Half-Price Sale in Polychrome Heroics
This week, the poetry of Polychrome Heroics is on sale for half price from Monday, March 20 through Sunday, March 26. This series is superhero fantasy. It features themes of heroism, coming of age, diversity, identity kink, family of choice, friendship, and cultural engineering. Sale prices range from $2.50 to $147, so hopefully there will be something for everyone.
Prices on open epics are locked at the time of opening; however, if anyone wants to donate to open epics and buy poetry, spending $100 will get you the quarter-price rate on the new poems, regardless of the rate on the open epic(s) you support. There are two open epics at present, so you may open another if you wish. "The Heart's Best Tenant" belongs to the Steamsmith series. It needs $119 to be complete. "Within the Souls of Men" belongs to the Shiv thread of the Polychrome Heroics series. It needs $301 to be complete.
We are repeating the special discount for purchases of $100 or more, in which you get poetry at 25% of its original price instead of 50%. (Note that this increases the amount of poetry you get, rather than reducing the amount of money spent; the point is to get this stuff off of my desk. Yes, I can afford it.) That size of donation also makes you a k-fan which comes with some other perks, like a year-end collection of a poetic series. If several folks want to bundle their orders to make the $100 threshold and have one person send it all, that's okay; you'll get the discount and I'll list all your names as donors, but you'll have to decide amongst you who gets the k-fan credit. If you host a pool, please close it the day before the sale closes, so you have time to collect funds and turn them in on time.
Linkback perk: The following poems have verses left to reveal. Boost the signal for this half-price sale and tell me which poem you want to extend.
"In the Shade of the Mighty Oak,"
"Let the Children Lead Us,"
"Autumn's Palette,"
"Pumpkin Spice Prosperity,"
"Delight in Another,"
"A Sense of Weather Changes,"
"Ouroboros Insects,"
"The Loving Embrace of Night,"
"Generations of Cooks Past,"
"Begin to Understand Ourselves,"
"Homefree and Clear, "
"One Bite at a Time,"
"Stars and Diamonds,"
"Mishpocha,"
"There's an Art to It,"
"The Glass Cat."
"The Cats of Oz"
About characters and storylines: The storylines feature multiple characters, so if you want poems about ONE specific character, look closely. The thumbnail descriptions here give some indication who features in each poem. The storyline pages are adding precise, complete information about which characters appear in each poem. If you need more than what's already visible, you can ask me.
About timing: If you want maximum choice, shop early. We usually send a batch of things to my father near the end of a sale, and those poems will be posted as I have time.
About pools: Yes, you can combine your funds with other prompters to get the quarter-price rate. Yes, you can combine your funds with other prompters to buy a bigger poem. Yes, you can offer to match donations by other people. However, the wordsmith is not also a math whiz! After several attempts to find a way that I can work with pools and matches, I have concluded that this is over my head. (I did figure out how to avoid generating fractional pennies, though: all initial prices are now whole dollars, which means they cut evenly into halves and quarters.) So if you want to host a pool or a match, make a post for that in your blog or other venue, then comment here with what you're doing and include a link to wherever the discussion will be. You figure out the poems, you collect the funds, and when stuff is fully funded, you send me the money and the list of what it's for. Then I'll post the goodies. Please close the pool in time to collect donations by the end of the sale, so I can start posting pool poems no later than the day after the sale.
Before placing your order, please check this sale page to see what is still unsold! I will try to update the page as things sell, and it's likely to be the case that some poems will be marked SOLD before appearing in posts. People often buy things in batches, which means that selling gets ahead of posting. Also sometimes people ask for the same thing at the same time, so that not all overlaps are preventable. If you have alternate instructions in case you request something that has just sold, please include that in your message; otherwise I'll email you back and ask what you want to do.
Currently available are the following poems. Some are in series chronological order, and others are just kind of stuck wherever, because sequencing Polychrome Heroics is like trying to sequence a dozen different comic book titles from the same publisher. See the thread page for Shiv.
FOR SALE
16 poems, $2,143 ÷ 2 = $1071.50
prices from $2.50 to $147
FINN FAMILY (2 poems,was $188, sale price $94)
"Quantifying Language"
Story Date: Friday, July 10, 2015
Summary: Some people think in physics instead of English, and need new words for that.
106 lines,was $53, sale price $26.50 SOLD
"The Best Gifts Come from the Heart"
Story Date: Monday, August 22, 2016
Summary: Halley introduces a new material.
269 lines,was $135, sale price $67.50 SOLD
KRAKEN (2 poems,was $298, sale price $149)
"Let the World Try to Catch Up"
Summary: Gearshift oversees the Schmidt Makerspace in Thalassia.
