Support
Thank you for your support
Thank you for spreading the word, taking part or supporting.
Thank you for talking about the novel
Keep the novel alive: send the novel’s fact sheet with its QR code, a line or a link.
Leave the book in a bookshop.
Talk about the novel in your book club or in class.
Share a challenge with your writing group or with other students.
Thank you for taking part
Create your creator profile (the Joyful Imperfect).
Share your creations under your name in the gallery (the imperfect gems).
Thank you for your generosity
Your donation funds putting the 47 chapters online, free for all, plus the audio, the guides, the map and the time to keep it all up to date.
Thank you for ordering the book
By buying the book, you fund putting all the free resources online.
Paperback (in French) — €20 — 498 pages
Holding your beloved book in your hands is like holding your cuddly toy: you get attached! It smells of vanilla, especially if it has lived a little, if it’s all dog-eared, stained, scribbled in, warped. We have an emotional, tactile bond with a book. An object to lend, swap, or on the contrary to protect religiously from all harm, by hoisting it like a trophy onto a shelf of your bookcase.
Self-published · Free on the site: read online
E-book (in French) — €10 — 498 pages
Your whole library in your pocket, with no excess baggage. The novel goes travelling with you. For reading on the train, in a hammock on the beach in the shade of the palm trees, and above all while everyone else is asleep, without switching on the light, telling yourself “just one more chapter”, 4 chapters in a row.
Self-published · Free on the site: read online
Dictionary of Invented Words — 339 words
The 339 invented words of the novel, gathered in one book, inspired by Jean Yanne’s “dictionary of words that only I know”. To find out what a Rune Reader, a Skjaldmö or a Monolong is. To open at random, read aloud, or dip into to invent your own stories.
Self-published · Free on the site: the online dictionary
The Hummingbirds’ Kit — 35 guides
Answers to your existential questions, on days when there’s a storm in your skull. Yes, there are days like that, when you’d love a few tricks to let the storm pass. A little kit for saying no, to keep handy for the day someone pushes a bit too hard.
Self-published · Free on the site: the guides online
Laughs from My Pen — 345 lines
The lines from the novel, to read aloud, slip into a conversation, or stick on the fridge.
Self-published · Free on the site: the lines online
Build your treasure chest — 1 free workshop from 2 items
Choose the curiosities to put in your treasure chest. Tick whatever you like: e-book, paperback, dictionary of invented words…
Questions and answers
Do I have to pay to read? No. The 47 chapters can be read online. The audiobook is arriving chapter by chapter.
When does the e-book arrive? Straight after purchase.
Who sends the paperback? A partner prints and ships it. Delivery times and postage are shown when you order.
What does the solidarity subscription change? A purple hummingbird and the words “Thank you for your solidarity subscription” appear on your creator profile. The directory is the same for everyone.
And after subscribing? You get access to the subscribers’ area and the link to the next workshop.
How do I unsubscribe? You stop your payment yourself, or you write to me. You don’t have to justify anything.
Is the book signed? Yes, at meet-ups: I sign it on the spot. A book ordered online goes straight from the printer.
Cheque or bank transfer? Yes, write to me.
Thank you for your solidarity subscription
Every month, your subscription funds what is given away on the site.
Hummingbird subscription — €2/month
The workshop of the month, and you support the site’s hosting.
Quill subscription — €5/month
The workshop of the month, and you support the site’s hosting and the storage of creations.
Hammock subscription — €9/month
The workshop of the month, the video of each workshop through a link sent by e-mail, and you support the funding of the site.
Viking subscription — €22/month
For a group — school, class, library, association: the workshops of the month for the whole group, one extra personalised workshop, and the e-book free.
Meet-ups — coming soon
workshops at book fairs, book clubs, meetings with the author. Free for subscribers.
The workshop of the month
Every subscription opens the small-group workshop, with me, on the 1st Sunday of the month, from 2 pm to 4 pm (French time, in French). We write, we laugh, we leave with something made.
What you fund
The free novel and resources.
- 1 novel of 47 chapters to read, listen to or watch
- 35 practical guides to answer relationship questions
- 37 creative challenges to encourage you to create
- 1 creations gallery to show off your creations
- 1 creators’ directory to make your creative world known
- 1 dictionary of 339 invented words, funny and entertaining
- 21 characters and their profiles
- 5 games to make you want to read and create
If you’d like to support the project, here’s what you fund:
- domain name
- image and song software
- ISBN number
- legal deposits for protection
- promoting the novel to reach readers
Take part in the creations to come
You’re spoilt for choice. Go for it and share your creations in the gallery.
Write
Creative notebook — €13
To fill with nuggets, treasure maps, harebrained ideas and inspiring projects. Lots of little games inside to create your own stories. With the site’s 37 creative challenges, and room to answer them.
Blank notebook — €13
A cover, blank pages, and you. To write whatever you like, even what happens next in the novel.
Illustrated book of the journey to the Nord Ultima — €16
The road trip of chapter 20, in colour, picture by picture. From Soumerland to the end of the road, with the King of the Blizzard and the Little Queen of the Sun.
Illustrated book, beautifully made
With drawings, paintings, perhaps my mother’s. One that catches the eye at first glance. Perfect for showing off in front of guests, who open it “just to have a look” before even saying hello. A way to find lots of inspiration, and to have fun together.
Comic book of the whole novel
To finally see what the Viking really looks like. To fall in love with him, live the madcap “zadventures” on a hobbit-cat, the journey to the Nord Ultima — or watch the hummingbirds from your hammock, facing the sea. Bliss!
Sing, compose or create
Audiobook (in French) — €15
The novel read aloud, from the first chapter to the last. To listen to while driving, without missing your exit because the Viking has just made you laugh. The chapters already recorded can be heard for free.
Songs — €8
One song per chapter, and their playlist. Songs so true they stick in your head, and others you just can’t help dancing to. The ones that exist can be heard for free.
Collaborative album
One piece of music per chapter of the book, and a vinyl record.
Draw, film, act or produce
Gallery of Imperfect Gems — €15
The novel’s illustrations, in colour, to leaf through. Soon, the creators’ ones too.
Card game
2 suits: the lines from the novel and the creative challenges. You draw a card from each, and you make something with the two. Your creation goes into the gallery. Play online.
Mug, T-shirt, tote bag — the site image of your choice — depending on the printer
To bring out in meetings, to take to the market. So that someone asks “what’s that hummingbird?” — and you finally get the chance to talk about it.
Show
A one-woman show, a concert on stage, a collaborative show where the audience joins in. Music, images, joyful chaos.
TV series script
The script of the pilot episode: 56 scenes in French, and the first part in English.
How to take part?
The novel goes on, like a series to follow. These ideas will come to life step by step.
Taking part in a project? You have 2 options: you give your creation, or you sell it for €30. Image, drawing, photo · sound, song, music · text · video.
Either way, your name is in the project and in the gallery, and I send you the image of your creation in the gallery.
Why €30? Everything I offer is free, and my books sell for between €5 and €20. So I can’t buy a creation for more. If 15 of your images are chosen, I pay you 15 × €30 = €450. Between creators, you’re free to sell at whatever price you like. A free copy for every creator would cost too much.
All the rules are in the creators’ charter.