Alder's Grove

I write a lot. Some of this is because I like writing drabbles and short fic; 250 words isn't that hard to pop off.

Much of my writing is in established settings; those that don't have landing pages will soon.

These include:

Stranded World (LJ Link), modern fantasy seen through the eyes of 4 siblings who work the webs of the world, each in their own way.
Reiassan (LJ Link), high fantasy in a world just recovering from centuries of battle.
Tir na Cali (LJ Link); technically modern fantasy, alternate-history timeline, primarily lifestyle-kink erotica.
Faerie Apocalypse (LJ Link), a dystopic modern and post-modern fantasy/apoc world. Faeries and gods live among us, disguised as humans, their culture underground.
Addergoole (LJ Link) is a school within the Faerie Apocalypse setting.
Vas' World (LJ Link): the team was sent to explore the planet for colonization. They could never have guessed what they'd find.
Dragons Next Door (LJ Link)is a fun high-fantasy-in-the-burbs setting with a few good-with-ketchup crunchy dark bits.
(without landing pages so far:)
Facets of Dusk (LJ Link) is a mystery waiting to be revealed; come along for the show!
The Planners (LJ Link): When the Apocalypse came, they were prepared. Very Prepared.
Unicorn/Factory (LJ) of the costs of progress.
The Aunt Family (LJ) - a mysterious family with some very strange magical artifacts.
Space Accountant (LJ) All Genique wanted was a nice vacation.
Shadow Rebellion (LJ) It all started with the shadows moving...
Science! (Lj) Why haven't Mad Scientists taken over the world yet?
Setting Nursery - these one-off stories may blossom into settings some day (incomplete)

All of my writing here is crowdfunded and crowdsourced; comments and suggestions keep the gears spinning and donations keep the power on.
My Donor landing page is here (and on LJ); you can tip (tips go in a general pool to sponsor longer stories, voted on monthly), sponsor an already-written story, or commission a story to be written.

Once a month I open up a call for prompts; the Giraffe Call's landing page is here and on LJ.

I hosted a 30-days of flash fiction meme: its landing page is here (LJ Link)

I have been published:
An Electric Tragedy
Addergoole, my ongoing webserial
Tales for the Sugar Cat, my ebook

Wikis of setting information currently exist in various stages of completion:
Addergoole
Addergoole Year Nine
Reiassan
Faerie Apoc

Addergoole

Fashion in Addergoole After the Apocalypse, a series of Vignettes (LJ)
Lazy Bidding (LJ)

That Guy/Girl/Squirrel
Tigg (LJ)
Reese (LJ)

Way-back Wednesday
Akatil Yixox (LJ)

Luke and Myst
Matters (by Rion)
Finale (LJ)
Finale, Turnabout (By Rion)
Yes (LJ)

Tír na Cali

Will That Be All? (LJ) Lord Tony and Miss Pepper

Aunt Family

Precedent (LJ) After Intimately Involved - F'locked

Non-Fiction

Thorne Thursdays
But We're a Cat Family! (LJ) Visiting Newfoundlands

Tasty Tuesdays
Babka for Easter (LJ)

Magic Mondays
Dragons Next Door and Jin (LJ)

I've posted a lot since I last posted a summary (Last Summary (LJ)), whoops.

One-Off( Read more... )

Love Meme:( Read more... )

Donor perk:
Dinner (LJ) (Space Accountant)
Homecoming (LJ) {Reiassan)

Just Because: ( Read more... )

Feedback Wanted:
What do you like of my writing? (LJ) (feedback)
Poll (LJ) - April Giraffe Call Topic

March Call ( Read more... )

February Call ( Read more... )

Xenonegotiation is now up at EMG-Zine!

The next Giraffe Call will be this Saturday!

I must be feeling better...

I opened a Giraffe Call the weekend before last. It turned out to be a tiny one, probably because of the weird format of the call.

For that call, I have written:( Read more... )

I have one drabble and about $25 of commissioned words left to write, and then I'll open up the poll for the continuation and the setting piece.

