From Hungry Rats:
… Read the restIt all comes down to money, that money coursing in from Flint and Saginaw and Detroit. “Bring us lumber!” they bellowed. “Bring us lumber, and don’t trouble to worry for the welfare of those shanty boys, whether they work an honest day or lop the ends off the logs.
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You guys are great! Just last week I expressed concerns about momentum and reaching the goal to publish Hungry Rats. I am pleased to announce that with the help of pledges over the last week, we have reached our Kickstarter goal of $3200.… Read the rest
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Hi Everyone!
Thanks again for helping to support the publication of Hungry Rats! I want to write you again since it is at this moment the single make-or-break element of this venture; if I reach my Kickstarter goal, a published novel will emerge in some form or other.… Read the rest
Fundraising Difficulties today. Read More »
Throughout this process I’ve had to wear a lot of hats: printer, administrator, marketer, and fundraiser. In the upcoming weeks and months, more hats are going to enter the picture. Today it was nice to put on one of my old favorites: writer.… Read the rest
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Donate to my novel Hungry Rats and get your name listed in the acknowledgements: http://tiny.cc/hungryrats
Your name will be put in ink on paper to the perfect bound trade paperback novel which will sit on bookshelves from Archangelsk to Adamstown!… Read the rest
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WHY SELF-PUBLISH?
First, I want to address the elephant in the room. For many years, self-publication was considered a symptom of wealthy mediocrity. Not that there weren’t exceptions. Perhaps you’ve heard of Benjamin Franklin, Edgar Allan Poe, Gertrude Stein, Walt Whitman, Charles Dickens, and Mark Twain?… Read the rest
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I have posted a higher-quality version of my Kickstarter Pitch to YouTube. Check it out with more here or watch it below:
Here’s the url if you want to embed it on your own site/blog: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jg27j-n4qo
Here’s my Kickstarter url if you want to make a donation: http://tiny.cc/hungryrats… Read the rest
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Almost to the end.
I’m allowing myself a closing argument.
Flint has been in decline since before I was born, and very soon almost the entirety of its residents will only remember the city’s downfall. In the last fifty years, the population has halved, and Flint has gone from an expansionist vision of a future that saw it eclipsing competing cities to the possibility of demolishing whole neighborhoods that have emptied out.
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I have no idea why this space is configured this way; it’s located flush to the east side of the fourth floor of the main building, and a ladder adjacent to the entry runs up to the roof. The floorboards on the paths running around this space are rickety and not to be trusted.
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So I thought that I could get through this sucker in two posts, but that ain’t gonna happen. I’ll go for three posts and a short epilogue. Continuing on:
It’s the Liberty Bell!
To the balcony…
A better view of the theater.
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