Tu Publishing Kickstart Project (and old news)
(x-posted from kickstart_tu)
Dear Friends,
Any of you who follow my livejournal know that recently, I had the opportunity to have Stacy Whitman (slwhitman) write a guest post about her plans for her new publishing house: Tu Publishing. The mission is admirable: the books put out by Tu Publishing will feature multicultural heroes and heroines, helping science fiction and fantasy for children and teens become a more diverse genre. Young readers should be able to find fantasy and science fiction where their own culture is reflected in the world of the novel, and the goal of Tu Publishing is to offer just that. (You can read more about the goals on Tu's mission page.)
Here's the catch: ever publishing endeavor needs capital to start. Stacy is using Kickstarter as a fund drive to get the project started. As of today, she's reached 29% of her goal, and only 25 days remain for contributions! That's where we come in.
In order to help her reach her goals, this community has been formed to auction off items, services, crafts, and other various and sundry offerings, with all the proceeds going to the Tu kickstart page. We hope to help Stacy and Tu reach the goal of $10,000 by December 14th.
How can you help?
1) Donate something to our auction.
2) Bid on something donated to our auction.
3) Spread the word! Get lovers of fantasy and science fiction to pop by!
Contributors decide on the starting price and the end time of their auction. Because the turn-around is so soon, auctions will begin as soon as the listing for the offering is posted.
Auction winners will make a donation directly to the Tu Publishing Kickstart page and send the receipts to the contributor.
Thank you so much for your support!
--
In old news, I completely forgot to resolve my contest on November 7th. Congrats to karenkincy, asakiyume, and vita_ganieda, who will be getting Andrew Lang fairy books in the mail. :)
In somewhat less old news, my Norse Saga game on Sunday caused the second best fit of laughter I've ever had in a role playing game. (The first still goes to Cody Jones for the dirigibles.) I did not quite fall off my chair (hence the dirigibles maintaining the number one spot), but I did cry, I was laughing so hard. This is one of the many reasons I love table-top role playing games. (Also, I got to totally myth-geek the table with references to Taliesin, Cerridwin, Annwn, Bridget, Manannan, Gwyn ap Nudd, Loki, and sundry others.)
But now, off to figure out what I'm going to put into the auction!
Dear Friends,
Any of you who follow my livejournal know that recently, I had the opportunity to have Stacy Whitman (slwhitman) write a guest post about her plans for her new publishing house: Tu Publishing. The mission is admirable: the books put out by Tu Publishing will feature multicultural heroes and heroines, helping science fiction and fantasy for children and teens become a more diverse genre. Young readers should be able to find fantasy and science fiction where their own culture is reflected in the world of the novel, and the goal of Tu Publishing is to offer just that. (You can read more about the goals on Tu's mission page.)
Here's the catch: ever publishing endeavor needs capital to start. Stacy is using Kickstarter as a fund drive to get the project started. As of today, she's reached 29% of her goal, and only 25 days remain for contributions! That's where we come in.
In order to help her reach her goals, this community has been formed to auction off items, services, crafts, and other various and sundry offerings, with all the proceeds going to the Tu kickstart page. We hope to help Stacy and Tu reach the goal of $10,000 by December 14th.
How can you help?
1) Donate something to our auction.
2) Bid on something donated to our auction.
3) Spread the word! Get lovers of fantasy and science fiction to pop by!
Contributors decide on the starting price and the end time of their auction. Because the turn-around is so soon, auctions will begin as soon as the listing for the offering is posted.
Auction winners will make a donation directly to the Tu Publishing Kickstart page and send the receipts to the contributor.
Thank you so much for your support!
--
In old news, I completely forgot to resolve my contest on November 7th. Congrats to karenkincy, asakiyume, and vita_ganieda, who will be getting Andrew Lang fairy books in the mail. :)
In somewhat less old news, my Norse Saga game on Sunday caused the second best fit of laughter I've ever had in a role playing game. (The first still goes to Cody Jones for the dirigibles.) I did not quite fall off my chair (hence the dirigibles maintaining the number one spot), but I did cry, I was laughing so hard. This is one of the many reasons I love table-top role playing games. (Also, I got to totally myth-geek the table with references to Taliesin, Cerridwin, Annwn, Bridget, Manannan, Gwyn ap Nudd, Loki, and sundry others.)
But now, off to figure out what I'm going to put into the auction!