Want to be part of launching the next new Young Adult Paranormal Thriller series by an award-winning author? Get in on the ground floor and pre-order my novel Ghost Hand on my Kikstarter Project HERE. With only five days left, I am almost to my goal and I only need a few more backers to make it happen.

 

WHAT ARE PEOPLE SAYING ABOUT GHOST…

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Having done research on Crowdfunding for the last several months, I've decided to put my money where my mouth is (or hopefully your money:) and try Kickstarter out for myself. 

I am currently almost half-way through my…

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Art and artists have always struggled with the issue of funding. 

 

You can't create something out of nothing, and the supplies and time needed to create good art don't come free. When you are an unknown artist, no one will pay much money or attention to your art. But in order to get better, to hone your skills and develop your art to…

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Poet, writer, and editor Maya Stein turns 40 soon and plans to celebrate by bicycle riding from Amherst, Massachusetts, to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Over her 40-day journey, Stein intends to invite the members of communities she visits to participate in a collaborative writing project. Stein is  trying to fund her project via Kickstarter. …

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Filmmaker Audrey Ewell and her partner Aaron Ailes are collaborating on a crowdsourced film project about #Occupy Wall Street called "99% (The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film)". As I write, they have pushed past their original goal of $17,500, so success is now a given.

Check out their video on Kickstarter, where they now have 10 hours to raise funds…

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Sometime last year, while reading Patti Digh's 37days blog, I came across a poem by Maya Stein that I loved and clicked over to her blog to read more about her. I've been "following" her ever since. Stein is now planning an intensive eight-week, 30-state traveling poetry project she's calling "Tour de Word" -- a project financed entirely with donations through Kickstarter. Today, I'm featuring a video that describes the project and provides resources for accessing Stein's enjoyable… Continue