Happy Holidays from the North (and West) Pool!

[ng_moonmoth]

fuzzyred  and I are joining forces to launch a quarter-price pool in ysabetwordsmith's Holiday Poetry Pool. When we compared lists, we found we had a good deal of overlap -- to the point where our initial targets were pretty much the other's stretch goals.

So, to start out, we're going to go after our combined target/stretch goal list:

Arts and Crafts America
"A Gentle Whisper"	26.75
Hart's Farm
"Inside, Outside, on the Floor"	5.00
The Big One
"Constantly Tossed About"	78.00
"Unfolded by the Water"	25.25
Iron Horses
"All the Right Spots"	44.75
"To Prevent Future Tragedies"	57.00
Kraken
"The Wings of Hope"	67.75
Shiv
"Pie Day"	45.50
"Mending the Broken"	38.50
Total	388.50

First, we're looking for another $100 in pledges to get that amount. After we get that, we're going after one or both of the really long Shiv poems, depending on how much money comes in. If we get more than just a few bucks toward that, we're likely to open one for microfunding.

As usual in these pools, all we ask is that you contribute some sum that is meaningful to you in support of any of these poems. What you get for this contribution is a hand in getting a decent-sized list of poems sponsored for everyone to enjoy, and also the opportunity to sponsor, or propose for sponsorship if you aren't able to cover the entire amount, a target poem of your own, for which you also get the quarter-price rate. So, instead of paying half price for a poem you want, you can pay half that plus some more for the pool to sponsor more stuff you might like.

If that sounds good to you, leave a comment here indicating how much you want to contribute to the pool, and what additional targets you might have. Friday morning, before noon ysabetwordsmith time (CST=UTC-6), I will send those of you who don't already have it the PayPal handle of my financial representative for Fishbowl matters, where you can send the money before you go to bed Friday. I will forward the amount on Saturday, and, shortly thereafter, poetry will start to appear.

Thanks for your help on this. I have a lot of fun running these and seeing the results.-

Comments

[fuzzyred]

Looking over your list, I see that only my Polychrome targets are on it. Would it be possible to add "Inside, Outside, on the Floor" and "A Gentle Whisper" ($5 and $26.75, respectively)? I think you counted them the first time you were tallying my contributions, but they possibly got missed in the official tally.

[ng_moonmoth]

It appears they did. I will add them and update the total.

[fuzzyred]

Thank you :)

(I'm really hoping we can get a lot of poems out of this one *fingers crossed*)

[bairnsidhe]

I have $25 I was going to pitch to the sale, but my chronic decision-failure made picking one hard. I'll happily toss it to the pool and enjoy whatever you get with it (Although I do like Shiv, too, a long one of his thread would be great.)

EDIT: PM me with the paypal info and I'll send it!

[ng_moonmoth]

This way you get to pick them all! Thanks!

We're also hoping we get enough money so we can at least start a long Shiv poem. Any rooting support might help.

PayPal info coming next.

[technoshaman]

Where are you at, just the one other contributor?

I could tag the Iron Horses pair... those are the quarter-price values, I take it?

So far, yeah

[ng_moonmoth]

But if you were to toss in for the Iron Horses, that would have enough left over to make some progress on one of the Shiv poems.

Yes, those are the quarter-price numbers. PayPal handle is same as it ever was; if you don't have it, I can send it to you again.

Re: So far, yeah

[technoshaman]

ah, heck, I had an emergency work thing come up. I finally got it done; I'll get things moved and out to you ASAP.

Re: So far, yeah

[technoshaman]

IN!

Re: So far, yeah

[ng_moonmoth]

Got it. Thanks for playing.