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12 years ago
Well, I'm going to be attempting an experiment. I don't know if anyone else on FA does this, but I suspect they do since not everyone can draw or feels comfortable drawing, so I figured I will put my own service out there. I am now going to be accepting commissions for writing.
Please bear in mind, the reason for the prices being what they are is both length and the fact that I am devoting time to the commissions which would normally be spent working on various pieces of fiction of my own which I have been working on for the last few years which are in varying stages of readiness for publication, which still requires money for the preparation of materials and other such issues.
Please note: page lengths are based on word count from a copy of Microsoft Word with one-inch margins on all sides, as per standard manuscript submission guidelines as detailed in Formatting and submitting your manuscript, Third Edition, published by Writer's Digest.
PRICING
NON-SEXUAL STORIES
snippet (1 page, roughly 347 words): $10.00 USD
scene (5 pages, roughly 1,735 words): $25.00 USD
extended scene (10-12 pages, roughly between 3,470-4,164 words) : $40.00 USD
Short story (50 pages, roughly 17, 350 words): $75.00 USD
Flash Novelette (80 pages, roughly 27,760 words): $100.00 USD
Novelette (100 pages-150 pages, roughly 34,700- 52,050 words): $125 USD
Non-sexual stories can have sex scenes in them, but sex and/or romance are not the focus of such stories. For erotica prices, see below.
PRICING
EROTICA
snippet (1 page, roughly 347 words): $12.00 USD
scene (5 pages, roughly 1,735 words): $30.00 USD
extended scene (10-12 pages, roughly between 3,470-4,164 words) : $50.00 USD
Short story (50 pages, roughly 17, 350 words): $90.00 USD
Flash Novelette (80 pages, roughly 27,760 words): $120.00 USD
Novelette (100 pages-150 pages, roughly 34,700- 52,050 words): $140.00 USD
Erotica prices are higher because I am not as practiced with them and so they are a bit more difficult. Erotica stories will be stories that focus on romance and/or extensive sexual scenes.
WHAT I WILL NOT WRITE:
Snuff
Pedophilia
torture for the sake of torture
vore
scat
male/male romance/sex scenes or relationships. (This is not because I have anything against gay men, but because I cannot write something I cannot picture in my head. I feel I need to be able to make myself feel what the characters feel as I'm writing them in the story in order to give them some semblance of life as I create the story. As I am a straight male, I have a difficult time picturing myself being attracted to another male, and if I don't believe it, it will show in my writing because any gay males would feel flat. If I can't make it seem real in the story to me, it's likely not going to feel real to the commissioner of the work, and I won't produce sub-par writing just to make a buck.)
WHAT I WILL WRITE
Action/Adventure
Sci-Fi
Fantasy (Caveat: I am not the biggest reader of Fantasy so whatever Fantasy I produce may be different from what you expect.)
Tournament stories (Characters involved in fighting tournaments, a la Street Fighter or Mortal Kombat, etc., along with events that lead to the characters being at the tournement itself and around it between fights.)
Any other ideas are case by case, as I am not great shakes at thriller, mystery, or drama, but if you believe I am the writer for you, you may ask, and if I feel I can make the idea work, I will take the commission.
REGARDING CHARACTERS:
This part is important. I will write about your characters and, if their creators note me with proof that they have given permission for you to do so, have them encounter other people's characters here on the site. However I prefer that all characters be your own idea if possible. I am unsure of the legality of writing straight up 'fan fiction' for profit featuring established characters. Though if the character is clearly written as a parody of the original, this might— MIGHT— be possible. But for the time being, I am not going to be having your characters meet up with The Doctor, Captain Picard, Spider-Man, etc. until I know for sure how legal parodies of characters are. I will edit this section as time and ability provide.
PAYMENT METHODS
I believe in multiple methods of payment being available. As such I accept Paypal, Cash by mail, payment via Western Union, and money order by mail. No personal checks please. Payment by paypal is preferred, but Western Union will work just as well. I will note you my email address if you wish to pay via Paypal, and make arrangements for how to set up western union if necessary, as I have not used Western Union myself yet.
