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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2018-12-17 01:36 pm

Holiday Poetry Sale

The 2018 Holiday Poetry Sale is now live.  Happy Chrismahanakwanziyule to you!
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Polar Bear Pool Party

[personal profile] ng_moonmoth 2018-12-17 10:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Anyone who would like to buy poetry at 1/4-price without having to do the Full Benny themselves is welcome in this pool. My target threads are:

Iron Horses
An Army of One
The Big One
Aquariana
Marionettes

Frankenstein's Family and The Steamsmith are other threads I'd probably join in on if you really wanted something from there.

Anyway, just leave a comment letting me know which poem(s) in any of those threads you're interested in, and how much you would like to pledge to the targets (if you're joining to sponsor some other poems as well, you don't need to include that in the pledge amount, just the contribution when the time comes), and I'll formally open the pool with an initial target poem list.

PayPal details later to those who wish to join.
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Re: Polar Bear Pool Party

[personal profile] fuzzyred 2018-12-17 11:02 pm (UTC)(link)
I am interested in joining the pool, though still figuring out which poems I would like, since I will probably buy some you haven't listed. I know I am interested in The Dr. Infanta Big One poem and the Marionettes, though the Marionettes may be above my price range.

From the threads you have listed, I am interested in "Only the Finest" and "At the Subtlest Levels of Function". I would pledge $92.00, which would buy both outright at quarter price. (I'm planning on spending about $200 total).
Edited (More information) 2018-12-17 23:30 (UTC)
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Re: Polar Bear Pool Party

[personal profile] ng_moonmoth 2018-12-18 06:05 am (UTC)(link)
OK, so here's what I'm going to do. I'm going to start by cutting the share going to the pool poems down to an appropriate size for what I have now. I'm sharing half the load on the two you mentioned, and then directing [personal profile] mama_kestrel's contribution to those two, as well. That makes your buy-in there $28.50. (I checked the prices; actual cost for the two you wanted is $194/2 = $97) You're welcome to send more, if you want to buy other stuff in the pool target list.

For things not in the target list, please post what you are interested in. If it's something someone in the pool likes enough to chip in on, help will be on the way. If not, you can send directly to [personal profile] ysabetwordsmith, indicating that you have the 1/4-price level-up from the pool, and the right thing will happen there.
Edited (Checked numbers) 2018-12-18 06:10 (UTC)
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Re: Polar Bear Pool Party

[personal profile] fuzzyred 2018-12-18 01:29 pm (UTC)(link)
I would like to chip in another $30 towards The Compass That Guides Us ($89.50), which is the first of the Marionettes poems.

For any other interesed parties, I am also interested in the Shiv thread, particularly The Discovery of a New Dish ($32 quarter price) and When Circumstances are at Their Worst ($$29 quarter price)
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Re: Polar Bear Pool Party

[personal profile] ng_moonmoth 2018-12-18 04:42 pm (UTC)(link)
OK, the pool will pick up "The Compass That Guides Us". If more people join in, more target poems can be added.
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Re: Polar Bear Pool Party

[personal profile] mama_kestrel 2018-12-18 03:31 am (UTC)(link)
Given how much I (don't) have to pitch in this time, I'll let you apply it wherever it will fill in a hole to complete a poem. My favorite threads are Iron Horses, Aquariana, Marionettes, The Big One and Shiv, but really I'm happy to read any and all of them.

I can put in $20.00. I'd planned on considerably more, but unfortunately our furnace and hot water heater had other ideas. :( At least we could pay for those; not everyone is so fortunate, and I know it.
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Re: Polar Bear Pool Party

[personal profile] mama_kestrel 2018-12-18 03:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks. Fortunately the only thing the holidays have ever been a big deal about for us is seeing family. I'm grateful they could get us a new furnace the day after the old one gave notice of imminent failure.
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Re: Polar Bear Pool Party

[personal profile] ng_moonmoth 2018-12-18 05:58 am (UTC)(link)
OK, I'll put you down for $20. Will post where things will start soon.
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Pool is officially open

[personal profile] ng_moonmoth 2018-12-18 06:17 am (UTC)(link)
I have received enough interest to declare the Polar Bear Pool Party open. Initial sponsorships will be:

"Only the Finest" $38.50
"At the Subtlest Levels of Function" $58.50
"Some Stages of Instability" $30.75

Additional money in support of these will free up sponsorship for other poems; you may also send in money for other poems on the target list if you have one in mind.
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Re: Pool is officially open

[personal profile] mama_kestrel 2018-12-21 09:50 pm (UTC)(link)
How shall I get the promised money in? Do I send it to you, or directly to Ysabet marked "for the pool" or what?