http://www.strangelittleband.com/bbpress/ Chatter and cavorting occasionally regarding the online serial Strange Little Band en Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:12:07 +0000 http://www.strangelittleband.com/bbpress/topic/uhopping-invasion-of-the-baby-snatcher#post-348 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:43:27 +0000 nancy 348@http://www.strangelittleband.com/bbpress/ <p>This post is an attempt to catch Twitter peeps up on the #Uhopping tweets flying around the intertubes. The bunch of us weblit writers are seriously considering writing a universe-hopping story. It'll probably be on the silly side. Here are some key tweets:</p> <p>.@LynThorneAlder .@AdaKaze .@addisonharris We need to write a crazy universe-hopping story. Maybe on LiveJournal. Whoring optional. :)</p> <p>Re: universe hopping, I think it needs to live in one place. w/ @1889ca maybe?&amp; we need &gt;&gt;</p> <p>.@AdaKaze @writingnessie @irkdesu @LynThorneAlder &gt;&gt; a reason for the xovers. Maybe a universe-hopping bad guy. A kidnapper? Baby-stealer?</p> <p>@heidicautrell I'd vote LJ for the creation of said "Universe hopping crack fiction". Then posting on each respective authors site after? #Uhopping</p> <p>@pinkbagels &amp; @am_harte , want in on universe-hopping? @heidicautrell @irkdesu @lynthornealder @writingnessie &amp; I r brainstorming #Uhopping</p> <p>RT @irkdesu: For the sake of (some) sanity, could we write this after November, though? XD #Uhopping // Absolutely! Just thinking aloud.</p> <p>@nlcobb Yep. That rat bastard! @heidicautrell volunteered a bad guy from her fictional world.</p> <p>@heidicautrell This started out semi-serious, but is so going down hill into hilarious. &lt;3 #Uhopping</p> <p>I emailed @1889ca . He's cool with hosting #Uhopping on his site. We can also do the blog tour thing and host the bits in our worlds, too.</p> <p>I'd like to have a version of #Uhopping on #1889ca 's site b/c of upcoming features, like allowing ppl to buy ebooks of individual stories.</p> <p>I imagine that if some nutters buy copies of #Uhopping we'd divide the moolah equally between us. But we can work that out later. </p> http://www.strangelittleband.com/bbpress/topic/casting-call#post-21 Sun, 06 Sep 2009 22:02:10 +0000 nancy 21@http://www.strangelittleband.com/bbpress/ <p>If SLB were a movie (how sweet would that be?), who would you cast as the characters? </p> http://www.strangelittleband.com/bbpress/topic/shanes-bah-humbug-holiday-promotion#post-418 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:28:10 +0000 nancy 418@http://www.strangelittleband.com/bbpress/ <p>Shane's too much of a grinch to celebrate any of the winter holidays, but that doesn't mean you can't. :) </p> <p>My sweetie and I are making replicas of Shane's prism out of solid aluminum in keychain and pendant sizes. We made test ones this weekend. You can see drawings and pictures of them on the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=84297&amp;id=78339112379&amp;l=2bf58c6b64">SLB Facebook page</a>, including <a href="http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=129020&amp;id=78339112379&amp;l=ccaa26b939">photos of the keychain</a>. We're still working on the pendant-sized version.</p> <p><strong>How do you get a not-guaranteed-to-induce-psychic-powers keychain or pendant?</strong></p> <p>Starting tomorrow <strong>(December 1) through December 24</strong>, you can get <strong>one keychain or pendant</strong> in one of these ways:</p> <ul> <li><strong>A donation of $6 or more</strong> Just click the "Donate" button on <a href="http://www.strangelittleband.com">the SLB site</a>. You'll be redirected to a PayPal form. Please include a note indicating if you want a keychain or pendant, and your shipping address.</li> <li><strong>With any <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/strangelittleband">SLB store</a> order of $35 or more</strong> Zazzle emails me when items sell, but I don't know who purchased them. Please forward your Zazzle confirmation email to nancy [at} strangelittleband {dot] com. Please indicate if you want a keychain or pendant and your shipping address.