I'm still cleaning up January and February! For January I wrote:( Read more... )

For February I wrote:( Read more... )

And amazingly, stuff NOT for a giraffe Call:
One-off:
Bus Stop (LJ)
Dragons:
Hunting Junie III (LJ
Red Covers (LJ)
Aunt:
Boy Trouble (LJ) [Donor Perk]
Science!
Golden Egg? ()
Tir Na Cali
Chapter 18A (LJ)
Addergoole Yr9:
Pet Wolf (LJ) (Ciara)
Addergoole Yr 14:
Pain in the... (LJ)
Rin:
Packed Up, rewritten (LJ) [BEta]

Meta:
Alder by Post
Issue Three Available (LJ)
Alder by Post: Mailed (LJ)
Gardening (LJ)
(Life in the Country)LJ

Since the last Giraffe Update, I have written:

For February's Call LJ:( Read more... )

For the Aunt Call:( Read more... )

For January's Call:( Read more... )

Non-Giraffe: Wolf in the Circle (LJ)

OTHER:
Alder By Post (LJ): the second issue is out!

I've rewarded myself (LJ) - things the Giraffe Call has helped fund!

Signals Boosted! (LJ)

Call for Call Ideas!! (LJ) - I need ideas for upcoming Giraffe Calls!

anke is holding a fishbowl! The theme is "Law and Order!" Go prompt her!
meeks posted her adorable pictures from the most recent SketchFest!
moonvoice has posted some gorgeous totem art!

Betas: Lair (LJ could use a look-over, pls.

smw wrote this absolutely awesome fic, "The Dream of Agathopia"
ysabetwordsmith posted here Fishbowl Report for the most recent fishbowl. She also posted this adorable poem yesterday! And this discussion on writing alternate history.
djinni drew himself some icons, for once! Yay! :-)

And my writing over the last week:

Giraffe Call (Yes, still January's!): ( Read more... )

Non-Giraffe:( Read more... )

Aunt Mini-Giraffe Call:( Read more... )

Whew! All that writing tires my fingers out! And you know what?
This Saturday, 2/18, is the Next Giraffe Call!
The Theme is Wine and/or Roses!

Since our Last Summary (LJ)

I have written for the January Giraffe Call (and on LJ):( Read more... )

I have written for the December Call (perks & commissions):( Read more... )

I have written not for any Giraffes:( Read more... )

And I asked you more questions:
Mini-Call Poll (DW) (what time should I hold a livewrite for the Mini-call?

And... things that are not the Giraffe Call over the last week, mostly signal boosts.

Wordcount 2011 by the numbers (LJ)

anke is hosting a free art day! (and on LJ).

bootheel is offering free arts!

...rix_scaedu has been writing like mad! Go check out the stories in her LJ, including this creepy-wonderful one she wrote for me!

Happy Kinkmas (LJ) - Suggest a square or Line on a Kink Bingo card and a pairing, and I'll write 100 words/square.
Kinkmas summary (and on DW)

One of the things I'm bad at doing, because it eats time, is summary posts of my writing, specifically Giraffe call writing.

If someone would be willing to create a mid-way summary for my December Giraffe Call (similar to this) and/or a summary of my kinkmas stories, I would be willing to bribe them with fic, length/topic to be negotiated.

Crossposting has been wonky, so several things are currently DW-Only.

Personal
Help me pick some art (LJ Poll)
"Buy American" (did not x-post)
I'd like to send you a holiday card!! (did not x-post)
We have a plumber! (now what?) (LJ)
Signal Boosting & Black Eye (LJ) aaand... my Giraffe Call will be 12/17/11. The theme will be "Gifts, gifts, and the Gifted."

Reiassan:
"Come to Bed" (LJ)
In the Wrong River ((did not x-post)
Back Way (LJ) (Donor Perk)
Menagerie (did not x-post) (probably not canon)
Meat of the Matter (LJ)

Dragons Next Door
Guest story by kajones_writing (did not x-post)

Icon Flash
Facets of Dusk/Ekwara (LJ)

Cali
Chapter 13c into 4 of Novel (did not xpost) (beta)
Chapter 14 of Novel (LJ) (Betas)

Addergoole
...Haven't You People Ever Heard of Closing the God-Damned Door... A story of #Addergoole, non-canon (LJ)

Aunt Family
Aunt Ruan Description & Icon (LJ)

Vas'
Wound (LJ) (Donor Perk)

Stranded
Nano XII (LJ)
part ix here/ here
part x here/ here
part xi here/ here

I have one more piece to continue for lilfluff and one to expand upon for the_vulture, but I have enough to write a summary for last week's call for prompts (and on LJ).

This was a relatively small-response Giraffe Call, but there were both new donors and new prompters. I am $35 closer to my giraffe carpet - thank you very much!

