Tag Archive | signal boost

Sketch Links

May15

[personal profile] meeks (meeksp) has declared that the most linked picture every month of her crowdfunded sketches will get more work, so I present to you the two she has done for me:

Ayla and Ioanna (Lj Link) at the end of a recent chapter of Addergoole.

Aaand, from my Rin & Girey series (see tag below), Rin contemplating, Girey in the backgroun (LJ Link).

I really enjoy [personal profile] meeks work (the icon, as mentioned, is also her work, as is YsabetWordsmith’s new icon). Comments (on her stuff, not here) and linkbacks are love, and if you link to her work from somewhere other than in LJ, please ping her and let her know.

She’s still doing scene illustrations, too, so if you’re an author/poet, drop in and give her a scene to illustrate

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Poem: “The Changeling’s Return” (Signal Boost)

May11

Go read [info]ysabetwordsmith‘s  Poem: "The Changeling’s Return"

This poem came out of the May 3, 2011 Poetry Fishbowl.  It was selected in the generally sponsored poetry poll.  It was inspired by a prompt from [info]haikujaguar who related an anecdote about a transgender person using the changeling myth to retell their own story.  This is the heart of all storytelling, the power inherent in myths and folk tales — it lets us turn our own experiences into stories, making them easier to remember, to deal with, to incorporate into our lives.  Think about the stories you tell of your own life, and the family stories you pass down.  Then read this one, with its dual levels of meaning, the faerie and the transgender…

This poem really spoke to me, far more than I expected this theme to.  Wow. 
 


Worldbuilding: Population Bottlenecks, Founder Effect

May10

[personal profile] ysabetwordsmith posted an interesting discussion on population bottlenecks.

While the article is rather interesting (“North America was populated by no more than 70 people 14,000 years ago, claims stunning new DNA research”), I find the links to Minimum Viable Population and Population Bottleneck more interesting.

World-building-wise, when discussing the exodus that landed people on Reiassan (as well as in contemplating the blue-haired McAliens in Vas’ World), I’ve had to keep in mind such concepts to be sure the populations are viable. But the Founder Effect gives me some fun grist for my mill…

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Happening Elsewhere Links etc.

Feb25

If you have not checked out TheSilentPoet’s 28 poems in 28 days, you really should. She has a lovely way with twisting fairy tales.

[personal profile] haikujaguar has posted another Three Micahs article, on agility. These are great, informative, and fun articles on art as a small business, generally a business of one.

[personal profile] ysabetwordsmith has posted an interesting link discussing whether or not a writer is a brand. As I contemplate branding myself with my logo rather literally, I find this interesting.

Speaking of interesting, cool, and Micah, check on this interview

and, to end the people-are-awesome portion of my linkage,
[profile] tybarbary has a really cool set of links in this week’s Things I Learned This Week post.

And!
[personal profile] ysabetwordsmith‘s Poetry Fishbowl is coming next week! 3/1/11, and the theme is!! “Things With Wings.” !!

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Signal Boost: Poetry Fishbowl on Tuesday, March 1

Feb22

YsabetWordsmith will hold her monthly fishbowl on 3/1/11:


“This is an advance announcement for the Tuesday, March 1 2011 Poetry Fishbowl. This time the theme will be “Things With Wings.” I’ll be soliciting ideas for winged wildlife, fairies, angels, flying aliens, winged monsters, artificial wings, flying machines, things with other types of “wings” such as buildings or maple seeds, plots that involve flight, examples of “winging it,” aerial habitats, other places where wings might be found, settings where wings are irrelevant or awkward, the limitations of flight, and poetic forms in particular. “

http://ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com/1569275.html

These are a lot of fun, and, like livewriting, the more people that show up, the more fun the prompting gets!

MeiLin is having a fundraiser!

Jan24

Fundraiser: $10 for Chunk of Book 2 First Draft

MeiLin-miranda, author of Scryer’s Gulch and Intimate History of the Greater Kingdom, is having a fund-raiser.

She says:

    Rather than whine here for donations, I’m offering you something for something. You give me $10, I give you the prologue and first chapter of book two. That’s about 8,800 words.

    Keep in mind that it’s drafty in the extreme. You’re going to note things aren’t as filled out as they should be. Wording may be awkward in spots. There may be editing artifacts or typos. The whole thing may even get thrown out in the end (don’t think so, but it could happen). But if you really want to know what to look forward to, you’ll get a good idea.