OOC – How to Fuel Sythyry’s Vacation

[sythyry]

Mirrored from Sythyry.

I’ve been trying to post Sythyry daily for a while. I’m not sure if I can keep it up … but if you like that much small blue doom lizard, here’s how you can encourage me.

I write and post Sythyry’s Vacation because I know that people read it and enjoy it. The more fuel I get for it, the more I’ll write. So here’s what I want for fuel, with the most important things up top. If you do any of these things, you are encouraging me to write more.

1. Feedback! Comments to me, on LJ or personal email or chat or whatever. Notes to Sythyry, which zie sometimes answers and occasionally (rarely!) even understands properly. Notes to other characters if you like. Suggestions to me of things you’d like to see. Cheers for things you’re glad you saw, or even complaints about things you weren’t glad you saw. Feedback is what keeps me writing day by day, so it’s definitely at the top of the list.
2. More readers! If you think that Yorgo the Approximately Glorious would like Sythyry’s Vacation, tell zir about it. Sythyry’s Vacation will be relatively self-contained, so Yorgo can start reading about now and have relatively little to catch up on.
3. Buy our other stuff! There’s the World Tree RPG gamebook (which explains the physics and general world that Sythyry lives in) if you like gaming. My novel A Marriage of Insects is set in the same universe and has a similar style. Sythyry’s Journal is a collection of the first run of Sythyry, self-published. These are all available on Amazon (possibly free shipping), or you can order through us and get signatures and maybe other goodies (but not free shipping).
4. Reviews on SF and RPG sites! Honest ones, and I do hope that means they’re pretty good, but definitely honest.
5. Link me on your blog or website!
6. Artwork! I keep the art page up to date, even, and people will view and admire your artwork.
7. Donate! This is cyber-funded creativity, I suppose. I’m not particularly trying to make money off of it, but I do accept tips and will probably do something nice for you (like a cameo) if you give me one.
   
   
8. Answer the polls and such! I enjoy watching answers show up, and getting surprised at the collective opinion.
9. Send us other creative or fun stuff!

And if you don’t do any of that … please keep reading Sythyry anyways. That’s what it’s for. And as long as enough people are reading, and I know it, I’ll keep writing.

And if you’re already doing that or have done it, thank you very much!

Enjoy!

Comments

[quoting-mungo.livejournal.com]

Yay Sythyry!

There is art coming. It just needs to be nicened up a little from being a crappy sketch on crappy paper. >.>


-Alexandra

[sythyry.livejournal.com]

Yay Mungo-art! I'm glad you're still reading, and ... yay!

[jenett]

I am deeply enjoying the current run of story (in a "Please, tell me what happens next, moremoremore!" way, even though my brain is currently so fried that any sort of useful commenting is not happening pretty much anywhere in my life.

But more, please!

[sythyry.livejournal.com]

Thanks very much for letting me know! Sorry you're so fried.

[kensaro.livejournal.com]

I'd noticed, at first it was ooh, 'noher Sythyry already, now I'm looking forward to my afternoon reading of lizardly doom every day.

Yes, please!

[ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com]

I would like daily doom. I will pimp your mighty tale of doom.

Also, you might consider posting on crowdfunding sometimes. You've been writing blogfic a lot longer than most people; I think folks would be interested in your perspective. You might pick up some new readers there too.

Re: Yes, please!

[ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com]

Also, if you list "Sythyry's Vacation" over on WebFictionGuide, I'll rate and recommend it for you.
http://webfictionguide.com/

Re: Yes, please!

[sythyry.livejournal.com]

OK, I think I submitted it for listing there. Dropped your name, too.
Thanks for the kick!

Yay!

[ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com]

>> OK, I think I submitted it for listing there. <<

Great. It usually takes them a little while to approve the new submissions. I'll try and remember to keep an eye on this. If you notice that it's up, please let me know.

>> Dropped your name, too. <<

Thanks. I think you're at least the second person to list a piece there at my suggestion.

>>Thanks for the kick!<<

*grin* I'm good at encouraging people to get involved with writing and editing, occasionally other things.

[terrana.livejournal.com]

I approve of the art page generally but it seems to be non-existent at present, due most likely to your webserver-based doom.

[zeeth_kyrah]

So. Much. Doom.

Sythyry's doom travelled through and ate one of our records-keeping devices, yes. Many incantations and many lozens' worth of monster money have been set upon the problem, however.

I should buy a copy of the RPG, actually.

[terrana.livejournal.com]

You should! Even if you never plan to play a game of it, it's worth it for the marvellous detail in the setting.

[aureth.livejournal.com]

I've read Sythyry for a very long time, now. Since the beginning I think. I love the daily posts, lately. Doom is the best way to start out the morning! (well, reading about other beings' doom, at least....)

[sythyry.livejournal.com]

Yeah, you have been for a long while! Glad you like it. I'll see how well I can keep it up...