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!

What a year 2011 was!

My full, gritty-details recap of the year is here: http://ellenmillion.livejournal.com/1257408.html

But for you guys, a briefer version, with a closer look at the crowdfunding parts...

Sketch FestSketch Fest grew a LOT during 2011. The most major change is that ( Read more... )

Hullo everyone! My name is Gail Southworth and I'm an interactive designer and a freelance artist. I usually only do one big project crowdfunded project per year, even though I love working on them. While I don't have a lot of disposable income, I definitely love to donate when I can. I'm particularly interested in projects that work towards a ( Read more... )

"The Thick Dark Fog" is a film about a Lakota student's experiences at a government boarding school.  It takes a look at a very nasty chapter of American history.  It's currently in crowdfunding on Kickstarter to cover post-production and other expenses.

Crowdfunding isn't only applicable to fiction and artistic pursuits - it can also be used as a funding model for non-fiction!

I'm here today to kick off fundraising for the July-December 2012 run of EMG-Zine, and talk a little about the project history and future.

About the ProjectEMG-Zine is a free online e-zine for writers and artists in the ( Read more... )

This is a bit tangential to cyberfunded creativity, but it's an example of how far a CFC project can go, so I wanted to share it here. Some time ago, I wrote up three classes for the Grey School of Wizardry, based on haikujaguar's "The Aphorisms of Kherishdar" series. Recently I drafted outlines of a Major and a Minor program for the Department of Lifeways ( Read more... )