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Moonridge. Ideas...?
I'm thinking about Moonridge. The auction's up and I haven't offered anything yet; I do mean to, I haven't because of my complete and utter shame at having failed to finish the two stories I offered last year, yet, and the one that's almost done has no winner - nope, Terry/Mariojoe has apparently...
a) been abducted by aliens
b) been hanged for piracy on the South China Seas
c) left the fandom
So now I have a soon-to-be-completed story of dark doings and massive angst and no one to give it to. Ideas, anyone, please?
I really do want to offer stories for this year's auction but, bearing in mind I still have a massive Rainbows sequel to complete for my other auction winner, and my less than sterling performance in completing my dues this year, I'm a wee bit nervous about offering too much, over-stretching myself and being unable to deliver.
One idea I had was to offer my next story as a WIP - putting it in a community and offering access in the auction. eg, a set sum of cash to Moonridge gets you on my community list so you can read the WIP (and offer segments as email for the non-LJers out there). I could do at least one, maybe two stories that way, which would be less pressure for me, but would people pay for that, do you think? And how much should I charge?
Cos otherwise, I'm truly at a loss. I thought about offering stories of 5,000 words but - I have to face the fact that that's never going to happen. 50,000 maybe; 5,000? Forget it! ::sigh::
Any other ideas would be welcomed with grovelling, snivelling, everso 'umble gratitude.
a) been abducted by aliens
b) been hanged for piracy on the South China Seas
c) left the fandom
So now I have a soon-to-be-completed story of dark doings and massive angst and no one to give it to. Ideas, anyone, please?
I really do want to offer stories for this year's auction but, bearing in mind I still have a massive Rainbows sequel to complete for my other auction winner, and my less than sterling performance in completing my dues this year, I'm a wee bit nervous about offering too much, over-stretching myself and being unable to deliver.
One idea I had was to offer my next story as a WIP - putting it in a community and offering access in the auction. eg, a set sum of cash to Moonridge gets you on my community list so you can read the WIP (and offer segments as email for the non-LJers out there). I could do at least one, maybe two stories that way, which would be less pressure for me, but would people pay for that, do you think? And how much should I charge?
Cos otherwise, I'm truly at a loss. I thought about offering stories of 5,000 words but - I have to face the fact that that's never going to happen. 50,000 maybe; 5,000? Forget it! ::sigh::
Any other ideas would be welcomed with grovelling, snivelling, everso 'umble gratitude.
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I am not sure of the etiquette involved in taking such a step, but it is not as though you have not tried to contact her without success.
If the thought of doing that makes you uncomfortable, I like your suggestion about offering access to a WIP for a fee. I think $10.00 - $15.00 is a reasonable amount although given that it is for a good cause you could possibly charge a little more.
Not sure if this really helps you but I hope it does.
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I agree. This way, folks who could afford smaller amounts (occasionally the story bids get quite high) would have a chance to participate. I think there were a couple of stories done this way last year.