Truly. Deeply. Madly

So.

Some have been reading of my ongoing wars with the insurance company after the Great Floods of Arisia Weekend. Amoung other things, I have been concerned about meeting the deductible for our homeowner's policy, but in these times of tightened belts and everyone worried about meeting their own bills, I haven't been able to conscience the idea of asking people for gifts or loans of cash.

However, I have come up with a scheme that I hope will work out better for everyone.
I am planning to self-publish an illustrated volume of my poetry, and this post is to open the invitation to all of the visual media artists on my flist; If you think you might have time/inclination to donate a black and white illustration of one of my poems -- no matter your style or technique, so long as it is reproducible in 2D, monochrome, and reducable to 5x7, I'd love to be able to include it. The donation would be of first printing rights only. You'd retain the original for sale, or colouration, or reprinting, or whatever you'd like. Also, all artists who contribute will get copies of the volume, and if the silly thing sells reasonably well, I'll even be paying -- although delayed, -- for the rights at some point.

What I'm asking for is a donation of a bit of your time, really. There are already several people who have tapped in, and I've got some of the drawings in hand already, but when I first mentioned needing artists for the project, it was kind of buried halfway down a longer post, and I've heard from several friends that they didn't see it at all when first I tossed out the call.

So this is meant to be a clearer call. If you can, and can spare the time, please take a look at the list of poems, and see if there's something that speaks to you?

Here's the list of potentials;
Cover -- claimed, completed
An Ode to My Amazon -- Claimed, completed
A Time of Turning Over Corpses flagged
Best Vengeance
Beltane Alone
Bittersweet
Box 5 Aria
Brighid
Catt's Farewell to Texas claimed
Cosmopolitan Sonnet
Crucible
Depression -- Claimed
Entropy Waltz
Eve -- Claimed
Fall Into You -- Claimed
Farewell to Caledonia -- Claimed
Firebird -- Claimed, completed
Five
Get A Life
Guessing Game
Heritage
I Don't Know How To Love You, But I Do Know How To Kill You
Jack In Irons -- claimed
Frozen Jerico
Lady of Flowers
Light -- Claimed, complete
Lullabye
Merry and Merry and Bright
Moriturae -- Claimed
October Country
Piss Off Polka -- Claimed
Purdah
Quarters
Remembering Hawk -- Claimed
Stigmata Luna
Sorceresses
Tamer
Threshold Goddess -- Claimed
Liberty Dances -- Claimed, completed
Battle Raven -- Claimed, completed
Rainsong -- Claimed
A Spell To Make A Woman -- Claimed

In order for me to have some time to get the result printed, and enough sold to make a dent in my deductible, I'll need to get this moving along pretty soon, so please don't be shy about speaking up if you've time or inclination to help with it. I seriously could use it just now. Also; it's my hope and expectation that this volume's illustrations should be ecclectic, unexpected, and a wonderful patchwork of styles and media, so please don't talk yourself out of speaking up on account of self doubt. Please.

If you're one of those who've already opted in, please just consider this me touching base with you, and asking how you're coming along. What have you chosen? How is it fitting into your schedule? Just a couple words of where you're at will help me over here with the planning side of things.

And finally, if there's an artist with whom I should be talking about this, but who isn't on my flist, or who hasn't heard of it, PLEASE give me a nudge in their direction, and/or link them over here. Seriously. Begging for networking nudges, I am totally not above -- as my dear friend firestarter333 likes to say, "I'll have time to pick up my pride out of the gutter once I can make the rent."

Title: Atropos Alley
By cluegirl
Rating: gen, this part. Later, who knows?
Pairing: Snarry
Wordcount: 1300
Disclaimer: No profit, no claim to ownership, no harm done.
Story Notes: You're getting this as it appears, I'm afraid. All improv, no planning, and the devil take the hindmost. This is part of the Moirae Set. The first of those is Lachesis Lane, followed by Spinner's End. Each of these is meant to be a sort of dovetailed vignette; capable of independent reading, but you'll have a clearer idea of the arc if you go ahead and read them all. Think of them as a long, drawn-out drabble series, really.
Feedback: Yes please!

( I've been talking with my Angel, and she says that it's all right. )