Mar. 26th, 2013

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This story is a sequel to "Love Is for Children," "Eggshells," "Dolls and Guys," and "Turnabout Is Fair Play."

Fandom: The Avengers
Characters: Phil Coulson, Clint Barton, Natasha Romanova, Tony Stark, Bruce Banner, Steve Rogers, JARVIS, Betty Ross.
Medium: Fiction
Warnings: No standard warnings apply.
Summary: Clint messes up his back while testing some new archery equipment. Bruce offers to fix his back for him.
Notes: Asexual character (Clint). Aromantic character (Natasha). Asexual relationship. Teamwork. Flangst. Fear of vulnerability. Trust issues. Skin hunger. Hurt/comfort. Non-sexual touching and intimacy. Non-sexual ageplay. Cuteness. Personal growth. Family of choice.

Begin with Part 1.  Skip to Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8.

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This is an advance announcement for the Tuesday, April 2, 2013 Poetry Fishbowl. This time the theme will be "fantasy in other eras." I'll be soliciting ideas for fantasy heroes and villains, character types specific to historic ages, historic or futuristic artifacts, palaces, temples, other classic fantasy settings, lost civilizations, how fantasy changes (or doesn't) over time, different types of magic, the evolution of understanding magic, and poetic forms in particular.

The theme is an effort to get away from the medieval/Renaissance flavor of most fantasy literature.  All cultures are welcome.  Here's a list of time periods around the world.  Fantasy can be set in an analog of the ordinary world, or in a different world.

The linkback poem will be "Carrying the Sea and the Sky" which still has 9 of 20 verses to reveal.

If you're interested, mark the date on your calendar, and please hold actual prompts until the "Poetry Fishbowl Open" post next week.  (If you're not available that day, or you live in a time zone that makes it hard to reach me, you can leave advance prompts.)  Meanwhile, if you want to help with promotion, please feel free to link back here or repost this on your blog.



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[personal profile] kajones_writing is currently holding a giveaway of character adoptions and setting rentals.  There are three of each available.  These are free stories sent to you backchannel for several months, featuring a certain person or place.  It's an attempt to get more readers interested in these options, which are usually available via donation or credits.  This is for new folks who haven't done one yet, but those of us who have are allowed to suggest people.  So if you're interested, let me know or drop by the author's site.  My favorite collections include Afterlife, Donor House, Pagans, and World Walkers but there are many others.
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[personal profile] kajones_writing is currently holding a giveaway of character adoptions and setting rentals.  There are three of each available.  These are free stories sent to you backchannel for several months, featuring a certain person or place.  It's an attempt to get more readers interested in these options, which are usually available via donation or credits.  This is for new folks who haven't done one yet, but those of us who have are allowed to suggest people.  So if you're interested, let me know or drop by the author's site.  My favorite collections include Afterlife, Donor House, Pagans, and World Walkers but there are many others.
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When I started running the half-price sale as a perk, I had a LOT of backlogged poetry.  There is much less now.  So I'm considering other ideas for perks, including ...

* Bonus material instead of half-price sale, which is what I usually do when the mid-month slot is already full.  I have a fair amount of this stuff.

* Half-price sale on stand-alone epics.  These are among the least likely to sell, so I've got some to work with.  Plus once the price is set, it stays there until the microfunding is complete, so you're not strictly limited to the week of the sale.

* Half-price sale on a batch of material (mostly or all poetry) from a specific bingo card, color list, or other fest target.  I have a little of this and it would offer a mix of different series and stand-alone material.

* Half-price sale on Torn World poetry.  It's my least popular project but the Muse Fusion stuff is already half my usual rate, so those cut down a quarter.  You could get poems as low as $1.25. 

Can you think of anything else you might like as perks?  Which of these would interest you?  Which do you like best?

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