I admit, I’m feeling a little blue right now — I’ve just had to cancel the SLF’s Portolan Writing Project Kickstarter, after putting a tremendous amount of time and effort into promoting it over the last month. In the last hour, we’d gotten up to almost $5200 in pledges, with 95 backers, but we’d set …
Geeky writing / reading folks — are any of you interested in hanging out on a Discord with me over the next few weeks? We’re getting ready to open the SLF Discord to our members, but I want to populate it some first with conversation so it looks lively and inviting — I also want …
We did break $5K last night, and more than 90 supporters — thanks so much, folks! https://www.kickstarter.com/…/the-slfs-portolan-writing… Facebook is still throttling my ability to tag in my friends so they can actually SEE these posts, which is more than frustrating. At this point, with five hours left in the fundraiser, I think we’re probably looking …
Up to 73 backers, $4332 of $13,500, 26 hours to go. Can we get to $5000 by 11 CST? I *think* so…
We hit 70 backers, woot! This is really important to me, having the number of backers grow — more important in a lot of ways than the actual amount we raise. There’s a problem in non-profit fundraising, that so much of it is dependent on a very few wealthy donors, and however well-intentioned they are, …
Yay! We broke $4000 — all that posting was good for something. 67 backers, 28 hrs to go. Can we get to $5000 by 10 CST? https://www.kickstarter.com/…/the-slfs-portolan-writing…
Quick apology to the folks that like a lot of my posts, and therefore have probably just gotten dozens of notifications of me posting the SAME COMMENT on all of them — the FB algorithms are driving me nuts, and I’m trying to figure out how I might sneak around them enough so people actually …
Folks, it’s Giving Tuesday, and also the last day of my non-profit Kickstarter. I’ve been asking all month for people to like / comment / share my posts about the Portolan Project, but today, I’m asking you to contribute. https://www.kickstarter.com/…/the-slfs-portolan-writing… This is the project of my heart — bringing free writing lessons to the world, …
Getting ready for today’s teaching, a student just sent me this note: “Just finished Dazzle of Day… it was incredible. Also made clear a lot of stuff I was doing wrong with my latest story. Thanks for the recommendation!” I do love this job.
Have you ever thought, “That’s a great story idea, I should write it down?” But then you get stuck, because it seems too hard to take the next steps. You don’t have time or money to enroll in an MFA, there aren’t any good writing classes in your area, maybe imposter syndrome has kicked in …
