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[personal profile] ysabetwordsmith is running a call for fishbowl themes. If you have a particular theme you'd like to see in a fishbowl, now is your chance to put forth ideas. Themes can be anything general, such as music, nature, or creative ways to solve problems. Come leave some suggestions! :)
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This year, [personal profile] ysabetwordsmith is once again hosting a Winterfaire. If you have any wares or services you would like to sell or advertise, you can leave a vendor comment on the post. If you are looking for things to buy, you can browse the vendors and also make a "looking for" comment to let people know what piques your interest.

Let's do some holiday shopping!
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[personal profile] ysabetwordsmith's Half-Price Sale in Polychrome Heroics is still live, and so is my pool. Join the pool, and we all get the quarter price discount for any poems we are interested in purchasing. I'm aiming for mainly Shiv poems, though donors are free to name a target of their own, and you can find my full target list on my original pool post.

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Generic weekly update:
I'm once again late with my post (shocking, I know), but it's been an uneventful two weeks. All the yard work is essentially done, all that really remains to be done for the season is to put out the yard waste bags. I could rake one more time, but the leaves are so few that it won't harm anything to leave them until spring.

I had a two nice lunches with my good friend, I've been making good progress on my yarn projects, I've been going through Duolingo more extensively than needed (yay, more learning!), and I've managed to read some of my book. Here's hoping I'll actually finish it this month, and then I believe I'll take a break before continuing that series. I'm enjoying it so far, and will finish the series, I could just use a change of pace for now.

I have my Union Christmas party this Saturday, so that should be a fun time. :) For the rest of the weekend, I'm aiming to relax and keep it low-key, maybe see my grandma, but we'll see how everything works out.

I hope you all are doing well, and that the season is treating you well. Take best care! <3
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Today, [personal profile] ysabetwordsmith is hosting a Poetry Fishbowl. The theme is "Intentional Neighboring and Intentional Communities." Leave one or more prompts to inspire poetry, boost the signal, or sposnor a poem. Come have some fun!
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Today is the Poetry Fishbowl on [personal profile] ysabetwordsmith's page. The theme is "Genderbending;" leave a prompt, get a poem based on your prompt. Come join the fun!
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This week, [personal profile] ysabetwordsmith is hosting a Holiday Poetry Sale. It includes all the poems from 2022 at half price, with quarter price option available if you spend $100 or more. It's a great opportunity to get lots of poetry, since many of her series have poems available, and I will be hosting a pool so more people can take advantage of the quarter price rate.

My budget is much higher than normal this time around, so I will be going after a lot of targets. If you see something on my list that you want, let me know and I can direct your funds to that particular item. If they all sound good, you are free to say "just add it to the pool" in which case I will send the money where needed and work on getting as many poems as possible. Both options free up more of my money to purchase additional poems. Alternatively, if you want something that isn't on my list and you have money to give, you can name the target of your choice and the pool will help you finish it if you can't afford the whole thing. This can be especially helpful if what you want is out of range at half price and doesn't get you to quarter price discount on its own. And if we reach all our goals, anyone contributing to the pool is free to suggest what poems they would like to see as stretch goals.

Without further ado, my massive target list:
(For simplicity's sake, I'm only going to list the quarter price values)

Main Targets
Arts and Crafts America (6 poems) $59.50
Daughters of the Apocalypse (2 poems) $17.75
One God's Story of Mid-Life Crisis (1 poem) $20
Schrodinger's Heroes (1 poem) $26.75
Iron Horses (1 poem) $46.50
Kraken (1 poem) $43.25
Marionettes/Finn Family (1 poem) $33.75
Officer Pink (1 poem) $30
Trichromatic Attachments (1 poem) $72.25
"Basic Source of Peace" (Rutledge) $46.50
"The State of Perfect Stillness" (Rutledge) $67.25
"Anything You Want It to Be" (Shiv) $58.25

Secondary Targets (I am leaving these for now in case there are low budget shoppers, but I will pick them up if they are available at the end of the sale.)
An Army of One (1 poem) $12.50
Darrow poems (set of 5) $6.25
Eloquent Souls (1 poem) $8.75
Not Quite Kansas (1 poem) $11.75
Stand-alone poems (3 poems) $8.75
Dr. Infanta (1 poem) $8.25

Stretch Goals
If there are more funds, I would like to grab the other two Shiv poems first, then work of the Rutledge thread that starts with "Clothes Worth Wearing," then work on The Big One thread. The order of these targets is flexible, depending on interest and exact funds, but this is where I'm leaning at the moment.

