Moment of Silence: Bob Baker
Dec. 1st, 2014 12:22 am Legendary puppeteer Bob Baker has died. He ran a famous marionette theatre. He also did marionette work in hundreds of films, including one of my favorites, Escape from Witch Mountain.
Dec. 1st, 2014
This is catchup from what I missed earlier.
The theme for October was "mad science." I worked from 1 PM to 4 AM, so about 13 hours allowing for lunch and supper breaks. I wrote 11 poems on Tuesday and another 9 later in the week. There were plenty of epics but a reasonable mix of shorter poems too.
Participation was okay. We had 26 prompters making 38 comments on LiveJournal and 39 on Dreamwidth. There were no new prompters.
Read Some Poetry!
The following poems from the October 7, 2014 Poetry Fishbowl have been posted:
"Better Living Through Gizmology"
"Brewing Trouble"
"The Doctor Is Out of His Mind"
"Facing Justice"
"Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble"
"Good Minions Are Hard to Find"
"Into the Diminishing Point"
"The Lights Behind Us"
"The Mad Engineer"
"The Mad Science of Modern Times"
"Mad Scientesses"
"A Matter of Breeding"
"A Mimmoth Problem"
"No Mind Without Spirit"
"Sanitation Engineers"
"Those Who Hear Not the Music"
"We're All Mad"
"Testing the Metal" (outside fishbowl, A Conflagration of Dragons)
"The Girl with the Hair That Would Not Be Tamed" (outside fishbowl, Polychrome Heroics)
Buy some poetry!
If you plan to sponsor some poetry but haven't made up your mind yet, read the unsold poetry list from October 7. (Not posted yet.) That includes the title, length, price, and the original thumbnail description for the poems still available.
Currently sponsored poems have been posted. Prompters have their backchannel copies. Per the $200 goal, "The Girl with the Hair That Would Not Be Tamed" is the free epic. Per the $250 goal, that's one tally toward a bonus session. Per the $300 goal, there was a half-price sale in Polychrome Heroics.
The donor perk has not yet been written. The October donors included![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
zianuray, marina_bonomi, janetmiles, DW user Dialecticdreamer, Anthony & Shirley Barrette. There were no new donors.
The Poetry Fishbowl project also has a permanent landing page.
The theme for October was "mad science." I worked from 1 PM to 4 AM, so about 13 hours allowing for lunch and supper breaks. I wrote 11 poems on Tuesday and another 9 later in the week. There were plenty of epics but a reasonable mix of shorter poems too.
Participation was okay. We had 26 prompters making 38 comments on LiveJournal and 39 on Dreamwidth. There were no new prompters.
Read Some Poetry!
The following poems from the October 7, 2014 Poetry Fishbowl have been posted:
"Better Living Through Gizmology"
"Brewing Trouble"
"The Doctor Is Out of His Mind"
"Facing Justice"
"Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble"
"Good Minions Are Hard to Find"
"Into the Diminishing Point"
"The Lights Behind Us"
"The Mad Engineer"
"The Mad Science of Modern Times"
"Mad Scientesses"
"A Matter of Breeding"
"A Mimmoth Problem"
"No Mind Without Spirit"
"Sanitation Engineers"
"Those Who Hear Not the Music"
"We're All Mad"
"Testing the Metal" (outside fishbowl, A Conflagration of Dragons)
"The Girl with the Hair That Would Not Be Tamed" (outside fishbowl, Polychrome Heroics)
Buy some poetry!
If you plan to sponsor some poetry but haven't made up your mind yet, read the unsold poetry list from October 7. (Not posted yet.) That includes the title, length, price, and the original thumbnail description for the poems still available.
Currently sponsored poems have been posted. Prompters have their backchannel copies. Per the $200 goal, "The Girl with the Hair That Would Not Be Tamed" is the free epic. Per the $250 goal, that's one tally toward a bonus session. Per the $300 goal, there was a half-price sale in Polychrome Heroics.
The donor perk has not yet been written. The October donors included
zianuray, marina_bonomi, janetmiles, DW user Dialecticdreamer, Anthony & Shirley Barrette. There were no new donors.The Poetry Fishbowl project also has a permanent landing page.
Monday Update 12-1-14
Dec. 1st, 2014 02:33 pmThese are some posts from the later part of last week in case you missed them:
Holiday Lights in a Jar
Read "In the Market" by Dialecticdreamer
Call for Prompts: Come to the Kindathon (week-long call)
BINGO: special
New Crowdfunding Project: Dialecticdreamer
African Authors
Read "Over-wintering" by Dialecticdreamer
Lightsaber humor
Read "Tell Yourself You Fit" by Thebonesofferalletters
Rules to Break
Poem: "A Show of Faith"
Thanksgiving
Hard Things
Blackout Friday
Kaleidoscope Dancer
I posted several older poems in The Origami Mage recently: "tired traveler, busy city," "going to the ocean," and "friendship and enmity."
