May Monthly Post

[ysabetwordsmith]

What are your planned crowdfunding projects for May? What did you accomplish during April?

The May Creative Jam will run Saturday 20-Sunday 21 with a theme of "baker's dozen."

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[clare_dragonfly]

At my Patreon, I posted a compilation ebook of March's Patreon story and Chatoyant College chapters for $3+ patrons; a Perennials (repost story) for all to read, "The Sword in the Flame"; my original map of Chatoyant College for patrons only; and a folktale of the Sivrit people, "Homeland," for patrons only.

I'm just about to put up the theme poll ($5+ patrons) for May's theme!

Yay!

[ysabetwordsmith]

That's good to hear.

[thesilentpoet]

I'm hosting a Q&A on my Patreon today!
Http://www.patreon.com/posts/q-10011070

I'm offering a special welcome-surprise for any one who pledges at least $1. They must let me know they wandered over via Dreamwidth.

I also wrapped up my 30 days of poems for National Poetry Month. 15 poems were written, and a donation made to Every Library.

Wow!

[ysabetwordsmith]

That's quite a bit. :D

[artsyhonker]

I didn't do a lot: a couple of non-crowdfunding commission deadlines, combined with competition stuff, and my own observance of Holy Week and Easter, meant April was rather full. I did make some preliminary enquiries into finding some more independent artists to commission for postcards and cover art.

In May I hope to, er, finish a piece I can put online, or at least hear back about things I've already written where I'm waiting on competition results and so can't publish yet. I need to get in touch with some of those artists and commission a piece of art for the postcard for June.

I also want to start doing some arranging, which I know I eventually want to fund differently than I fund the composing. I've been thinking about this for ages without actually doing the arranging bits; but I've now broken the arranging down into steps and put them into my to-do lists, so it's a little more likely to get off the ground.

Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

Arranging sounds promising.

[ladybrooke]

Hi! I just joined (as in, I still need to finish writing my introductory post joined). My goal for May is to poke around and figure out how Patreon works better, and then write sample content.

I'm going to go back and lurk in awe at everybody who is successful at this.

Welcome!

[ysabetwordsmith]

I wish you luck with this. There are lots of people doing all kinds of different things. :D

I have an archive of "how to" and other materials for crowdfunding, which you might find helpful.

[james]

I'm in almost the same boat - I started my Patreon last month, and I've got five patrons and I've made a couple of important posts and a couple of not-as-important posts. So now I'm just sort of...hanging on and hoping I don't make it burst into flames.