New Crowd Funding Project: Dylan and the Dream Pirates

[highway-west.livejournal.com]

I have made references to a secret project for the last two months.

I wanted to wait until most of the work was completed on the site to reveal my secret.

I decided to finally make my attempt at a crowd-funding project.

Trying such an endevor has both scared the crap out of me and excited me about the new possibilities. The lovely and talented Jen Brooks is finishing the graphics element this weekend.

You can take a sneak peak at: http://dylanandthedreampirates.com/

Please post a link to this project on your own website or Facebook. Search engines rank sites based on links from other sites to said location.

Comments

Congratulations!

[ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com]

So far this looks good. Let me know if you'd like to have an excerpt of your project featured over on "Hypatia's Hoard of Reviews." If so, I need:

The title of the project
The creator's name
The URL(s) where you want the link to point
A brief description of the project including its crowdfunding model
An excerpt that will hook new members.

(We may have discussed this before and were just waiting for the site to go live.)

Re: Congratulations!

[highway-west.livejournal.com]

Title: Dylan and the Dream Pirates
Creator: Jason Andrew
URL: www.dylanandthedreampirates.com
Description: Dylan and the Dream Pirates, by Jason Andrew, is an on-line fantasy novel about a boy named Dylan recovering from the death of his mother. An accidental meeting with the mythical Lost Boys throws him into a world of magic and wonder. When he discovers that his best friend Clay has a magical disease called the Taint, Dylan swears to risk everything to help him and learns along the way that maybe rushing into adulthood isn't the best plan. There's also pirates, talking cats, living ships, giant snakes, vampires, and other weirdness.

Re: Congratulations!

[highway-west.livejournal.com]

Does anyone know of sites that review projects like this?

Re: Congratulations!

[papyruscrow.livejournal.com]

Web Fiction Guide: http://webfictionguide.com/

I think most sites that do reviews of online literature are going to want you to have more than two or three chapters, though, so the reviewer can get a better sense of characters and plots.

Re: Congratulations!

[highway-west.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the link!!!!

Re: Congratulations!

[ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com]

There are a few weblit sites that do reviews, but not many.

Re: Congratulations!

[highway-west.livejournal.com]

Would it be possible to add Dylan and the Dream pirates to the links page? ;)

Re: Congratulations!

[ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com]

Done.

[iamtheelfinpoet.livejournal.com]

Looks fabulous! I wish you all the best with your project!

[highway-west.livejournal.com]

Thank you kindly.

And here is to hoping that people start readming it. :)

[highway-west.livejournal.com]

Would you be interested in reviewing the first chapter?

[iamtheelfinpoet.livejournal.com]

Hi Jason!

What do you mean by reviewing? I can look at it, but I am not a professional editor by any means.

Let me know what you are looking for and I will try and help you!

[highway-west.livejournal.com]

I was more thinking of an actual review.

IE, you read the chapter and then write on your LJ about it. Or post in the comments. ;)

[iamtheelfinpoet.livejournal.com]

Oh okay...Well, in that case, no. I shall decline your kind offer. I wouldn't be the right person to review your story, for I am not familiar with the genre. I would definitely suggest that you post on your LJ about it--and here as well--and look for the appropriate candidate.

I truly thank you for thinking of me. I appreciate it!