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Funded! This project successfully raised its funding goal on August 27, 2012.

We hit our target! WOW! THANK YOU SO MUCH!

Update #6 · Aug 23, 2012 · 4 comments

Really and truly.....THANK YOU!!

I am touched, heartened, and excited by all of the support you've collectively given this project!  And I feel like an elephant has just gotten off my shoulders.  These campaigns are stress-inducing.

As most of you know, when I launched this Kickstarter campaign, I set the goal of $50,000 because, with Kickstarter's all or nothing policy, I just didn't have the guts to ask for more. As you all know from this project's Kickstarter home page and updates, I actually need $200,000 to complete the film, get it out into the world, and keep PopularRomanceProject.org alive and growing as we're working on the film (thereby growing the community around the project and keeping the conversation we've started going).  I'll also use some of that money to help plan the Popular Romance Project symposium and library program.

It would be great to end this campaign with a burst of energy! We have a small but precious window of opportunity in the next four days to get this project as close as possible to what I really need: full funding!

So PLEASE continue helping us get the word out in the next four days! 

You are all amazing!  You have come to help this project from the romance community, from the filmmaking community, from my many overlapping circles of friends, from my family, and from the Kickstarter community.  I can't tell you how much your support means to me.

THANKS again!!!!

From your very happy and extremely grateful (and tired) friend,
Laurie

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      Creator Laurie Kahn on August 24, 2012

      MANY THANKS to all of you! Thanks for your kind comments!

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      Creator Shirley Hailstock on August 23, 2012

      Congratulations. I am so glad you reached Goal #1. I saw the sample film at,the RWA Conference in Anaheim. It's a great start. I know it will be even better once it's complete.

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      Creator Jackie C. Horne on August 23, 2012

      Great job, Laurie. We're all looking forward to your work on this project.

      -- Jackie Horne

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      Creator Elisabeth Posner Schouten on August 23, 2012

      congratulations Laurie! I hope it keeps growing. Also, I want to win a basket of romance books.

      Elisabeth Schouten

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Funding period
Jul 24, 2012 - Aug 27, 2012

  • Pledge $5 or more

    22 backers

    Be an outreach partner. For any pledge of $5 or more, we will thank you, officially, at the SUPPORTER PAGE at our website, PopularRomanceProject.org. You can spread the word on Facebook. Tweet it. Shout it from the rooftops. You will be one of our Kickstarters!

    Estimated delivery: Aug 2012
  • Pledge $10 or more

    29 backers

    For a $10 pledge, you will get a personal email from me (the producer/director of the film) and a credit at the SUPPORTER page of our website, PopularRomanceProject.org. Every gift counts, and we are thankful!

    Estimated delivery: Aug 2012
  • Pledge $25 or more

    18 backers

    For any pledge of $25 or more, you will receive a fabulous, fun magnetic bumper sticker (no sticky mess!) that reads either: "I SUPPORT LOVE BETWEEN THE COVERS" or "ROMANCE MATTERS, SO I SUPPORT THE POPULAR ROMANCE PROJECT." Both look great (you can see images below the text to the left...scroll down), and they are directly related graphically to the film project. It's a major fashion statement -- and when you display it you will be supporting the documentary! You will also receive a personal email from the producer, and a credit at the SUPPORTER page of our website!

    Estimated delivery: Oct 2012
  • Pledge $35 or more

    90 backers

    For a pledge of $35, you will get a DVD of "Love Between the Covers" when it is officially released. In the meantime, you will get credit at the SUPPORTER page of our website, PopularRomanceProject.org, a bumper sticker, and a personal email from the producer/director of the film.

    Estimated delivery: Dec 2014
  • Pledge $50 or more

    20 backers

    Pledge $50 and get an elegant, colorful "Popular Romance Project" cloissone pin that anyone would be proud to wear. This is an elegant way to show your support! (We're deciding on the final design...red on white or white on red....let us know which you prefer! You can see a mockup if you scroll below the text on this page.) AND you will get a credit at the SUPPORTER page of our website, PopularRomance Project.org, a bumper sticker, and a personal email from the producer/director of the film!

    Estimated delivery: Oct 2012
  • Pledge $75 or more

    3 backers

    Pledge $75 and you will get a signed DVD of "TUPPERWARE!", Laurie's previous film, which is NOT AVAILABLE now on the open market. You can't get this anywhere else! AND you will get a credit at the SUPPORTER page of our website, PopularRomanceProeject.org, a bumper sticker, and a personal email from the film's producer/director!

