Wonder City miniseries: "His Faded Idol"

[heavenscalyx.livejournal.com]

In case folks are interested, having finished my second novel of Wonder City Stories in February, I'm now running a miniseries about everyone's favorite gay vampire landlord, Zoltan. If you prefer mystical characters over superheroes, this might be a story for you! Zoltan's cousin Erszebet has come to the US for the funeral of the vampire Grand Matriarch, and she's dealing with not only the weirdness that is Zoltan, but also the weirdness of Wonder City and vampire politics.

I posted Part 1 last week, and Part 2 this week. I'm not entirely sure how long this will run -- certainly into May, I think. And after it's done, it will be time to start volume 3 of Wonder City Stories.

I conclude with a link to a nonvideo Youtube recording of Cynthia McQuillin's "Gay Vampire Boogie", one of the first filk songs I ever cheerfully sang in the dorm shower in college. :)

Crowdfunded Music by Catsittingstill

[ysabetwordsmith]

Catherine Faber is exploring ways to do crowdfunded music. There are lots of lyrics getting posted. If you like a given set of lyrics, you can chip in to fund a tune. The songs that prove most popular with the audience are more likely to get performed and eventually put on an album.

Check out the lyrics "A Matter of the Heart," inspired by my poem "Follow Your Heart" (from the March 20, 2012 fishbowl, currently unsponsored). It's a lovely meditation on how deities and followers resonate with each other, relating to my poetic series Path of the Paladins.

I think this is a cool project. I like filk music, and the idea of crowdfunded filk is really exciting. I'd enjoy seeing songs about some of my other favorite projects too.