Nieces and Other Family (LJ)
Cabbage Patch (LJ)

Yr 23
White Knights? (LJ)
Isi, Waiting, and No More Waiting

Yr ?
Mo-o-om
Truth, Beauty (LJ)
The Leftover Gift (LJ)
Peace, Quiet, and the Null (LJ) to [personal profile] inventrix‘s prompt (year ??)
Together/Again (LJ) Yin and Yang

Yr 25
Transfer of Power (LJ) Morganna and Mangrove

Yr 27
The Boom Kids
And Then (LJ)

Yr 30
Love (LJ) – Luke is in love
Looking (LJ) – Mike is Jealous, wants love

Boom and Cynara:
June Again (LJ)
Wild Horses (LJ)
The Cup (LJ)
Separation Anxiety (LJ) Boom!/RP timeline/ Cynara
Parting Advice, and Mother Bears (LJ)
Mother-Son Bonding (LJ)
Kept du Jour (LJ)
“Are we killing this one?” (LJ)
Meeting the Family (LJ) (a chat log)
Roleplay Log (Cya/Cabal, posted by cluudle)
Cleaning Up (LJ), One month later
Two Vignettes of Cya (LJ)
Vacation (LJ) – Boom, Cya and sons
three Cya-Bois (LJ a series of Vignettes for #Addergoole/Boom-Apoc
In the Tub (LJ)
Visit From School (LJ) – Pellinore, earlier
The Cup (LJ) Pellinore and JohnWayne
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

The Apoc, with Addergoole Characters
Mission to Paris (LJ)

Derailed (LJ) (Luke, Fridmar, et al)
Derailed 2 (LJ)

Handwritten: Leaving (LJ) (Kai/Conrad in the apoc)

Post-apoc, with the Addergoole Characters:
Through the Woods and Learning to Live, a 2-part story of faeapoc through human eyes – Available in Tales for the Sugar Cat
Devil Deals (LJ Link) (just before Through the Woods)
Devil’s in the Details (LJ Link) (Just after Devil Deals)
Road Trip (LJ Link) (soon after the Devil Stories)

Finding Comfort (Lj), Some time after the Devil Stories.
Scared (LJ) – after “Finding Comfort”

You’d better watch out, you’d better not… (LJ) to [personal profile] lilfluff‘s prompt, set in the post-apoc of Addergoole, with former students.
Throw out a Line (LJ) [personal profile] jjhunter‘s prompt, after “You’d Better Watch Out”

Dinnertime, Jamian, Melchior, and Jamian’s daughter Dagny

Present (LJ) – Mike gets a gift

Random:
(No Year, no Name, or neither Listed)
These Walls Can Talk (LJ)
Begin Again (LJ)

52 to 52:
Descriptions, short stories, and character Q&A sessions leading up to Addergoole: Year 9
Meta!
Words (LJ)
Ask the Author Anything! (LJ)
What Is Addergoole? (LJ)

Ship my Characters!
Ship my Characters (LJ)

Ask them Anything:
Belfreja (LJ)
Brydan (LJ)
Ciara and Amadeus (LJ)
Miryam (LJ)
Jovanna and Arnbjorg (LJ)
Garfunkle (LJ)
Cynara
Noam
Reid Solomon & DJ
43 to go: Jeremiah and Lolly (LJ)
45 to Go: Timora (LJ)
46 to Go: Porter (LJ)
47 to go: Wylie (LJ)
Jamian (LJ)

Character Interaction Meme! (LJ)
3 & 13 fall down a hole: non-canon
4and 5 brainstorming for a project (sort of): CANON
Getting Lost in the Library – potentially canon
5 and 7 are steal food from the kitchens.
6 and 12 discover they have something unexpected in common
Morning After – Probably not Canon (end of year 8)
11 and 14 (“Um, we didn’t just… I mean, that’s kosher, right?”)