I hope you decide to join the fun, and any amount is just right!
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Today is the poetry fishbowl on [personal profile] ysabetwordsmith's page. The theme is Nature and if you leave a prompt you'll get a poem using your idea. Come join the fun!
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Winterfaire 2022 is still going on over at [personal profile] ysabetwordsmith's page. If you are looking for winter gifts, this is a good place to find unique things. If you have things to sell, make a booth post and advertise you wares. And if you fall into neither category, you can still spread the signal, if you know others that it would appeal to. Come check out the goodies and join the fun!
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Today is Feathering the Nest on [personal profile] dialecticdreamer's page. This is the perfect prompt call if you need some gentle fluff to get you through the day. Leave a prompt, and you'll get a nice little fic in return.
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Welcome to the Magpie Monday for November of 2022! Please come visit, read my stories, and join in the fun! I write gentle fiction, which seldom includes swearing or violence, and does not include sex. I do warn for things which might be triggering, to give readers information they need to take care of themselves. Full details are on my post today.

Today is Magpie Monday on [personal profile] dialecticdreamer's page. Leave a prompt, get a fic! Go join the fun :D
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This week, [personal profile] ysabetwordsmith is having a half-price sale in Polychrome Heroics this week. If you have your eye on some poetry, and you like to get a deal on the prices, join the pool I'm running to take advantage of the quarter-price discount!

So far, donors include myself and [personal profile] ng_moonmoth, and potentially [personal profile] technoshaman. Our primary targets will be the Iron Horses thread and the Big One thread, with the Rutledge thread and the two open Polychrome Epics and secondary/stretch goals. Any contributions are welcome, and you are free to specify which target you would like your money to go to, or to name a new target, if there is something you want that the pool isn't going after.

I will put the list of poems and prices below, and if you have any questions, feel free to comment below or send me a PM.


MAIN GOALS

IRON HORSES (3 poems, sale price $481.50, quarter price $240.75)
"Difficult Roads"
sale price $74, quarter price $37

"A Debasement of Our Common Humanity"
sale price $348, quarter price $174

"Monsters Disguised as Men"
sale price $59.50, quarter price $29.75

SECONDARY GOALS

THE BIG ONE (3 poems, sale price $179.50, quarter price $89.75)
"The City of Kittens"
sale price $23.50, quarter price $11.75

"More Than That"
sale price $88, quarter price $44

"Those Who Travel on Foot"
sale price $68, quarter price $34

STRETCH GOALS

RUTLEDGE
"The Basic Source of Peace"
sale price $93, quarter price $46.50

"The State of Perfect Stillness"
sale price $134.50, quarter price $67.25

OPEN EPICS
"Within the Souls of Men" (Shiv and Iron Horses thread) $331 to be complete
"Their Ancestral Lands" (Iron Horses thread) $615 to be complete
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Over on [personal profile] worldofwords's page, there is a prompt call going on, if you'd like to leave them some inspiration. There also stories available to sponsor if you want to do that too.
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I'm not really sure what to say this time around. I've been doing decently with keeping up with the daily tasks, though I've been struggling a tad to keep those things prioritized and not just focusing on the mittens. On the plus side, I did finish the second mitten in the wee hours of the morning, so I have the pair ready to hand to my dad when I see him on Sunday. I'm pleased with the way they turned out, and I think he will be too.

The website entries are the main thing that lost priority, although reading and working on the puzzle have too. Good news there is that I did manage to get 6 entries done today, which has almost made up the backlog from this week. I might be able to get more done tonight, but we'll see how that goes. And with the mittens done, I'm hoping I can dedicate that time to doing the puzzle instead and also get that done by the end of this month.

I'll be on days next week for the first time in seven weeks, so that flip should be interesting. Not necessarily good or bad, just different, although that first day might be a bit hard.

