Recently, I came across the Kickstarter Project involving Christian speculative fiction authors Steve Rsaza, Jill Williamson and Marc Schooley. Essentially, it’s a fundraising program involving the three of them as individual writers. And importantly, it involves some giveaway stuff too. Keep reading…

Survival Challenges

But why and wherefore? Well, since attending ACFW 2010, I noticed a few things:

• First, the cost of accessing expert professional development.
• Second, how crucial it is to be a link in that chain of knowledge and experience by making opportunities to absorb it and then passing it on to others.
• And third, how much time and energy is given away even by the contracted speakers and teachers involved in an event.

For instance, I know Jill saved all year to attend ACFW, she taught on storyworld, and she also passes her knowledge on to others in her critique circle and her NovelTeen work.

So I asked the writers to share their hopes for the program. Now, we’ve left poor old Quixote off on KP duty, because he handles the Where The Map Ends newsletter (see email form here in right sidebar), a key resource for Christian speculative writers and fans. Bless his heart, and pass him another barrel of potatoes to peel…

So, swashbucklers, tell me about Kickstarter and how it can help build that chain of support between writers, readers, literacy advocates, and people of general goodwill… Continue reading →