Polychrome Heroics sale pool

[ng_moonmoth]

ysabetwordsmith, who writes poetry by request, has occasional half-price sales where poems that have yet to find an interested buyer are offered at half their usual price. This time, the sale focuses on their Polychrome Heroics storyline, containing tales of superheroes and supervillains that go far beyond the usual fare of resolving conflict by fighting and breaking things. Yes, there are fights, and yes, things get broken, but there's so much more in it! Plus, diversity of the sort that is just now barely breaking into the mainstream is all over the place.

Another part of their sales is an additional discount for volume buyers. A large enough sponsorship commitment halves the price again, making the purchase price 1/4 of the original. Folks may pool their money to reach this threshold, and anyone who contributes to the pool may use the quarter-price discount on any other purchases they make.

I'm running a pool this week. I'm going to start the way I often do, by designating initial target poems that are prerequisites for other poems. This sale, those are:

"No Idea What's Going to Happen"	$30.50
"Vulnerable and Bound"	$25.25
"A Fresh Opportunity to Make a Mark"	$69.00
	$124.75

So, anyone who wants to contribute a meaningful (to them) sum toward this amount can buy anything else in the sale at quarter-price.

As pledges come in, I expand the target list. If someone pledges money and wants to sponsor a poem not on the initial target list, that poem can be added. This time, my personal stretch targets are:

"From Many Emotional Colors"	$17.25
"The Cardinal Sin of Satanism"	$29.00
"Not So Much in Words"	$89.50

The pool closes with the end of the sale, Friday evening.

[EDITED: Given that the sale runs through Sunday, it should be OK to keep the pool open until Saturday night. I will send out reminders to people who have pledged to send money Sunday, and will forward once I have it.]

OK, who's on board with this one?

[EDITED : "Where Change Can Take Place" was sponsored outside the pool by another reader. "No Idea What's Going to Happen" has replaced it in the initial target list.]

Comments

[fuzzyred]

Meeeee! I like everything on your list (main and stretch) though if possible could we add "No Idea What's Going to Happen" ($30.50)? I have $110 to contribute this time, to whichever of those poems you want. I have a liiitle extra room if we are really close to something and just need a few extra bucks.

[ng_moonmoth]

Sounds good. Another fifty bucks or so will cover both lists, and $30 after that will take care of your add. If things come up short of that, I could see swapping in "No Idea What's Going to Happen" for "Not So Much in Words", which would be a collection we could take care of without additional help. Now to see who else shows up...

[fuzzyred]

Sounds good :) I'm planning on making a post about the pool on my page, hopefully we get a few more takers.

[technoshaman]

I'll take Vulnerable and Cardinal, for $54.25. Will need a day or so to move money around.

[ng_moonmoth]

Thanks! That frees up enough money for another target. If there's something you'd like, please mention it, and I'll add it to the stretch goals. If not, I'll probably continue the Rutledge thread.

I believe you know the appropriate PayPal handle to send the money to. If not, or not certain, you can PM me to confirm.

[fuzzyred]

I vote for continuing the Rutledge thread, if technoshaman doesn't have a different request.

[technoshaman]

Sent.

[ng_moonmoth]

Received. Thanks.

Also ...

[ysabetwordsmith]

From LiveJournal user Je_reviens:

I just sent you $10 which was intended for the pool. Any poem is fine.
Could you maybe make the comment on the thread to let him know?

I have received the $10. Calculate that into your pool accordingly.

Re: Also ...

[ng_moonmoth]

Will do. Thanks for letting me know. Please forward my thanks if you have not thanked them already.

Willing to believe they used their generic pronoun for me, and didn't check my profile to see that mine are different.