Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
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Monday Update 5-30-16

These are some posts from the later part of last week in case you missed them:
Superheroes in Real Life
Friending Meme
Sunday Yardening
Unsold Poems from the May 3, 2016 Poetry Fishbowl
Saturday Yardening
Schrodinger's Entanglement
Poetry Fishbowl Report for May 3, 2016
Thursday's Yardening
Wednesday Yardening
Good News


I'm currently working on poetry records, trying to catch up before next week's fishbowl.


Poetry in Microfunding:
"Holding Hope and Love" belongs to Polychrome Heroics.  Cheersquad gives Zima some ideas for helping Lakia.  "The Door to Nowhere" is a crossover between P.I.E. and Schrodinger's Heroes.  Folks discuss the good and evil Schrodingers.  "A Hope and a Promise" belongs to Polychrome Heroics.  Aidan and Saraphina return to Easy City to visit Arlene and explore a Montessori school.

Torn World writing update:
Approved as canon: "Unicorns on Parade" "Spruce Deer" "Wandering the Heights" (poetry).  Back to me for edits: "Winterheart" (parts 2-3), "Stinging Like Nettles"  "Off the Clock" (poetry).  Currently in front of the canon board: "Ghost Bat" (nonfiction). Drafted: "Like Ash Before the Wind," "From Dark to Bright," "The Inappropriate But Useful Disposal of Lettuce" "A Thin Red Trail" (fiction), "Changes in the Wind" (poetry), "Southern Breads" "Tangleweed Article" (articles), Jularei (character sheet).  In revision at home: "Water Dance," "When the Wind's Teeth Sing," "Raining Kittens," "Finding the Holes," "Broken Hopes," "Brewing Beauty," "Little Paws in the Licenses" (fiction), "The Smallest Invaders," "Raising the Future" "Beach Pies" "Unsolid Ground" "Riding from the Rescue" "To Ride Death" (poetry), "Rammer" (nonfiction).  Currently writing: "Catch of the Day," "A Cold Clear Night" (fiction).


Weather is a little dryer here.  Current project is to follow up the major brush clearing with things like putting stump killer on the remains.  Seen at the bird feeders this week: small flock of sparrows, several mourning doves, cardinals, and grackles.  Currently blooming: violets, honeysuckle, zinnias, petunias, marigolds, million bells, moss rose, johnny jump ups, pink things and purple things in the wildflower garden, comfrey. The iris and peonies are done.
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  • 6 comments
lb_lee

lb_lee

May 30 2016, 21:07:04 UTC 5 years ago

Hey there, this seems up you and your readers' alley, but I'm in an anthology of science comics that is up on Kickstarter! A lot of my colleagues are involved in it; I did a comic about Phineas Gage, while other folks have covered everything from dark matter to deer contracpetion! You can see some of the pages here.
ysabetwordsmith

Well...

ysabetwordsmith

May 30 2016, 21:28:25 UTC 5 years ago

It sounds like a great project, but all I wanted was a hardcopy, and I'm disinclined to pay extra for other stuff. 0_o
lb_lee

Re: Well...

lb_lee

May 31 2016, 02:30:49 UTC 5 years ago

Ah, that's fair. Yeah, apparently all the early-bird hard copies only thing sold out really fast in, and after that it's got other stuff. Sorry about that, I didn't realize!
ysabetwordsmith

Re: Well...

ysabetwordsmith

May 31 2016, 02:54:36 UTC 5 years ago

Not all perk stacks are equally well designed. I was actively planning to buy the book, looked for a way to do that, and ... bang. Seeing the list killed my interest dead. Lost sale.

*shrug* Crowdfunding is still new. People are learning from experience what works and what doesn't. I will definitely remember not to do this if I run a campaign of my own, so this was useful in that regard.
lb_lee

Re: Well...

lb_lee

May 31 2016, 15:53:31 UTC 5 years ago

I actually really appreciate this feedback, and so will Robot Camp (the folks running the Kickstarter). They'll be Kickstarting one of MY books later this year, and this is their first KS, so I'll definitely send this info down their way.
ysabetwordsmith

Re: Well...

ysabetwordsmith

May 31 2016, 18:20:55 UTC 5 years ago

I'm glad I could help. It's not the first time I've been deeply thanked for a negative review.

I've read a lot about how to make crowdfunding work. The Crowdfunding archive on my site centers around the kind of freestyle project I do, but also includes a lot of references about Kickstarter because they are so famous.

Among the observations are that you should check the peak donation point (the level at which the most number of people donate) and put a really great perk there. You should also have something at very low levels for broke fans, and very high levels just in case you get angels. Things you expect to be enormously popular should have unlimited numbers, or very large and if it fills you open a new one at the same level, because it definitely kills donations if people can't get the thing they really want. Similarly, it helps to think what people will want most -- if you're making a product, make sure it's easy and affordable by itself, because some people don't want to pay extra for stuff they don't care about. Others love big bundles, so put those toward the higher end.