Three Vignettes of Addergoole Year 9 characters (LJ)

Descriptions
Garfunkle (LJ)
Miryam (LJ)

Character Development Meme
Ahouva, Ciara, Jovanna (LJ)
Garfunkle, Belfreja, and Kay (LJ)
Ceinwen, Garfunkle, and Kheper (LJ)
Wylie, Timora, Noam (LJ)

Memes and Descriptions
The Character Development Meme is following Conrad:
Question 1 (LJ)
Question 2 (LJ)
Questions 3 &4 (LJ)

The Love Meme
Morrigan/Reid, Luke/Regine, Linden/Luke (LJ) Love Meme
Autumn/Weylan, Audrey/Sage, Taro/Kailani (LJ) – Love Meme 2
Porter/Arundel, Rozen/Kai, Rin/Girey (LJ) – Love Meme 3
Junie/Jin, Carrot/Angua, Regine/Ambrus (LJ) – Love Meme 4
Baram/Rozen, Ib/Baram, Fridmar/Delaney (LJ) Love Meme 5
Love Meme Continuation (LJ) – Baram/Annie

That Guy/That Gal Thursdays
Akaterina (LJ)
Thorburn (LJ)
Miryam (LJ)
Nilam (LJ)
Ellen (LJ)
Cody (LJ)

Way Back Wednesdays
Leaving Town (LJ) – DJ

AU Addergoole
Halloween 1988 (LJ) – non-canon
…Haven’t You People Ever Heard of Closing the God-Damned Door… (LJ) non-canon
In Any Verse (LJ) 2 AU stories of Ty & Jamian
The Dark AU
(LJ) Twin Study
The List (LJ)

Fiction by Others

Cluudle has written a Yr6 Fic.
Forgetfullness

[personal profile] clare_dragonfly wrote this story of Kayros and Vic.
[personal profile] kajones_writing created
these characters and then wrote
this story and
this story.

[personal profile] kc_obrien has written a fic in Yr9, too (LJ Link)
There is a reading of “Heartstone” here.

The following series were written back and forth with K Orion Fray:

Luke and Mystral, Part One
this piece by Rion.
Arm Twisting (LJ)
Conditions (Rion)
History (LJ)
Eager Student (Rion)
Not Being Stupid(LJ)
Words Spoken (Rion)
Foundations (LJ)

Luke and Mystral, Part Two
(Some unlisted as of yet)
Some Nights (LJ)
Storm Front
Hunting Hawk (LJ)
Planning the Strirke,
Partnership (LJ)
X Marks the spot,
…Ninja…(LJ)
Old School,
Impasse (LJ)
Revival
Bad Kids (LJ)
Thunder,
Bloodless (LJ)

A brief glossary of prefixes:
cy’ – Student of, in a cy’ree (Student-group)

sh’ – Child of (shenera)

oro’ – Belongs to

ia’ – in a mutual belonging with

du’ – “I am Named-“

sa’- Honored-person-called-

jae’ – junior-person-called-

aeosthena – a stud horse; a genetically strong sire who has/will father(ed) many children

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The Three Jaguars: Art, Business, and Not Enough Coffee – the Comic is Live!

What the subject says 🙂

Here.

Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

Ahem.

3 Jaguars is a clever, informative, and engaging look at the business, art, and marketing of free-lance art. Definitely worth a look.

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December Giraffe Call Summary!

For the December Giraffe Call, I received prompts form 10 people, none of them new.
I received donations from 4 people totaling $65 – no new donors, either

The Stories:

The Topics Poll
The Call (LJ)

Addergoole
In an AU
Twin Study (LJ) – AU second-gen

Joff/Ivette
Sister Trouble (LJ)

Yr16
A Couple Helping Hands (LJ)
Littermate (LJ)

Second Generation
Together/Again (LJ)
Nephew-Nieces and Other Family (LJ) Carey and Dom

Aunt Family
Intimately Involved (LJ) – Deborah (another branch)
Sister Help (LJ) Beryl and Chalcedony

Fairy Town
The Stories Tell… (LJ)

Misc
Adhara Speaks (LJ)
On the Water (LJ)
Misc: Space
Decavted (LJ): Did not X post
Misc: Fantasy
The Twin Omen (LJ)
Day Twin, Night Twin (LJ)
Misc: Urban Fantasy
Big Brother (LJ)