Winterfaire 2014 is now open on Dreamwidth and on LiveJournal, and will run through the end of December. Come set up a booth if your goods or services would make nice holiday gifts. If you are shopping, come browse the vendors. The linkback poem "Hercules and the Lions" is about half posted now.
The next Poetry Fishbowl will be on Tuesday, December 2 with a theme of "games and fun." Drop by my blogs then and leave me some prompts!
Poetry in Microfunding:
"Save the City" belongs to the Polychrome Heroics series. There are many new verses, showing the game session and some personal discussion among Danso's family.
Torn World writing update:
Approved as canon: "Unicorns on Parade" "Spruce Deer" "Wandering the Heights" (poetry). Back to me for edits: "Cutting Cords and Clasping Hands (Parts 1-4)," "Winterheart" (parts 2-3), "Stinging Like Nettles" "Off the Clock" (poetry). Currently in front of the canon board: "Ghost Bat" (nonfiction). Drafted: "Like Ash Before the Wind," "From Dark to Bright," "The Inappropriate But Useful Disposal of Lettuce" "A Thin Red Trail" (fiction), "Changes in the Wind" (poetry), "Southern Breads" "Tangleweed Article" (articles), Jularei (character sheet). In revision at home: "Water Dance," "When the Wind's Teeth Sing," "Raining Kittens," "Finding the Holes" (fiction), "The Smallest Invaders" (poetry). Currently writing: "Catch of the Day," "A Cold Clear Night" (fiction).
Today is calm and mild. Seen at the birdfeeders this week: sparrows, male and female cardinals, and lots of goldfinches on the thistle sock. Also my witch hazel is blooming. We got some firewood cut up, thanks to a friend coming out with a chainsaw.
Holiday Lights in a Jar
Read "In the Market" by Dialecticdreamer
Call for Prompts: Come to the Kindathon (week-long call)
BINGO: special
New Crowdfunding Project: Dialecticdreamer
African Authors
Read "Over-wintering" by Dialecticdreamer
Lightsaber humor
Read "Tell Yourself You Fit" by Thebonesofferalletters
Rules to Break
Poem: "A Show of Faith"
Thanksgiving
Hard Things
Blackout Friday
Kaleidoscope Dancer
I posted several older poems in The Origami Mage recently: "tired traveler, busy city," "going to the ocean," and "friendship and enmity."
Winterfaire 2014 is now open on Dreamwidth and on LiveJournal, and will run through the end of December. Come set up a booth if your goods or services would make nice holiday gifts. If you are shopping, come browse the vendors. The linkback poem "Hercules and the Lions" is about half posted now.
The next Poetry Fishbowl will be on Tuesday, December 2 with a theme of "games and fun." Drop by my blogs then and leave me some prompts!
Poetry in Microfunding:
"Save the City" belongs to the Polychrome Heroics series. There are many new verses, showing the game session and some personal discussion among Danso's family.
Torn World writing update:
Approved as canon: "Unicorns on Parade" "Spruce Deer" "Wandering the Heights" (poetry). Back to me for edits: "Cutting Cords and Clasping Hands (Parts 1-4)," "Winterheart" (parts 2-3), "Stinging Like Nettles" "Off the Clock" (poetry). Currently in front of the canon board: "Ghost Bat" (nonfiction). Drafted: "Like Ash Before the Wind," "From Dark to Bright," "The Inappropriate But Useful Disposal of Lettuce" "A Thin Red Trail" (fiction), "Changes in the Wind" (poetry), "Southern Breads" "Tangleweed Article" (articles), Jularei (character sheet). In revision at home: "Water Dance," "When the Wind's Teeth Sing," "Raining Kittens," "Finding the Holes" (fiction), "The Smallest Invaders" (poetry). Currently writing: "Catch of the Day," "A Cold Clear Night" (fiction).
Today is calm and mild. Seen at the birdfeeders this week: sparrows, male and female cardinals, and lots of goldfinches on the thistle sock. Also my witch hazel is blooming. We got some firewood cut up, thanks to a friend coming out with a chainsaw.
Call for Themes
Dec. 1st, 2014 02:34 pmI'm at the end of my themes for the Poetry Fishbowl. Everyone is welcome to suggest themes for upcoming sessions. Later I will list them in a LiveJournal poll and folks can vote to determine the most popular ones. Previously used themes are listed on the landing page so you don't accidentally duplicate them.
Here are some possible themes from my notes: Leaving & Returning, Lost Causes, Atypical Parenthood, Young Readers, Hopeful Futures, Teamwork & Cooperation, Gentlemen in Distress.
Here are some possible themes from my notes: Leaving & Returning, Lost Causes, Atypical Parenthood, Young Readers, Hopeful Futures, Teamwork & Cooperation, Gentlemen in Distress.
"A Break from People" is available
Dec. 1st, 2014 03:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lb_lee has written to my prompt ...I took your prompt and wrote A Break From People. Lorry is
starting to crack under the pressure of constantly being around news
crews and his teammates, and desperately needs some alone time. But how
do you get that when you're multiple?
This prompt is open for $30 if you sponsor it yourself; it's $15 for
everyone else!