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moonwolf1988.livejournal.com

It's been a while since I posted here, but last time I did James was dealing with some medical issues that we thought had been fixed. However the problem has returned and he's back on antibiotics, that don't seem to be doing much, as well as taking diclofenac, which did seem to be helping before, although he was also on tamsulosin and I have a feeling it was a mix of the two that was making him feel better. Unfortunately we aren't sure, so it's going to be a case of seeing what works best for him, because there is a chance, which we were told before, that it isn't going to go away. Sorry for being so vague, but he doesn't like to talk too much about it, so it would be rude for me to. Basically it makes it hard for him to stand, sit, or lay down, and, unsurprisingly, it makes him exceedingly grumpy. Yesterday was a good day, but he was still uncomfortable.

So, to bring in some extra income, I'm having a setting rental sale. One of the donor house rentals has sold and I'm waiting for hear from someone else to see what it was they wanted. I'm also open for commissions, for stories set in my worlds and stories that aren't, and I have a couple of slots open for ghostwriting fiction. The more money I can bring in the better I'll feel, because I want to be helping him, which is something I have been able to do recently thanks to helping my landlady with her doggy day care business, and I really want the website to be bringing in more. I would love to sell the three setting rental, as that would be the shopping covered for the next month. Honestly, at the moment, as long as I'm earning about £150 a month from my writing I'll be able to cover my half of the rent and all the groceries. I've started monetising the Case of the Counterfeit Enchantments with that aim in mind, as well as doing more work on the ebooks, so hopefully things will start picking up.

If I can earn that much this month I really would appreciate it. My plan is to extend this year's advent story anyway, but if I manage to reach my goal this month then what I'll do is post some extras for it. Depending on how much I earn I might even continue posting after Christmas Day. If anyone can think of anything that might help me then please let me know. The more help I have the more likely I am to manage to do this, because if I can keep covering my half of the rent James is going to be able to stop worrying quite so much about what might happen in the future if he gets any worse.

Current Mood: stressed

the-borgqueen.livejournal.com

I have a one card draw going on here: One Card Draw

Any donations go towards saving our house. Thank you.

the-borgqueen.livejournal.com

I appreciate those of you who have donated towards the penny flooring for the cafe so far. However, this, which I hope is okay is slightly more personal.

I have several ongoing medical conditions which I've getting treatment for. However, due to those we wracked up a lot of bills, and several of those have been in settlement since August of 2010. We've managed to get a lot of them paid down with the help of a lawyer and an escrow account, but if we can get together funds by the 22nd we can pay off the last one and be free of that. For more of the story my tumblr.

I've been debating if I should try for one of the funding campaign things on one of the sites? I don't think I could put it on kickstarter anyway. :/

So, tarot readings, yes:

If you’d like to purchase a full reading to help me out you can go to Silver Path Website.

The Paypal code but this: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=XBDU3ZV8MKNF8 take you to a “choose your own donation” button.

I’ll work with whatever you can donate, of course the larger the donation the more in depth the reading, and I appreciate anything you can send very much.

Thank you so much and double thank you to anyone who forwards this message, reblogs and helps in that way. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

jenny_evergreen

I still need $15 and I have free time today, so I extended my Monday Sucks, Diesel Sweeties Rocks! offer one more day!

Current Mood: hopeful

jenny_evergreen

My Monday started off crappy as usual, then I saw the Diesel Sweeties' Kickstarter and decided that I must have a Red Robot thumb drive with all the comics on it.

I need ~~$32~~$15 in my paypal account to do that. I asked my friends (thanks!) first, but I decided to go ahead and open it up to you guys, too.

What would you like me to do for you in exchange for a donation?

I can write you a poem. I can write you a mini-fiction (see Heartclasp at the previous link) of some sort. I can do a bird oracle reading for you. I can create a photoshopped art piece for you.

Pick something, tell me what you want and how much you can fund me (I'm thinking around 5-8 for a poem and 7-10 for short fiction or art, but I'm flexible) and I will tell you if I think I can give you what you want! Open till I get the funds I need or ~~tomorrow~~Wednesday, whichever comes first!

