We're chugging along, with 20 days left in our campaign, and we've passed some great goals so far in both my campaign and our Summer Bonanza collective. I wanted to let you all know, I've just added a new pledge level (and addon) to the Space Wizard Year 5 campaign!
Are you a writer, published or aspiring? Do you feel like you aren't getting all the information you need to navigate the fast-changing world of self-publishing or marketing your books? Are you a traditionally-published author wanting to go self-pub? Fortunately, I work in these areas daily, have experience publishing over 70 books, have worked with authors in the self-pub and traditional areas, and have contacts throughout the industry! I'm happy to help you out!
I'm on panels at literary conventions 5-6 times a year, I'm a member of the Indie authors committee at SFWA (Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association), and I also teach a class at conventions called "I'm Selling Books But Am I Making Money" about how to calculate ROI for your books.
Make sure to check out the poll below to let me know what kind of writer you are!
I've added both a pledge level and an addon letting you schedule 2 one-hour Zoom sessions with me to talk about pretty much whatever you want in the industry, including writing, publishing, book marketing, ROI, or anything else you can think of with regard to publishing. It's a great opportunity for self-published authors!
Available topics can be: Developmental Editing Assessment How to Handsell Books (Markets and Conventions) How to Self-Publish Making Money While Selling Books (ROI calculations) Self-Pub vs. Traditional publishing Looking for Agents and publishers while US. vs. International Writing and Outlining Beta Reading Critique Groups Critique Partners And anything else around these topics you can think of!
If you're not ready to commit to a developmental edit with a stranger, or are just getting into writing and want to know more about the tradeoffs, this is an easy and cheap way to get a leg up.
And speaking of book editing, we still have some slots available if you're looking to get developmental or copy editing done on your manuscript. We offer a discount from our usual rates (which are fairly inexpensive anyway) during our campaigns, and they're good for up to a year, so even if you don't have something now, you can still get the discount!
Both pledges say they're for 100k words, but we're happy to adjust the amount up or down, depending on what you need.
If none of this applies to you, and you just want books, we've got those too! But please pass this around to friends and family, if you know someone who might be interested. That's one of reasons I started Space Wizard, to help uplift voices that aren't heard, and to publish excellent science fiction and fantasy!
At $6,500 We will pay for a new cover for the Quirk&Moth collection of three books and 3 short stories and all backers get an eBook copy. Over 1000 pages!