346 lines,was $173, sale price $86.50
"The Language of Unity"
Story Date: Monday, December 19, 2016
Summary: Hunfried, Albert, and Hyperspaceman work to identify the differences between their dimension and another.
249 lines,was $125, sale price $62.50
PICT POEMS (2 poems,was $35, sale price $17.50)
"Heather Shade"
Summary: A schotra, or shadow poem, about heather and Picts.
16 lines,was $20, sale price $10 SOLD
Double-price for research.
"The Moss Around Their Toes"
Summary: A Pict poem about giant stones.
40 lines,was $15, sale price $7.50 SOLD
RUTLEDGE (7 poems,was $1216, sale price $608)
"Alice Walks the Sky Road"
Story Date: 1930s-present
Summary: This is the history of the Rutledge-Abenaki Airport.
371 lines,was $186, sale price $93
"ACROCAT"
Story Date: Friday, May 30, 2014
Summary: A cat tries to hunt from indoors.
7 lines,was $5, sale price $2.50
"The First Thing You Will Be Questioned About"
Story Date: Afternoon of Saturday, December 6, 2014
Summary: Oscar and Labib bicker over prayer time.
266 lines,was $133, sale price $66.50
"A Tumultuous Privacy of Storm"
Story Date: Saturday, December 27, 2014
Summary: Oscar is visiting Syrian friends when a blizzard hits.
588 lines,was $294, sale price $147
"Connoisseurs of Comfort"
Story Date: Evening of Wednesday, May 6, 2015
Summary: Karimah and Afra attend a crafting party at Emerald Mountain Glen where they make cat beds.
344 lines,was $172, sale price $86 SOLD
"What Herbs Go Well"
Story Date: Saturday, October 1, 2015
Summary: Kardal trades lunches with a French-American food truck owner, and they discuss fusion food.
457 lines,was $229, sale price $114.50
"Do Something Different Inside"
Story Date: Saturday, June 11, 2016
Summary: Oscar introduces Kardal to Bumbleberry Acres.
393 lines,was $197, sale price $98.50
SHIV (3 poems,was $406, sale price $203)
"Recognize Your Disabilities But Emphasize Your Possibilities"
Story Date: Saturday, June 4, 2016
Summary: Shiv meets Ahimsa, who runs an animal charity at Hanson Hall.
345 lines,was $173, sale price $86.50 SOLD
"Firgun"
Story Date: Thursday, June 9, 2016
Summary: Simcha likes Shiv and enjoys making him happy.
159 lines,was $80, sale price $40 SOLD
"The Living Riot of a Coral Reef"
Story Date: Wednesday, September 21, 2016
Summary: Shiv, Alicia, Aida, and Steel work on a set of coral reef structures.
301 lines,was $151, sale price $76.50
Prices on open epics are locked at the time of opening; however, if anyone wants to donate to open epics and buy poetry, spending $100 will get you the quarter-price rate on the new poems, regardless of the rate on the open epic(s) you support. There are two open epics at present, so you may open another if you wish. "The Heart's Best Tenant" belongs to the Steamsmith series. It needs $119 to be complete. "Within the Souls of Men" belongs to the Shiv thread of the Polychrome Heroics series. It needs $301 to be complete.
We are repeating the special discount for purchases of $100 or more, in which you get poetry at 25% of its original price instead of 50%. (Note that this increases the amount of poetry you get, rather than reducing the amount of money spent; the point is to get this stuff off of my desk. Yes, I can afford it.) That size of donation also makes you a k-fan which comes with some other perks, like a year-end collection of a poetic series. If several folks want to bundle their orders to make the $100 threshold and have one person send it all, that's okay; you'll get the discount and I'll list all your names as donors, but you'll have to decide amongst you who gets the k-fan credit. If you host a pool, please close it the day before the sale closes, so you have time to collect funds and turn them in on time.
Linkback perk: The following poems have verses left to reveal. Boost the signal for this half-price sale and tell me which poem you want to extend.
"In the Shade of the Mighty Oak,"
"Let the Children Lead Us,"
"Autumn's Palette,"
"Pumpkin Spice Prosperity,"
"Delight in Another,"
"A Sense of Weather Changes,"
"Ouroboros Insects,"
"The Loving Embrace of Night,"
"Generations of Cooks Past,"
"Begin to Understand Ourselves,"
"Homefree and Clear, "
"One Bite at a Time,"
"Stars and Diamonds,"
"Mishpocha,"
"There's an Art to It,"
"The Glass Cat."
