ellenmillion

I survived the day cloistered upstairs with a rather upset little monster, and it was worth it!

My floor! It is GLORIOUS. I do not have photos prepared yet, so you shall have to be content with my vague gloating for the moment.

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A very quick poll:

For July's Muse Fusion, I wrote three poems, and I can't figure out which I'd like to offer as this month's freebie. Help me choose!

[Poll #1929119]

Northern Ice Cream was prompted by vaerys. 20 lines of rhymed poetry. ($5 sponsorship)

A Memory Box is a free verse poem of 18 lines based on wyld_dandelyon's prompt: 'something for your loved-one's hair.' It turned out creepy! ($5 sponsorship)

A Working Model is a 10-line free verse poem prompted by kelkyag about one of Oranaan's experiments! Sponsorship is $3.

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I've made bread today, done laundry, vacuum packed the pulled pork for freezing, fed the baby four times (hungry Guppy!) and had an amazing pesto-pork-zucchini-noodle lunch. Writing and art until Guppy wakes up (not long now), then there will be reading of books and playing with reptiles and balls. More contractors are here today, but they are not IN my house, and are being much quieter.

[Poll #1898968]

October is galloping down on us!

Now, looking ahead, the following month is November, when a lot of us (self included) will be working on NaNoWriMo manuscripts. Last year, we skipped November, and December being too busy for two, did two Sketch Fests in January. This year, since we're thinking ahead (crazy, I KNOW), we could put two in October instead!

I am not yet positive all of these weekends are free for ME, but I want to poll the participants early and see what the trends are for the month, and find out your opinion on trying a weekday Sketch Fest if we go with a second on this month.

Feel free to elaborate on your choices in the comments!


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Disclaimer: This is a poll for information purposes only - What actually happens depends on ease of implementation and lots of other sticky factors. I just would really like to know what you guys most want. :)

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Questions about 'partial donation' follow from this discussion.

Uploading is closed! We had 42 artists participating, with 163 total sketches. Do check them out! http://www.ellenmilliongraphics.com/sketchfest/sketchfestwall.php?date=10

Prizes! I will be handing out a few prize packages for this fest - artists will receive a package of blank ACEO cards! I would like your nominations for three categories, below. You can list a title and artist, or copy-paste the address of the sketch you're nominating. Your results are public, so you can look and see what else has been nominated and pick something else if you want. Those sketches that are nominated will be put into a poll on Wednesday, and there will also be a prize for most comments left.

And, let me know when you want the next one!

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(And if you are not registered or are unable to vote, you may leave votes and nominations in the comments. Anonymous posts are screened, so they won't show up until I approve them.)