It’s like this all night long.
Image courtesy of their Kickstarter page.
March is long past, but I wanted to point out another Kickstarter campaign that deserves people’s attention.
Northern Spark is an all-night arts festival in Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota. I had the pleasure of going to the 2011 festival, and it was a blast. There’s everything there: independent films, readings, art installations, plays. Not to mention it’s a great way to show off one’s Minnesota pride.
First of all, I’m happy to announce that the Kickstarter campaign for Cannon Fodder‘s cover art is now fully funded. Thanks to everyone who backed the project. There’s still ten days left on the campaign, so if you want a copy of the book or you want to help it meet its reach goal, check it out.
Meanwhile, here’s a few more Kickstarter campaigns that I think are pretty awesome:
Image courtesy of the campaign page.
The Bacterionomicon by Nerdcore Medical
Nerdcore Medical is a tiny company based in Texas that makes educational games based on the founder’s own experience going through med school. Their latest project: the Bacterionomicon, a lushly illustrated book where antibiotics are cast as clerics and infectious diseases are eldritch abominations. Just check out the illustrations on this thing.
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Image courtesy of the campaign page.
Skies of Fire by Ray Chou
Another project I picked out for its gorgeousness. It’s a full-color webcomic about various fantasy nations doing airship battles with each other. Need I say more?
The campaign for this little guy is over, but I still want one.
I have a Kickstarter campaign running right now for my book’s cover art. So throughout the month of March, while that’s running, I’m going to point out other Kickstarter projects that are cool.
To start off with, did you know that Kickstarter has special pages dedicated to projects about Cthulhu and robots?
Hey, guys? I have exciting news. My last ebook, The Confederacy of Heaven, was published in the fall of 2010. Now, after three and a half years, I’m finally ready to publish another ebook.
Kelsey’s concept of what the book will look like.
It’s called Cannon Fodder, and here’s a taste of how it goes:
The good guys always win – and Alec Nightshade isn’t going to take it anymore. Alec’s a fifteen-year-old member of the Norgolian Society of Evil Overlords, which means not having much of a life expectancy. When a hero hunts down and kills his aunt, the Viper, he sets off on the first evil scheme of his life to set things straight.
Starting an evil scheme proves to be harder than it looks. Alec catches a break when a friend tips him off about the Eggbeater of Doom, a device that can summon a kiloton-sized elder god with a grudge against those puny hairless apes. If Alec blabs about the Eggbeater, gets a hero to go after him, then kicks the hero’s ass, he can break the cycle of prophecy that dooms his side never to see the age of fifty. He doesn’t mean to hurt anybody else. But when another overlord steals the Eggbeater with the intent to actually level a city, Alec knows what he and his gang of minions will have to do: save the day. He will never get to live this down.
Like the sound of it? I’m running a Kickstarter campaign starting today to raise money for professional cover art. I’m working with Kelsey King, a local artist who’s illustrated my other ebooks. If you preorder a copy of Cannon Fodder through the Kickstarter, not only do you get to help support the cover art, but you’ll get the book at a discount.
Check out the Cannon Fodder Kickstarter campaign.
Want to know more about the project? Drop me a line. I’ll keep you guys posted about the campaign’s progress now through the end of March.
The second of the new book covers funded by Kickstarter is now complete. You can see the new-cover version of Grizelda up on Smashwords here. Thanks, Kelsey for doing such a wonderful job with these!
(You can see more of Kelsey King’s artwork on her own blog.)
The Smashwords edition of “Ravensdaughter’s Tale” is complete and now up on the site. Even if you weren’t a backer of the Kickstarter campaign, now’s your chance to get a copy. It’s only 99 cents.
And check out the lovely cover art that Kelsey has made for it. She’s awesome.
First of all, the surviving lettuces on my balcony have set flower:
Secondly, my Kickstarter for “Ravensdaughter’s Tale” finished the other day, not only fully funded, but also having made its first reach goal of $300! This means that I’ll be able to post “Ravensdaughter’s Tale” up on Smashwords as well as a new edition of Grizelda. I’ll send links when there’s stuff to see.
We are go, I repeat, we are go for a bonus reward for the Ravensdaughter’s Tale campaign. I’ve talked to Kelsey King about the possibility of using the extra Kickstarter money to commission cover art for one of my novels, Grizelda. She sent me back some of her ideas here:
If the Kickstarter reaches $300 funding, I can commission Kelsey to make the cover art, and if that happens, all the backers will get a copy of the cover art along with their other rewards. There are fifteen days left in the campaign and we’re already more than halfway there, so things are looking good.
Wow, this is flabbergasting. The campaign is only about half over, but I had a couple of people make big backings yesterday that put us over the top.
(For those of you who came to this blog just now, I’m running a Kickstarter campaign to make cover art for one of my short stories.)
What does this mean? I can start aiming for one of the reach goals of the campaign. I’m going to go talk to the artist I’m working with about doing more stuff, probably cover art. If this project reaches one of its reach goals, everybody who backs it is going to get extra cool stuff. More news when it’s ready.
Hey, guys, I’m getting on the Kickstarter bandwagon.
For those of you who haven’t heard of it before, Kickstarter is this really cool website where people can post ideas for artistic projects. Other people on the Internet can help fund these projects so they can become a reality. Sometimes, so many people get together to back a project that a certain webcomic can raise over a million dollars.
I’m giving Kickstarter a go for one of my short stories. In a nutshell, I’ve found a great local artist to draw cover art for the story, and I’m raising funds to pay her commission. Her concept for the cover of Ravensdaughter’s Tale looks like this:
Check out my campaign, and then check out all the other cool projects on the site.