It occurred to me that there may be folks wondering if they should try crowdfunding, or wondering what kind of project to attempt. That got me thinking about what kinds it would be nice to have more of ( Read more... )

I've posted a summary of my experience with Kickstarter (plus some tips I learned from observation!):

http://ellenmillion.livejournal.com/1444069.html

I hope that it's useful for you!

I have opened up feedback on my two potential upcoming serials:

Working-joke-title Steam!Goats (A steampunk setting in a universe featuring goats as a primary mode of transportation) - A boarding-school story involving steam, magic, and teenagers.
Question post here.Working-joke-title With a Gladiator on Top (A kink setting still very up in the ( Read more... )

Hi, everyone! I'm Joyce and I just joined the community after seeing the September Creative Jam post mentioned by ysabetwordsmith. I'm a full-time writer, but that doesn't mean I'm doing so well with making sales. I'd like to change that.

I independently published my first little flash fiction collection this summer. (For anyone interested, it is called Robot ( Read more... )

I've finished this weekend's channeling session with Horus and Bast. The follow-up post is now live ( Read more... )

Hello, everyone. I'm pleased to meet you all, including the ones I've already met. :) I would like to use crowdfunding as a business model for original fiction writing. However, after having read ysabetwordsmith's articles and taken a look at what some people are doing, while I think I have some idea of what to do, I'm still a little confused.

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Things are moving forward-ish with that, so I'm looking for some input on the best way to set up donations and such ( Read more... )

The 2012 Rose & Bay Awards are now complete.  I've noticed that while activity tends to be low in the nomination phase, it rises sharply in the voting phase as nominees get their audiences involved, some of whom are quite lively.  I'd like to see more activity in the nomination phase, because a lot of promising candidates never even show up.

One way ( Read more... )

These are the standard incentives as of now for my one card draw ( Read more... )

Crowdfunding is a business model that allows ordinary people to pool their resources to make things happen.  Cyberfunded creativity is a branch of crowdfunding that connects creative people directly with their audiences online to release materials outside the conventional publishing processes.  Within those parameters exist a great many different ( Read more... )