• What does the Portolan Project come from? What need do we hope to satisfy? Portolan charts are ancient maps used by navigators at sea, to help them find ports for safe harbor and avoid hazards (“Here be dragons…”) The SLF’s Portolan Project is designed to help writers and readers chart their own courses towards […]
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Y’all, Summer van Houten made an adorable 30 second video for us to help get the word out about the Portolan Project — it is very quick, and I think she makes a pretty convincing argument for why this project is so great and worth supporting. Take a look! (Likes / comments / shares appreciated
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Hey, we’ve just dropped a special bonus episode of the podcast about the Portolan Project – here’s a little 2 minute audiogram, so you can taste a bit. Link to the full podcast & more in comments! Please like / comment / share for visibility.
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IT’S SHOUTY THURSDAY! I DON’T USUALLY HOST SHOUTY THURSDAY, BUT I FEEL LIKE IT TODAY. PLEASE SHOUT IN THE COMMENTS ABOUT WHATEVER YOU NEED TO SHOUT ABOUT, GOOD OR BAD! IT CAN BE SURPRISINGLY SATISFYING. ALL-CAPS RECOMMENDED! PERSONALLY, I AM SUPER-FRUSTRATED BY HOW HARD IT IS TO GET FACEBOOK TO ACTUALLY SHOW MY KICKSTARTER POSTS
Eep, people, I am supposed to be posting about the SLF’s Portolan Project Kickstarter every day, to hopefully avoid the dreaded Kickstarter mid-project slump, but I am not sure that 11:30 p.m. is really the best time to be posting — I have got to get to this earlier. Today was sort of a ridiculously
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Submissions are now open for the SLF $1000 Gulliver Travel Grant! (Nov 1-Nov 30, 2021) The SLF Gulliver Travel grants are awarded annually, since 2004, to assist writers of speculative literature (in fiction, poetry, drama, or creative nonfiction) in their research. They are not currently available for academic research, though we hope to offer such
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Okay, it’s sort of funny — we launched our Kickstarter, which is trying to raise $13,500. And when I looked before teaching, we had $35 in pledges. And I looked again just now, and we have $135 in pledges. I just want to say, I am okay with other numbers. Pledge here: https://www.kickstarter.com/…/the-slfs-portolan…/
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It’s launch day!!! Huzzah!!! I have some questions for you! ***** Have you ever wished there was ‘someone like you’ in a book, or on the screen? Do you want the work of marginalized creators to be uplifted and supported? Do you think creative writing programs are often wildly expensive? Do you believe that publishing
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Okay, Portolan Project Phase 1 Kickstarter submitted for approval. Fingers crossed it’s approved, and we can launch on October 1st — if you love me (or just appreciate the work I do for the writing / lit. community), please help spread the word, and/or donate if you’re in a position to do so. This project
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I’ve been avoiding making this 2 min. Kickstarter video for a few weeks now, but today I finally geared up and just did it. One take, and while it’s not perfect, I think it’s good enough, which is good, because I honestly don’t think I have another take in me right now. Just call me
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