CE Murphy.net Newsletter: June 2009
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Catie
Jun 25, 2009, 8:27:40 AM6/25/09
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Welcome to another exciting edition of the CE Murphy.net newsletter!
Some of you (like the 150+ who have joined in the past week or so) may
know that it's Shameless Self-Promotion Month here at CE Murphy.net.
I'm trying some non-traditional distribution methods this month, so
herein lies an opportunity to get exclusive access to not one...not
two...but three, yes, three brand-new CE Murphy stories!
First, I'm offering a short story commission through fundable.com.
Fundable is a site which takes pledges for financing a project. If the
project reaches its financing goal–in this case a base of $750 with
paypal fees included, so a minimum total of $826–then fundable accepts
the pledges and the project goes forward. If the goal isn’t reached
within 25 days of the first donation, then the project is canceled and
no one pays anything. At the moment I have over $500 pledged, so we're
nearing the possibility of making this happen.
From "Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight":
"She was too young, even for a man with no age, but she caught his
eye. Slim, dark-haired, with long fingers caught in the skirt of a
shapeless dress, she was clearly not a child of wealth. She no doubt
belonged to the riverboat upon which she stood, a shabby thing that
had seen better days. Even so, in the fire’s light they both bent
toward beauty.
It was her gaze, fixed on the sky, which arrested him. Others watched
the fire, drawn in by its glow and movement, but she looked upward as
though she could see what soared above the smoke. That was quite
impossible: even knowing who danced there, Daisani could barely see
them himself, but the girl watched as if she knew. Such seeing eyes
were enough that he might have gone to her then, despite her youth,
but tonight; tonight Chicago was burning."
“Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight” will be a 7500 word Janx and
Daisani story. Contributors will have exclusive access to the story
for at least three months before it’s produced anywhere else. To
contribute--and please note that the project baseline is that, a
baseline, so if you happen to swing in and discover it's reached goal,
you can still pledge financing and be one of the handful who gets the
story--go to http://tinyurl.com/hot-time-commission
Second, having achieved 250+ fans at the CE Murphy Facebook Fans page,
I'll be offering a Walker Papers short story of about 3,000 words. If
you want to be able to read the story, you'll have to join the fan
page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/CE-Murphy/46086704983
And third, to mix it up a bit, I have created a Twitter Challenge: 500
followers on Twitter will earn a *second* Walker Papers short story,
also of about 3K, or half the length of "Hot Time". Again, to have
access to the story, you'll have to follow me on Twitter:
http://twitter.com/ce_murphy
That's all for this month!
-Catie
Some of you (like the 150+ who have joined in the past week or so) may
know that it's Shameless Self-Promotion Month here at CE Murphy.net.
I'm trying some non-traditional distribution methods this month, so
herein lies an opportunity to get exclusive access to not one...not
two...but three, yes, three brand-new CE Murphy stories!
First, I'm offering a short story commission through fundable.com.
Fundable is a site which takes pledges for financing a project. If the
project reaches its financing goal–in this case a base of $750 with
paypal fees included, so a minimum total of $826–then fundable accepts
the pledges and the project goes forward. If the goal isn’t reached
within 25 days of the first donation, then the project is canceled and
no one pays anything. At the moment I have over $500 pledged, so we're
nearing the possibility of making this happen.
From "Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight":
"She was too young, even for a man with no age, but she caught his
eye. Slim, dark-haired, with long fingers caught in the skirt of a
shapeless dress, she was clearly not a child of wealth. She no doubt
belonged to the riverboat upon which she stood, a shabby thing that
had seen better days. Even so, in the fire’s light they both bent
toward beauty.
It was her gaze, fixed on the sky, which arrested him. Others watched
the fire, drawn in by its glow and movement, but she looked upward as
though she could see what soared above the smoke. That was quite
impossible: even knowing who danced there, Daisani could barely see
them himself, but the girl watched as if she knew. Such seeing eyes
were enough that he might have gone to her then, despite her youth,
but tonight; tonight Chicago was burning."
“Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight” will be a 7500 word Janx and
Daisani story. Contributors will have exclusive access to the story
for at least three months before it’s produced anywhere else. To
contribute--and please note that the project baseline is that, a
baseline, so if you happen to swing in and discover it's reached goal,
you can still pledge financing and be one of the handful who gets the
story--go to http://tinyurl.com/hot-time-commission
Second, having achieved 250+ fans at the CE Murphy Facebook Fans page,
I'll be offering a Walker Papers short story of about 3,000 words. If
you want to be able to read the story, you'll have to join the fan
page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/CE-Murphy/46086704983
And third, to mix it up a bit, I have created a Twitter Challenge: 500
followers on Twitter will earn a *second* Walker Papers short story,
also of about 3K, or half the length of "Hot Time". Again, to have
access to the story, you'll have to follow me on Twitter:
http://twitter.com/ce_murphy
That's all for this month!
-Catie
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