Picking up on yesterday’s crowdfunding commentary: What sorts of rewards would be attractive? Rewards are the hardest thing about crowdfunding, I think. (Except for the general nerve-wracking “I’m throwing a party and wonder if anybody will come!” aspect of it.) Your basic reward for crowdfunded storytelling is the story. $5 gets you the e-book. There’s a real argument to be made for making it a base $10 buy-in because, as someone pointed out to me during the “No Dominion” campaign, if you’re pricing your book at what you’d buy an…
on running crowdfunding
I have SO MUCH to write about what I’ve learned from running the Kickstarter campaign that I’ve basically been unable to move forward on it, you know? Too much information and not enough mental capacity to break it down. Fortunately for me, a friend who is looking at running some crowdfunding had a list of questions to put to me, and that’s giving me some badly-needed structure. So I’m gonna hit this thing over a series of blog posts, and will do my best to include further questions asked in…
kitty needs a home
My friend St. Rev, who is great of heart and gruff of manner to hide it, has an on-going relationship with some of the stray cats in his neighborhood. He has rescued kittens and cats, many of whom are of a family of strays in the area, but he’s at his cat-capacity. So when this wee fella: showed up recently, St Rev started feeding him, but can’t take him in. They’re in Atlanta. This is a signal boost. If anybody’s looking for a kitten of about 4 months of age,…
Recent Reads: MATCHBOX GIRLS
One of the things about being a writer is people sometimes ask that you blurb their books. Sometimes they’re total strangers. Sometimes they’re people you’ve known for fifteen years. Being asked by someone you’ve known forever is far more alarming than a stranger asking you, because both parties are painfully aware that it’s not just a professional relationship riding on the request. It’s a presumption on friendship, and the potential outcome of not liking the book is considerably more agonizing than it is with someone you’ve never met. Furthermore, if…
Congratulations.
Congratulations to the “No Dominion” Kickstarter patrons, who have funded themselves a novel. The wordcount is currently at 40,200 words and climbing. By SFWA standards, 40K is a short novel, and I figure I’ve got 5-10K left to write. Wow. 15200 / 50000 (30.40%)