Couple Questions For You
13 years ago
Currently closed for story commissions! See this journal for details if you want to look anyway.
Hey guys, just thought I'd point out for anyone who hadn't noticed yet that I've gone and renamed the "Dave and Kelly" series "I Love You Twice", after a phrase that is near and dear to the main characters' hearts. n_n
There wasn't a big, complicated reason for this, I've just thought for a while now that simply labelling the stories with their names was a bit plain, and that it would be nice to give their overall story an actual title. Oh, and since it was originally called "I Love You Twice", I went and renamed my posting of the picture of the two of them done by
MidnightDraven a few years back "Midnight Foreplay".
The reason that I bring it up now is that I'm also planning to rename the stories about the Thompsons, though I'm having a bit more trouble with that since Eric and Milo don't have a handy catchphrase to utilize. :B
So on that note, I was wondering if any of you fine people had any suggestions for what to call that series? Be nice to hear some opinions and ideas from outside my own head, see if they sound any better. XD
Oh, and while I'm journaling, I thought I'd mention; after getting a bit of experience last year writing stories for other people, I'm seriously considering opening for commissions this year. So I wanted to check for interest in such an endeavour before I started, ask you guys what kind of price you'd be willing to pay for the kind of time and effort that would go into one of my stories.
Now, mind you, I wouldn't be actually opening commissions right away, it'd probably be a few months from now, but it seems a good idea to me to gauge interest early on.
JOURNAL OVER.
There wasn't a big, complicated reason for this, I've just thought for a while now that simply labelling the stories with their names was a bit plain, and that it would be nice to give their overall story an actual title. Oh, and since it was originally called "I Love You Twice", I went and renamed my posting of the picture of the two of them done by
MidnightDraven a few years back "Midnight Foreplay". The reason that I bring it up now is that I'm also planning to rename the stories about the Thompsons, though I'm having a bit more trouble with that since Eric and Milo don't have a handy catchphrase to utilize. :B
So on that note, I was wondering if any of you fine people had any suggestions for what to call that series? Be nice to hear some opinions and ideas from outside my own head, see if they sound any better. XD
Oh, and while I'm journaling, I thought I'd mention; after getting a bit of experience last year writing stories for other people, I'm seriously considering opening for commissions this year. So I wanted to check for interest in such an endeavour before I started, ask you guys what kind of price you'd be willing to pay for the kind of time and effort that would go into one of my stories.
Now, mind you, I wouldn't be actually opening commissions right away, it'd probably be a few months from now, but it seems a good idea to me to gauge interest early on.
JOURNAL OVER.
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Actually...writing this (and due to an immense amount of boredom) could always go for something Milo has said in the past. 'Am I a buttslut?"
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Ignore that last bit, I have no idea what I'm talking about anymore. >.>;
The road less traveled
Family comes first
O brother. where art thou? (if you feel like copyright infringement)
Actually, that third one would probably be my serious suggestion. While she's only been occasionally involved, Anne is part of the taboo exploration in that series. It also reflects nicely on Milo's relationship issues with Angela being balanced with that whole "I regularly have sex with my brother" thing.
As for commissions, I'd be interested if I had money. I think you should go for it, though be careful not to overload yourself. You still want to be able to write your own stuff as well. Perhaps set aside a block later in the year for an "iron writer" challenge or something? I've seen other writers like Jeevestheroo do stuff like that.
As soon as I get more money I would love to commission you. I have so many ideas in my head
I think 4 or 5 CAD per 1000 words or so, would be adequate
Even with that said, I thought the reasoning behind volpethrope's suggestion for "Eric and Milo" was really good. So, if you still want to give all your series proper names, "Family Comes First" or something of a similar sentiment would likely be best on that front.
If there was only one writer I would ever consider commissioning, it would most definitely be you. The only problem I would have with that would be that the only story ideas currently on my mind are so detailed and concrete that I don't think I could be satisfied unless I wrote them by myself. Given that, if I did commission you, it would have to be either a couple years down the road for one of my own ideas, or for you to continue one of your existing stories.
Tho, I guess that leaves me to ask, what types of commissions would you be open to doing? Some people are more strict with what they would do as a commission than they are with their own stories, while others are willing to dip into their "hates" list at the behest of another, so some details on this would be helpful. And, most relevant to my own current interest, do you think you would be willing and, most importantly, able to do continuations of existing stories by commission, rather then by your own whims?
Now, I need to eventually go comment on "A Blue's Acceptance" sometime before too long.
I'm glad for the support for the commissions, too. n_n I was curious what you meant, though, by the idea of commissioning me to continue my own stories. If you meant paying me, for example, to do a Dave and Kelly story right away instead of when I'd been planning to, that probably wouldn't be a problem. But I don't know if I'd be as comfortable with the idea of writing, again as an example, an Eric and Milo story with the details customized to a commissioner's ideas, as my series-es tend to be somewhat personal to me.
As far as the commissions go, aside from the possibility of some private feedback, I would certainly want to see you run with your own ideas without any real intrusion. And, while I am extremely tempted to pay you to do another Dave and Kelly story right away already, and likely will at some point too, there has actually been a few of your 1-shots and at least one 2-shot story that I would like to see more from.
Now, just as you've never really done a proper commission before, I've never commissioned someone before, so I hope I can get a pay-pal set up for this purpose by the time you are ready to open them up. My biggest concern is figuring out which to start with. Maybe, if my cash flow is agreeable, I'll just start with the oldest one and go chronologically.