HOW TO COMMISSION ME:
1. Send me a note saying you want a commission. I may have no slots for commissions at the time, in which case you'll be given the option to be put on a waiting list for when slots become available.
2. Once I get back to you via note, send me a note providing all the details of what you want, including the size of the commission, what characters are involved, what the driving force of the characters' journey is (Essentially the purpose of the plot, whether it be revenge for a fallen friend/family member, wanting to save the world, etc.) , and the general resolution to the story you have in mind. (Note, if you want to leave the resolution up to me, I will take five percent off the price of your commission. )
3. Once I have accepted the commission, I will require payment up front for anything below Short Story price. I can work on installment payment plans for Short Story through Novelette, but the work will not begin until payment starts on higher priced work. The completed work will also not be provided to you until payment has been made in full.
4. Please be aware that I am also in the process of writing novels of my own intended for professional publication at the same time I am working on commissions, so these may not necessarily have immediate turnarounds. Just as is the case with artists who provide commissions here, I have a life outside of these commissions, and so it may interfere with the speed in which I can get these to you. If you absolutely must have these by a certain date please make this known to me when you commission me, so that I can hunker down and get the stuff done as soon as possible to meet your deadline.
5. Should you ask for a commission but no attempt at payment is made, you will be rotated back into the waiting list or, if you decide not to have your commission done, obviously dropped from rotation altogether.
6. I reserve the right to maintain copies of these stories for my own personal work portfolio and retain all rights to the work. The work will be provided as a read-only PDF, with author's name and date of finished product in the header of the first page. You may post the work on your web site, but I must be credited as the author. I also reserve the right to put up the work in my own gallery, website, blog, etc. All ideas and characters in the work not directly provided by the commissioner will be considered property of the author (i.e. me) Anyone wishing to purchase the full rights to the work will need to make this known at the time of the first note, and pay an additional charge to be discussed. Otherwise all rights are considered to remain with the author rather than the commissioner of the work. Any stories which are not paid for in full by the time of completion will become the property of the author. Any ideas presented for commission which are not paid for are considered to have been given to the author, who reserves the right to use and/or alter for the author's own purposes.
6a. If you wish me to ghost write for you (in other words, I write the story but put your name in as the author in whatever is sent to you) this can be arranged, however I reserve the right to keep the work (with detailed information about the fact that I am indeed the original author working under the commissioner's name for the purpose of the work) and all invoices regarding it on record for purposes of legal protection against any and all attempts to claim plagiarism or other such things. I don't believe anyone would necessarily buy something from me and then try to claim I plagiarized them, but weirder things have happened in the world. This is just to cover my own ass.
7. I reserve the right not to accept a commission for any reason whatsoever. This is non-negotiable. I will try to make a point to at least give a reason for why I don't accept a commission, but there may come the occasional time when I will deny the work for reasons I have no desire to share.
TRADES
I am willing to accept trades for my work. Most likely to be artwork for writing, as I honestly cannot draw even stick figures to save my life. The more detailed the story on my side, the more detailed I would likely ask the art to be in exchange from the other half of the trade.
Examples of my work
(note, all pieces here are currently Fanfiction only. However an original piece will be joining these in the future that will be posted here on furaffinity.):
The Shogun Six (WIP) My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic fanfic.
The Conversion Bureau: The Warrior's Way (WIP) My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic fanfiction based on the Conversion Bureau concept.
The Last (Complete. One Shot.) Godzilla: The Series/The Last Unicorn Crossover fic.
You Deserve This (Complete. One Shot. For now.) Naruto/Rosario x Vampire/Ghost Rider crossover. Not my best work. Done for the pure hell of it as a fan sequel to The True Monster done with permission of the original fic's author. May have a few minor spelling mistakes in it, but I'm too lazy to fix them at present.
Funeral For a Friend (Complete. One Shot.)
Digimon Tamers fanfic.
