I did the thing.
I put together a kickstarter campaign to help fund the audiobook production of LITANY FOR A BROKEN WORLD.
Can I tell you how much I struggled just to consider doing this? How hard it is for me to ask for friends, readers, and strangers to pledge money to my project? It was difficult enough to write my story (as KS defines it) and be clear on what I needed and to put together rewards for backers that would be something interesting and unique that I could offer. The hardest part? The video.
Kickstarter encourages creators to add a short video to their campaign. Fine, I thought, I'll do a slide deck. But best practice seems to be for the creator to talk directly to potential backers.
AARGH.
I'm a writer. And a neurospicy one at that. I work in a little room, at my computer, alone (maybe Gigi curled up at my feet), usually dressed in torn jeans and flannel and with major bed head. Being seen is uncomfortable.
So I split the difference - created a few slides to introduce my video, did the voice over, added about 90 seconds of me talking about the project and myself.
Total time to put together and record that roughly 2 minute video? Four days. Four full days. Maybe 40 hours of work and at least 20 takes. Video is *hard*. Kudos to creators who work in that medium. I know I couldn't.
After getting really wonderful feedback on the campaign and making some important changes, I sent it off to the powers that be at Kickstarter for approval.
If they give me the green light, I'll set the campaign to officially begin by mid May.
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