    Estimated delivery: Sep 2012
  • Pledge $100 or more

    71 backers

    Pledge $100 and you will receive a signed DVD of the film "Love Between the Covers" when it is completed -- BEFORE IT IS RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC! And you will get a thank you IN THE CREDITS at the end of the film! Delivery date is unknown at this point, since it's dependent upon funding. But I promise you will receive your DVD as soon as it is finished, when you can only see the film at film festivals!! (And you will get a credit at the SUPPORTER page of our website, a bumper sticker, and a personal email from the film's producer/director!)

    Estimated delivery: Dec 2015
  • Pledge $150 or more

    2 backers Limited (18 of 20 left)

    For a pledge of $150, you can get a PUBLISHED AUTHOR to CRITIQUE THE FIRST CHAPTER of your romance novel. Authors in the community have been incredibly generous, and we are VERY grateful! (PLUS all donors of more than $100 will receive a thank you in the FILM CREDITS on the DVD, get a credit at the SUPPORT page of our website, a bumper sticker, and a personal email from the producer/director of the film!)

    Estimated delivery: Dec 2012
  • Pledge $150 or more

    18 backers Limited (2 of 20 left)

    For a pledge of $150, a ROMANCE EDITOR from a publishing house will critique the first chapter of your romance novel. These editors are savvy and experienced. There's lots to be learned from them, and who knows where it will lead? THANKS to the editors who are helping out! (PLUS all donors of more than $100 will receive a thank you in the FILM CREDITS on the DVD, get a credit at the SUPPORT page of our website, a bumper sticker, and a personal email from the producer/director of the film!)

    Estimated delivery: Dec 2012
  • Pledge $200 or more

    9 backers Limited (91 of 100 left)

    For a pledge of $200, you will get a copy of the Love Between the Covers poster. This will be a limited edition poster. (PLUS all donors of more than $100 will receive a thank you in the FILM CREDITS on the DVD, get a credit at the SUPPORT page of our website, a bumper sticker, and a personal email from the producer/director of the film!)

    Estimated delivery: Dec 2012
  • Pledge $500 or more

    11 backers

    For a pledge of $500 you will receive TWO VIP TICKETS to the FILM PREMIERE and post-screening PARTY for "Love Between the Covers." It will be a night to remember!! Delivery date is not known, since the completion of the film is dependent on funding. So please help us out, and we'll be able to get the film made! (PLUS all donors of more than $100 will receive a thank you in the FILM CREDITS on the DVD, get a credit at the SUPPORT page of our website, a bumper sticker, and a personal email from the producer/director of the film!)

    Estimated delivery: Dec 2015
  • Pledge $1,000 or more

    4 backers

    For a pledge of $1000 you will receive SIX VIP TICKETS to the FILM PREMIERE and post-screening PARTY for "Love Between the Covers." With yourself and a friend, PLUS two other couples you love and cherish (or any other combo of six people total), it will REALLY be a night to remember!! Delivery date is not known, since the length of time it takes to make this film is dependent on funding. But with every donation, we're closer to getting the film made!! (PLUS all donors of more than $100 will receive a thank you in the FILM CREDITS on the DVD, get a credit at the SUPPORT page of our website, a bumper sticker, and a personal email from the producer/director of the film!)

    Estimated delivery: Dec 2015
  • Pledge $2,000 or more

    0 backers Limited (2 of 2 left)

    For a pledge of $2,000 you can spend a day in the editing room. See how the film is being put together. See outtakes. Hang out with the filmmakers! (PLUS all donors of more than $100 will receive a thank you in the FILM CREDITS on the DVD, get a credit at the SUPPORT page of our website, a bumper sticker, and a personal email from the producer/director of the film!)

    Estimated delivery: Sep 2014
  • Pledge $5,000 or more

    3 backers Limited (2 of 5 left)

    For a pledge of $5,000 I (Laurie Kahn, the filmmaker) will fly to YOUR home town, anywhere in the continental US, for a intimate PRIVATE FILM PREMIERE!! (You can invite some friends and family.) I will tell behind the scenes stories about the making of the film, and the evolution of the larger Popular Romance Project. Your guests will get bumper stickers, too!! You will have a year after the film is completed to collect on this pledge. If you've ever wanted to have a really special party, this is it!! (PLUS all donors of more than $100 will receive a thank you in the FILM CREDITS on the DVD, get a credit at the SUPPORT page of our website, a bumper sticker, and a personal email from the producer/director of the film!)

    Estimated delivery: Dec 2016