Art Space Tokyo and Kickstarter

August 1, 2010

Great piece by Craig Mod about using Kickstarter as seed capital to not only ?fund a book, ?Art Space Tokyo, but also start a publishing think tank, PRE/POST. The essay is most comprehensive – with graphs! – and anyone interested in using Kickstarter to raise money should read it. I hope to be able to write something […]

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Argleton fully funded!

July 30, 2010

At midnight on Wednesday, my Argleton Kickstarter project closed, funded to a level of 173%. I’m very happy and excited, and not a little bit scared! But now I am able to spend half my time working on Argleton (the rest working on client stuff). The project’s success was largely due to the fact that […]

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Argleton Kickstarter project closes in 12 hours

July 28, 2010

?Just a quick note to let you know that my Kickstarter project, Argleton, is going to close in 12 hours so if you want to be a part of it, join up now! We’ve already reached 100% so the project is definitely going ahead, but the more people get involved, the merrier!

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Protected: Argleton geolocation puzzle

July 26, 2010

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Seven days left to join Argleton

July 21, 2010

It’s very exciting to say that, due to being included in Kickstarter’s first newsletter, my Argleton project is now fully funded! Yay! There are seven days to go, however, so if you’d like to be involved and receive a copy of the finished book, you can still pre-order any of the different packages. If you’d […]

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Argleton Fields

July 6, 2010

This is the first-ish draft of the first scene of my upcoming novelette, Argleton. I think it’s fair to say that everything is subject to change between here and the final draft, but I hope that this gives you a taste for what the rest will be like. If you fancy the look of it, […]

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Where does conflict come from?

July 2, 2010

I had a really great conversation with Syd the other day about conflict in storytelling. She brought up a very important point: Where does the conflict in your story come from? We were watching, sort of, Short Circuit 2, and getting very annoyed at the bad guys and their petty bickering.? Shallow conflict based on minor disagreements […]

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Argleton on Un:Bound

June 29, 2010

My frequent co-conspirator, Vince, recently invited me to write a post for Un:Bound, a blog he contributes to, on the Argleton project. I couldn’t possibly say no, so I said yes! And here is it: Guest Post | Crowdfunding… I go into a bit more detail as to my motivations, my emotional journey, and chew […]

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A Show and Tell show and tell

June 29, 2010

“Show, don’t tell” is one of the most common axioms in writing these days. Whilst it’s useful to question whether you are engaging in ‘telling’ when you could more effectively ‘show’, it’s also important not to end up tying yourself into knots trying to show what would be better told. Rather than elaborate on the […]

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ORGCon: A day of digital rights on July 24

June 24, 2010

If you’re interested in digital rights, copyright and digital activism, you really need to grab a ticket to ORGCon on Saturday July 24 at City University. The schedule is really starting to shape up, with keynotes and panels from Jamie Boyle, Cory Doctorow, and Tom Watson. Tickets prices are: Free if you join the Open […]

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Argleton: Help spread the word

June 18, 2010

My Argleton Kickstarter project is now 52% funded, which is very exciting indeed! If you’re interested in supporting it financially, that would be wonderful, but if you’re feeling a bit skint right now, you can still help by spreading the word for me. If you had over to the Kickstarter page, you will see a […]

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Object of my desire: a ream cutter

June 16, 2010

The other week when I was preparing the book blocks for my most recent set of notebooks, I realised how hard it is to neatly trim thick blocks. These notebooks are about the same size as I think my Argleton book will be, but they were very difficult to trim to size by hand. I […]

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Walpurgisnacht, the handbook

June 10, 2010

This hand-made tome is the kind of book I can only aspire to make! Created by Ross MacDonald as a prop for The House at the End of the Lane, a film by Steve Smith, this is a gloriously OTT book. The interior is filled with collages of images and text from period books. Most […]

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Argleton video

June 8, 2010

Over on Kickstarter, they say that projects with an introductory video end up raising “way more money” than those without. Well, it has taken me a while but I’ve finally managed to get this all important video together for Argleton. I have no real experience with making videos, but luckily I had my lovely husband […]

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Argleton: A story of maps, maths and motorways

May 31, 2010

It’s a wee bit nerve-wrecking, but I have finally set up and launched my first Kickstarter project, Argleton: A story of maps, maths and motorways. Argleton: A story of maps, maths and motorways Matt is fascinated by the story of Argleton, the unreal town that appeared on GeeMaps but which doesn’t actually exist. No one […]

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