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about 8 hours ago
Brian White
Posted project update #64Big start for Issue Two & Beyond
Post CommentThe Kickstarter for the next issues of Fireside is off to a fantastic start. A lot of that is due to you guys, the backers of the first issue, so thanks so much for coming back for another round!
After three days, we've raised $1,954, almost a third of the $6,000 we need for Issue Two and 17% of what we need add Issue Three. We are so happy that people are interested in seeing more.
We still have a lot of good premium rewards available. All the slots to have your likeness in the comic have sold, but there are still two of the six slots to be drawn into an illustration by Galen Dara, our cover artist. The spots to have your name used for a character have sold for Stephen Blackmoore and Damien Walters Grintalis, but they are still open for Kat Howard and Jake Kerr, and all four slots to have your name mentioned in a story are open. There are also still four pieces of original art by Galen and comic artist Steve Walker, and copies of the story manuscripts.
Thanks again so much!
Brian White
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2 days ago
Brian White
backed a project
Feminist Speculative Fiction Anthology by Jef Smith
This project seeks to publish an anthology of feminist speculative fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
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106% funded $12,726 pledged
- 416 backers
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2 days ago
Brian White
Posted project update #1Wow. An awesome first day
Post CommentGood morning!
I'm going to try to go easier on the updates than I did on our first Kickstarter, but we had to say thank you to everyone who helped give us a HUGE first day. We raised $1,548 by midnight, just over 12 hours after we launched! Thank you so much!
Now we need to keep the momentum going. If you have any friends you think would like Fireside, please tell them, and spread the word on Twitter, Facebook, etc.! Here's a full link and a shortlink you can use:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/firesidemag/fireside-magazine-issue-two-and-beyond
I also wanted to point out two other short fiction projects that are up right now, Nightmare, a horror and dark/fantasy magazine by John Joseph Adams, and Crossed Genres by Bart Leib and K.T. Holt. We were side by side yesterday at the top of the Kickstarter page for popular fiction projects, and Bart got a screengrab of it:
Thanks again! We are so happy to have your support.
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3 days ago
Brian White
backed a project
Crossed Genres Publications: over a year of indie publishing by Bart Leib
The indie small press Crossed Genres wants to publish at least 6 titles through 2013 - let's make it happen!
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147% funded $5,900 pledged
- 148 backers
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3 days ago
Brian White
Posted project update #63Fireside Issue Two & Beyond Kickstarter is live!
Post CommentThe Kickstarter for the next issue of Fireside is live!
The goal this time is to raise $6,000 to publish Issue Two. 68% of that will go to the writers, artists, and designers. The rest will cover production and Kickstarter costs.
We are also hoping to raise enough money to fund issues beyond Issue Two. For every $5,000 we raise above our goal, there will be a new eBook-only issue of Fireside. Every backer of this Kickstarter will receive every eBook issue funded in this campaign.
We have a full lineup for Issue Two, and most of the lineup for Issue Three. Issue Two will feature short stories by Stephen Blackmoore, Damien Walters Grintalis, Kat Howard, and Jake Kerr. It will also have a comic penciled and inked by Steven Walker and written by, well, me, Brian White, editor of Fireside. Frank Cvetkovic will letter the comic. Our cover artist is Galen Dara.
For Issue Three, we will have short stories by Daniel Abraham, Elizabeth Bear, and Mary Robinette Kowal. Our comic will be written by Rachel Deering. Artists are still in the works, and we are holding a short story slot for open submissions. We hope to begin accepting submissions for Issue Three and future issues sometime later this summer.
As for rewards, we have a ton of great stuff. In addition to the eBook and print editions of Issue Two (plus eBook copies of EVERY issue we fund in this Kickstarter), you can get autographed copies of the magazine; bookmarks and keychains; a print of the cover art; your name featured in one of the stories; your likeness featured in the comic or a piece of original art by Galen Dara; autographed final manuscripts of the stories; autographed pieces of the original art drawn by Galen and Steve Walker; and lifetime subscriptions to the magazine.
There is a lot more detail over on the Kickstarter. We hope you'll join us!
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3 days ago
Brian White launched a project
Fireside magazine Issue Two & Beyond by Brian White
Fireside is a multigenre magazine of fiction and comics. We have two goals: to publish good storytelling and to pay creators well.
- $6,000 funding goal
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17days left
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5 days ago
Brian White
Posted project update #62Issue Two Kickstarter launches Wednesday
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on May 18
Brian White
backed a project
12 for '12 (3.0): Dangerous Games Novels by Matt Forbeck
I'm writing a dozen novels in 2012, a trilogy at a time. The third group is set at the largest adventure game convention in America.
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77% funded $7,779 pledged
- 177 backers
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on May 14
Brian White
backed a project
Holiday Wars by Scott King
In a world where Holidays are real it's up to teenager Tegan Cassidy to stop a war that began with the death of Santa Claus.
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122% funded $3,668 pledged
- 85 backers
- Funded May 20, 2012
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on May 12
Brian White
Posted project update #61And a reward question
I am debating whether to include a reward at the $50 level for the next Kickstarter that includes a tote bag with the Fireside logo. If this is something you'd be interested in, please drop a comment on this post. Thanks!
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Brian White
Boston, MA
Fireside is edited and created by Brian White, whose day job — well, it’s actually a night job — is on the copy desk of the Boston Globe. A committed word nerd, he is also the proprietor of Talk Wordy to Me, a blog about words, editing, and other odd... view more
That would be a neat addition to the collection. Not that I really need another tote, mind you... but I'd go for it anyway.