busyI know a lot of artists, writers, musicians, crafters, and other talented folks who make some of their living from their creative endeavors. I don't always have the money to support them as much as I'd like, but what I can do is set up a virtual faire where vendors can offer their wares to an audience that likes crafts, literature, and small businesses. For those of you doing your holiday shopping, here's an opportunity to buy something made with love, something unusual or unique, in a way that helps make it possible for creative people to go on creating wonders. And there will be no traffic jams, stampedes, or gunfights at the Winterfaire!
Vendors: If you have goods or services suitable for holiday gifts, please put up a booth by replying with a description of what you sell, an estimate of your price range if possible, and some kind of contact information so shoppers can reach you. If you have a website (Etsy, DeviantArt, personal, whatever) showcasing your work in more detail, include the link(s). If you have holiday freebies, such as downloadable greeting card imagery, you're welcome to promote those too. For ease of identification, I recommend titling your reply starting with "BOOTH:" followed by the name of your business or type of goodies.
Shoppers: If you're looking for something specific and it's not posted yet, feel free to ask. Someone else may know where to find it! "SHOPPING FOR:" and the topic would be a good title.
Everyone: You may help promote the Winterfaire by linking to this post from your own blog or site. If you have a similar holiday-networking post, you may link to it in a comment on this post.
Participation Perk: I'm offering poetry for participation, beginning with verses of "With Its Head Cut Off" (28 verses) from the Path of the Paladins series. (Completed!)
* link to this Winterfaire page to boost the signal
* comment posting a Booth of your wares/services in the Winterfaire
* buy something from a vendor listed in the Winterfaire
* host a similar holiday market in your own blog or other venue
LiveJournal will notify me of comments to the Winterfaire post and links to it elsewhere on LJ; for everything else, you need to TELL ME in order to get credit for it.
Similar Markets:
Do you know of another indie holiday shopping post? Let me know and I'll link it here.
Jaguar's Black Friday Bazaar
The Winterfaire at Angel's Place
Handmade Holiday Shopping
2012 Holiday Bazaar
Happy holidays!
Booth: The Many Worlds of K. A. Jones
November 26 2012, 10:46:11 UTC 8 years ago Edited: November 26 2012, 10:48:54 UTC
All the stories that are publicly posted can be read at: http://www.kajoneswriting.co.uk/, which is mirrored here:
If you have spare cash then I take donations or I have a credit system, where you can earn credits that can later be spent on new stories, creating new characters, and much more. December is double credits month, so sign up if you're interested: http://www.kajoneswriting.co.uk/credits-count/.
You can also sponsor a story: http://www.kajoneswriting.co.uk/crowdfunding/sponsor-a-story/; commission a story: http://www.kajoneswriting.co.uk/commissions/; rent a setting: http://www.kajoneswriting.co.uk/crowdfunding/rent-a-setting/; adopt a character http://www.kajoneswriting.co.uk/crowdfunding/adopt-a-character/; or create an ebook: http://www.kajoneswriting.co.uk/ebooks/. December is sale month so these will all be half price from the 1st.
The first advent story is available to download as a free ebook: http://www.kajoneswriting.co.uk/free-ebooks/ (which is a bit of an experiment, so if anyone does download the epub or mobi versions and they don't work then let me know), and, again, from the 1st I will begin posting the second advent story.
(Edited to make the links work... I hope.)