Wednesday-Thursday-Friday:
Too Hot to Handle, a continuation of Too Hot for Prime Time (LJ)
Pissing Into the Wind, a continuation of Pissing Away Time (LJ)
Staying in the City, a continuation of Fleeing the City (LJ)

Tuesday:
Little Lost Kitty-Girl, Tir na Cali
Not Even a Bullet
Deeper in, a continuation of Down, Down, Down.
No More Waiting, a continuation of Waiting

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I've started working on the continuation of Spring Break, too, from the Abduction Prompt-Call

My call for prompts is up (and on LJ), and I've gotten a fair bit of writing done.

Today:
Found, after Dusting Lost Thoughts, after Lost & Found
Love and Lovers
Down, Down, Down
The Lost Road
Swimming Alone
Left Behind
Too Hot for Prime Time, Tir na Cali

Yesterday:
Isi, Waiting, Addergoole yr 22-23
Fleeing the City
Lost and Found
Pissing Away Time, Addergoole yr 9
Dusting Lost Thoughts, directly after Lost and Found
and
Preconceptions, in the same setting as Down the River, from my gender-funky call for prompts.

If you've left a prompt I haven't gotten to, I assure you I'll be writing lots more tomorrow!

We have $30 in tips - we've reached the first donation incentive!

I'll see you in the morning.

...and the stuff I did that WASN'T my call for prompts....

I pondered What Basalt Looks Like
and
what Ceinwen & Thorburn's changes are (LJ)for Year Nine
and
What the Wild Tribes Wear (LJ), for the Planners
(because I won another icon (LJ) from meeks)
and linked some
IRL Planners (LJ)

We discussed Strong Female Characters (LJ) (please weigh in)

I asked for help (LJ) finding a new WYSIWYG HTML Editor

aoifes_isle wrote me a kissing fic! REID/HERMIONE!

I started thinking about house things. (LJ)

Um. I wrote some, too. :-)

The Purple Bag (LJ) is a Misc-world adventure

Thorburn and Ceinwen (LJ)had it out, a little

Rin & Girey didn't (LJ) [donor perk]

and Bettie got ready to. (LJ)

I rebooted (LJ) an old setting
And another one (LJ)

And, as always, I linked some art (LJ) and some more (LJ).

The writing has slowed, as paperwork continues to interfere, but still I continue. Since my last report, so many hours ago, I have written:

Two people, both abducting the other,
a warrior, who grows fond of her captor, and a former Addergoole student returning to her old stomping grounds.

The money in the pot has reached $45. If it reached $60, I shall be writing for quite a bit longer.

My captors continue to pepper me with suggestions, although their feedback on these writings has tapered off. I do hope they like what they are getting.

Since my last report, I have been offered a bad Dr. Who special and some delicious nachos. Also, a marshmallow the size of my cat's head.

I have written about a clever idea gone wrong, an Addergoole student who didn't want to go home, a road tripgone awry, a captive who didn't give in to Stockholm, and a captive being rescued.

The money in the pot has reached $40. Perhaps I will only be writing one fic for each of my captors.

Busy 16 days! Wow! Soooo....

I asked you all to tell me a story. (LJ)and you did.

I started a word-of-the-day mini-story thing (LJ)

In misc-verse-land:
I caught up on Blizarded
I wrote Going In; (LJ) I should play more in this 'verse.
The Grove (LJ) was fully sponsored from the general fund.
This kiss (LJ) spanned universes.
Remember the Tale (LJ) tells it differently

Stranded World got some love:
The Water Knot (LJ)
Colder Weather (LJ)
The Way Things Flow (LJ)was fully sponsored

I've been playing more in Reiassan, too:
Revelation (LJ) - Donor Perk
and a trailer (LJ)
Is this a kissing book? (LJ) - Donor Perk
And a Map (LJ) of the trip
Talking to the Children (LJ) - Donor Perk

Been an Addergoole-y bit of time:
Prevention v. Cure (LJ), commissioned by rix_scadeau, Yr 9
Mourning Lost Gods (LJ) is fae-apoc
So's Gilding the Lily (LJ), a very creepy story of Lady Alouetta's Garden for kink_bingo
Finding Comfort (LJ) is Kai/Rozen post-apoc
Bowen (LJ) follows this Addergoole character over 5 years
and
Year 57 (LJ) kicked off at rix_scadeau's commission

And then there was the Cali:
Planning a Family (LJ)
Rights of Men (LJ), to lilfluff's commission
Cali-Novel10b (LJ) and 11 (LJ) {for the Beta group}
Sweet Iced Tea (LJ) continues the Cali/Criminal Minds xover fanfic

Some Dragons (just a little, actually)
Ketchup (LJ), a donor perk
Playing (LJ), to aoifes_isle's prompt

and some Planners (I have a lot of 'verses)
Breaking In (LJ)
and a kiss (LJ)

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AND THEN I called for prompts on genderfunkiness. The three summary posts are here:
Day Three (LJ)
Day Four (LJ)
andDay Five (LJ)

Two stories (LJ) are up for sale: sponsor their continuation on the cheap!

