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11 years ago
Hey folks,
So, this is a first for me, and it's admittedly a little bit of an experiment, but I've decided to open up for story commissions. Also, with the Christmas season upon us, I thought it might be a good time to give it a go, in case anyone was in a gift-giving mood or anything like that.
Since writing, unlike visual art, is harder to break up into easy categories of complexity (such as sketch, lineart, flat colors, shading, etc.), and since story complexity isn't a linear function of story length, hopefully the breakdown I've got here makes sense to folks. Of course, if you need any sort of clarification on anything to see what best fits your idea, feel free to ask!
Here's the breakdown:
$25: Vignette (basically a scene, somewhere in the ballpark of 2000 words, similar to this story here)
$75: Simple Short Story (multiple scenes, more in depth with framing, probably in the neighborhood of 5000 words, more like this story
$200: Developed Short Story (stronger arc, probably more side characters and a stronger theme throughout, in the 10,000~12,500 range or thereabouts, like my two Reylin Saticoy stories 1 2)
Please keep in mind that these categories are just guidelines; it's certainly possible that a really complicated short story still might only come out to 8000 words, in which case it might fall closer to the Developed end of the pay scale; also, depending on what sort of story you're looking for (for instance, a historical fiction piece that requires me to do a fair bit of research) that might also incur extra costs that we can negotiate on an individual basis.
Also, for the month of December, I'm also offering Guaranteed Christmas Delivery (of a sorts) for those of you who want to surprise someone with a story gift (or those of you who are just impatient). If you want in on that, it's +$25 for a Simple story and +$50 for a Developed (Vignettes are short enough that it's a non-issue). Otherwise, I'll do my best to ballpark when your story will be finished, but keep in mind that I do work full time and it may not be a lightning-fast turnaround.
No 'slots' or anything; I'm going to just take commission requests until I feel that I'm at my comfortable limit of work to take on, and if things work out well, I'll probably reopen later on!
If you're interested, shoot me a note here, or email me at kmhirosaki at the hotmail. If you're curious about what I will and won't write, well... if it's something weird (and if you're asking for something weird, you'll know), ask, and we can see what/if I can do, but obviously I reserve the right to turn down any concept that I'm not comfortable writing.
So, this is a first for me, and it's admittedly a little bit of an experiment, but I've decided to open up for story commissions. Also, with the Christmas season upon us, I thought it might be a good time to give it a go, in case anyone was in a gift-giving mood or anything like that.
Since writing, unlike visual art, is harder to break up into easy categories of complexity (such as sketch, lineart, flat colors, shading, etc.), and since story complexity isn't a linear function of story length, hopefully the breakdown I've got here makes sense to folks. Of course, if you need any sort of clarification on anything to see what best fits your idea, feel free to ask!
Here's the breakdown:
$25: Vignette (basically a scene, somewhere in the ballpark of 2000 words, similar to this story here)
$75: Simple Short Story (multiple scenes, more in depth with framing, probably in the neighborhood of 5000 words, more like this story
$200: Developed Short Story (stronger arc, probably more side characters and a stronger theme throughout, in the 10,000~12,500 range or thereabouts, like my two Reylin Saticoy stories 1 2)
Please keep in mind that these categories are just guidelines; it's certainly possible that a really complicated short story still might only come out to 8000 words, in which case it might fall closer to the Developed end of the pay scale; also, depending on what sort of story you're looking for (for instance, a historical fiction piece that requires me to do a fair bit of research) that might also incur extra costs that we can negotiate on an individual basis.
Also, for the month of December, I'm also offering Guaranteed Christmas Delivery (of a sorts) for those of you who want to surprise someone with a story gift (or those of you who are just impatient). If you want in on that, it's +$25 for a Simple story and +$50 for a Developed (Vignettes are short enough that it's a non-issue). Otherwise, I'll do my best to ballpark when your story will be finished, but keep in mind that I do work full time and it may not be a lightning-fast turnaround.
No 'slots' or anything; I'm going to just take commission requests until I feel that I'm at my comfortable limit of work to take on, and if things work out well, I'll probably reopen later on!
If you're interested, shoot me a note here, or email me at kmhirosaki at the hotmail. If you're curious about what I will and won't write, well... if it's something weird (and if you're asking for something weird, you'll know), ask, and we can see what/if I can do, but obviously I reserve the right to turn down any concept that I'm not comfortable writing.
The things you do? The things you won't do?
If you have any questions, just ask!
Thanks!