The Glamor!

[rolanni]

Spent most of the day in front of the computer, which was more exciting in the doing than the telling, I fear.

I note that Fledgling is now funded through Chapter 15 and about 35% of Chapter 16.

In another thread keristor asks, How many more chapters are there to go before it is fully funded?.

That's a reasonable question, and you'd think it would be easy to answer. But -- as we say on the information page -- we don't know how many chapters there will be. We can make an educated guess, based on the number of chapters in past books. That guess (stressing the word guess) is 37.

We did not, at all expect this kind of response. We figured we'd put up the first chapter, and there'd be a period of a few weeks while the donations came in, whereupon we would start the process again. Never in our wildest speculations did we think that we'd have almost half the book funded before we'd even begun.

That's just ... wow.

I discover with delight that there is a Gravity Research Foundation monument somewhere on the campus of my about-to-be day-job. Definitely, I must seek out this thing.

I discover with considerably less delight that the weather for Sunday night into Monday is predicted to be -- well, see for yourselves:

Sunday Night: Snow or sleet likely. Snow and sleet accumulation around an inch. Lows in the lower 20s. Light and variable winds...becoming north around 10 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.

Monday: Snow...possibly mixed with sleet at times. Additional snow accumulation. Highs 25 to 30. Northeast winds around 10 mph in the morning...becoming light and variable. Chance of precipitation 80 percent.

Oh, sure, now we get winter.

Sigh.

Comments

Day Job?

[mama-abbie.livejournal.com]

Is your about-to-be day job at Colby? I have a cousin in the Chemistry department there. I also note with interest that another Gravity Research Foundation monument has been placed on my daughter's about-to-be campus. (Transfer student; delivering her there on Monday.)

[trolleypup.livejournal.com]

You doubted us? Us jonesing Lee and Miller fans? ;)

[keristor.livejournal.com]

At least you get to have winter sometime in the year. I'm doubting whether we'll ever get snow again (and it's very unlikely that it will be feet deep here as it was when I was a kid).

So we're not quite half way through, which was really what I was trying to estimate. But I'm not surprised at the rate of funding, the "sponsor an artist" model does work, most of my favourite music was sponsored or commissioned by royalty or nobility, or sometimes the church. And this is a universe which has really caught the fans' imagination, I find myself thinking in Liaden terms frequently.

[kk1raven.livejournal.com]

You didn't expect this kind of response? Do you think we lack faith in your writing? Part of the reason I've held off contributing is that I really don't like reading books online, nor do I like waiting for the next piece. That combined with the fact that I wanted to get the rust on the car fixed and I wasn't sure how much it was going to cost made me hold off. The car has now been made much prettier and less rusty (to the tune of $300), so once my budget recovers I'll probably contribute, although I may wait until it is finished before actually reading it.