December Round-Up
Jan. 1st, 2012 12:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
k_a_webbIn December I posted twenty-five parts of the advent story as the month's free story: Trey (LJ link); Aisling (LJ link); Genevieve (LJ link); Orla (LJ link); and Conall (LJ link). This story will become available to purchase once I have edited it for typos. If you would like a copy personalised then let me know - personalisation costs nothing extra. You will also be able to purchase all five stories in handwritten form or simply the one you like best.
There was one prompt call, which lasted five days, and I received twelve prompts from four people. Four stories have been posted: Estelle and Oria (LJ link), that I think is probably a part of the World Walkers collection; Martina (LJ link), which is a part of the World Walkers collection; Tamara meets an Ice Dragon (LJ link), for the Fae School collection; and Richard and Samael at Christmas (LJ link), for the Afterlife collection. I also posted the final continuation from the October prompts call: Richard - An Old Soldier dies (LJ link).
The two winners of the draw to name a character in a random world were:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
aldersprig (October prompts call) and ysabetwordsmith (December prompts call).
No random stories were posted.
Again, no pieces of bonus material were posted. I am still working on the two pieces forysabetwordsmith.
No donations were received.
The winner of December's signal boosting story is:![[personal profile]](https://s.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
meeks.
The winner of December's surprise draw is:skjam. This month the prize is a prompted story of 5000 words.
During December I failed to reach most of my goals. It was an awful month for me personally and that affected my work.
My plans for January include: posting January's free story; the collection and character spotlights; making better use of access filters, including a newly created donor filter; editing everything I have posted so far; doing admin work on a more regular basis; posting the world rental scheme; and working on more world building material.
My goals for January are: writing at least 75,000 words this month and reaching £50 in donations, which will be going towards birthday presents and an anniversary present for my OH.
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comments.
There was one prompt call, which lasted five days, and I received twelve prompts from four people. Four stories have been posted: Estelle and Oria (LJ link), that I think is probably a part of the World Walkers collection; Martina (LJ link), which is a part of the World Walkers collection; Tamara meets an Ice Dragon (LJ link), for the Fae School collection; and Richard and Samael at Christmas (LJ link), for the Afterlife collection. I also posted the final continuation from the October prompts call: Richard - An Old Soldier dies (LJ link).
The two winners of the draw to name a character in a random world were:
aldersprig (October prompts call) and ysabetwordsmith (December prompts call).No random stories were posted.
Again, no pieces of bonus material were posted. I am still working on the two pieces for
ysabetwordsmith.No donations were received.
The winner of December's signal boosting story is:
meeks.The winner of December's surprise draw is:
skjam. This month the prize is a prompted story of 5000 words.During December I failed to reach most of my goals. It was an awful month for me personally and that affected my work.
My plans for January include: posting January's free story; the collection and character spotlights; making better use of access filters, including a newly created donor filter; editing everything I have posted so far; doing admin work on a more regular basis; posting the world rental scheme; and working on more world building material.
My goals for January are: writing at least 75,000 words this month and reaching £50 in donations, which will be going towards birthday presents and an anniversary present for my OH.
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Thoughts
Date: 2012-01-02 07:23 am (UTC)I'm really impressed by that. Not many people could do it; 25,000 words in a month is a lot of work, and the structure was complex too. On top of a cruddy month, wow.
>>The two winners of the draw to name a character in a random world<<
I am still squeeing over this, and must put some thought into it.
>>During December I failed to reach most of my goals. It was an awful month for me personally and that affected my work.<<
*hugs* I hope that January is better for you, and in general, that 2012 is. We could all use a year with less suck in it.
Ideally, goals should be something you can reach with a bit of a stretch, not so much as to be overwhelming. If you fall way short, try resetting your goals to something more in tune with the time/energy you have available. Once you meet those, you'll tend to feel better, then you can nudge them upwards.
I think the donor filter is a good idea. For mine, I give people 2 months at a time when they donate, so that I have a fair number of folks on it most of the time. It's hardly worth making special posts if only a few people will see them.