Kickstarter Explained: Introduction for Anyone Interested in Backing a Project

 

WHAT IS KICKSTARTER?

Kickstarter is a funding platform for creative projects. A home for film, music, art, theater, games, comics, design, photography, and more (see https://www.kickstarter.com/)

Kickstarter is full of ambitious, innovative, and imaginative projects that are brought to life through the direct support of others.

Kickstarter is a great place to test the concept of your project.

Kickstarter has a 39.11% global success rate.

(Text and facts taken from the Kickstarter site.)

 

HOW CAN YOU BACK A KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN?

You can pledge your support for a new project by backing the campaign.

EXAMPLES OF CAMPAIGNS

My first campaign was successful, enabling me to create a Special Illustrated Edition of Super Starrella.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/auroraspringer/exclusive-special-hardcover-edition-of-super-starrella

You can get the illustrated ebook at my webstore: HERE.

You can follow my new campaign to create a Special Illustrated Edition of the Oakenwald Duology: two epic fantasy books in one volume with custom interior art.

One brave witch on a quest to find peace. One valiant elf with a gentle heart. Two books. One epic fantasy adventure.

Follow my campaign at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/auroraspringer/oakenwald-duology-new-series-and-special-hardcover-edition

Seeking Adventure and Magic? Look no further.

 

Support my Kickstarter campaign and delve into an epic fantasy story imbued with the grit and whimsy of an old folktale. Lose yourself in the captivating tale of a resourceful witch's quest for peace and a courageous elf with an unexpected heart.

When an army of cruel soldiers plunders her small village, Bridget flees into the woods. With no home and no family, she risks the perilous journey to find shelter in Oakenwald, the fabled land where elves and men live in harmony. Armed with a bag of charmed buttons and a handful of spells, she treks through the wilderness, encounters evil creatures from the worst folktales, and meets the elf, Windswift.

But the peaceful realm of Oakenwald is threatened by a new danger. Ships carrying ruthless invaders have entered the southern port, and Bridget and Windswift are recruited to investigate. Their scouting team comprises elves, humans, a troll, and messenger birds. The perils increase as they travel farther from the elf queen’s domain. Will Windswift’s sword and Bridget’s handful of spells be sufficient to defeat the invaders? Can they return to the safety of the guarded land?   

Join my Kickstarter campaign now and be part of this thrilling adventure! Help me to create a Special Illustrated Edition of the Oakenwald Duology. Two epic fantasy stories in one gorgeous volume! 

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/auroraspringer/oakenwald-duology-new-series-and-special-hardcover-edition

My campaign is due to launch in September. I'll post more details over the next few weeks. 

Mid-year Report on my Writing and Publishing Progress

 

In the past six months, I published one SciFi novel and ran a Kickstarter campaign for a special edition of my superhero story.

 

NEW BOOK

In March, I published Karrik, Book 6 in Taxyon Space, near-future Sci-Fi adventure and romance.

 

The fates of six people are at stake.

Karrik Kenton Tallis, Third of the Flaming Comets, endures a miserable existence in a hospice on his home planet. Unable to walk or speak more than a single word, he misses his older brothers and is unaware of their sacrifice to ensure his care. He cherishes a faint hope of recovering his health.

Karrik’s life improves when his brothers return to Rishalt with their human companions. Alarik, First of the Triad, is escorting Phoebe Wong with her brother and a mysterious alien object for an audience with Prime Jadel. The middle brother, Baswin, is traveling home with Holly and Rosie Moon. The Moon sisters are enrolled in an experimental program to train human psychics to navigate in hyperspace and relieve Earth’s governments of their onerous reliance on Warrish tripilots. Rosie, a psychic healer, desires to help Karrik despite the conflict with her duty to humanity.

But the water world of Rishalt holds many hazards, both above and beneath the waves. Can the alien treasure help the three brothers to conquer the challenges and unite with their chosen partners? Read the scintillating story of the Flaming Comet brothers to learn the answers. 

Buy Links at https://www.auroraspringer.org/p/karrik.html

 

KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN

In May, I ran a Kickstarter campaign to create a Special Illustrated Edition of Super Starrella. The campaign reached the funding goal, enabling me to make the special edition in eBook, Paperback and Hardback formats. Each format includes a special chapter image and 7 color illustrations of characters or scenes from the story. This Special Illustrated Edition of Super Starrella will only be available through my WebStore. 

Here is a photo of the full-cover hardback of the Special Edition. 

 

PRINT

All my books are available in paperback. Check individual titles on my Catalogue.

 

AUDIO

More than half of my stories are available as Audiobooks.

(See my Catalogue)

 

Direct Bookstore.

My books are available at a discount in my virtual store (https://payhip.com/AuroraSpringerNovels).

