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As this example shows, I've been using YouTube and The Exy Book's Facebook page to spread short teachings from The Exy Book and (one hopes) drive support for the tour. So far, over a thousand people have seen "How Xenia Stole Heaven." I also have a lot of hope for this one, if it falls into the appropriately fanatical hands.
Since I've been getting a few questions over and over, I've taken advantage of Kickstarter's FAQ function to answer a few. So far, we've got "Is this for real?" "Where do you get off writing a black female character?" and "What are the Four Principles of Xenia?" Now you can know!
Funding Canceled Funding for this project was canceled by the project creator on March 31, 2012.
Funding period
Mar 6, 2012 -
Apr 5, 2012
(30 days)
7 backers
A handmade greeting card of thanks. Note that David Ellis Dickerson used to work for Hallmark, so the writing will be of professional quality.
5 backers
Audio files of the story "How Xenia Stole Heaven," read mellifluously in David's mildly famous radio voice, and the brand-new story "How The Subway Got Its Roar." (Which is not a Xenia story, but if you like Xenia you'll like this one.) Plus the thank-you card once the tour's over.
3 backers
During the tour, I'll be writing a book about the tour. At $35, you'll get chapters from the road as I write them. This means that you'll get the raw stories before I have to change people's names or other salient details for the print version. Saucy! Plus, of course, it's going to be a funny book.
4 backers
You get on the book-in-progress mailing list just mentioned, plus you get a complete audiobook of The Exy Book once the tour's over and the canon is more secure. May contain new stories!
2 backers
All the aforementioned, plus a copy of my previous road-trip-across-America book, "Travels With Ritalin." It will probably never be published conventionally (I think I traded the rights to Florida State University in return for my degree), but it definitely impressed my dissertation committee. No, really.
3 backers
All the aforementioned, plus you are mentioned by name in an opening hymn of gratitude in the next edition of The Exy Book.
0 backers
You become a character in The Xenian mythos! I can't guarantee you'll be a moral paragon, but I'll definitely make you symbolize something that matters. Since I don't control how these characters are used by the Xenian community, you could wind up in someone else's hymn as an object of worship whose popularity lasts for decades. I can't promise this will happen, of course, but it's something to think about.
0 backers
As below, but in addition to naming a character after you, I actually do a video of the story you appear in (probably in Flannel-Rama, like I did with How Xenia Stole Heaven) and post it on my channel AND on the Xenia Facebook page. If the other participants like it, your story might become canon!
0 backers Limited (3 of 3 left)
A signed hubcap from the car once the tour it over. Probably mounted in a frame if I can figure out how. Plus a dedication in every edition of The Exy Book AND The Exy Tour. (Note that this presupposes that the vehicle I travel in has all its hubcaps, and/or has replacements available for a non-insane amount of money. You might have to get a license plate or a taillight instead.)
0 backers Limited (1 of 1 left)
Whatever car/truck/Segway vehicle I wind up traveling in, I name it flatteringly after you, and mention it at least once in every chapter. (Example: "By the time I reached Phoenix, the Lisa Patel Is Amazing was running low on gas...") At the end of the tour, you get a signed hubcap.
