Check out some free sci-fi!

[the_vulture]

As some of you may know, haikujaguar , an author and artist adored by many in LJ land, especially given how much of her work she has freely shared with us (including stories, anecdotes, card readings and advice on writing and producing art), has run into quite a big spot of trouble requiring extensive house repairs. To help out with some of those expenses (and fill my Crackberry with enjoyable reading), I've just purchased quite a number of her e-book publications from Smashbooks. On her Smashbooks site, she has a number of free short stories to download, so you can get a taste of her writing before deciding to purchase any of the other very reasonably priced works. If you like good sci-fi, furry fiction, stories dealing with alien cultures, and/or explorations of gender roles and issues, I'd highly recommend taking a look. My favourite, thus far, is Alysha's Downfall, which contains some very edgy writing.

Comments

[iammystery-girl.livejournal.com]

Hi there Sweetie. I looked through some of her work and although I don't know anything about what she is writing about etc. the pendant is really pretty and the mugs look good too.

I need to ask if you will help me with chosing some items which I will purchase from Haikujaguar and use for a lucky dip in my blog. Magik did that not so long ago and it was fun! She posted some pics of some pieces she had made and the first person to post a comment, with their name and the name of the piece, would get it sent to them.

This will be a good way of making others aware of her work.

[the-vulture.livejournal.com]

That does seem like a good idea, though shipping would be a royal pain for anything but the smallest, lightest objects. I really liked how Magik did that, but that seemed better for distributing stuff she already had.

It might be better just to choose a few people who might appreciation something like, say, the ZOMGSnail magnet (http://www.zazzle.com/mcahogarth/gifts?pg=2#products) and send it to 'em directly via the site, instead of having them shipped from the US to Malaysia and then ship it to where you want them to go.

It's really cool that you want to do something like this! :D

[iammystery-girl.livejournal.com]

Well, I noticed she has a donate button on her page so perhaps I could just donate the money to her. That might be the fastest option right now.

[the-vulture.livejournal.com]

You could do that, but be sure to indulge in some of the work freely given. :)