 

I invite you to join me on Facebook,  Twitter,  YouTube,  Instagram  or TikTok

 

Bargain Book: 99c for Epic Fantasy Romance - Bridget Bramble and the Wandering Elf

 

Discounted to 99c from June 20-July 9: Bridget Bramble and the Wandering Elf

Fantasy quest and romance. A young witch escapes the destruction of her home and seeks the fabled land where elves and humans live in peace.

In a land threatened by cruel invaders from the east, Bridget Bramble lives in a small village where she barters herbs and carved buttons. When marauders target her village and murder her family, she flees into the woods. Armed with her Granny’s advice and a bag of magic buttons, she sets out on the perilous journey to Oakenwald, the fabled land where elves and men live in harmony. As she travels farther from home, she encounters malicious creatures from the worst kind of folktale.

Lost in the foothills of the mountains, Bridget meets the elf, Windswift the Wanderer. He offers to guide her across the mountain range. But what is the elf doing in human lands? Can an ordinary, or almost ordinary, human girl trust a cold hearted elf to lead her to safety? 

Epic fantasy adventure and romance with darker overtones. This story weaves elements of folklore and a quest for a safe haven in a land where magic is real and dangerous.  

99c for eBook at https://books2read.com/u/3GALaP 

https://www.auroraspringer.org/p/bridget-bramble-and-wandering-elf.html

Bargain eBook for June - 99c for A Tale of Two Colonies #scifi

 

Fight for freedom. Fight to survive - For refugees from an overcrowded Earth, dreams of a better life on an alien planet transform into a terrifying battle for survival.

Nothing will stand in the way of Tiger Lily's dream of escaping the subterranean slums of Terra and visiting the stars. She enters the fierce competition for a place in the scout team on the next spaceship to the remote planet of Delta, where an earlier colony disappeared. Before the ship departs, a mysterious message suggests the descendants of the first colonists may be alive.

A risky mission to seek the lost colony exposes the scouts to unexpected attacks, and they encounter a grim warrior in the isolated valley. Has Tiger Lily met her match in the tortured man? Is he leading them to safety or further danger? And who are the real rulers of this strange world?

Do you enjoy exciting adventures with alien encounters? Do you like your science fiction with a dash of romance? Then, A Tale of Two Colonies is your cup of tea.

99c at all retailers http://books2read.com/u/ba0dw2

https://www.auroraspringer.org/p/a-tale-of-two-colonies.html

Last Chance to Support my Kickstarter Campaign

 

My Kickstarter Campaign to Build a Special Illustrated Edition of Super Starrella will end soon. 

Back this campaign for as little as $1 to receive a package of digital rewards and get your name listed in the Acknowledgements of the Special Edition. 

All backers will be sent a bookmark. 

Plus, all backers will receive the following rewards: 

I don't want a war! - excerpt from Bridget Bramble for #WeWriWa and #SnippetSunday

 

Happy Mother's Day! 

Welcome to Weekend Writing Warriors and Snippet Sunday. Sample the work of a new author. Read snippets of stories in different genres.

My excerpt continues from last week in the first chapter of the sequel to my fantasy romance Bridget Bramble and the Wandering Elf. In the opening scene, the young witch, Bridget Bramble, is carving charmed buttons under the fond gaze of her new elf husband, Vancele Windswift.

I have not completed the story and this excerpt will need editing. I’d appreciate your comments. 

You can read last week’s excerpt here: https://auroraspringer.blogspot.com/2023/05/bridget-bramble-at-queens-council.html

The last sentence was: He answered her unspoken question, “’Tis the summons to the Queen’s Council.”

“A council of war,” she grumbled. “Hen’s teeth, the councilors will be yattering for the rest of the day and I’ve only made five buttons. Why don’t you go without me? I won’t be much help.”

“Indeed, your skills will be valuable.” His long silver-blond hair swayed as he leaned forward to caress the back of her hand. “Your buttons can wait. Put away your tools, dear wife. Marshall Emrys invited both of us to attend the war council.”

She retorted, “Your uncle made the invitation sound like an order.”

Ten sentences and a little more.

Memories swirled through her mind of the assault on her village. The cruel raiders had killed her brother and his wife. They had plundered the cottages and dragged away her neighbors. She choked back a sob and blurted out the true reason for her reluctance to attend the council, “Oh Van, I don’t want a war.”

He wrapped his arms around her. “None of us wish for war. That is why the Queen is holding a council meeting. She wishes to discuss what we can do to avert war with Emperor Raglan.” 

She wrinkled her nose and sighed, “Then, I must go to the council whether I can help or not.”

“Aye. You must attend.”

Please return to http://wewriwa.blogspot.com/ to sample the works of the other writers.

Book bargain for May: 99c for Grand Master’s Pawn, the first novel in my epic science fantasy and romance. Empath Violet teleports across the galaxy on a quest to discover the secrets of the Grand Masters. 

All my stories are discounted at my direct BookStore.

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