(LJ)


Interesting non-Giraffe Posts
Zazzle Store, Cy’Luca (LJ)

Late Harvest (LJ)

Facets Landing Page Updated (LJ)
Unicorn/Factory Landing Page Updated (LJ)

Lexember: Milk and Yogurt (LJ)

Mike and Love
Love (LJ)
Looking (LJ)

A generous anonymous donor has given 500-word continuations to four people; random.org chose:
[personal profile] kay_brooke
[personal profile] ysabetwordsmith
[personal profile] avia
[personal profile] lilfluff

Please collection your continuations at the courtesy window (below).

Those who donated, please DM, comment, or e-mail me with your continuation choices.

(Missed the Call? Have a good excuse? You can still leave a prompt on the call if you leave a good yarn with it. And if you want to see the linkback story continued – link back!)

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Ja No Wri Mo

For January’s Ja No Wri Mo (Pirate Nano, mark 1), I am doing a modified (smaller) Nano: 30,750 words

This comes down to:

8,250 words of Addergoole9 The Main Book (275/day)
15,000 words on Rin & Girey (500/day)
7,500 words on owed commissions (250/day)
30,750 words (1025/day)

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Resolutions in the New Year

Weight and Health:

  • Lose 36 lbs over [48/36] weeks.  Fit comfortably in [my smallest jeans/a size 6]. 
  • Be active a little every day, a good amount (1/2 hour+ once a week, a lot (2+ hours, a hike) once a month)
  • Get rid of encroaching flab under arms; have a stomach I don’t mind being seen in a swimsuit.
  • Eat more vegetables: at least half the plate at least 3x/week
  • Be able to handle the stairs at any of the given local parts without panting. 

Writing:

  • Have Rin/Girey finished and ready to Kickstart by April at latest (this allows for working on it in JaNoWriMo and MaNoWriMo)
  • Submit at least one story a month for publication
  • Addergoole:
    • Get Addergoole E-books available
    • Work on B-sides and have at least 10 5 available before the end of the Addergoole Year


Social:

  • Go to at least three social events this year
  • Make at least one friend I feel comfortable hanging out with for, say, coffee once in a while


Emotional:

  • Set boundaries. Tell people when they’re making me uncomfortable.
  • Language: learn how to speak in un-ambiguous language and ask for clarification when I think someone else is being ambiguous


Etc:

  • Find an marginalization organization plan that works and stick with it. (so far ToDoist seems to be working very nicely.

Phew!

How about you?

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Alder by Post November – December Ready to Go!

Alder by Post November has been mailed; Alder by Post December will go out tomorrow!

November’s story shows us a slice of life in Reiassan; December takes us back to the Science! universe and the Siblings theme.

What is Alder by Post? Find Out Here.

If you donated to the December Giraffe Call, you can receive a free copy of the December Post for the asking – leave a comment here. And I still have back-issues for the asking as well:

Get your own now!

Alder by Post
1 Issue, US $2.00 USD
I Issue, non-US $2.50 USD
1 year, US $20.00 USD
1 year, non-US $25.00 USD
2 Issues, US $3.50 USD
2 Issues, Non-US $4.50 USD
3 Issues, US $5.00 USD
3 issues, Non-US $6.00 USD
4 Issues, US $6.50 USD
4 Issues, Non-US $7.50 USD

If you want to order a new subscription AND back issues:

Alder by Post
1 year, US $20.00 USD
1 year, non-US $25.00 USD
1 year & 6 back-issues, US $28.00 USD
1 year & 6 back-issues, non-US $34.00 USD
1 year and 4 back-issues, US $25.00 USD
1 year and 4 back-issues, non-US $30.00 USD
1 year and 1 back-issue, US $21.50 USD
1 year and 1 back-issue, non-US $27.00 USD

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Twin Study, an AU!Addergoole Second Gen

For wyld_dandelyon‘s prompt.

This is non-canon, set sometime after the apoc, well into the second gen of Addergoole

“Identical twins are nature’s clones, if you’ll forgive the whimsy.” Regine held a stethoscope to Ted’s chest.

