2012 Rose & Bay Awards Update

[ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com]

This award recognizes excellence in cyberfunded creativity aka crowdfunding. Visit the 2012 Rose & Bay Award landing page for full details.

The nomination period is open through January 31, so we're halfway through that Here are the nomination posts for all six categories and their current numbers of nominations:

Art: 6
Fiction: 5
Poetry: 2
Webcomic: 2
Other Project: 4
Patron: 5

Nominations are still on the low side.  I'd like to see the nominations surpass what we got in 2011, which were Art (6), Fiction (18), Poetry (4), Webcomic (11), Other Project (10), and Patron (12).  Poetry and Webcomics are the lowest.  Try looking for poetry book projects on Kickstarter if you need ideas.  Webcomics are really popular and there's a list of archives on the nomination page.  Patron is gaining a bit.  There are many creators in this community -- if everyone would nominate at least one of their own patrons for their projects, this category would be thriving.

You can also help by boosting the signal.  Post about the award and encourage your audience to come nominate projects.

Rose and Bay Awards Update

[ysabetwordsmith]

This award recognizes excellence in cyberfunded creativity aka crowdfunding. Visit the 2012 Rose & Bay Award landing page for full details.

The nomination period is open through January 31, so we're halfway through that Here are the nomination posts for all six categories and their current numbers of nominations:

Art: 6
Fiction: 5
Poetry: 2
Webcomic: 2
Other Project: 4
Patron: 5

Nominations are still on the low side. I'd like to see the nominations surpass what we got in 2011, which were Art (6), Fiction (18), Poetry (4), Webcomic (11), Other Project (10), and Patron (12). Poetry and Webcomics are the lowest. Try looking for poetry book projects on Kickstarter if you need ideas. Webcomics are really popular and there's a list of archives on the nomination page. Patron is gaining a bit. There are many creators in this community -- if everyone would nominate at least one of their own patrons for their projects, this category would be thriving.

You can also help by boosting the signal. Post about the award and encourage your audience to come nominate projects.

Black March: Shop Indie!

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One of my activist friends on Facebook, Terry Hancock, modified the Black March badge to include my message encouraging people to support independent creators.  Spend your entertainment budget on material that supports the kind of world you want to live in.  (Full-size version in my LJ scrapbook.)

Black March Indie

[ysabetwordsmith]

One of my activist friends on Facebook, Terry Hancock, modified the Black March badge to include my message encouraging people to support independent creators. Spend your entertainment budget on material that supports the kind of world you want to live in. 

Chinese Poetry Collection for Children?

[marina-bonomi.livejournal.com]

Hello,
I have been a member for quite a while, but up to now I never posted projects of my own, I'd like the community's input on this.

I am a cultural mediator for China, and I work a lot with schools. Recently  teachers keep asking me about Chinese classical poetry: info on authors, translation of poems, suggestions and materials for using Chinese poetry in class.

And that set me thinking, since as far as I know there aren't any collections of translated Chinese poetry aimed at children over here.

I keep visualizing a book like this:

Front matter: an introduction to the Chinese poetry of the 'golden age' (definitely Tang, possibly with something about the Song too), a pronunciation table and a short bio for each of the included poets (all in a 'register' that could be good both for teachers / parents and for older kids, keeping things simple never hurts).

The poems: first in a 'one page per line' format. with the original Chinese, a transcription  and the translation, like this (the transcription will have the tones marked):

危樓高百尺﹐

wei lou gao bai chi
A tower of one hundred feet

With an illustration portraying the image in the line, then the whole poem on a single page.

I have most of the materials for the front matter already and I'll need just to select the poems and translate them (some I have already because of previous projects).

At the start I thought about doing an ebook in Italian, but a version in English wouldn't be that much more work (again, much of the front matter I have in both languages) and offering both an ebook and a paper edition would be a dream.

I wonder wheter crowdfunding could be a viable option, for starters I'll need an editor for the English version and an illustrator (I'd love something in watercolor, not aping classical Chinese paintings but with a bit of that flavour), and hopefully enough to cover a trial print run.
Perks could be : a copy of the e-book, a copy of the paper book (if we make enough), the possibility to sponsor a specific illustration and have the patron's name listed in the credit, or that plus a print of the sponsored illustration,...

At the moment, though what I'll need most would be an interested editor, illustrator and, maybe, publisher/printer to have an idea of the sum needed.

Opinions, please?

Crossposted to my own journal

Project update: Lorelei has a Dream

[meeks]

The Kickstarter project for Lorelei has a Dream has now raised $2931, from 62 backers. Sincere thanks to everyone who has pledged so far, and to everyone who has helped spread the word! We still have $6069 to go, and 19 days to do it in so please keep sharing the link!

Project update: Lorelei has a Dream

[meeksp.livejournal.com]

The Kickstarter project for Lorelei has a Dream has now raised $2931, from 62 backers. Sincere thanks to everyone who has pledged so far, and to everyone who has helped spread the word! We still have $6069 to go, and 19 days to do it in so please keep sharing the link!