So You Want to Kickstart a Novel

Kickstarter has funded the hopes and dreams of thousands. Could it do the same for you?



Maybe.



First things first: Kickstarter is not the new self-publishing. A quick look at their own stats will prove it: less than half of the projects put up on KS have been funded. The statistics for the publishing category are even more grim: only a 31% success rate.



Still, it's better than querying, amirite?



I want to spend a couple of posts talking about what you can do to get yourself in that 31%, a...