Launching A Money Bomb

I can't say who this is for, I promised confidentiality, but this is a genuine emergency.

It's a fund-raising project and I'm asking anyone who can contribute to do so.

We're going to do save someone's house from foreclosure. We have 25 days left to raise the remaining $5900.

Here's how we'll do it. In exchange for your donation, I will send you something I've written that is not available anywhere else.

I'm going to make several items available and I will make them available in both electronic and hardcopy form. Electronic formats will be PDF, Kindle (mobi) or ePub. Hardcopy will be individual printouts, autographed and numbered.

THE QUOTEBOOK OF
SOLOMON SHORT

Whatever donation you make, whether it's $5 or $500, you will also receive a link to download a copy of The Quotebook of Solomon Short, the 2012 edition.

THE MARTIAN CHILD SCRIPT

I have two drafts of the script that I wrote for "The Martian Child" movie. Neither draft was used. (Don't ask, that's another story.) There's enough difference between the first and second drafts that it's fun to see the evolution of my thinking. This is script I wrote for the movie I wanted to see.

Martian Child Script, First Draft (PDF) - $45
Martian Child Script, Second Draft (PDF) - $45
Both drafts - $75 (save $15)

Either Script, printed and autographed - $135
Both Scripts, printed and autographed - $250
(includes shipping cost)

THE DINGILLIAD SEQUEL

I need Beta-Testers!

I have written 90% of a sequel to the Jumping Off The Planet series. I expect to finish the first draft within the next thirty days.

The book is tentatively titled Hella, but I'm still looking for a better title.

The story takes place on the planet Hella just before the starship Cascade arrives. The hero is a transgender teen with Asperger's and the story is told through his eyes.

This is only a first draft and I need to go back through it and flesh out certain scenes.and descriptions before I write the ending. If you would like the frustrating experience of reading 110,000 thousand words an almost-finished novel, peeking over the author's shoulder, and making suggestions about what you would like to see fleshed out (or even cut), this is your opportunity.

Even better, as corrections and changes get made, you will be able to download subsequent drafts and monitor my progress.

But now, I'm going to sweeten the pot. If you would like to have a character in the book named after you, or if you would like to have one of the scuttle-bots named after you, you can buy your way into the story.

PDF of Hella (first draft) - $50
Kindle or ePub of Hella (first draft) - $50
Character Name - $350
Character Name with horrible death - $450
Scuttle-Bot Name - $250

If This Works...

In the next couple days, I'll add a few more items to the money bomb. But I'm saving the big one for last.

As soon as we get close enough to our target that I want to push it over the top, I will make one more thing available, something very special, something only for the home stretch, an ebook/PDF or an autographed printout of—

No, you're just going to have to wait. You've waited this long, you can wait a little bit longer.

HOW TO ORDER

It's simple, click the button below. This will take you to Paypal

Log in. Click on "Send Money." The recipient account is d.gerrold(a)gmail.com. Enter the amount, specify it as Personal/Gift.

After you click submit, you will be taken to a page where you can specify exactly what you want and in what format. Fill that out and click submit. (Sometime in the next day or so, we'll see if we can figure out how to do this on a shopping page.)

Be sure to include your email address. If you're buying a printout, include your shipping address. If you're buying an electronic item, specify PDF, ePub, or Kindle (mobi) format.

Printouts will go out within one week. Electronic items will be handled within 24 hours, you will receive an email with a download link to my Dropbox public folder.

  Paypal  

If you don't have a Paypal account, you can send a check. Click Here to send me an email.
I'll reserve your item and email you an address where you can send a check.

We Have Only 29 Days Left!

As soon as we hit the target, the whole thing will end.

And I am only going to sell a limited number of certain items, so it'll be first come, first served on those. If something on the list has a strikethrough, it's no longer available.

Thanks for taking the time to read this, thanks for taking the time to help.

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If there are stories you'd particularly like to see in eBook editions, please contact us and let us know. We'll do our best to make them available.

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This year again, I am scheduled to present my Writers' Workshop at the August Creation Con in Las Vegas.

The Creation Con people have always made sure that we have a good venue for the course and the sessions have always been well-received, so this year we intend to expand the course to three separate sessions:


Overview: Authorship means Taking Charge of Your Story

The workshops are presented as an interactive seminar, a candid give-and-take discussion about the heart and soul and nuts and bolts of creating a compelling experience for the reader. Whether it’s a short story, a novel, or a screenplay, the principles of effective storytelling are universal.

Your passion is the engine for your writing, but great stories come not only from great passion, but genuine commitment to getting from page one to page last. These workshops are about getting under the hood and working on the underlying mechanics of plot and character.


Session One: Story Structure

Plot is what your characters do.

What is a story? This session is a profound examination of the nature of plot and structure as the skeleton on which all else is built. What is the relationship between the protagonist and the problem? Understanding both the physical and emotional nature of the problem unravels the essential structure of a story. After you complete this session, you will see stories in a whole new way. Your own storytelling will have a new drive and purpose.


Session Two: Characterization

Characterization is who your characters are.

How do you bring a character to life? What animates the people in a story, making them real and believable? This session reveals character as a function of a person’s emotional landscape. How does a person react to events? And why? Understanding the expression of human emotions will transform the quality of your writing. After you complete this session, you will see people in a whole new way and the people in your stories will be real and alive.


Session Three: Style

Style is the voice of the story.

How do you create a mood? How do you evoke an emotion? How do you bring the story to life in the reader's imagination? We swim in the sea of language, never noticing how the currents move us. The master class examines the inherent power of language, how we weave our webs of words to create unique experiences in the reader's mind. After you complete this session, you will have a new relationshp with your work and the creation of every sentence will be an exciting adventure.

Tribbles and scripts and T-shirts and stuff can be found at TribbleToys.com. These tribbles purr. And when you buy one, Miles purrs.

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