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Here's a post ofawesome links (LJ)

Here's another (LJ).

Meeks illustrated (and on LJ) the feather-blessed series of stories by wyld_dandelyon!

So. Sunday, I put out a call for prompts (LJ post) on the theme of Gender, Sexuality, and how they can go funky (short title: Genderfunky Giraffes).

21 short and medium pieces later... I still have at least 4 prompts to go. O_O

Yesterday's summary is here (or here)

In addition, I wrote "Sniffing it Out" (on LJ) to lilfluff's commissioned prompt for More Cali Catpeople

(the_vulture, do you want something written?)

and two stories on bi characters LJ) to twisted_times's gauntlet-toss.

While I am now closed for free prompts for this call, I am open to continuing any story at my general rate of $5/300 words. :-) I hope to finish the remaining prompts today; if you think I missed yours, please feel free to link me to it - the LJ thread got a little insane.

If you are feeling the urge to prompt someone... moonwolf1988 is calling for prompts ;-)

Links below:

Kissing Onesself, Facets of Dusk
The Water Knot, Stranded

Colder Weather, Stranded
Going In, misc.Apoc
Mourning Lost Gods, FaeApoc
Planning a Family, Tir Na Cali

(I have GOT to get better at doing these weekly!)

Personal life: I did some thinking
about my thoughts on gender (LJ Link)
and bought some carpet (LJ Link) (not the giraffes)
and had an instant karma moment of awesome (LJ Link

I asked you some questions:
Money in the Jar-O (LJ Link)
Worldbuilding - where to put the nails? (LJ Link)
What do you want for donor perks?! (LJ Link)

And asked for money:
My Donor landing page is here (and on LJ)
Stories for Sponsorship are here (LJ Link)

Addergoole Year 9 got some more fiction:
Arguments with Oneself (LJ Link) (Stay tuned for the continuation when LJ is back up!)
Witness (LJ Link)

As did Addergoole Post-Apoc:
Devil's in the Details (LJ Link)
Road Trip (LJ Link)

So did Reiassan:
Wedding Plans (LJ Link)

The Tír na Cali Slave School got another entry
(LJ Link)

And Dragons:
Sharing Stories (LJ Link) (this is part of the meeks/aldersprig creative culture exchange ;-)


Speaking of meeks, she posted an updated sketch (LJ Link) of Shine On, to ysabetwordsmith's poem of the same name

And, for a lot more fic - all the stuff I wrote for the pre-Giraffe-sale prompts! (LJ Link)

For my Cali-Beta Readers: I updated *cough* 4 chapters of Cali:
6 here and here
7 here and here
8 here and here
9 here (LJ down)

Here's the Sunday Fic Meme 6 sentences excerpt of that novel: (LJ Link)

Busy week+!

I did some work on Landing Pages:
Landing Page Landing Page (LJ Link)

I wrote some Kink:
Love Letters, Autumn, Stranded World (LJ Link)
and
Awakening, Cali-Harem setting (LJ Link)

and several eras of The Planners storyline:
The Beginnings, before the Collapse (LJ Link)
Down, Down, Down, just at the Collapse (LJ Link)
The Anthropologist's Journal, 300+ years after the collapse (LJ Link)

I had some fun with Addergoole
On the Set, meta-Addergoole (LJ Link)
I Hate You, Year 9 of Ag (LJ Link)
And so did kc_obrien:
Lessons Learned (LJ Link)

Vas' World got weirder:
Horseback (LJ Link), and
Dominance (LJ Link)

And I gave you a little more of the Facets of Dusk 'verse:
Last in Line (LJ Link)
Falling Down (LJ Link)

and even a bit of Rin and Girey!
Case of the Crankies (LJ Link)
Identity (LJ Link)

kc_obrien and I played a bit in Cali'verse:
His: Pride Goeth (LJ Link)
Mine: Collectors (LJ Link)
His: Not in Kansas Anymore (LJ Link)
Mine: Cleaning Up (LJ Link)