Tales for the Sugar Cat

[aldersprig.livejournal.com]

Gentlefolk, I am pleased to announce Tales for the Sugar Cat.

This collection of short, flash, and micro stories span genres and universes, from scifi to fantasy to romance. Most of the stories here were written in response to prompts from an online audience during the eight-hour writing marathon, the Drakeathon.

I entered into this live-writing marathon to raise funds to help defray the costs of my cat Drake's recent diabetes diagnosis, hence the title Tales for the Sugar Cat.

In this book, you can explore new planets and find hidden corners of earth, meet strange creatures and stranger humans; the twenty-five stories here consist of a sampler pack of my fiction.


Donors to the Drakeathon, I will e-mail you a "free" coupon for this e-book within the next 48 hours.

Comments

[eseme]

For those considering livewriting, I can say as an audience member and donor that this was a very fun event to participate in. It is fascinating to watch someone else write, to choose and edit words, to take a prompt and run with it. aldersprig is very brave to do it - I'm not sure I could - but like watching haikujaguar paint on her livestream, it makes for absorbing entertainment.

aldersprig took prompts from anyone who commented on her LJ or Dreamwidth blogs, and posted the results. This meant that participation was open to all.

There were a number of donor incentives - not only did donors get to watch the writing in progress (and suggest names and such), but donating made the story from your prompt longer. Signal-boosting also made your story longer - the freebies were all microfiction. When total donations hit certain levels donors got individual electronic or paper copies of their stories, and the ebook was made. We didn't hit the "a physical book will be made" level, but we did donate a significant amount of the donation goals, and I think surprised the author.

On a personal note, having met Drake, he is a very handsome cat with a strong personality. Being a cover model appears to have gone to his head only a little.

[aldersprig.livejournal.com]

<3 Thank you, Es!

[eseme]

You're welcome!

I'm hoping audience reactions are helpful for other authors.