Cottoncandy Bingo Card 7-31-17

[ysabetwordsmith]

Once upon a time, there was a lovely community called cottoncandy_bingo. It hasn't been active since 2014. So I launched a fest over on allbingo using the same set of prompts from the last round, running August 1-31. These prompts angle toward upbeat content, although creators can do whatever they want with them. This fest encourages people to create and share material focused on what is variously called fluff, schmoop, gentle fiction, light reading, comfort reading, positive thinking, chicken soup for the soul, or anything else that offers a fun alternative to usual run of sex, violence, and angst of modern media. It's open to all fandoms plus original content, and all kinds of material. (See all my 2017 bingo cards.)

If you'd like to sponsor a particular square, especially if you have an idea for what character, series, or situation it would fit -- talk to me and we'll work something out. I've had a few requests for this and the results have been awesome so far. This is a good opportunity for those of you with favorites that don't always mesh well with the themes of my monthly projects. I may still post some of the fills for free, because I'm using this to attract new readers; but if it brings in money, that means I can do more of it. That's part of why I'm crossing some of the bingo prompts with other projects, such as the Poetry Fishbowl.


Underlined prompts have been filled.


COTTONCANDY BINGO CARD

Cafe / Coffee Shop	Magical / Soul bond	Family of choice	Learning how to be loved	On Grandpa's Farm
Being helped	Hobbies	Home	Comfort	Art
Acceptance	"I" becomes "we"	WILD CARD	"Me and My Gang"	Adoption
Healthy Touch	Change	Safe	Food	Trust
"One Call Away"	Naked / Vulnerable	Enemies become friends	"Perfect Day"	Apology / Forgiveness

Comments

[batdina]

may still post some of the fills for free, because I'm using this to attract new readers

I'm going to take this opportunity to ask a question I've wanted to ask for months: I want to be a reader, and sometimes you post things that seem to me to stand alone and I'm happy to read them. But I cannot figure out for the life of me, where to start with your enormous output.

Suggest a place for me to start?

Try this ...

[ysabetwordsmith]

>> I'm going to take this opportunity to ask a question I've wanted to ask for months: I want to be a reader, and sometimes you post things that seem to me to stand alone and I'm happy to read them. <<

I now have a standalone page! :D It doesn't have everything yet, just some from the last few months, but is a good place to find poems you can read one at a time.

>> But I cannot figure out for the life of me, where to start with your enormous output.<<

Yeah, that's a serious issue. Sorry about it.

>> Suggest a place for me to start? <<

Schrodinger's Heroes is quantum science fiction about saving the world from alternate dimensions. It is an open-source fandom written by me and some other folks, and it's the only one of my settings with a Start Here page. That gives you a good introduction.

On the Serial Poetry page, The Clockwork War is complete with 5 poems. It is science fiction about soldiers with disabilities.

A Conflagration of Dragons is among the shorter ongoing series, about the socioeconomic impact of a plague of dragons. It also gives a nice example of how I can handle different poetic forms. You can read the poems in order, including the side stories, or focus on the Six Poems of the Fall:
"The Janardanakavita"
"The Chant of the Return of Sebak"
"The Ballad of Zaavan's Revenge"
​"the chain of cicada shells"
"The Nesting Urge of Aluzza"
"The Harrowing of Hildeburh"

Re: Try this ...

[batdina]

Thank you! (And please, don't apologize for your output. I think it's awesome.)

Re: Try this ...

[ysabetwordsmith]

You're welcome.

I'm not apologizing for the output, but its insufficient organization. I know I need more "Start Here" pages, just haven't had time to make them. :/

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[fayanora]

I know what soul bond means to me, what does it mean in this context?

Well...

[ysabetwordsmith]

The prompt can be interpreted in various ways, as soul bonds differ from one setting to another. So for instance, the parts of a hiveship are bonded with each other; so are Calliope and Vagary; but the details of each are quite different. I think of a soul bond as a connection between the spirits of two or more people.

Re: Well...

[fayanora]

Okay. The context I know soul bonds from is multiplicity. Some multiples claim one or more members of their collectives are soul bonds, which I gather means something similar to walk ins. Though I could be wrong.

Re: Well...

[ysabetwordsmith]

Ah, okay. I think I've heard that. It would fit the prompt. Not sure how I'd write it, though, since it's not something I have a great deal of experience with.

Re: Well...

[fayanora]

I didn't intend it as a prompt, just clarification of why I was asking about it. :)