</li> </ul> <p>The dollar amounts aren't arbitrary. They're enough to cover the average cost of shipping, domestic and international. </p> <p>I'll do my best to get orders out in a few business days. Please keep in mind that the prisms are hand made. If they're really popular, I'll have a lot of polishing to do!</p> <p>In January 2010 I'll offer the prisms for sale. Not sure what I'll charge yet. At least $10 each, plus shipping. So... [dons salesman hat] act now! :) </p> http://www.strangelittleband.com/bbpress/topic/can-i-haz-top-web-fiction-votez#post-411 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:02:03 +0000 nancy 411@http://www.strangelittleband.com/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://webfictionguide.com/">Web Fiction Guide</a> has launched a new sister site, <a href="http://www.topwebfiction.com">Top Web Fiction</a>. If you're so inclined, please cast a vote for SLB. No registration is required.</p> <p>If you're feeling really ambitious, register at <a href="http://webfictionguide.com/">Web Fiction Guide</a> and <a href="http://webfictionguide.com/listings/strange-little-band/">rate SLB there</a>. Reviews are welcome and encouraged! </p> http://www.strangelittleband.com/bbpress/topic/behold-the-slb-store#post-279 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:17:56 +0000 nancy 279@http://www.strangelittleband.com/bbpress/ <p>Thanks to the awesomeness that is Zazzle, we're offering <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/strangelittleband">SLB loot</a>. Right now there are two designs available for T-shirts and hoodies. I'll add more stuff this week. If you'd like, look over the <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/create">Zazzle product list</a> and let me know of any requests. </p> http://www.strangelittleband.com/bbpress/topic/illustration-ideas#post-393 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:59:52 +0000 nancy 393@http://www.strangelittleband.com/bbpress/ <p>Before I get started, know that there are <strong>SPOILERS FOR CHAPTER 7</strong> below.</p> <p>I've been talking with Rose Loughran, the artist responsible for the webcomic <a href="http://www.redmoonrising.org">Red Moon Rising</a>, about commissions. I'd like to ask her to illustrate one scene. The question is which one. I'll use the illustration in the eventual SLB eBook and print book, and offer it as a print through the <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/strangelittleband">SLB store</a>.</p> <p>Which SLB scenes do you think are the most action-oriented and/or emotive ones? Here's what I've got so far. I'd like to have as many characters as possible in the illustration.</p> <ul> <li>Daniel crashing the "meet the parents" dinner with Ashlynn, Svetlana, Addison, and Shane (ch. 7)</li> <li>Giovanni skulking around Addison's bedroom while she, Jacob, and Shane sleep (ch. 7)</li> <li>Shane and Addison at each others' throats (ch. 7)</li> <li>a scene from the next chapter (ch. 9), featuring Addison, Shane, Daniel, and Ingrid</li> </ul> <p>Anything else? </p> http://www.strangelittleband.com/bbpress/topic/get-your-very-own-shane-crystal#post-339 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:34:19 +0000 nancy 339@http://www.strangelittleband.com/bbpress/ <p>In the next week or so my sweetie is going to start making Shane crystals out of solid aluminum. (No guarantees that they'll grant you mad paranormal skillz.) If you were to buy or receive one, would you want it to be a keychain? A necklace pendant? It'll be about 1.5 in. (3.8 cm) long and a half inch (1.25 cm) wide. Please comment or vote in the poll. </p> http://www.strangelittleband.com/bbpress/topic/orientation-ie-introduce-yourself#post-7 Sun, 06 Sep 2009 21:21:38 +0000 nancy 7@http://www.strangelittleband.com/bbpress/ <p>I'll start. </p> <p>Hi! I'm Nancy, one of the writers responsible for the craziness that is Strange Little Band. I like licorice (the real stuff, not that Twizzler crap), ferrets, and the interwebs. </p>