Poetry Fishbowl Open!
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ysabetwordsmithThe Poetry Fishbowl is now CLOSED. Thank you for your time and attention. I'm still writing, so keep an eye on this page.
Starting now, the bonus Poetry Fishbowl is open! This is the perk for Poetry Fishbowl meeting the $250 goal three times. Today's theme is "The Moon Door," which you can find on my Serial Poetry page. I will be checking this page periodically throughout the day. When people make suggestions, I'll pick some and weave them together into a poem ... and then another ... and so on. I'm hoping to get a lot of ideas and a lot of poems.
What Is a Poetry Fishbowl?
Writing is usually considered a solitary pursuit. One exception to this is a fascinating exercise called a "fishbowl." This has various forms, but all of them basically involve some kind of writing in public, usually with interaction between author and audience. A famous example is Harlan Ellison's series of "stories under glass" in which he sits in a bookstore window and writes a new story based on an idea that someone gives him. Writing classes sometimes include a version where students watch each other write, often with students calling out suggestions which are chalked up on the blackboard for those writing to use as inspiration.
In this online version of a Poetry Fishbowl, I begin by setting a theme; today's theme is "The Moon Door." I invite people to suggest characters, settings, and other things relating to that theme. Then I use those prompts as inspiration for writing poems.
Cyberfunded Creativity
I'm practicing cyberfunded creativity. If you enjoy what I'm doing and want to see more of it, please feed the Bard. The following options are currently available:
1) Sponsor the Fishbowl -- Here is a PayPal button for donations. There is no specific requirement, but $1 is the minimum recommended size for PayPal transactions since they take a cut from every one. You can also donate via check or money order sent by postal mail. If you make a donation and tell me about it, I promise to use one of your prompts. Anonymous donations are perfectly welcome, just won't get that perk. General donations will be tallied, and at the end of the fishbowl I’ll post a list of eligible poems based on the total funding; then the audience can vote on which they want to see posted.
2) Buy It Now! -- Gakked from various e-auction sites, this feature allows you to sponsor a specific poem. If you don't want to wait for some editor to buy and publish my poem so you can read it, well, now you don't have to. Sponsoring a poem means that I will immediately post it on my blog for everyone to see, with the name of the sponsor (or another dedicate) if you wish; plus you get a nonexclusive publication right, so you can post it on your own blog or elsewhere as long as you keep the credits intact. You'll need to tell me the title of the poem you want to sponsor. I'm basing the prices on length, and they're comparable to what I typically make selling poetry to magazines (semi-pro rates according to Duotrope's Digest).
0-10 lines: $5
11-25 lines: $10
26-40 lines: $15
41-60 lines: $20
Poems over 60 lines, or with very intricate structure, fall into custom pricing.
3) Commission a scrapbook page. I can render a chosen poem in hardcopy format, on colorful paper, using archival materials for background and any embellishments. This will be suitable for framing or for adding to a scrapbook. Commission details are here. See latest photos of sample scrapbooked poems: "Sample Scrapbooked Poems 1-24-11"
4) Spread the word. Echo or link to this post on your LiveJournal, other blog, Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, Digg, StumbleUpon, or any other social network. Useful Twitter hashtags include #poetryfishbowl and #promptcall. Encourage people to come here and participate in the fishbowl. If you have room for it, including your own prompt will give your readers an idea of what the prompts should look like; ideally, update later to include the thumbnail of the poem I write, and a link to the poem if it gets published. If there is at least one new prompter or donor, I will post an extra freebie poem.
Additional Notes
1) I customarily post replies to prompt posts telling people which of their prompts I'm using, with a brief description of the resulting poem(s). If you want to know what's available, watch for those "thumbnails."
2) You don't have to pay me to see a poem based on a prompt that you gave me. I try to send copies of poems to people, mostly using the LJ message function. (Anonymous prompters will miss this perk unless you give me your eddress.) These are for-your-eyes-only, though, not for sharing.
3) Sponsors of the Poetry Fishbowl in general, or of specific poems, will gain access to an extra post in appreciation of their generosity. While you're on the Donors list, you can view all of the custom-locked posts in that category. Click the "donors" tag to read the archive of those. I've also posted a list of other donor perks there. I customarily leave donor names on the list for two months, so you'll get to see the perk-post from this month and next.
4) After the Poetry Fishbowl concludes, I will post a list of unsold poems and their prices, to make it easier for folks to see what they might want to sponsor.
Feed the Fish!
Now's your chance to participate in the creative process by posting ideas for me to write about. Today's theme is "The Moon Door." I'll be soliciting ideas for werewolves, strong women, caregivers, people with chronic illness (mental or physical), innocent bystanders, antagonists, parks, homes, forests, safe rooms, moments of personal growth or discovery, learning life skills, horrible realizations, taking care of people, plot twists, chronic conditions, adaptive equipment, coping skills, therapy sessions, support groups, families of choice, survival, everyday issues transmuted into fantasy versions,and poetic forms in particular. But anything is welcome, really. If you manage to recommend a form that I don't recognize, I will probably pounce on it and ask you for its rules. I do have the first edition of Lewis Turco's The Book of Forms which covers most common and many obscure forms.