OH! Pool Info!! I'm not actually sure who is running the pool this time around, but [personal profile] ysabetwordsmith is once again having a half-price sale in Polychrome Heroics, and both [personal profile] ng_moonmoth and I are interested in buying some poetry. If anyone else is interested, let us know, and we'll sort things out. So far, finishing the open Shiv epic and grabbing the first of the remaining Trichromatic attachments poems seem to be the main goal. After that, targets are up for grabs, but probably one of the three Shiv poems, or the second of the Trichromatic attachment ones, depending on funds. Come join the fun!
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Today is the Poetry Fishbowl on [personal profile] ysabetwordsmith's page, with a theme of "Artistic Endeavours." If this interests, go on over and leave a prompt, and there will be lovely poems written. Less ploty prompts are especially appreciated this time around due to other projects that are on the go.
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This week, [personal profile] ysabetwordsmith is having a Half-price Sale in Polychrome Heroics. I will be focusing on the Trichromatic Attachments poems this time, starting with "Our Power to Change," which is $168 at quarter price. "Bad Turn to Good" ($36) will be the stretch goal. As always, joining the pool automatically gets you quarter price and if you are contributing money you have a say in the targets. This can be especially handy if you want a poem that is under $100 but still out of range at half-price; joining the pool cuts it in half again.

I will be closing the pool Saturday evening EST, in order to collect the funds and deliver them to Ysabet for Sunday. If anyone is interested, feel free to comment here or PM if you have questions or would like further details.
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The Holiday Half-price Sale for [personal profile] ysabetwordsmith is now live! I will be running a pool this time, and I have some holiday cash to spend, so I'm hoping to get a good amount of poems this time around. Anyone who joins the pool with me will automatically get the quarter price discount, so if you see something you want but couldn't afford before, now is a great time to go shopping. My main interests lie in Polychrome Heroics, but there are other thongs I like and I'm more than willing to chip in to help someone get what they want. I will have a general list of targets below, to be updated properly once I'm awake enough to actually check the prices and see where I'm at budget-wise. As always, if you can chip in at least some money, you are free to suggest a target of your own, even if it's not on my list. Or, if you like a poem I've chosen, you can sponsor that one and I will relocate funds as needed.

Tentative Target List
All Army of One poems
All Arts and Crafts America poems
Polychrome Heroics
Aquariana
Berretaflies
Iron Horses
Shiv
Pain's Gray (as funds allow)
All One God's Story of a Mid-life Crisis poems
If more funds come in:
Daughters of the Apocalypse poems
"A Desire to be Deeply Known," half-price $475.50
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First off, I've been meaning to do this for weeks now but keep forgetting. [personal profile] ysabetwordsmith is hosting Winterfaire 2021. It is an online Holiday market and gives you a place to both look for things to buy and sell your own things, if that's something you do. So if either of those apply to you, go check it out and enjoy the fun!

On another Christmas related note, I have set aside a nice chunk of change to spend at [personal profile] ysabetwordsmith's Holiday half-price sale this year (assuming it happens of course). I will probably be hosting a pool, since I have such a large donation, but I shall check with others first to make sure no one else wants to run a pool. More details about that to come when it becomes relevant.

Also, pretty much all of the cleaning is done for my family Christmas get together, so I can finally start to relax a bit. I have shopping and a few last minute things to do, but the big things are out of the way now. And I've been doing the regular task too and currently have all my stars for December!

I will be putting together a New Year's Goals review post sometime toward the end of the month, and making a new one in January, so keep an eye out for that if you want to know how I did. (At this point, I figure I mamaged about 60% of what I was hoping for, which is better than I was expecting honestly.) I'm going to have to revise my strategy a bit for next year I think, to account for the things that didn't work (and the ones that did) but I'm not sure how I'm going to do that yet, so it will be a surprise to everyone XD

I hope this posts finds everyone hale and whole, and that the holiday season is going well for all. Love and best wishes, friends!
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This time, [personal profile] ng_moonmoth is hosting a pool for the half-price sale in Polclychrome Heroics. Details can be found here. Joining the pool gets you the quarter price rate, so if there is something out of range at half-price but doable at half *that*, joining the pool is perfect. Take a look at the current target list, and the sale page, and if anything catches your eye, drop [personal profile] ng_moonmoth a line. Let's buy some poems!
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This week [personal profile] ysabetwordsmith is having a half-price sale in Polychrome Heroics. Boost the signal, and you can have a verse in any of the open linkback poems; send a donation and you get lovely poetry. I'm considering running a pool this month, but I still need to put together a target list, and would be just as willing to let someone else host the pool, if they felt so inclined.
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Today is the Poetry Fishbowl on [personal profile] ysabetwordsmith's page. The theme this month is "Polyamory in the QUILTBAG" so it's perfect in you have a non-standard orientation, or if you just like reading about those things. Go leave a prompt and get an awesome poem!

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