4,206
That is the number of novel projects currently seeking funding on Kickstarter. The idea is that a crowd of interested readers gives money to a writer in exchanged for tiered prizes, often including the novel itself. I am thinking very seriously about producing a kickstarted novel if for nothing more than the experience and the opportunity.
2
That is the number of online classes I’ll be redesigning and teaching this summer. There is a lot of work to be done and I still need to solve the problem of a shared publishing forum, but I am on my way.
I’ll probably be keeping strange hours trying to develop the classes and get back into the rhythm of novel writing. It means a lot of water and potato chips–the fuel a writer needs to stay in the groove for a long long time…
Some Thoughts:
- As far as history goes, 1831 was a fairly boring year outside of what is now the U.S. and her territories. What there was largely included death and war. More death and war here as Nat Turner led a slave rebellion.
- We are in a terrible political cycle that is fueled by the 24 hr news cycle. Once upon a time news used to be about reporting a story that had been fully researched. Now CNN regularly quotes random tweeters–one from the right and one from the left–as an example of what the zeitgeist is thinking.