My Crowdfunding Activities in 2021
Jan. 1st, 2021 03:34 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ysabetwordsmithIt is much easier to keep an accurate tally if I do it during the year rather than trying to backtrack after the fact. See my crowdfunding activities from 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020.
I serve as a maintainer of the Crowdfunding communities on LiveJournal and on Dreamwidth.
Events
The![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
allbingo community on Dreamwidth is always open for people to play creative bingo, and it is crowdfunding-friendly. Some people use bingo cards to inspire their crowdfunded projects, or in prompt calls, etc. See the Community Calendar for 2020.
Crowdfunding Creative Jam oncrowdfunding or on LiveJournal
A two-day event (typically the third weekend of the month) where anyone can leave prompts on the current theme, or create anything based on prompts. Some material is usually shared free and some is available for sponsorship.
Sketch Fest hosted byellenmillion
Leave prompts for artists to sketch (in any medium) with a one-hour limit on each sketch during Sketch Fest proper. Sketches may be finished later. They are often offered for sale. Sponsors of Sketch Fest get to leave up to 15 prompts instead of the 5 that everyone else gets.
My Own Projects
I have a permanent "Feed the Bard" donation button on my Dreamwidth profile page. You can use that to support any of my projects, just make sure you tell me what the donation is for.
The Blueshift Troupers (sporadic)
This is science fiction about a team of shapeshifters who travel the galaxy solving problems. So far it has a bit of background material and a couple of poems. I'd like to find time to script the pilot episode.
The Poetry Fishbowl (monthly)
Live poetry activity where people give me prompts on a theme and I write poems based on whatever I get. Minimum of one free poem posted, and others available for sponsorship. Lots of different perks. Fishbowl Open posts have a donation button. The regular session is on the first Tuesday of each month. Sometimes there is a bonus session or a sale mid-month.
Schrodinger's Heroes (sporadic)
This project features an apocryphal television show supported by an imaginary fandom. It's science fiction about quantum physics and saving the world. The cast of characters is sexually and ethnically diverse. Content includes fiction, poetry, LOL_HEROES (LOLCATS images of characters who are cats, or have gotten changed into cats), and other goodies. I write for this project during the Poetry Fishbowl, Crowdfunding Creative Jam, bingo fests, and sundry other occasions.
Nineforthenebulasheart is based on several of my Creative Jam prompts bundled byalexconall into a feminist mythpunk science fantasy project. It's a collaborative fandom with multiple participants creating poetry, fiction, and other goodies, licensed via Creative Commons.
The Ursulan Cycle is a genderbent rendition of the Arthurian Cycle. It's an open source fandom with multiple contributors making poetry, fiction, and other stuff.
Projects I Sponsored
Solo But Not Alone -- 87 solo tabletop roleplaying games for $10
Totally awesome themes. Less awesome that you have to download every damn game individually.
Coyote and Crow
This roleplaying game presents a world where Europe never colonized North America, and the indigenous nations developed their own technologies. The game comes from a Native-led design team. It funded on Kickstarter in the first day, and offered an option to send an extra gamebook to a reservation. I backed the campaign shortly after it started, at the Healer level for two hardcopies, and you can read my preliminary writeup here. Check out the Coyote and Crow website.
EDIT 1/1/21: The finished game has pros and cons. See my posts on Overview, Opening the Can of Worms, Religion, and Argument Fuel.
A Mending
This is a keepsake game where you decorate a map (cloth or paper) to show your journey.
Filth & Grammar: The Comic Book Editor's Secret Handbook
Available in various formats, this book explains about how comic books are made and improved.
Girl Genius Sourcebook and Roleplaying Game
A standalone handbook in the GURPS (4th edition) system based on the creations of Phil & Kaja Foglio.
Other Projects I Supported as a Fan
"Fire the Tiles!" by Charlie Rainbow Wolf
I'm making eclectic and original handmade ceramic tiles for decoration, divination, or mixed media art.
