Thursday, February 25, 2010

A HUGE THANK YOU! (Plus: Kickstarter update)

Dear readers...I just came back from my post office box. I haven't checked it since before the New Year and what did I find? A box stuffed with thank you cards, checks, handmade art pieces, beautiful announcements to your shows and more. I am so sorry I didn't look there sooner. I really appreciate the thought and consideration you guys showed. It really made my day. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

I have some new things to post. Once again, this is a slow time because of my book. But I shall do what I can. Oh! Almost forgot—I've been getting feedback from some readers about their kickstarter projects and everyone who has done one so far got funded early! I'm thinking this is a really great avenue for some of you out there. I think the key is in trying to get your request to go viral, via social networking sites, email, etc. I also recently heard about another site but I think it is more for groups, but that could work out well if you are part of a collaborative or something. Here's the site: http://fundable.com/. If anyone out there has had experience with fundable.com, let me know.

More later....just wanted to say hi and to thank all you great peeps!
Yours,
Mirabee

2 comments:

Charles Valsechi III said...

I would be interested to hear how they approached kickstarter with their project. I was rejected :(

CRISTINA said...

I was accepted and informed I don't need to live in the USA to pledge. But I need to have an account with Amazon.com. Which I DO and receive my comissions from Amazon through cheques, since I live in Canada.
Now...my project was accepted but Amazon requires me to have an account in the USA. So I can't pledge...but I can donate through my account in Amazon.
This does not make any sense to me.

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