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Since kicking off my crowdfunding campaign for Where the Sun Sets I’ve learned that I have no idea what I’m doing. I’ve also learned that I’m not alone. In fact, there are countless other clueless authors who are just like me!  

So I’m putting together a video series -a free online resource-  called Coming Clean on Crowdfunding to help us all be a little less clueless, and a little more likely to succeed in making our dreams a reality.


Coming Clean on Crowdfunding is a series of short video interviews (3-5 min. long), where each video showcases a single author who has chosen to crowdfund their literary darling into existence. 

For our first interview we’ll be hearing from the lovely Janna Grace, author of The Talkers are Talking.  Tune in to hear Janna tell us about her experience participating in an Inkshares contest, what she did wrong with her campaign, what she did right, and more.



Throughout the series we’ll be hearing from authors at all different stages in their campaign, from everywhere around the world. Should be very cool!

I’ll be posting them on YouTube HERE.

The first episode will be available later this evening/first thing in the morning. I’ll update the thread so you know when to take a peek.

If you like what you see and want to see more episodes from different authors, please subscribe! Post your comments or questions to the channel or to this thread, and please highlight the types of questions you’d like to see answered. If you have an experience you’d like to share in an episode, please reach out to me & we’ll set up a time to chat! 

I hope you find these interviews as fun and insightful as I do! 

Donna




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    "A lot of people when they try this they kind of assume parts of it will take care of themselves. They don’t. You have to pretty much count on manually finding all 250 or 750 pre-orders, yourself, individually. And you have to work for every single one of them.” 

    CHECK OUT THE VIDEO HERE  
    (thumbnail of a crowdfunding-author badass, below)


    (https://youtu.be/lHdBelQub6E)

    Them be wise words, shared by author of Tantalus Depths, @Evan Graham. Evan managed to overcome a number of setbacks throughout his crowdfunding period, including the credit system debacle (before my time, but Evan does a good job of summarizing what went wrong ~3:00 minutes in). 

    Evan’s determination is inspirational and humbling. I continue to be blown away by how tough as nails this community is, and by how willing everyone is to share what are some of our most vulnerable moments. 

    Thank you for taking the time, Evan!

    Stay tuned to hear from @Ferd Crôtte  and @Jason Pomerance  who have stuck with this project despite a lion’s share of technical difficulties, and finally @Rick Heinz (PS - I will be in touch this week!)

    Happy it’s-almost-the-end-of-the-polar-vortex-season,

    Donna

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      “I don’t get it," I said quizzically staring at the garment she held so proudly in her hands. "What’s the deal with lab coats? You do plenty of work at home in your pajamas, it’s not like wearing a lab coat somehow transforms you into Super Science Girl.”
      “It’s to ensure the lab is hygienic and no one is contaminated. You can’t hide stains on a white coat. Mostly though, if you spill a chemical on yourself the idea is that the coat will absorb it or at least give you enough time to prevent the liquid from reaching your clothes or skin.”
      “But isn’t this a quantum physics lab?” I asked, “I mean it’s not like you guys are messing with anything dirty.”
      "A very astute observation, Doctor Scientist." Sylvia smirked angrily, taking the coat off its hanger and throwing it at me, causing me to crash my car in the game and nearly scold myself with coffee.
      “Hey!” I yelled.
      “Were you suggesting quantum physicists can’t spill coffee?” she asked, then walked to our room and slammed the door shut. 
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        I have a few, but for some reason this section always makes me proud:


        Post-boxes, which should have been filled with cavity-inducing cards and well-wishes, were hushed amongst pamphlets alerting all of Argent to her disappearance. Where there should have been glittering, colorful, posters proclaiming good tidings across the city’s walls, there were dreadful black posters that bore the last photograph ever taken of her. Hundreds of pairs of eyes wandered over hers. They hesitated, as though needing a moment to collect themselves, and upon glossing over the information dotting shops decorated with wreaths, lights, spiralling ribbons, and plump bows that tied themselves, every witch and wizard dusted off their hands, lowered their heads, and silently thought to themselves – ‘What a crying shame.’ Then, they continued about their holiday business, pondering over many life-altering decisions such as whether cranberry sauce was really all that better than cranberry jelly. 

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