Humon Comics has a variety of strips and one-shots.
Wise Women is a roleplaying game about witchcraft and prejudice.
I serve as a maintainer of the Crowdfunding communities on LiveJournal and on Dreamwidth.
Events
The
allbingo community on Dreamwidth is always open for people to play creative bingo, and it is crowdfunding-friendly. Some people use bingo cards to inspire their crowdfunded projects, or in prompt calls, etc. See the Community Calendar for 2020.Crowdfunding Creative Jam on
crowdfunding or on LiveJournalA two-day event (typically the third weekend of the month) where anyone can leave prompts on the current theme, or create anything based on prompts. Some material is usually shared free and some is available for sponsorship.
Sketch Fest hosted by
ellenmillion Leave prompts for artists to sketch (in any medium) with a one-hour limit on each sketch during Sketch Fest proper. Sketches may be finished later. They are often offered for sale. Sponsors of Sketch Fest get to leave up to 15 prompts instead of the 5 that everyone else gets.
My Own Projects
I have a permanent "Feed the Bard" donation button on my Dreamwidth profile page. You can use that to support any of my projects, just make sure you tell me what the donation is for.
The Blueshift Troupers (sporadic)
This is science fiction about a team of shapeshifters who travel the galaxy solving problems. So far it has a bit of background material and a couple of poems. I'd like to find time to script the pilot episode.
The Poetry Fishbowl (monthly)
Live poetry activity where people give me prompts on a theme and I write poems based on whatever I get. Minimum of one free poem posted, and others available for sponsorship. Lots of different perks. Fishbowl Open posts have a donation button. The regular session is on the first Tuesday of each month. Sometimes there is a bonus session or a sale mid-month.
Schrodinger's Heroes (sporadic)
This project features an apocryphal television show supported by an imaginary fandom. It's science fiction about quantum physics and saving the world. The cast of characters is sexually and ethnically diverse. Content includes fiction, poetry, LOL_HEROES (LOLCATS images of characters who are cats, or have gotten changed into cats), and other goodies. I write for this project during the Poetry Fishbowl, Crowdfunding Creative Jam, bingo fests, and sundry other occasions.
Nineforthenebulasheart is based on several of my Creative Jam prompts bundled by
alexconall into a feminist mythpunk science fantasy project. It's a collaborative fandom with multiple participants creating poetry, fiction, and other goodies, licensed via Creative Commons.The Ursulan Cycle is a genderbent rendition of the Arthurian Cycle. It's an open source fandom with multiple contributors making poetry, fiction, and other stuff.
Projects I Sponsored
Solo But Not Alone -- 87 solo tabletop roleplaying games for $10
Totally awesome themes. Less awesome that you have to download every damn game individually.
Coyote and Crow
This roleplaying game presents a world where Europe never colonized North America, and the indigenous nations developed their own technologies. The game comes from a Native-led design team. It funded on Kickstarter in the first day, and offered an option to send an extra gamebook to a reservation. I backed the campaign shortly after it started, at the Healer level for two hardcopies, and you can read my preliminary writeup here. Check out the Coyote and Crow website.
EDIT 1/1/21: The finished game has pros and cons. See my posts on Overview, Opening the Can of Worms, Religion, and Argument Fuel.
A Mending
This is a keepsake game where you decorate a map (cloth or paper) to show your journey.
Filth & Grammar: The Comic Book Editor's Secret Handbook
Available in various formats, this book explains about how comic books are made and improved.
Girl Genius Sourcebook and Roleplaying Game
A standalone handbook in the GURPS (4th edition) system based on the creations of Phil & Kaja Foglio.
Other Projects I Supported as a Fan
"Fire the Tiles!" by Charlie Rainbow Wolf
I'm making eclectic and original handmade ceramic tiles for decoration, divination, or mixed media art.
Humon Comics has a variety of strips and one-shots.
Wise Women is a roleplaying game about witchcraft and prejudice.