"The Cats of Oz"
About characters and storylines: The storylines feature multiple characters, so if you want poems about ONE specific character, look closely. The thumbnail descriptions here give some indication who features in each poem. The storyline pages are adding precise, complete information about which characters appear in each poem. If you need more than what's already visible, you can ask me.
About timing: If you want maximum choice, shop early. We usually send a batch of things to my father near the end of a sale, and those poems will be posted as I have time.
About pools: Yes, you can combine your funds with other prompters to get the quarter-price rate. Yes, you can combine your funds with other prompters to buy a bigger poem. Yes, you can offer to match donations by other people. However, the wordsmith is not also a math whiz! After several attempts to find a way that I can work with pools and matches, I have concluded that this is over my head. (I did figure out how to avoid generating fractional pennies, though: all initial prices are now whole dollars, which means they cut evenly into halves and quarters.) So if you want to host a pool or a match, make a post for that in your blog or other venue, then comment here with what you're doing and include a link to wherever the discussion will be. You figure out the poems, you collect the funds, and when stuff is fully funded, you send me the money and the list of what it's for. Then I'll post the goodies. Please close the pool in time to collect donations by the end of the sale, so I can start posting pool poems no later than the day after the sale.
Before placing your order, please check this sale page to see what is still unsold! I will try to update the page as things sell, and it's likely to be the case that some poems will be marked SOLD before appearing in posts. People often buy things in batches, which means that selling gets ahead of posting. Also sometimes people ask for the same thing at the same time, so that not all overlaps are preventable. If you have alternate instructions in case you request something that has just sold, please include that in your message; otherwise I'll email you back and ask what you want to do.
Currently available are the following poems. Some are in series chronological order, and others are just kind of stuck wherever, because sequencing Polychrome Heroics is like trying to sequence a dozen different comic book titles from the same publisher. See the thread page for Shiv.
FOR SALE
16 poems, $2,143 ÷ 2 = $1071.50
prices from $2.50 to $147
FINN FAMILY (2 poems,
"Quantifying Language"
Story Date: Friday, July 10, 2015
Summary: Some people think in physics instead of English, and need new words for that.
106 lines,
"The Best Gifts Come from the Heart"
Story Date: Monday, August 22, 2016
Summary: Halley introduces a new material.
269 lines,
KRAKEN (2 poems,
"Let the World Try to Catch Up"
Summary: Gearshift oversees the Schmidt Makerspace in Thalassia.
346 lines,
"The Language of Unity"
Story Date: Monday, December 19, 2016
Summary: Hunfried, Albert, and Hyperspaceman work to identify the differences between their dimension and another.
249 lines,
PICT POEMS (2 poems,
"Heather Shade"
Summary: A schotra, or shadow poem, about heather and Picts.
16 lines,
"The Moss Around Their Toes"
Summary: A Pict poem about giant stones.
40 lines,
RUTLEDGE (7 poems,
"Alice Walks the Sky Road"
Story Date: 1930s-present
Summary: This is the history of the Rutledge-Abenaki Airport.
371 lines,
"ACROCAT"
Story Date: Friday, May 30, 2014
Summary: A cat tries to hunt from indoors.
7 lines,
"The First Thing You Will Be Questioned About"
Story Date: Afternoon of Saturday, December 6, 2014
Summary: Oscar and Labib bicker over prayer time.
266 lines,
"A Tumultuous Privacy of Storm"
Story Date: Saturday, December 27, 2014
Summary: Oscar is visiting Syrian friends when a blizzard hits.
588 lines,
"Connoisseurs of Comfort"
Story Date: Evening of Wednesday, May 6, 2015
Summary: Karimah and Afra attend a crafting party at Emerald Mountain Glen where they make cat beds.
344 lines,
"What Herbs Go Well"
Story Date: Saturday, October 1, 2015
Summary: Kardal trades lunches with a French-American food truck owner, and they discuss fusion food.
457 lines,
"Do Something Different Inside"
Story Date: Saturday, June 11, 2016
Summary: Oscar introduces Kardal to Bumbleberry Acres.
393 lines,
SHIV (3 poems,
"Recognize Your Disabilities But Emphasize Your Possibilities"
Story Date: Saturday, June 4, 2016
Summary: Shiv meets Ahimsa, who runs an animal charity at Hanson Hall.
345 lines,
"Firgun"
Story Date: Thursday, June 9, 2016
Summary: Simcha likes Shiv and enjoys making him happy.
159 lines,
"The Living Riot of a Coral Reef"
Story Date: Wednesday, September 21, 2016
Summary: Shiv, Alicia, Aida, and Steel work on a set of coral reef structures.
301 lines,