Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
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Welcome to Winterfaire 2012

The Winterfaire spreads out as far as the eye can see. Some booths show streamers of red and green, while others sport blue and silver. All of them offer treasure after shining treasure. Music fills the air with lyrics of Christmas, Hannukah, Kwanzaa, Solstice, and Yule. From the Wordsmith's Forge comes the bright chiming of words being hammered into literature. Delicious scents of hot chocolate, spiced cider, peppermint, baking cookies, and gingerbread tantalize the appetite. Smiling, laughing shoppers amble from booth to booth with lists in hand. Vendors grin back, calling out, "Come try, come buy...!"

I 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!)  If that runs out, I may pick another.  New perk poem: "Hrafn's Nest" (19 verses, Hart's Farm).  Because, you see, all of these activities will unlock a verse each time someone does them:
* 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!
Tags: art, crafts, cyberfunded creativity, economics, event, holiday, music, networking, reading, shopping, writing
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Booth: Stacy Danielle Stephens

msstacy13

November 26 2012, 14:38:55 UTC 8 years ago

The Bohemian Girl and other stories.
Here are truly funny stories of people in pain, where the pain is not hidden or laughed at - an impressive balancing act that Stephens executes with intriguing sensitivity that avoids sentimentality. Her writing is nothing less than brilliant.
-Kimberly Todd Wade (Amazon Verified Purchase)

Again and again Stacy Stephens returns to the themes of transsexual identity, Roman Catholicism, and outsiders living in an insular Nebraska environment. Ms. Stephens has a good command of language; her word choice is sometimes quirky, but often just what is needed to bring the scenes and characters to life. While many of the stories in this collection are entertaining and informative or even shocking, "Why Had Coronado Never Gone Back to Spain?" stands out as a nearly perfect example of what a short story should be.
-Kate Jonez (Rec'd a review copy)


The Nothing That Is and other stories.
Opening this book of short stories is like opening a velvet box filled with bright gems, sparkling, calling to you to pick them up one by one and watch them shine in the light. The voices in these stories are real and earthy, conversational. Some stories are dramatic with powerful endings, while others are short vignettes, almost, with a more quiet power. Most deal with non-hetero themes and characters, and it is striking how Ms. Stephens's powerful and beautiful language shows that the languages of love and lust come in many forms. I highly recommend this if you are looking for intriguing literary short fiction that will draw you in.
-Blood of Winter (Amazon Verified Purchase)

I really enjoyed going on adventures with this author. You are taken back to another time and immersed in the loves and losses the rich characters face. Stacy has a way of setting the scene, and even though the each passage may only be a few pages long, you feel you know the characters whole life story when thru.
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