Angel of Vengeance (WIP)
Digimon Tamers/Spawn crossover.
Shadowed Leaf (WIP) Naruto fic.
Please bear in mind, the reason for the prices being what they are is both length and the fact that I am devoting time to the commissions which would normally be spent working on various pieces of fiction of my own which I have been working on for the last few years which are in varying stages of readiness for publication, which still requires money for the preparation of materials and other such issues.
Please note: page lengths are based on word count from a copy of Microsoft Word with one-inch margins on all sides, as per standard manuscript submission guidelines as detailed in Formatting and submitting your manuscript, Third Edition, published by Writer's Digest.
PRICING
NON-SEXUAL STORIES
snippet (1 page, roughly 347 words): $10.00 USD
scene (5 pages, roughly 1,735 words): $25.00 USD
extended scene (10-12 pages, roughly between 3,470-4,164 words) : $40.00 USD
Short story (50 pages, roughly 17, 350 words): $75.00 USD
Flash Novelette (80 pages, roughly 27,760 words): $100.00 USD
Novelette (100 pages-150 pages, roughly 34,700- 52,050 words): $125 USD
Non-sexual stories can have sex scenes in them, but sex and/or romance are not the focus of such stories. For erotica prices, see below.
PRICING
EROTICA
snippet (1 page, roughly 347 words): $12.00 USD
scene (5 pages, roughly 1,735 words): $30.00 USD
extended scene (10-12 pages, roughly between 3,470-4,164 words) : $50.00 USD
Short story (50 pages, roughly 17, 350 words): $90.00 USD
Flash Novelette (80 pages, roughly 27,760 words): $120.00 USD
Novelette (100 pages-150 pages, roughly 34,700- 52,050 words): $140.00 USD
Erotica prices are higher because I am not as practiced with them and so they are a bit more difficult. Erotica stories will be stories that focus on romance and/or extensive sexual scenes.
WHAT I WILL NOT WRITE:
Snuff
Pedophilia
torture for the sake of torture
vore
scat
male/male romance/sex scenes or relationships. (This is not because I have anything against gay men, but because I cannot write something I cannot picture in my head. I feel I need to be able to make myself feel what the characters feel as I'm writing them in the story in order to give them some semblance of life as I create the story. As I am a straight male, I have a difficult time picturing myself being attracted to another male, and if I don't believe it, it will show in my writing because any gay males would feel flat. If I can't make it seem real in the story to me, it's likely not going to feel real to the commissioner of the work, and I won't produce sub-par writing just to make a buck.)
WHAT I WILL WRITE
Action/Adventure
Sci-Fi
Fantasy (Caveat: I am not the biggest reader of Fantasy so whatever Fantasy I produce may be different from what you expect.)
Tournament stories (Characters involved in fighting tournaments, a la Street Fighter or Mortal Kombat, etc., along with events that lead to the characters being at the tournement itself and around it between fights.)
Any other ideas are case by case, as I am not great shakes at thriller, mystery, or drama, but if you believe I am the writer for you, you may ask, and if I feel I can make the idea work, I will take the commission.
REGARDING CHARACTERS:
This part is important. I will write about your characters and, if their creators note me with proof that they have given permission for you to do so, have them encounter other people's characters here on the site. However I prefer that all characters be your own idea if possible. I am unsure of the legality of writing straight up 'fan fiction' for profit featuring established characters. Though if the character is clearly written as a parody of the original, this might— MIGHT— be possible. But for the time being, I am not going to be having your characters meet up with The Doctor, Captain Picard, Spider-Man, etc. until I know for sure how legal parodies of characters are. I will edit this section as time and ability provide.
PAYMENT METHODS
I believe in multiple methods of payment being available. As such I accept Paypal, Cash by mail, payment via Western Union, and money order by mail. No personal checks please. Payment by paypal is preferred, but Western Union will work just as well. I will note you my email address if you wish to pay via Paypal, and make arrangements for how to set up western union if necessary, as I have not used Western Union myself yet.