I'll post at least one of the fishbowl poems here so you-all can enjoy it. (Remember, you get an extra freebie poem if someone new posts a prompt or makes a donation.) The rest of the poems will go into my archive for magazine submission.
Starting now, the bonus Poetry Fishbowl is open! This is the perk for Poetry Fishbowl meeting the $250 goal three times. Today's theme is "The Moon Door," which you can find on my Serial Poetry page. I will be checking this page periodically throughout the day. When people make suggestions, I'll pick some and weave them together into a poem ... and then another ... and so on. I'm hoping to get a lot of ideas and a lot of poems.
What Is a Poetry Fishbowl?
Writing is usually considered a solitary pursuit. One exception to this is a fascinating exercise called a "fishbowl." This has various forms, but all of them basically involve some kind of writing in public, usually with interaction between author and audience. A famous example is Harlan Ellison's series of "stories under glass" in which he sits in a bookstore window and writes a new story based on an idea that someone gives him. Writing classes sometimes include a version where students watch each other write, often with students calling out suggestions which are chalked up on the blackboard for those writing to use as inspiration.
In this online version of a Poetry Fishbowl, I begin by setting a theme; today's theme is "The Moon Door." I invite people to suggest characters, settings, and other things relating to that theme. Then I use those prompts as inspiration for writing poems.
Cyberfunded Creativity
I'm practicing cyberfunded creativity. If you enjoy what I'm doing and want to see more of it, please feed the Bard. The following options are currently available:
1) Sponsor the Fishbowl -- Here is a PayPal button for donations. There is no specific requirement, but $1 is the minimum recommended size for PayPal transactions since they take a cut from every one. You can also donate via check or money order sent by postal mail. If you make a donation and tell me about it, I promise to use one of your prompts. Anonymous donations are perfectly welcome, just won't get that perk. General donations will be tallied, and at the end of the fishbowl I’ll post a list of eligible poems based on the total funding; then the audience can vote on which they want to see posted.
2) Buy It Now! -- Gakked from various e-auction sites, this feature allows you to sponsor a specific poem. If you don't want to wait for some editor to buy and publish my poem so you can read it, well, now you don't have to. Sponsoring a poem means that I will immediately post it on my blog for everyone to see, with the name of the sponsor (or another dedicate) if you wish; plus you get a nonexclusive publication right, so you can post it on your own blog or elsewhere as long as you keep the credits intact. You'll need to tell me the title of the poem you want to sponsor. I'm basing the prices on length, and they're comparable to what I typically make selling poetry to magazines (semi-pro rates according to Duotrope's Digest).
0-10 lines: $5
11-25 lines: $10
26-40 lines: $15
41-60 lines: $20
Poems over 60 lines, or with very intricate structure, fall into custom pricing.
3) Commission a scrapbook page. I can render a chosen poem in hardcopy format, on colorful paper, using archival materials for background and any embellishments. This will be suitable for framing or for adding to a scrapbook. Commission details are here. See latest photos of sample scrapbooked poems: "Sample Scrapbooked Poems 1-24-11"
4) Spread the word. Echo or link to this post on your LiveJournal, other blog, Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, Digg, StumbleUpon, or any other social network. Useful Twitter hashtags include #poetryfishbowl and #promptcall. Encourage people to come here and participate in the fishbowl. If you have room for it, including your own prompt will give your readers an idea of what the prompts should look like; ideally, update later to include the thumbnail of the poem I write, and a link to the poem if it gets published. If there is at least one new prompter or donor, I will post an extra freebie poem.
Additional Notes
1) I customarily post replies to prompt posts telling people which of their prompts I'm using, with a brief description of the resulting poem(s). If you want to know what's available, watch for those "thumbnails."
2) You don't have to pay me to see a poem based on a prompt that you gave me. I try to send copies of poems to people, mostly using the LJ message function. (Anonymous prompters will miss this perk unless you give me your eddress.) These are for-your-eyes-only, though, not for sharing.
3) Sponsors of the Poetry Fishbowl in general, or of specific poems, will gain access to an extra post in appreciation of their generosity. While you're on the Donors list, you can view all of the custom-locked posts in that category. Click the "donors" tag to read the archive of those. I've also posted a list of other donor perks there. I customarily leave donor names on the list for two months, so you'll get to see the perk-post from this month and next.
4) After the Poetry Fishbowl concludes, I will post a list of unsold poems and their prices, to make it easier for folks to see what they might want to sponsor.
