Another Indiegogo update…

This will be a shorter post, as I just wanted to let you know how we’re doing on our Indiegogo campaign to get my editor paid for her work on Thicker Than Blood. It’s been just six days since the campaign started, and we’re already past 80% funding with $420. We’ve already blown past what we made last year on our campaign for Roll the Bones, which collected $380 after 30 days. This year, we’ve got over 50 days to hit our goal and then move on to pimping for stretch goals. We didn’t even think we needed stretch goals when we launched this campaign, and only two days later, we were like “Whoa, we need to add extra bonuses?! How it that possible?”

The response this year is just stunning. Two contributors chipped in $100, and another offered $50. We’ve got four contributors at the $25 level, and two more at the $15 level. Just…wow.

None of this would be possible without Twitter. And it really is all on Twitter. I don’t know what’s up with Facebook, if it’s just that people don’t see my updates because of how the site works, or if they’re ignoring me. But either way, I can’t get anyone to share my stuff on Facebook. Like, ever. But Twitter has been AMAZING for the number of RTs we’ve had. All our contributors seem to be coming from Twitter as well. Y’all are like the kings and queens of social sharing. You are true indie supporters as well, and I am blown away by all you’ve done for me and my editor.

Whether you contributed or just shared our links, I owe you many thanks for your help. I believe we will be able to hit $600 before the end of the campaign, maybe even $700. So Tara will have money to help pay for her college courses, and I will be able to sleep better knowing she got paid for all her hard work on the series.

Thank you. A thousand times, thank you. Your generosity and support is what helps keep me going, and now, you’ve helped support my editor as well. You’re awesome people, truly the cream of the crop.