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Easy adjective infusion!

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Swap Coordinator:beckra (contact)
Swap categories: Paper Goods  Challenges  Letters & Writing 
Number of people in swap:89
Location:Other
Type:None
Last day to signup/drop:May 25, 2007
Date items must be sent by:June 5, 2007
Number of swap partners:2
Description:

I don't know about you, but I often find myself using the same adjectives over and over again. I need an adjective infusion!

So here's an easy swap. Take a novel and open to page 20. Make a list of the first 20 adjectives you find. If your author isn't prone to description, you might need to go on to page 21 or 22--that's okay. Put your list on a postcard along with the title of the novel, its author, and your name/username. Then send it out--that's it!

Please use a novel for this swap; I'm thinking that prose fiction will give us a good range of adjectives of many types. Any genre or literary period is fine. If your novel is in a language other than English, please include an English translation.

You'll have 2 partners for this swap; you can use the same novel/list for both cards or not. It's up to you.

Your postcard can be store-bought or home-made. For this swap it's okay to send a hand-made postcard in an envelope to protect it.

And finally: 1) Newbies with completed profiles are welcome. 2) Anyone with a rating lower than 4.5 will be dropped. 3) This is an international swap.

Let's have fun with adjectives!

Discussion

chelle523 05/16/2007 #

WOW - this is the coolest idea for a swap! (I use that adjective a lot - gotta come up with some new ones! lol) Great idea!

beckra 05/17/2007 #

Glad you like the idea, chelle523--I think it should be fun!

inky 05/20/2007 #

Neat swap! I'm an avid reader (my mom's gift to me....she read Gone with the Wind in 2 day...plus taking care of 4 kids, cooking, laundry, cleaning house, etc!). I don't read that fast, but do love coming across new words to use....adjectives in particular! Just joined. ")

inkybru (sharon b)

CADLady 05/22/2007 #

Bless you for a quick, easy one! And I read ALOT. As a newbie (aohell-user) I just was AUTO-dropped from a newbie swap because the email computers wouldn't talk to one another. I believe that issue has been resolved and NEEDed another swap to replace that one -- for a rating to get into another one. (This place is really addictive!) Cad

cooan 05/22/2007 #

I think this is a fantastic swap idea!

Please ONLY put my postcard in an envelope if it's handmade. :) I actually prefer my postcards to come weathered!

But if it's handmade, we don't need to clutter up the machines with bits falling off. ;)

user8335 05/23/2007 #

Love it! I even have the perfect novel in mind...

user5215 05/23/2007 #

What a unique idea! I can't wait to get my postcards.

cooan 05/23/2007 #

totally ready for this swap!

MARY 05/24/2007 #

This is a great idea. I can't wait to get started, and to receive my lists!

hyperoma 05/24/2007 #

what if the first 20 adjectives consist those that we often use, say "good" or "pretty"?

beckra 05/24/2007 #

i'm glad so many people are signed up (and psyched) for this swap!

hyperoma--you're right that some common adjectives are likely to be in our lists; i'd say that you should list them as they come. different authors will have different adjective personalities/vocabularies, and it will be interesting to see which authors use surprising or obscure adjectives and which use fairly common ones.

RobynNichole 05/24/2007 #

I have a stupid question... What if our writing is large. I tend to write "big". Would it be ok to either send on 2 postcards if it doesn't fit?? This is my first swap!! I am so energized and I already have my book picked out.

beckra 05/24/2007 #

robyn nichole: if you can't fit all 20 adjectives on a single card, sending 2 cards is just fine. thanks for joining in!

auntouch 05/25/2007 #

i Have mine all ready to go, waiting for partners. easy and fun.

Annette 05/25/2007 #

Didn't get my partner?

beckra 05/26/2007 #

annette: i can't assign partners until the morning after the swap closes. they're ready now!

Annette 05/26/2007 #

oooh. thanks!

cooan 05/26/2007 #

on my way out the door to send... both to FL!

Moominbrooke 05/26/2007 #

Belle and Cassie- your handwritten, wafer-thin, shiny postcards are currently in a dark blue, glossy postal box in the sweltering, blistering Southern California sunshine. :0)

Garagebandfan 05/26/2007 #

Pootle, and Dawny, your post cards are on there way! I did put them in an envelope because they are home made and would have hated for them to get ruined! :)

beckra 05/26/2007 #

Mine are on their winged way to suefitz and youkancallmesam!

If folks are interested in another word-related postcard swap, I just set up "Postcards for Word-lovers": http://www.swap-bot.com/swap/show/4134

CanadianGal72 05/26/2007 #

ohsarajean and chelle523 your postcards are on their merry way!

SummerLion 05/27/2007 #

Brooke and Cassie: Your splendiferous cards are camping out in a lonely country post box until Tuesday, because their frazzled sender forgot the date and the upcoming holiday.

mpontalba 05/27/2007 #

Cards ready and ready for action...just awaiting the next mail run on Tuesday! Both of mine are headed south, to graphics_cactus and Nicole Introvert.

belle184 05/29/2007 #

Jane and Daisy--postcards left beautiful Mass today! Hope you like them!

