Half Sick of Shadows Project

[dulcinbradbury.livejournal.com]

I just finished a final write-up on the cyberfunded creativity project I did in November. There are a lot of thank yous in there.

If you don't remember, I was trying to write thirty short stories or poems based on people's prompts during the month of November. Donations would determine which pieces remained available at the end of the month. When I started out, I wasn't sure how this would go. I was doing it in part for accountability. I need deadlines in my life. I also needed to prove that I could find a way to make the time.

I have to say that this was a stunning success. My patrons paid for about 3000 words. Did I make enough to quit my day job? Nope. But since my day job is dropping me, I'm seeing it as an opportunity to really explore this for a while. Writing has always been what I wanted to do -- I've just been too afraid to do it.

I did raise enough to give a nice chunk of money to someone who needed it, and, to get myself something to remind me of the journey. The leftover will probably funnel back into other people's cyberfunded projects and/or get used towards holiday gifts.

If you're interested in reading the project, all pieces will remain available until the Sunday. My project description page has links to all of the pieces.

Comments

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

Ach! I totally kept meaning to drop in and sponsor and prompt you. But I kept totally spacing on it. :(

[dulcinbradbury.livejournal.com]

You've been really busy. ::grins:: I will do something like this again, I think. Perhaps you can prompt next time.

Buttons are still up if you want to be a patron. I have at least one person who's specifically asked me to keep those open because she gets paid monthly & wants to add in. Or you can toss a little money to jetshade. :)

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

<--- is patroness!

[dulcinbradbury.livejournal.com]

& added to the list. Hrmm... you may have pushed us over to another story. I'll have to run numbers again. :)