This morning I have
been thinking about Creative Tribes and their power.
When the tribe idea was first being kicked around I blogged about it ...yes way back then...and this grew into a series of posts around the
1000 fans concept that same year. Just type 1000 fans into my search box.
This week I have been
struck by the power of the Tribe in funding creative projects.
Amanda Palmer is
having a block party in New York as I write this, because she raised over $1 million in her Kickstarter campaign for her creative project. She didn’t set
out to do this. All she wanted was $100,000 but her Tribe got the word out and
all through the month of May she has broken every Kickstarter record.
Yesterday my friend
Fifi Colston put up her request for funding an Art Exhibition of her work here
in Wellington on the New Zealand site Pledge Me. Within 24 hours she had
reached her modest target.
The reward system that
Kickstarter and Pledge Me use is interesting. Think of it as buying the product
or experience before it is made. I don’t know if anyone has bought Fifi’s offer
for a personal portrait of themselves but that would be worth having...she is
so talented.
Fifi’s comment when
she reached her target...
Whatever I earn goes straight back into the business of being a
freelance creative. I am currently trying to have some money in reserve to
enable me to work on my next book project. It will be months of writing,
illustration and photography to get it done. And it will be a stunner. So
thanks for all your support to me and everyone in the arts...
Around the blogosphere this
week there was a lot of comment on The New York Times article on writers slacking if they ony write one book a year.... Most of the comment was on the
‘brutal’ regime of writing 2000 words a day but there were lots of other red
flags being waved at writers through publishers comments in the article.
Kristine Rusch examines this article and some of the flags raised, including the current publisher asks
of short form novella ebooks effectively for love as a marketing tool for
publishers and what it means to a writers career. This is a great and timely
article and a good heads up for people.
Elizabeth S Craig has another take on the N Y Times article about being a writer who puts out 3-4
books a year and what it means for her.
As always, I urge you to
read the comments of both these posts...for extra information and insights.
Writer Unboxed had two
posts this week that got everybody talking.
The Bandit Creek series is
written by a writers collective, who write stories based on the fictional town of Bandit Creek, as a cool self publishing experiment for
themselves outside of their traditional published roles.
You all know how
interested I am in writer collectives, this is a really interesting model and
with FaBo 3 in the planning stages...it could morph (just kidding Fabo
team....)
James Scott Bell has a
great post on 5 things every author needs to know before going the self published way.
Catherine Ryan Howard
finishes up her month of blog posts on self publishing by looking at the best way to use Amazon.
In the Craft section
James Killick has a post on
why writing a treatment before you write the novel is a good idea.
There is a great post on storytelling the Pixar way
A group taking storytelling into the business world is doing some great stuff - take a look.
And for those who like
pretty pictures, here is the periodic table of Storytelling!
For those of you into
numbers...
Galley Cat has an info
graphic on how many kids are reading on electronic devices.
Rachelle Gardner takes a
look at what a publishing contract should contain.
This week I have been
finalising details for a group doing a writing course at Karaveer Writing Retreat.
Writing retreats are great
for an all out focus on your work. I get huge hunks of work done when I am on a
writing retreat because there are no interruptions from kids, phone, internet,
kids.... You get the picture.
If you can’t get away to
Karaveer you could look down this list of inexpensive ideas for a writing retreat for yourself. Of course if you want to take a trip up North...and get
some hands on tutoring from one of the best romance writers in the world, well
Karaveer could be just the place.
I leave you with a fun comic on critiques by Inkygirl who’s website is well worth a look around.
maureen
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