CE Murphy 2011 Crowdfunding Projects
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crowdfundingSo I've got two crowdfunding projects going on in 2011. I'll post about the second one in February when I have a teaser available for it, but here are the details on the first one:
There is a book I've been trying to write since I was twelve years old. It's called RIGHT ANGLES TO FAIRYLAND, and it's a traditional YA fantasy novel: Five children discover a fairy circle on Midsummer's Day, and make their way into a Fairyland torn apart by centuries of strife--on one side is Fairy, caught in Winter, and on the other side, Goblin, bound to endless Summer. The five make allies on opposite sides of the conflict, and individually go on quests that will help to bring the shattered land back together--or destroy it forever.
I wrote the rough draft in 2002. It was the best thing I'd ever written. It probably still is the best thing I've ever written. But it has languished unrevised for most of a decade now, for the simple and rather pragmatic reason that people keep paying me to write other things. I literally haven't been able to afford to revise this book which is closest to my heart.
I was recently dumbstruck by the idea of making the Angles revisions a crowdfunded project. It gives me a deadline, it gives those readers who want to participate by buying in an opportunity to read a full novel, and it gets it done. So that's what I'm going to do.
The Angles commission will probably run for six months, as I'm setting a delivery deadline of July 1, 2011, but there's a catch:
I may close the commission as early as April 14, 3 months from now, if I get it done by then. I may give 24 hours' notice about it closing, or I may not. I'll post about this monthly or so, in order to remind people, but I won't ride it any harder than that. So if you want in, don't faff about too long. :)
Given that this is an actual novel, not just a novella or short stories, I've set a $15 buy-in, since my novels tend to be trade paperbacks with approximately that price tag.
And, because this is a revision project, I can for once offer a really decent teaser: Here are the first three unrevised chapters of RIGHT ANGLES TO FAIRYLAND. (Do bear in mind I wrote this almost ten years ago, and don't judge me too harshly. :))
As usual, the finished story will be delivered via email as a PDF (and *maybe* in ebook format--leave a note in the Paypal transaction if there's an e-format you'd like to have it delivered as) on or before July 1, 2011.
There is a book I've been trying to write since I was twelve years old. It's called RIGHT ANGLES TO FAIRYLAND, and it's a traditional YA fantasy novel: Five children discover a fairy circle on Midsummer's Day, and make their way into a Fairyland torn apart by centuries of strife--on one side is Fairy, caught in Winter, and on the other side, Goblin, bound to endless Summer. The five make allies on opposite sides of the conflict, and individually go on quests that will help to bring the shattered land back together--or destroy it forever.
I wrote the rough draft in 2002. It was the best thing I'd ever written. It probably still is the best thing I've ever written. But it has languished unrevised for most of a decade now, for the simple and rather pragmatic reason that people keep paying me to write other things. I literally haven't been able to afford to revise this book which is closest to my heart.
I was recently dumbstruck by the idea of making the Angles revisions a crowdfunded project. It gives me a deadline, it gives those readers who want to participate by buying in an opportunity to read a full novel, and it gets it done. So that's what I'm going to do.
The Angles commission will probably run for six months, as I'm setting a delivery deadline of July 1, 2011, but there's a catch:
I may close the commission as early as April 14, 3 months from now, if I get it done by then. I may give 24 hours' notice about it closing, or I may not. I'll post about this monthly or so, in order to remind people, but I won't ride it any harder than that. So if you want in, don't faff about too long. :)
Given that this is an actual novel, not just a novella or short stories, I've set a $15 buy-in, since my novels tend to be trade paperbacks with approximately that price tag.
And, because this is a revision project, I can for once offer a really decent teaser: Here are the first three unrevised chapters of RIGHT ANGLES TO FAIRYLAND. (Do bear in mind I wrote this almost ten years ago, and don't judge me too harshly. :))
As usual, the finished story will be delivered via email as a PDF (and *maybe* in ebook format--leave a note in the Paypal transaction if there's an e-format you'd like to have it delivered as) on or before July 1, 2011.
RIGHT ANGLES TO FAIRYLAND Revision Commission ($15)
or
RIGHT ANGLES TO FAIRYLAND Revision Commission "You are an artist..." Version
or
RIGHT ANGLES TO FAIRYLAND Revision Commission "You are an artist..." Version
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Yay!
Date: 2011-01-24 11:56 pm (UTC)Re: Yay!
Date: 2011-01-25 01:19 am (UTC)If you had a fiction project, one of your readers can nominate it for a Rose and Bay Award in the fiction category.
You can also nominate your patrons for Rose and Bay Awards (though it is a good idea to check with them first, as patrons may be shy and might not want their generosity to be publicly spotlighted).
Just head on over to the Rose and Bay Landing page for the details:
http://community.livejournal.com/crowdfunding/239698.html
And pelase feel free to spread the word! We need more nominations.