Crowdfunding: Connecting Creators and Patrons

This weekend is Sketch Fest! Join us for a 48 hour sketch jam! http://www.ellenmilliongraphics.com/sketchfest/

Next weekend, Torn World is hosting a Muse Fusion! We're kicking off Sea Monster month, a month focusing on the giant creatures that rule the oceans. You can watch our community here (and see our week-daily updates!): http://torn-world.livejournal.com/

Artists, I am accepting submissions for my next collection of coloring books for grown-ups: http://www.ellenmilliongraphics.com/submissions.php

Torn World has been updating regularly since the beginning of 2010, which makes for quite an incredible collection of fiction, poetry, artwork and metafiction. It has, however, been a little on the haphazard side, making it difficult to jump into and get started.

2013 has already seen some refinements - not only in our site, but also in our story. In January, the three year Rails project finally wrapped up - this series is a romance/intrigue, with blackmail, murder and betrayal. Lalya and Dini continue their adventure through the tangled social and bureaucratic hurdles of changing gender for love. Jrilii and her age-mates discover new land and wild snow-unicorns as Wild Snowy Chase begins its exciting conclusion. ysabetwordsmith is releasing Sqiggles: Excerpts from Nleimen's Journal once a week.

And perhaps most momentously, we're beginning a steady release of the Big Storyline of the world - the introduction of the isolated Northern culture to the sprawling, steampunk-flavored Empire to the south. Watch our Livejournal community for weekly installments every Monday - plus bonus Friday episodes when we receive 20 or more comments at the site (on any artwork, fiction or poetry)! Additionally, we have a Tuesday spotlight on something from the archives, a Wednesday Handbook article on some metafiction topic, and a Thursday character spotlight.

It's a great time to get started as a reader, or as a contributor!

And if you're looking for a way to dip your toes in, join us this weekend for the February Muse Fusion! http://torn-world.livejournal.com/140245.html

Bring title or phrase prompts, questions, characters you want to see more of, topics of interest... and see what our creators come up with.