Tuesday, 22 October 2013

FB3X Drabble Casade #32 - The Last Cage

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Fantasy Boys XXX Drabble Cascade


This is Fantasy Boys XXX flash fiction entry for the 32nd Drabble Cascade.

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Author's Note

I've been cheating with length in a few cascades, so I decided I needed to do a proper drabble, to exercise my word skills and try and get the whole moment into just the 100 words. I hope I've succeeded.

FB3X Drabble Cascade #32 - word of the week is 'cage'

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Fantasy Boys XXX Drabble Cascade



The Way A Cascade Works

Our word of the week prompt is 'cage'. We chose the word this week rather than picking it randomly because we are horrified by what Kobo and WHSmiths have done to independent authors just because their screening procedures seem to have been inadequate. If you don't know they have "quarantined" all self-pub books on their site so they no longer show up in searches and even if you can find them you can't buy them because the Daily Mail made a fuss about some porn they found. So basically they have punished every self-pub for their own lack of screening in letting books they don't want associated with their site onto their site.

In happier news, congrats to Charisstoma on winning the free eBook from our last Drabble Cascade. Dear Charis, there is an message winging it's way to you so you can pick which on you would like.

To see this week's entries check out the list at the bottom of this post. We put it behind a cut so it doesn't clog up your scrolling.

A drabble is a work of 100 words exactly. Flash fiction is a work of up to 500 words. Both may be submitted to the cascade.

To those struck by inspiration (and no you don't have to be a professional writer to join in, anyone can embrace their inner author):
  • Below you will find a chance to join in the cascade in the form of a linked list
    • Write a drabble/flash fiction inspired by the word of the week.
    • Post the fiction to your own blog, or website 
    • Then insert a link into the linked list to that drabble/flash fiction for everyone to find (A hint of the genre of your drabble in the title of your post would be appreciated.)
    • To encourage your friends to join in and hence cascade the fun, you can also add the list into your own post by clicking on the chain-link icon and copying the code:).
For folks who enjoy reading drabbles/flash fiction: you can then peruse the cascade to your heart's content :).

So What Can You Write?
The simple answer is - anything! Our work here on FB3X will be erotically themed. but feel free to take the inspiration any way you want to, fiction, fanfiction, non-fiction, meta, since variety is the spice of life! 

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List.ly is slightly different from other lists, like Simply Linked, rather than supplying your email address, the first time you add an item to the Drabble Cascade list, you'll be asked to create a user on list.ly, which will then allow you to edit any list item you create on any list.ly list thereafter. 

If you really, really don't want to create a list.ly user, then we can add your link for you, just add a comment with the url of your drabble to this post.

Friday, 18 October 2013

FB3X Drabble Cascade #31 - Evolution of Love (m/m romance, PG)

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Fantasy Boys XXX Drabble Cascade


This is Fantasy Boys XXX flash fiction entry for the 31st Drabble Cascade.

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Author's Note

This was one of those times when my word count went nuts, but I felt the story needed it to tell the tale. It's an exploration of what independence means.

Tuesday, 15 October 2013

FB3X Drabble Cascade #31 - word of the week 'independent'

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Fantasy Boys XXX Drabble Cascade



The Way A Cascade Works

Our word of the week prompt is 'independent'. We chose the word this week rather than picking it randomly because we are horrified by what Kobo and WHSmiths have done to independent authors just because their screening procedures seem to have been inadequate. If you don't know they have "quarantined" all self-pub books on their site so they no longer show up in searches and even if you can find them you can't buy them because the Daily Mail made a fuss about some porn they found. So basically they have punished every self-pub for their own lack of screening in letting books they don't want associated with their site onto their site.

In happier news, congrats to Charisstoma on winning the free eBook from our last Drabble Cascade. Dear Charis, there is an message winging it's way to you so you can pick which on you would like.

To see this week's entries check out the list at the bottom of this post. We put it behind a cut so it doesn't clog up your scrolling.

A drabble is a work of 100 words exactly. Flash fiction is a work of up to 500 words. Both may be submitted to the cascade.

To those struck by inspiration (and no you don't have to be a professional writer to join in, anyone can embrace their inner author):
  • Below you will find a chance to join in the cascade in the form of a linked list
    • Write a drabble/flash fiction inspired by the word of the week.
    • Post the fiction to your own blog, or website 
    • Then insert a link into the linked list to that drabble/flash fiction for everyone to find (A hint of the genre of your drabble in the title of your post would be appreciated.)
    • To encourage your friends to join in and hence cascade the fun, you can also add the list into your own post by clicking on the chain-link icon and copying the code:).
For folks who enjoy reading drabbles/flash fiction: you can then peruse the cascade to your heart's content :).

So What Can You Write?
The simple answer is - anything! Our work here on FB3X will be erotically themed. but feel free to take the inspiration any way you want to, fiction, fanfiction, non-fiction, meta, since variety is the spice of life! 

~


List.ly is slightly different from other lists, like Simply Linked, rather than supplying your email address, the first time you add an item to the Drabble Cascade list, you'll be asked to create a user on list.ly, which will then allow you to edit any list item you create on any list.ly list thereafter. 

If you really, really don't want to create a list.ly user, then we can add your link for you, just add a comment with the url of your drabble to this post.

Tuesday, 8 October 2013

FB3X Drabble Cascade #31 - DELAYED DUE TO TECHNICAL ISSUES - UPDATE 12th Oct 2013

UPDATE 12th Oct 2013 - 
well, we're finally back on line, but due to it now being Saturday, we've decided not to run Drabble Cascade this week, 
BUT WE'LL BE BACK 
on 
15th Oct 2013 
with 
31st DRABBLE CASCADE, 
WE PROMISE! 


Hi All,

this is just a brief announcement to say that FB3X Drabble Cascade will be happening this week, but we are slightly delayed due to a lack of internet connection. We hope to be back on line by UPDATE 10th Oct 2013 tomorrow if the engineer's fix estimate is correct still no resolution to the internet problem, sorry, we'll be back on line as soon as we can.

please bear with us,

Tasha and Sophie

Wednesday, 2 October 2013

Drabble Cascade #30 - Bloodmate (PG13, m/m, vampire)

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Fantasy Boys XXX Drabble Cascade


This is Fantasy Boys XXX drabble entry for the 30th Drabble Cascade.

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Author's Note

The prompt word is 'stake' how could I not run with vampires? ;) P.S. I also have a new book out this week - Cat's Confidence, #3 in the Chronicles of Charlie Waterman - fantasy, YA.

Tuesday, 1 October 2013

FB3X Drabble Cascade #30 - The Final Straw (G, m/m romance)

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Fantasy Boys XXX Drabble Cascade


This is Fantasy Boys XXX drabble entry for the 30th Drabble Cascade.

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Author's Note

After not having time to write for a couple of weeks thanks to work and then family emergency, lots of idea sprang to mind for the word stake, most of them vampiric. ;P However, then this little thought formed in my head. It's a brief window on an argument and I leave it to the reader to decide what it's about, maybe you can tell me.