Morning Signal Boost!

Happy Sunday everyone!

rix_scaedu has a call for prompts open!

Read It Was in All The Papers and A Stitch in Time to my prompts!

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In other news, read about Smashwords, because of Paypal, censoring content.

I have a Dwolla account. If someone finds an international equidistant that I can use in the US, please let me know.

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becka_sutton's thoughts on Dragon Wars presale are making me ponder how to do the Rin & Girey novella e-book. (& paper book??)

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Read The Automation Convocation by ysabetwordsmith, based in part on my prompt.

Call for Call Ideas!

I am, unless I want to do something about the misappropriation of cultural heritage or the evolution of holidays over different cultures for March or April, out of seasonal ideas for Giraffe Calls!

So, my fine readers: please give me suggestions, here, for Giraffe Call Themes.

Thorny Disposition, a story of #Addergoole Year 8 for the Giraffe Call (@Clarekrmiller)

For clare_dragonfly's prompt.
Addergoole has a landing page here and a wiki here.

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Addergoole, Hell Night Year Eight

The halls were dark and creepy, and Phillipa had gotten horribly turned around. She didn't know where she was, or even how she had gotten there, and she didn't really know, now, where she wanted to go.
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next! Planting Seeds (LJ)

Passing the Cat, a story of the Aunt Family for the Mini-Giraffe Call

For rix_scaedu's commissioned prompt, after That Damn Cat (LJ) and Bless the Cat (LJ).

Aunt Family has a landing page here on DW and here on LJ


Zenobia had held on to a hundred and ten, not because she really was enjoying life anymore, not even with every charm she could come up with, but simply to irritate her family.

This also meant that her niece was not young and, possibly, Zenobia considered, rather irritated as well, which hadn't really been her point. Of the seventeen potentials, Elenora had always been her favorite niece for the position, and she'd made an effort, as much as she did with anyone, at least, to be friendly with the girl.
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Next: Legacy Cat (LJ)

Planting Seeds, a story of #Addergoole Year 8 for the Giraffe Call

For stryck's prompt.
Addergoole has a landing page here and a wiki here.



Content warning: mayyyybe implied heavy flirtation?

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Two weeks after Thorny Disposition (LJ)

Phillipa sat in Professor Valerian's office, very carefully picking the rose hips from her hair and popping the seeds out of them, dropping the roses into a tall bottle.

"There was a student," the Professor told her, "a few years back. Nikita. A similar Change to yours - he grew grapes. I know that he and his Keeper made wine from his grapes, but it was, for them, an intimate affair."

Keeper. She had heard that word a few times in the last couple weeks, but she hadn't quite gotten the gist of it yet. Her new friends seemed to shy away from the topic whenever she brought it up, and so did others, people in class who were so forthcoming about other things, other Eighth Cohorts who were suddenly shy and not talking at all... "Keeper?" Maybe her Mentor would tell her something.

The Professor pursed her lips. "His girlfriend," she qualified. "Shiva. You know Efrosin? His half-sister." She reached over and carefully plucked one of Phillipa's berries. "It can be, I'm told, an immensely intimate experience."

Phillipa blushed hotly. Intensely intimate... It was as if the professor was reading her mind, her daydreams and fantasies. "I can imagine?" she offered cautiously. "I mean, this is part of me, right?" She stripped the fruit and offered the meaty bits to the older woman, studying her Mentor's lips and not her eyes.

"It is," the professor agreed, licking the berry from Phillipa's fingers. "I wonder what would happen if we planted the seeds?"

Now, she could manage to look her teacher in her amazingly-green eyes. "Let's find out."

Rose of the City, a story of the Planners Verse for the Giraffe Call

For eseme's prompt.

Planners 'Verse has a landing page here.

In part inspired by this article.

"But the regulations clearly say that we can grow plants on our balconies, so long as we stay within the weight regulations. There's no call on what sort of plants, the aesthetic value thereof, or if Mrs. Taylor upstairs can't spy on me anymore." Ashley's arguments were by necessity well-reasoned-out and backed up by facts, which wouldn't stop the super, of course, if he decided he really had an axe to grind. She was hoping the Mrs. Taylor thing would swing it, though.

"She says the thorns pricked her."
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Giraffe Update!

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!