The Old Races Short Story Project patronage window is now closed. I have just finished the sixth and final story for the Old Races Short Story Project, FOUR MONTHS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. Excuse me while I do a dance of *glee*. *dancie dancie dance*! I am *really* pleased with myself. The project’s purpose was to get me to write half a dozen new Old Races stories for a possible collection, with an anticipated wordcount of about 30K. I seem to have written about 33K worth of shorts, so *bullseye*. Holy…
Author: mizkit
after work i need to…
– pack up books – address books – random number pull a new list of book winners – order groceries – print out contract – photocopy stuff contract requires » bonus: email contract stuff back, having noticed that’s permissable »#187; …and get it bounced back because their mailbox is full. *sigh* – go to what my brain keeps completing as ‘zoo’ but which is actually ‘post office’ – sort through dublin photographs – think of title schematics for gary stories – sleep for a really long time
cover art
Aghlg. I need a photographer or a … probably a photographer. Or an artist, but probably a photographer, who can create a Walker-Papers-cover-like image for me. I know exactly what I want, but the only photographer I know off the top of my head who almost certainly has the resources for it is Kyle, who I suspect is well out of my price range. Anybody else got a hunky old guy, a rapier and a photo studio handy? o.o (Yes, this would be for cover art for the Gary novella,…
huh. calendars.
Someone suggested calendars of my photography as a KS reward, which made me go look at costing them out (short form: definitely a doable reward, and I’d probably make up a special April-April one or something just to go with the campaign). Kitsnaps postcards and/or prints were also suggested, which–I would never have thought of using my photography as reward pieces, so *thank you* to those who suggested it. But anyway, in looking, I discovered Lulu does calendars and has a format that isn’t hideous. Base cost to me, for…
Kickstarter thoughts, part 2
Okay, so incentive levels for a KS campaign: A number of KS campaigns have lately been running “unlocked rewards”, where if you donate a certain dollar amount it turns out you get something extra spiffy as a surprise. At least, I think that’s how it’s working. What kinds of things do you guys think would qualify as extra spiffy? There are also frequently limited rewards at higher donation amounts. Aside from my general silly ones ($5000: I will hand-deliver your special-edition signed chapbook to you, $7500: …and sing “You Are…