“I don’t really want to forgive anything.” Ted pulled against the restraints holding her in the chair. “My parents…!”

“Shh. Almost done here, and then you can go back to your classes.”

“What’s this all about? Where’s Bill?”

She’d never know what her father had been thinking when he’d named them that. Then again, the guy in the chair next to her was Kirk, which was fine, but turned out his twin was named Picard.

“Your twin is completely safe and fine. She will attend Addergoole when you have finished your four years here.”

“So you’re going to keep us apart for eight years? What the hell?”

“It’s much easier to determine the effects of stressors when you have a control.”

“A control…”

It was Fili, on the other side of her, who figured it out. “Woah. You’re not… that’s sick. That’s Nazi Sick.”

“Godwin’s Law,” Ted warned reflexively.

“Godwin can suck it. She’s using our twins as a control group. How do you even use someone as a control group? I mean, things happen to people, right?”

“Not… like… comatose people.” Homer’s voice was quiet. “Dr. Regine… what did you do with Sampson?”

“Your twins are perfectly safe. You will meet them again when your four years in Addergoole are over. And now, of course, I must remove the memories of this conversation from you.”

“What about our parents?” Fili’s voice was small. “How can they be all right with this?”

“They can’t.” Ted sagged against her bonds. “But she’s already said she’s going to remove our memories…”

“You are all very smart children. I approve. Now hold still for another moment…”

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Intimately Involved, a story of the Aunt Family for the Giraffe Call (@wyld_dandelyon)

For wyld_dandelyon‘s prompt.

Linda was the first to figure it out.

And, like everything in the family, even that was a lie. Deborah was the first to figure it out, and James was next.

But they were intimately involved; they had all the information ahead of time. The rest of the family only thought they were intimately involved.

Except Cherie; Cherie had the only reasonable expectation of involvement. But the family had never been known to be reasonable about anything, especially where The Aunt was concerned.

“How could you?”

Linda opened with that before she even said hello or “mind if I come in?” She was pushy but not stupid; she didn’t enter the Aunt House without an invitation; she just stood in the doorway and shouted.

There was no use denying it or asking what she meant. Deborah brewed up a pot of tea and stared at her sister. “Well, when a man and a woman lie together, and he experiences pleasure known as orgasm inside of her…”

“Nobody said anything when James came around. You’re entitled to a little bit of romance in your life. But we thought you’d be responsible. You wanted this, Deborah.”

“That’s an assumption.”

“You never… You didn’t…” She sputtered it, as if uncomfortable saying what they all knew: of the four sisters, Deborah hadn’t gotten married early or pregnant even earlier.

“I understand how the family works.”

“Then how could you…”

“I can only assume by the annoyed ghost of an ancestor. I took all reasonable precautions and some unreasonable ones.”

“Except abstaining!”

“I did say some unreasonable precautions.”

“So now what?” Linda had come down from the anger and was looking worried. It made it easier for Deborah to sympathize with her sister; it wasn’t as if she didn’t feel worried as well.

She poured two cups of coffee and passed one through the open door.

“I really don’t know.”

“…Oh. Dear.”

Next – http://www.lynthornealder.com/2013/03/30/precedent-a-continuation-of-the-aunt-family-moreplease/

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Tiny Houses

100_9882 by aldersprig
100_9882, a photo by aldersprig on Flickr.

Awesome gift from Kelkyag, with hens-and-chicks planted in them.

100_9881

I got these in the mail just after Christmas… what a surprise! And how awesome, too. They are, she informs me, drafts, inspired by something I pinned months ago, but lookit them! Aren’t they adorable?

(“C” is the Thorne Family initial IRL)

Landing Page –> Prompt Call –> Prompts

I have updated my Facets of Dusk Landing Page (LJ). It didn’t take long; I really should write more in this setting.

[personal profile] lilfluff created a landing page, and has up a Look-I-have-a-landing-page Prompt Call (LJ)

And in response to /her/ prompt call, Rix_scedu posted a story in response to my prompt! Land Release

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