Hey, Swamp: can you define explicit, exactly?
Maybe I'll start a pool
heh. I assume you are referring to the reward for the $100 pledge, which says, "As above, plus Marshal will write a 3000 word or less story based upon any premise you choose, barring explicit content."
Basically, I wanted to prevent someone from asking me to write erotica.
Coming up with the rewards was fun, but I had to come up with things that people might actually want, and that I was capable of providing. I knew the story was something that I could provide, if I gave myself extra time, but I didn't know if the story was something people would actually want. I figured letting the donor chose the premise, and maybe personalize it a bit, it would be more attractive. I threw in the "barring explicit content" proviso in there at the last minute to avoid any uncomfortable discussions about content when somebody had shelled out $100 for a story.