Ratha Graphic Novel Kickstarter

[rathacat]

Hi everyone,

I'm Clare Bell, (Rathacat), author of the Ratha or Named series. Many of you on LJ have read and enjoyed these books, starting with Ratha's Creature and its sequels

This year I am realizing a long-held dream: adapting Ratha's Creature, the First Book of the Named, as a graphic novel. I am working with three very talented artsts,

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Wow!

[ysabetwordsmith]

>> Please help us realize the dream of a Ratha's Creature Graphic Novel by pledging on Kickstarter. <<

You're almost at the halfway point! That's exciting.

>>This reinforces my belief that working with artists drawn from the Ratha fan community is working out well, far beyond our hopes. <<

That's a wonderful aspect of crowdfunding unto itself: the ability to bring fans into active creation of more canon material. It's an area where crowdfunding has a tremendous advantage over conventional publication.

>>Our decision to choose three artists who could complement and back each other up has already shown that it was a wise choice. When one or more of the artists did experience a problem or disruption, another was immediately able to step in, minimizing delays, and smoothing out bumps in the trail.... )

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[rathacat]

I, or others on the project will be sure to post our updates here. I am particularly pleased with the number of fan artists who have joined the "Ratha's Challenge". This was something a Ratha fan on Dev Art came up with, and it has attracted a lot of attention.

I believe that using the Basecamp collaboration site has helped us approach and discuss problems in new ways, helping us to solve them. My original proposal for this idea included getting artists with the capability to hand off tasks to each other and back each other up. So far it has worked exceptionally well.

Yes, I will most certainly write a followup report as well as doing the updates.

Clare "Rathacat" Bell

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[ysabetwordsmith]

>>I am particularly pleased with the number of fan artists who have joined the "Ratha's Challenge". This was something a Ratha fan on Dev Art came up with, and it has attracted a lot of attention. <<

That is a clever idea. I've heard that Deviant Art is a good place to network with other creative people. I created a page there in hopes of reaching some new fans:
http://ysabetwordsmith.deviantart.com/
If you tell me your DA username, I'll look you up there.

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[rathacat]

Hi Ysabetwordsmith!

I'm Rathacat on Dev Art, http://rathacat.deviantart.com

See ya there!