CC:Otherworlds
I feel a little weird doing this, because I always feel weird promoting stuff I do, but that's no excuse to not do it. A lot of y'all already know about the CC:Otherworlds project I'm working on, but for those of you who don't, read on!
So, a friend and I are doing a nifty project! And since this is my writing journal, and folks reading along here have enjoyed my stories in the past, you may be interested in this.
Claire and I pick a prompt from a silly hat once every two weeks, and then I go forth and write a short story for that prompt. And Claire goes forth and makes a piece of visual art for the prompt. And then we send both of them off to our patrons in the mail! Folks getting physical snail mail get a signed and numbered 5x7 print of the artwork mounted on black backing board with a little blurb on the back, and a signed copy of the story printed on fancy paper and sealed with a nifty wax seal. The envelopes have silly stickers on them, and include a letter to our patrons. Folks who choose digital goodies receive a high quality scan of the art, a formatted copy of the story, and a copy of the patron letter.
Claire and I will be doing this for at least a year. We started on September 1st, and when we've done a year of fortnights, we'll compile our favorite stories and artwork into a book. Along the way, we're producing a LOT of extra content, too. So far, we've each done two process posts per fortnight, talking about what we're working on and how, and our ideas for the various prompts and how we get past various kinds of obstacles. We also make a silly video of pulling the prompt from a hat each time, and another little video and a lot of pictures in a post to say thanks when we're packaging things up to be shipped. So, four process posts on art and writing, two completely unscripted videos, and a bunch of pictures every two weeks. We're considering adding other sizes of artwork (postcards!), and we've got planned a few "intersection" type fortnights where we'll work closely and coordinate the story and artwork so they really go together, instead of just going off and each making a thing separately. We also have a few "extra" stories and art we produced together, to a prompt and on the same schedule, just in case we have a bad fortnight or fall behind for whatever reason.
So far we've released:
Anywho! That's CC:Otherworlds! That's taking up a lot of my mental bandwidth - I'm doing this on top of my normal writing and submissions, slush reading, and Real Life Non-Creative stuff. It's been wonderful so far, and I'm having a lot of fun with it. I'm pretty bad about getting the word out (I've never been really good at this "self promotion" stuff), but here we are. I hope you'll check it out. :)
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So, a friend and I are doing a nifty project! And since this is my writing journal, and folks reading along here have enjoyed my stories in the past, you may be interested in this.
Claire and I pick a prompt from a silly hat once every two weeks, and then I go forth and write a short story for that prompt. And Claire goes forth and makes a piece of visual art for the prompt. And then we send both of them off to our patrons in the mail! Folks getting physical snail mail get a signed and numbered 5x7 print of the artwork mounted on black backing board with a little blurb on the back, and a signed copy of the story printed on fancy paper and sealed with a nifty wax seal. The envelopes have silly stickers on them, and include a letter to our patrons. Folks who choose digital goodies receive a high quality scan of the art, a formatted copy of the story, and a copy of the patron letter.
Claire and I will be doing this for at least a year. We started on September 1st, and when we've done a year of fortnights, we'll compile our favorite stories and artwork into a book. Along the way, we're producing a LOT of extra content, too. So far, we've each done two process posts per fortnight, talking about what we're working on and how, and our ideas for the various prompts and how we get past various kinds of obstacles. We also make a silly video of pulling the prompt from a hat each time, and another little video and a lot of pictures in a post to say thanks when we're packaging things up to be shipped. So, four process posts on art and writing, two completely unscripted videos, and a bunch of pictures every two weeks. We're considering adding other sizes of artwork (postcards!), and we've got planned a few "intersection" type fortnights where we'll work closely and coordinate the story and artwork so they really go together, instead of just going off and each making a thing separately. We also have a few "extra" stories and art we produced together, to a prompt and on the same schedule, just in case we have a bad fortnight or fall behind for whatever reason.
So far we've released:
- Mute: I wrote a retelling of the Little Mermaid, and Claire painted a sad mute robot
- What Hides Beneath: A story in several voices and parts from various monsters hiding beneath various surfaces, and a painting of the thriving life hiding beneath soil
- Time Eaters: A time travel story (of course), and a whimsical image of people blowing "time bubbles"
- Starfish: A story told in diary format about a girl living inside a giant starfish at the bottom of the ocean, and artwork depicting Frank the goldfish on his journey to the stars.
Anywho! That's CC:Otherworlds! That's taking up a lot of my mental bandwidth - I'm doing this on top of my normal writing and submissions, slush reading, and Real Life Non-Creative stuff. It's been wonderful so far, and I'm having a lot of fun with it. I'm pretty bad about getting the word out (I've never been really good at this "self promotion" stuff), but here we are. I hope you'll check it out. :)
Posted on Dreamwidth and Livejournal, hither and yon.
comments over that-a-way. Comment anywhere you like.