Day 2: $1,205, 54 backers. How is that doing, against my benchmark?
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So, Day One of the FROZEN DREAMS Kickstarter went well.
At 5 PM Eastern Time: $775, 33 backers, off of a $200 target goal. Not bad. Not bad at all.
A little surprising, mind you — but, as my wife pointed out to me, I was operating under very conservative assumptions for the FROZEN DREAMS Kickstarter. And not just in terms of the pledge goal. I had worked out ahead of time what I thought I’d need, in terms of how many people would sign up for each tier; and I made the assumption that I’d get more people at the base tier than for the higher ones. In fact, I didn’t take into consideration the two highest tiers of all when calculating revenue results*. It turns out that the exact opposite happened; the two highest tiers sold out on the first day, and the base tier had the lowest total**.
Mind you, I’m not exactly upset that I funded 300% on the first day. If I have anything like a concern it’s that I don’t overcompensate for the next Kickstarter and screw that up somehow. But this has been a pleasantly educational day.
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Last-minute fiddling with the FROZEN DREAMS Kickstarter, which launches tomorrow morning AND I’M PERFECTLY FINE AND CALM ABOUT THAT. I’ve also formally gotten the copy-editing process started, and spoken with a relative about a possible stretch goal that she would actually do quite well with but I’d need to get a LOT of people to sign up for before I could run with it. Finally, I also added a blue-sky limited tier; I don’t expect it to fill, but you never know and if nobody snaps it up I’m none the worse off for it.
So, pretty much everything is ready for tomorrow. Yay! I’m sure it’ll all be fine. We’re fine. We’re all fine here now, thank you. How are you?
Three more days until the FROZEN DREAM Kickstarter launches!
Link. Am I nervous? Of course I am! Self-publishing is expensive. More expensive than, say, the FROZEN DREAMS Kickstarter is likely to produce in the way of revenue. But you can’t win if you don’t bloody try. Besides, at least I’m not using household money.
Kickstarter starts April 1st.
ONE WEEK to go on the [start of the] FROZEN DREAMS Kickstarter!
What timing, hey? I should maybe hold out for an asteroid strike. Or maybe wait until the Yellowstone caldera finally blows its stack. Seriously, though, one week until the FROZEN DREAMS Kickstarter starts. Click the link to sign up for the launch notification. See you there!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/moelane/frozen-dreams-a-novel
The FROZEN DREAMS Kickstarter launches in two weeks!
You can click here to sign up for the launch notification for my FROZEN DREAMS (post-apocalypse high urban fantasy pulp detective novel) Kickstarter (it starts up on April 1st). I have a reasonably good feeling about it, although I have to caution myself not to be too optimistic. This is, after all, my first Kickstarter. There will undoubtedly be teething pains.
I would like some eyeballs on this FROZEN DREAMS Kickstarter tier.
Does this below make sense? I’m limiting the backers on this tier to 20, not because signing my name is onerous but because it makes me feel better about the whole thing. Lemme explain the numbers after the pledge:
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Click that link and hit the “Notify At Launch” button so that you won’t forget. The FROZEN DREAMS* Kickstarter starts on April 1st and continues for thirty days, but the first couple are the most important ones for purposes of generating buzz. Tell your friends; heck, tell your enemies if you think that they’ll listen.
Moe Lane
*My first book! Post-apocalyptic high urban fantasy pulp detective fiction. Trust me, it makes more sense once you read it.
The FROZEN DREAMS Pre-Launch Kickstarter page is up!
Here you go: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/moelane/frozen-dreams-a-novel. It goes live April 1st. as you can see, I’m getting Shaenon Garrity to do the artwork:
Really looking forward to it!
Feedback requested: Kickstarter pitch video script.
This is first draft, so feel free to pick it apart. I haven’t timed it yet, but I’m aiming for short and sweet. And no, I don’t know if that joke in the first paragraph really works, but what the hell. It’s the sort of joke I’d make in real life, and to thine own self be true.
The Kickstarter will go live on April 1st, by the way. The video is the last thing I need to do before submitting this project for review.
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