Thankyouverymuch!

Current Mood: hopeful

ellenmillion.livejournal.com

What a year 2011 was!

My full, gritty-details recap of the year is here: http://ellenmillion.livejournal.com/1257408.html

But for you guys, a briefer version, with a closer look at the crowdfunding parts...

Sketch Fest

Sketch Fest grew a LOT during 2011. The most major change is that I wrote the programming to allow artists to sell their own work - originals or prints! - through the site, with a low mandatory donation to fund web improvements and cover the cost of accepting funds. I was really reluctant to do this at first, because I wasn't able to deliver the goods myself - I had to trust my artists to keep their and mail what they promised.

So far, so good! I have received a few queries when things run late, but no complaints, and everyone on both sides of the sales desk has been fabulous to work with.

And it continues to pay for great webpage improvements: http://www.ellenmilliongraphics.com/sketchfest/sketchfesthistory.php

Join us TODAY for Sketch Fest #22. It's a special 48 hour event. :) http://www.ellenmilliongraphics.com/sketchfest/

EMG-Zine

EMG-Zine used to be my 'loss-leader' project - a free resource I funded out of my own pockets as a pet project and a companion to the merchandise line I ran. When I shut down the merchandise end of things, several years ago, EMG-Zine continued to be a financial drain, which is, frankly, not a good business plan.

So, I switched things up. Each 6 month period in 2011, I ran a fundraiser to support a 6 month period one year in advance. (I figured I would go ahead and see 2011 out, since I'd committed to themes and such.) If we didn't make the fundraising, the 'zine would shut down. It was a tough ultimatum to put out there, and I genuinely expected to run short.

Towards the goal, I counted any donation, any subscription, and any purchase of our hard copy anthologies. These all have costs associated with them, but I also pay in EMG credits, which can be redeemed for things like subscriptions or coloring books or portrait adoptions that have some minor profit padding in them. I figured it would just about come out in the wash. Any extra that I made over actual 'zine costs goes to programming awesome improvements on the webpage.

Both periods, people stepped up. The first half of the year, we just squeaked through, the second, we actually got enough to fund several hours of programming. (Still forthcoming!)

To celebrate, I have released the first volume of our anthology as a FREE pdf download: http://emg-zine.com/downloads.php Enjoy!!

Torn World

Even when I felt like I wasn't making much progress, or there wasn't a lot to post, the project actually thrived during 2011!

Torn World interview: http://sharedstoryworlds.com/2011/04/interview-with-ellen-million-creator-of-torn-world/

Torn World anthology: http://www.tornworld.net/familyties.php

Torn World coloring book: http://www.tornworld.net/coloringbooks.php

Sea Monster month in May was also great fun and a success.

Improvements at the webpage were pretty major, including new fiction pages, new article structure, artwork linking various places (articles and artists, primarily), the sidebar on articles and fiction that shows related artwork and articles and browsing tools, the beta of the language database, a better character landing pages...

More than 80 new stories were posted, plus artwork, character sheets, articles, poetry and more.

A number of stories and poems were sponsored, bringing income to several of our authors, and with some prodding, some of our wonderful subscribers remembered to give their credits (redeemable as cash!) to several of our wonderful creators in general appreciation for their work. One of

ysabetwordsmith's Torn World stories was sold for publication and will appear in the January issue of Lorelei Signal! I crowdfunded several pieces of artwork - collecting dollars for progress, with the high sponsor receiving the finished original. In particular, Skykittens earned enough to be painted... you can see the inkwork here: http://hotlink.ellenmilliongraphics.com/ellen/skykittens-ink.jpg

Check it all out - and consider joining us! - at http://tornworld.net

There is a contest running to the end of January with the theme of Fashions and Fads. You can read about it in more detail here: http://torn-world.livejournal.com/94622.html

Personal Projects

In June, I found out I was pregnant, and my husband and I began a flurry of home improvements. Taking a hint from some of the year's minor crowdfunding successes, I opened up a painting project - I did small abstracts to people's prompts, with incentive perks and the option to buy the originals. My goal was improvements for the new nursery, in particular some good light-blocking curtains. You can see the recap of the project I did for this community here: http://crowdfunding.livejournal.com/326953.html

