Crowdfunding: Other Peoples’ Projects

TA Pratt’s GRIM TIDES Kickstarter campaign is in its last 48 hours, and has a measly $400 to reach $11K. Go go gadget fundraiser! Sharon Lee & Steven Miller have posted their latest Splinter Universe short story. Sharon & Steve’s crowdfunding efforts are part of what turned me on to the whole idea in the first place, so clearly I think they’re made of awesome. :) Liz Williams, who consistently runs crowdfunding projects I wish I’d thought of, is running two right now. One is a commissioned short story for…

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movies!

I saw four movies in the theatre last week. I’m not sure I’ve ever seen four movies in the theatre in a week, although I did see X2 3 times opening weekend, which…well, certainly gives me geek cred, anyway. :) First two were a double feature of Terminator and T2 at the Screen Cinema in Dublin. I’d never seen Terminator on the big screen (being 11 and in Kenai, Alaska when it came out, although apparently I was at the theatre for something else when it came out, because I…

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just taking a moment…

…to be happy. Again. Still. Whatever. I got pointed at the AV Club’s Kurt Vonnegut tribute again a couple days ago, and could not help, as usual, to notice that people really don’t do enough of this: “I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, ‘If this isn’t nice, I don’t know what is.’” So I like to when I notice I’m happy, which really is quite a lot. I’ve got a family and a job I love, and…

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today i have to….

– bring the coat to Mom (& not get blown away doing it) – take chicken out for dinner – work more on the Gary story* – remember it’s okay, even desireable, to eat apples & grapes for snacks instead of other stuff – laundry – pilates *struggling here, as my plan was to use this story as the “Here! Here’s your instantaneous reward for funding the Kickstarter campaign, landing in your mailbox the moment the campaign ends!” thing, but because it’s the story of Gary and Jo meeting from…

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just for me

up next: – a Gary short story (3-5K) – a Morrison short story (3-5K) – my bit on “Easy Pickings” (10Kish) – catch up on the Book Race BAHAHAHAHA – re-revise ANGLES to agently commentary (3-5Kish) – 3 retold fairy tales (12Kish) – copyedits for RAVEN CALLS when they arrive (minimal wordcount) – maaaaaaaaaaybe some more Old Races stories (30Kish) down to 2500 words behind schedule. hoping tomorrow goes well for writing.