HappyCactus 05/29/2007 #

Pinkwhirlitop and Miss Five - your cards are on their way. let me know when you receive them!

user5215 05/29/2007 #

Carol & Suzanne--Your postcards are winging their way from central Illinois. If they get sidetracked on their trip, let me know and I will re-send!

MAM 05/29/2007 #

VivaItalia and Kelli in Tasmania, your super shiny Arizona-themed postcards were dropped off at the post office today (where I stood behind the most rude woman on a cell phone). That's it, I'm all out of adjectives, I need my postcards for that fast infusion.......... ;D

Nurse4U2NV 05/29/2007 #

Carmen and Teddynet yours are on their way! They left Webster (Rochester) NY today!

CADLady 05/29/2007 #

N.Introvert and mpontalba,

Your postcard(+) was mailed this morning (packaged in a padded 5x7" envelope) and you should see it soon!

Artistic 05/29/2007 #

Post cards are en route to my partners.

wickedfaerie 05/29/2007 #

kari and ava, your postcards went out in this morning's mail. raven

Brooke 05/29/2007 #

pootle and Garagebandfan your post cards are stamped and ready and will be deposited in the mail tomorrow morning. Hope you like them!

Kelli 05/29/2007 #

Hi I am new to this and I have my cards ready to go for my swap partners but I just read that a different person is sending my card and I am confused. Does this mean the people who receive mine, are different to the people who send to me? This is fine, but I'm not sure how it works and I'm worried I made a mistake.

Nurse4U2NV 05/30/2007 #

Kelli...no mistake made. Different people do receive yours. Partners are picked randomly. So go ahead and send them out. :)

Kelli 05/30/2007 #

Ok well I have sent both my cards out to the USA to Jen.L and ViveItalia. They were posted in a small rural Tasmanian post box yesterday afternoon. They have a long travel ahead of them so I wouldn't hold your breath for them. Not too sure how long it will take for them to reach you! But they are on their way.

RobynNichole 05/31/2007 #

kwood and artistic your post cards are winging their way from Texas. Man it was a hunt to find 2 cent stamps.

user8308 06/ 1/2007 #

Brooke and SummerLion, postcards are on their way (from Canada)! :)

SummerLion 06/ 2/2007 #

Received my PC from linpengierhody today... Interesting list. I haven't read The Wyndham Case; will have to check it out. Thanks!

carmen 06/ 2/2007 #

i got a postcard from 60esrach!

MAM 06/ 3/2007 #

vade_mecum, your list arrived this weekend. I'm curious about the book now, I'm going to have to go hunt for it. Thanks!

SnaughtyGirl 06/ 4/2007 #

Miss Machine and vade_mecum - your postcards are on the way. Cheers!

SnaughtyGirl 06/ 4/2007 #

cherry_rabbit - Hi and thanks for the postcard! I like Nick Hornby's stuff. Good choice.

ohsarajean 06/ 4/2007 #

les and chelle523, your postcards went out today :)

Suzanne 06/ 4/2007 #

winemakerssister and borotree have postcards from Newport, Rhode Island on the way!

Also, this swap is so cool! I'd love to see a rerun in the future, beckra . Easy, sweet, and fun.

user8375 06/ 4/2007 #

sunbeamncz3 and carol your postcards are in my mailbox!

DaintyDaisy 06/ 5/2007 #

ikyoto and wicked faerie, i made and sent your postcards today! hope you enjoy!

beckra 06/ 5/2007 #

Maybe I should run a swap with verbs next, something to gear us up for some action? I'm glad everyone's having fun sending and receiving!

teddynet 06/ 6/2007 #

So sorry I forgot to post yesterday that the packages had gone out already. Carmen and Ellen, they are on their way. Thanks! Annette

CADLady 06/ 6/2007 #

Ruthie in Israel:

That's the only information I have on you. The p/c is lovely and I'd like to "rate" it, but I can't figure out who you are.

Can you post a comment, please? Otherwise, you'll just have to accept my warm THANK YOU here and get no rating for the swap. :(

CAD LADY

CADLady 06/ 6/2007 #

NEVERMIND. sorry. newbie. still figuring out how to USE the site's details.

Ruthy, you did a great job on that p/c. And, given how far it traveled, it was in amazingly good condition. It's so PRETTY -- like a big ATC!! THANK YOU. I'm putting it in a Very Special Place. (great adjectives, too, btw) Hugs!

SummerLion 06/ 9/2007 #

Received Isolde's PC today, complete with book review and list including the adjective: tangential. Yay!

MAM 06/10/2007 #

Bedlam2Night, postcard arrived this weekend. Love it. Had to laugh, we both used Prodigal Summer for our book. :D Great minds think alike eh?

SnaughtyGirl 06/13/2007 #

Elizabeth -

Thank you for my postcard. It arrived today. Cheers!

Kelli 06/19/2007 #

Thankyou everyone for my first swap, the postcards sent to me and thanks for the ratings. Looking forward to swapping again.

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