Thanks in part to what I earned doing nearly 100 abstract paintings, we went from this: http://hotlink.ellenmilliongraphics.com/ellen/photos/studio1.jpg to this: http://ellenmillion.livejournal.com/1256464.html

Based on the success of that project, I ran a second one in November, with the goal of finishing the EMG-Zine fundraiser. The results were more modest than the first fundraiser (I suspect that several people were as enthused by the baby news as by the paintings themselves, but don't have solid proof of that): http://www.ellenmilliongraphics.com/abstracts2.php It did contribute $195 towards our EMG-Zine goal! Without that, we wouldn't quite have made it!

And there you have a short look at my year in crowdfunding. I hope this has been useful; I have learned a lot through this community and enjoy watching projects unfold here. I hope we see many of you at Sketch Fest today... it starts in 5 minutes!!

wrenstarling.livejournal.com

I'm trying something new at my Wisdom and Magic blog!

Come, leave a prompt, and I'll write either wisdom or magic (you can request which or leave it to me), and at least one thing will be posted free! I am accepting tips and there are incentives!

So, do you have a problem you are struggling with? Feel free to share it Dear Abby style. Maybe your fictional character(s) have problems they need advice on? Again, ask! Is there simply a word you want to eek all the wisdom out of? Try me! Do you think a magical spell or ritual might help you out? Let me know and I'll see what I can design for you!

Check it out! :)

Current Mood: working

ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com

Here's what I've been up to recently:

Two of my books have just been published, Prismatica: Science Fiction Poetry Spanning the Spectrum and From Nature's Patient Hands: A Collection of Poetry. The shopping post has descriptions, purchasing information, links to cover images, links to table of contents with sample poems, etc. The networking post invites folks to help with reviews and promotion. I also posted the press release for my books, along with a couple links on how to write a press release for authors. I've got one blog guest post lined up to do, and am looking for more networking opportunities.

I finished a batch of scrapbooked poems on commission for a friend. View photos of the finished pages, with links to the original poems.

The December Poetry Fishbowl will be on Tuesday the 7th. This month's theme is "oceans and other waters." You're all encouraged to drop by and give me prompts.

Current Mood: tired

flutterbychild.livejournal.com

Yesterday, I gave others A Peek into my KitchenStudio on

therebirthofme. Today, I posted a poll in my personal journal for feedback. What I am wondering is whether I should add a donation button to these posts, or just to posts associated with finished works?

Current Mood: curious
Current Music: "Break of Dawn"--Michael Jackson

ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com

So far, I've tallied my accomplishments from 2008. Now I'm thinking ahead.

Here are some of my goals for 2009:

Find new agent to replace the one that resigned from the agency.

Place one new book-length project on the market, either by writing a book proposal or by writing a complete book manuscript.

Finish writing the poems needed to complete The 50 Poetic States collection. Keep shopping around the proposal for it in hopes of finding an editor who likes it and can afford to buy it.

Write at least 250 poems. Continue holding one Poetry Fishbowl per month.

Sell poetry to at least 3 new markets.

Write at least 3 stories. Take more care not to let fiction engine idle until things spurt out sideways at inopportune times.

Edit at least 3 stories that have already been written, and put them on the market.

Experiment with cyberfunded creativity for fiction.

Attend at least one convention and volunteer for programming. Try to promote cyberfunded creativity or other potentially lucrative projects.

Obtain at least one new, regular writing or editing job that pays reasonably well.

What are some of your goals for 2009?

Current Mood: busy

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Crowdfunding: Connecting Creators and Patrons

Setting Rental Sale and a general update

One Card Draw

Tarot Readings

Extended!

Monday Sucks!

Year's end crowdfunding recap and Sketch Fest, today!

It's a Wisdom and Magic Bonanza!

Poetry All Over the Place

Thoughts on when to add a Paypal "Donate" button...

Goals for 2009

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