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In which we ramble on.
And by we, I mean me.

My First Writing Project!

5/20/2019

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Last week, my mother was cleaning out the house where I grew up, and she found this:
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...in the fourth grade, we had to make a fake magazine for a school project. I created this masterpiece, a laminated edition of Time from the distant future year of 2019.

The cover story is my creation of a genetically engineered hybrid between dog and rabbit, which is clearly a huge breakthrough in genetic science. In this article, I make sure to reassure the reader that this mutant creature is very safe and will not break out and harm anyone. As would be any person’s reasonable fear.

I stand by this prediction of the future, which means I must learn a lot about genetic engineering in the next couple of months.

-Will
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Kickstarter?

5/9/2019

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​EDIT 5/14: Wow, this has generated SO many comments. I'm diving in.

Over the last few weeks, I've had a couple of phone meetings with Michael J. Sullivan and his wife, Robin (mostly Robin), and they've had great success Kickstarting print runs of their books.

They suggested Kickstarter as something I might consider, so I thought I'd bring the idea to you, the fans.

Here's the concept: I don't need funds to write a book (the reverse, really: I need to write a book for funds), so I wouldn't be Kickstarting a book so much as special-edition print runs of that book. So there might be a limited-run signed hardcover version, paperbacks with alternate covers, whatever. Exclusive stuff.

If we Kickstarted something like Cradle #7, Uncrowned, the Kickstarter audience might even get the book early.

But these are all ideas at this point. Just dreams floating around in the ether. The compelling part of this to me is that Kickstarters are fun, this gives an opportunity to get fans involved, and it allows me to try projects I normally wouldn't, like limited-edition hardcovers.

What do you think? How would you feel about a Kickstarter? What sorts of things would you want to see as rewards? How was your week? Has everyone seen Endgame yet?

Discuss!

​-Will
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    ​Waybound Progress:
    Three-Star Hound.

    Last Written:

    "Then he felt a reaction from his cores."

    Amount Complete:
    100% Alpha

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