Creation Science
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Update #11: Happy Birthday!
Posted on November 17, 2009
Happy birthday, me. For your present you get to contemplate how 115 people have pledged a total of more than $7,200 to support you in your novelistic endeavors. IF that doesn't make you feel pretty special, than you've got problems bigger than we suspected.
But no, wait! It does make me feel special! Hooray! Thank you, all Creation Science backers! What a wonderful gift you've given me. I feel so loved, aw, gee.
In looking back over the last month, I see that while I've been successful in reaching out to lots of people, there are still a dozen things left undone on my Kickstarter "to do" list. It's a lot of work to reach out personally to hundreds of people. Had I to do it over again, I would probably put a little more time into video updates about he book itself and a little less time into trying to get some "big name" people I know to support me with a tweet or a blog post. Jeffrey Zeldman is a pretty big name in the web-design world, an "influencer", as they say, and he has been an enthusiastic and generous promoter of this effort & has certainly brought me some readers & backers. But none of the 15 or so other similarly prominent people I know have even answered an email, and I really pretty much knew before hand that they wouldn't. So why did I pester them with follow-up messages? Making a few quick update videos would probably have been a better use of my time.
But the thing is, you never know until you try. I've received generous backing from people upon whose s*** list I thought I was on. Other people who have been enthusiastic fans and supporters in the past, who've written glowing reviews, etc, have not (yet?) signed on.
And of course, there are among the 115 backers we have so far dozens of people whose names I don't recognize; new friends. Welcome!
Any help in rounding up any nearby strays and corralling them into the pen in the remaining 15 hours or so will be much appreciated.
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HEY TANKS. You will get to say "Thank you for making your other three books available for free, but here's two bucks anyway!" and I will say, "Hey, thanks!" Plus, you'll get to read my blog posts here & monitor developments on the new book.
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DIGIBOOK. You get a nice digital version of Creation Science (PDF) as soon as it's done. Plus access to the project blog, etc.
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BOOK BOOK. A nifty printed & bound copy of Creation Science. (Shipping included in USA.) Plus DIGIBOOK. Please add $2 for personalized inscription.
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ONE AND ONE. One of Acts of the Apostles, Cheap Complex Devices or The Pains shipped to you when this project has been funded, and Creation Science when it's done. (Shipping included in USA). I have lots of Pains, fewer of Acts and CCD. First come, first served. Please add $3 for personalized inscriptions in each book.
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THE OUEVRE. One copy each of Acts of the Apostles, Cheap Complex Devices, and The Pains shipped to you when this project has been funded, and Creation Science when it's done (Shipping included in USA). Please add $5 for personalized inscriptions in all four books.
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POSTER PACK. Four copies of Creation Science inscribed any way you like, plus a signed poster of the book cover art. Size of poster and artist TBD, but you'll like it, I promise.
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PATRON. You get 1 Poster Pack, plus, I thank you profusely in the acknowledgments. Plus, if you like, you can see all early drafts and watch the book develop and offer suggestions.
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COLLECTOR'S EDITION (Acts of the Apostles). You get 1 Patron Pack, plus, a souvenir pack of nifty stuff from my Acts of the Apostles archives, including my original notebooks, copies of correspondence with my agent, dozens of rejection letters from New York publishing houses, one-of-a-kind mockups, etc. After Creation Science has outsold Harry Potter, you'll be able to sell this on Ebay for a fortune.
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COLLECTOR'S EDITION (Cheap Complex Devices). You get 1 Patron Pack, plus, a souvenir pack of nifty stuff from my CCD archives, including my original notebooks, one-of-a-kind mockups, etc. After Creation Science has outsold Harry Potter, you'll be able to sell this on Ebay for a fortune.
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COLLECTOR'S EDITION (The Pains). You get 1 Patron Pack, plus, a souvenir pack of nifty stuff from my Pains archives, including my original notebooks, copies of correspondence with the illustrator Cheeseburger Brown, one-of-a-kind mockups, etc. After Creation Science has outsold Harry Potter, you'll be able to sell this on Ebay for a fortune.
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COLLECTOR'S EDITION (Creation Science). You get 1 Patron Pack, plus, a souvenir pack of nifty stuff from my Creation Science archives, including my original notebooks, copies of correspondence with my editor, one-of-a-kind mockups, etc. After Creation Science has outsold Harry Potter, you'll be able to sell this on Ebay for a fortune.
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MARTHA'S VINEYARD RETREAT. You and a friend can be my guest for a weekend next spring or summer at my house on Martha's Vineyard. Join me and my wife for three days and two nights at our tiny but friendly house in Vineyard Haven. You'll stay in our guest room; we'll provide breakfast, give you a guided tour of the island, lend you one of our cars for up to five hours, let you borrow our bikes, and you'll be the guest of honor at a dinner party for which Dear Wife Betty will prepare a meal of at least 5 courses. Includes one PATRON PACK.
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I'm the author of the novels Acts of the Apostles, Cheap Complex Devices, and The Pains, all of which can be downloaded for free from wetmachine.com. I've also written a bunch of award-winning essays for Salon.
I've done famine relief & agricultural development work in west Africa (5 years), have spent 22 of the last 30 years in high tech (Silicon Valley & Boston areas), the other 8 years as truck driver, construction laborer, and novelist. I volunteer at a food pantry that my wife founded & runs, and I'm a volunteer firefighter.