Feed the Fish!
Now's your chance to participate in the creative process by posting ideas for me to write about. Today's theme is "The Moon Door." I'll be soliciting ideas for werewolves, strong women, caregivers, people with chronic illness (mental or physical), innocent bystanders, antagonists, parks, homes, forests, safe rooms, moments of personal growth or discovery, learning life skills, horrible realizations, taking care of people, plot twists, chronic conditions, adaptive equipment, coping skills, therapy sessions, support groups, families of choice, survival, everyday issues transmuted into fantasy versions,and poetic forms in particular. But anything is welcome, really. If you manage to recommend a form that I don't recognize, I will probably pounce on it and ask you for its rules. I do have the first edition of Lewis Turco's The Book of Forms which covers most common and many obscure forms.
I'll post at least one of the fishbowl poems here so you-all can enjoy it. (Remember, you get an extra freebie poem if someone new posts a prompt or makes a donation.) The rest of the poems will go into my archive for magazine submission.
Prompt
Date: 2016-01-19 06:39 pm (UTC)And I'd love to see a solution which is entirely unconventional, formed in part by their strong family ties. I'm not even worried WHAT their answer will be; I want to see them tackling the PROBLEM together.
Bonus squishes if you can set it on a rainy day, LOL.
Re: Prompt
Date: 2016-01-20 11:37 am (UTC)"The Strength of the Wolf: Scenting" tells about Alexandria and her problems, how she decides to try lycanthrophy with support from her family. And yes, it's raining.
226 lines, Buy It Now = $113
"The Strength of the Wolf: Howling" follows through the first several months off adjustment to Alexandria's new condition, for herself and her family.
322 lines, Buy It Now = $161
Prompts
Date: 2016-01-19 07:05 pm (UTC){2} In some werewolf tales, they can only change during the full moon. Others they can do it at other times after the first shift. Either way, how about someone who prefers being in wolf form? They hate shifting back, not because it hurts (or not only) but because it means being 'human' again. Someone else is supporting, understanding, and actually helpful in dealing with this.
{3} Pack as family.
{4} Den Mother.
{5} Accepting one's own or another's transformation into a werewolf.
Re: Prompts
Date: 2016-01-19 07:45 pm (UTC)90 lines, Buy It Now = $45
(no subject)
Date: 2016-01-19 07:59 pm (UTC)Innocent bystanders who know how to handle a large, frightened, and aggressive canid. (In case Officer Pink hasn't been doing enough of this, lol.)
Chewing bones, be they metaphorical or physical.
Poem
Date: 2016-01-20 11:37 am (UTC)Strong older women
Date: 2016-01-19 08:05 pm (UTC)2) Related, still tough grandmothers: https://www.facebook.com/FreeCookiesForDeathEaters/photos/a.179147418831473.46666.135852673160948/941627169250157/?type=3 If the Facebook link doesn't work here, I tagged you on Facebook with it.
I am seriously convinced a pack of grandma werewolves would be amazing. :-) I've sent $10 towards this, forgot to say librarygeek. ;-)
Thanks!
Re: Strong older women
Date: 2016-01-20 04:35 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2016-01-19 08:32 pm (UTC)Poem
Date: 2016-01-20 01:02 am (UTC)160 lines, Buy It Now = $80
(no subject)
Date: 2016-01-19 09:54 pm (UTC)Ethical question: Where do you set the lower boundary? Severe period pain is pretty crippling after all, but not fatal. [normally]
Signal boost to LJ and here.
Poem
Date: 2016-01-20 08:44 pm (UTC)132 lines, Buy It Now = $66
(no subject)
Date: 2016-01-19 10:13 pm (UTC)Or the effects on some of the other ladies mentioned in "Opening Doors". How do they manage to make the logistics work? Felice sounded like she had some ideas on how to make it work. ^_^
How do/would other werewolves feel about Hilla's offer and pack? I'd imagine that not everyone is going to be happy about it? What does a cover story for the change look like for any of the other ladies? Are there any who also want to break ties entirely compared to any who want to keep them? How would the contrasts show themselves in the newly-formed pack and how do the tensions of figuring out how to be a pack affect everyone? What, if any, tensions does it cause and how do those tensions get addressed?
Poem
Date: 2016-01-20 04:39 am (UTC)Poem
Date: 2016-01-21 09:49 pm (UTC)124 lines, Buy It Now = $62
Poem
Date: 2016-01-22 12:47 am (UTC)164 lines, Buy It Now = $82
(no subject)
Date: 2016-01-20 03:37 am (UTC)Chronic illness complicates pregnancy in all sorts of ways. How does lycanthropy affect child-bearing? Fertility? If a woman happens to be fertile at the full moon, will she be in estrus when she shifts?
ADA accommodations for shape-shifters.
Poem
Date: 2016-01-20 04:35 am (UTC)