Spring Writing Contest

In order to collect the prize you'd need to create a Second Life account, which is free. You can then convert the prize money and withdraw it, or you can use it within the world.

Spring Writing Contest

Any writing is welcome for this contest, whether it's a story, limerick, tanka, essay... write the way that you are most comfortable. Any length is eligible, just please don't give me an entire novel (novel = 80,000 words).

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Prompt: It is a beautiful spring day. You're having a picnic. Suddenly this big crystal egg lands in the potato salad! What happens next?

Submissions due: May 30, 2016, midnight.

Starting Prize: 1629$L
Upped to: 12029$L (around 40$US)
Number of Prizes: 1

Due to how FEW entries past contests got there will only be one prize. Runners up might be chosen at judge discretion depending on how many entries are received. In that event then additional but non monetary prizes will be arranged. If anyone wishes to donate an item for a possible prize then please IM me, and as usual $L prize donations can be sent to the bank via the tip jars at collection points. Hanaarashi Resident (Kirsty Makay) is the account being used to hold the prize money until distribution.

Submission/Collection Points:
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Rules:
1. Proper spelling and grammar is nice, take the time to proof read. Poorly spelled entries won't be turned away, but those with good spelling/grammar may sit higher in the ranks.

2. Notecard naming: your legacy name (not display name): Spring Writing Contest 2016

3. On the notecard put
-1) What you consider your submission to be (haiku, story, essay etc.)
-2) Title of your work (if you're naming it)
-3) Name you wish to be announced under if different from your legacy name
-4) Genre (if applicable)
-5) Your work.

4. For readability please make sure there is an empty line between each paragraph and/or heading.

5. Make sure your piece uses the writing prompt suggested.

6. You can submit more than one entry, but each entry has the same chance as any other.

Polls and Contests

My own writing in Selkies' Skins book two and my Patreon writing have been progressing rather decently. A.J. Garcia still intends to write her novel but is having difficulties with time. I am experimenting more with recording live events, so at some point when I am more confident I will plan one for the publishing company. There is also a writing contest going through the Trotsdale Library in Second Life, for more info you may read here.

I am also experimenting with polls to give Patrons and visitors a chance to tell me what they'd like to see more of in the coming month regarding my mythical creatures poems. If asked I'd consider including deities as well. If you'd like to check out my Patreon please click here to visit that and get access to various goodies.

C.S.T.F. Workshop 3 of 30

Ideas for publicity

If any of the other authors that have published with THG StarDragon Publishing have their own personal or book related sites, please let me know so that I can also promote those. It also helps me when doing publicity or feedback drives for your work.

If anyone is interested in co-op work or co-op publicity drives, such as blog tours, I am open. Please feel free to message me. I do also maintain a multi-use Youtube account. Guest appearances and interviews would be a really cool thing to work out, likely through discord and recorded for upload. Or I might think about setting up a Skype account specifically for such purposes for video conferences.

The Book of Seals - by Teresa Garcia - part 3

The final part of the co-op project that Illya Leonov and I did for "Pearls of Sea and Stone: Book of Seals" which is a prequel to "Selkies' Skins: Castle and Well."

Shout for a friend/esteemed author "Hushicho - I need your help!"

This is a video on Youtube that my good friend Hushicho has done about his Patreon. It pretty much sums up my position as well, although right now I'm not pruning projects but just trying to grow my patronage. I encourage you to check it out.

Zoe Quinn dropping charges?

Remember Gamer Gate? Although I'm a fantasy writer, part of my writing work does take place in the gaming world as I work for one game and volunteer admin time in another (providing content for both games). The game industry in my view is a firm part of the publishing industry. Thus when I first got wind of what was going on I did pay attention from inside my deep dark cave.

Today I feel it appropriate to share a link to an article on Zoe Quinn's blog on why she is dropping charges against the man that started it all.