Writing about books!

ysabetwordsmith is collecting links to writing/artwork about bookstores. I already have a couple of ideas/stories in progress that are book-related, but I want more! So this is an official request: give me prompts about books, bookstores, and/or libraries and I'll write something.

This is not the same as the Garden of Prose (which I will be doing again); I'm making no guarantees about length or posting. I may post all of a response or none of it. And there are no prizes. I'm just asking for prompts!

Garden of Prose followup

The herb-themed Garden of Prose is over: the prompting period has ended and I've posted all the prompted pieces, though I still have more I plan to write on several of them! I think this call for prompts was a success, if only because I got a bunch of prompts I really enjoyed writing to. If you missed the list of posted pieces, it's here.

There are several things I'd like to do differently next time. The first two are things I intended to do this time, but forgot (I was distracted with writing!): doing the drawing for the signal-booster winner of the character name right away, and linking to each piece in a comment response to the original prompt as I post it. There's also a couple of behind-the-scenes things I want to do for myself, like keeping better track of my time. I think I'm going to stick with the same perk thresholds next time--15 prompters and $25 in donations--because I didn't fall too shy of them this time, and I think they're good goals for next time. Oh, and I want to get a Garden of Prose icon!

I'm also considering a perk for comments--maybe adding a certain number of words to the piece that gets the most comments? Feedback on that, and any other comments or suggestions you have, are welcome.

Finally, a poll! This poll has two parts: first, voting on the next garden-related theme, and second, voting on which story the mystery donation should go to, to add 300 words. (I've tried to contact the donator to no avail. Thanks, mystery person!)

If you don't have a Dreamwidth account, I've set comments to screened, and OpenID as well as anonymous commenting is allowed, so feel free to vote by comment. (Let me know if you do or do not want your comment unscreened.)

Poll #8182 Garden of Prose poll

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: Just the Poll Creator, participants: 6

What should the next theme be?

vegetables
0 (0.0%)

fruit
2 (33.3%)

flowers
1 (16.7%)

fences & gates
5 (83.3%)

ground cover
1 (16.7%)

paths
5 (83.3%)

fountains, statues, & gazing balls
2 (33.3%)

insects & spiders
1 (16.7%)

Which story should the $3 donation go to?

A Conversation of Thought & Mind
1 (20.0%)

A Sea Garden
1 (20.0%)

Harvest Day
2 (40.0%)

The Test
0 (0.0%)

Gathering Herbs
1 (20.0%)

Steam Therapy
0 (0.0%)

Magic Dough
0 (0.0%)

Some Guys Just Can't Hold Their Nightshade
0 (0.0%)