Cuddle Party

Everyone needs contact comfort sometimes.  Not everyone has ample opportunities for this in facetime.  So here is a chance for a cuddle party in cyberspace.  Virtual cuddling can help people feel better.

We have a cuddle room that comes with fort cushions, fort frames, sheets for draping, and a weighted blanket.  It has a basket of grooming brushes, hairbrushes, and styling combs.  A bin holds textured pillows. There is a big basket of craft supplies along with art markers, coloring pages, and blank paper.  The kitchen has a popcorn machine. Labels are available to mark dietary needs, recipe ingredients, and level of spiciness. Here is the bathroom, open to everyone.  There is a lawn tent and an outdoor hot tub. Bathers should post a sign for nude or clothed activity.  Come snuggle up!

Slice-of-Life Bingo Card 2-28-18

This is my card for the Slice-of-Life Bingo Fest.  It runs March 1-31, focusing on everyday activities and experiences.  (See all my 2018 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.


SLICE-OF-LIFE BINGO CARD

identify a feeling you're having	random acts of kindness	apology / forgiveness	family of choice	opportunity
citrus fruit	good nutrition	take out the trash	panic attack	communication
tears	go to the movies	WILD CARD	stuffed animal	learn a new skill
anticipation	Arbor Day / Earth Day	curiosity	piercing / tattoo	holding someone's hand
same-sex couple	falling asleep	touch	emotional abuse	peacemaking

Rose & Bay Awards

Today is the last day of voting for the following categories of the 2018 Rose & Bay Awards.  So far there are 5 voters in Art, 10 in Fiction, 10 in Poetry, 7 in Other Project, 6 in Webcomic, and 9 in Patron.  We could use more in the lower categories especially, but it's all good.

Art: ysabetwordsmith Nominate art! Vote for art!
Fiction: ysabetwordsmith Nominate fiction! Vote for fiction!
Poetry: ysabetwordsmith Nominate poetry! Vote for poetry!
Webcomic: ysabetwordsmith Nominate webcomics! Vote for webcomics!
Other Project: ysabetwordsmith Nominate other projects! Vote for other projects!
Patron:ysabetwordsmith Nominate patrons! Vote for patrons!

If you have not yet voted, please do so now.  Thank you for your participation.

Poetry Fishbowl Report for February 6, 2018

This month's theme was "Rare Orientations." I wrote from 12:45 PM to 1:30 AM, so about 10 hours 45 minutes, allowing for breaks. I wrote 8 poems on Tuesday and another 8 later.

Participation was up, with 18 comments on LiveJournal and another 82 on Dreamwidth. A total of 28 people sent prompts. Please welcome new prompter erulisse whom you have to thank for the second freebie.


Read Some Poetry!
The following poems from the February 6, 2018 Poetry Fishbowl have been posted:
"Dinner for Four: A Sedoretu Romance"
"Looking In, Looking Out"
"Pied-à-Ciel"
"Primary Relationship"
"Sex Objects"
"Sexual Orienteering"
"The Stimulation Den"
"Surviving Difficult Times"
"Time to See What I Can Do"

"The Attack of the Dragon Shrimp" (Yellow Unicorns, January 2018 Creative Jam) (linkback poem)
"One Call Away" (Polychrome Heroics: Shiv, September 5, 2017 Poetry Fishbowl spillover) (free epic)
"Before They Are Easy" (Polychrome Heroics, January 2, 2018 Poetry Fishbowl)
"The Ground Is My Ocean" (Polychrome Heroics: Officer Pink, December 17, 2017 outside prompt calls)


Currently sponsored poems from this session have all been sponsored. The free epic hasn't gone up yet. Donors this month include: erulisse, pocketnaomi, janetmiles, ng_moonmoth, technoshaman, scrubjayspeaks, Anthony & Shirley Barrette. Please welcome new donor erulisse, whom you have to thank for the second freebie.

The Poetry Fishbowl made its $200 goal, so "One Call Away" will be the free epic. It also made the $250 goal, so that's a third tally and there will be a bonus fishbowl in mid-March.


The Poetry Fishbowl project also has a permanent landing page.