HOW TO COMMISSION ME:
1. Send me a note saying you want a commission. I may have no slots for commissions at the time, in which case you'll be given the option to be put on a waiting list for when slots become available.
2. Once I get back to you via note, send me a note providing all the details of what you want, including the size of the commission, what characters are involved, what the driving force of the characters' journey is (Essentially the purpose of the plot, whether it be revenge for a fallen friend/family member, wanting to save the world, etc.) , and the general resolution to the story you have in mind. (Note, if you want to leave the resolution up to me, I will take five percent off the price of your commission. )
3. Once I have accepted the commission, I will require payment up front for anything below Short Story price. I can work on installment payment plans for Short Story through Novelette, but the work will not begin until payment starts on higher priced work. The completed work will also not be provided to you until payment has been made in full.
4. Please be aware that I am also in the process of writing novels of my own intended for professional publication at the same time I am working on commissions, so these may not necessarily have immediate turnarounds. Just as is the case with artists who provide commissions here, I have a life outside of these commissions, and so it may interfere with the speed in which I can get these to you. If you absolutely must have these by a certain date please make this known to me when you commission me, so that I can hunker down and get the stuff done as soon as possible to meet your deadline.
5. Should you ask for a commission but no attempt at payment is made, you will be rotated back into the waiting list or, if you decide not to have your commission done, obviously dropped from rotation altogether.
6. I reserve the right to maintain copies of these stories for my own personal work portfolio and retain all rights to the work. The work will be provided as a read-only PDF, with author's name and date of finished product in the header of the first page. You may post the work on your web site, but I must be credited as the author. I also reserve the right to put up the work in my own gallery, website, blog, etc. All ideas and characters in the work not directly provided by the commissioner will be considered property of the author (i.e. me) Anyone wishing to purchase the full rights to the work will need to make this known at the time of the first note, and pay an additional charge to be discussed. Otherwise all rights are considered to remain with the author rather than the commissioner of the work. Any stories which are not paid for in full by the time of completion will become the property of the author. Any ideas presented for commission which are not paid for are considered to have been given to the author, who reserves the right to use and/or alter for the author's own purposes.
6a. If you wish me to ghost write for you (in other words, I write the story but put your name in as the author in whatever is sent to you) this can be arranged, however I reserve the right to keep the work (with detailed information about the fact that I am indeed the original author working under the commissioner's name for the purpose of the work) and all invoices regarding it on record for purposes of legal protection against any and all attempts to claim plagiarism or other such things. I don't believe anyone would necessarily buy something from me and then try to claim I plagiarized them, but weirder things have happened in the world. This is just to cover my own ass.
7. I reserve the right not to accept a commission for any reason whatsoever. This is non-negotiable. I will try to make a point to at least give a reason for why I don't accept a commission, but there may come the occasional time when I will deny the work for reasons I have no desire to share.
TRADES
I am willing to accept trades for my work. Most likely to be artwork for writing, as I honestly cannot draw even stick figures to save my life. The more detailed the story on my side, the more detailed I would likely ask the art to be in exchange from the other half of the trade.
Examples of my work
(note, all pieces here are currently Fanfiction only. However an original piece will be joining these in the future that will be posted here on furaffinity.):
The Shogun Six (WIP) My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic fanfic.
The Conversion Bureau: The Warrior's Way (WIP) My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic fanfiction based on the Conversion Bureau concept.
The Last (Complete. One Shot.) Godzilla: The Series/The Last Unicorn Crossover fic.
You Deserve This (Complete. One Shot. For now.) Naruto/Rosario x Vampire/Ghost Rider crossover. Not my best work. Done for the pure hell of it as a fan sequel to The True Monster done with permission of the original fic's author. May have a few minor spelling mistakes in it, but I'm too lazy to fix them at present.
Funeral For a Friend (Complete. One Shot.)
Digimon Tamers fanfic.
Angel of Vengeance (WIP)
Digimon Tamers/Spawn crossover.
Shadowed Leaf (WIP) Naruto fic.
