What is Kickstarter?

Follow on Kickstarter

Good morning and welcome to another brand new week full of possibilities! As the big day grows nearer, I wanted to share a little information with anyone who isn't familiar with the Kickstarter platform before the launch of The Cadence of Death. 

First off, Kickstarter is NOT GoFundMe. This site isn't about donations. Kickstarter IS a place to support/back authors, and other creatives, in their endeavors to create something beautiful, magical, or downright amazing in this world of chaos. 

For authors such as me, Kickstarter provides a way to bring about gorgeous deluxe editions of our books that, without backers like you, we may otherwise not be able to create. Foiled covers, color artwork, custom creations, and those amazing sprayed edges can be quite cost prohibitive to a lot of authors. Yet, those are the things that make books stand out and bring in new readers.

So how does it work?

When a creator launches a Kickstarter campaign, it's an all-or-nothing situation. The funding goal is set and when the campaign hits that goal, all the happiness happens. If the goal is not hit, then you, as a backer, will NOT be charged, and the campaign will not move forward. No goodies, no beauties, no money lost on your end.

If the campaign DOES hit the goal, whatever you pledged to back will be charged to your payment choice and you'll receive whatever you backed in the coming weeks/months.

For example, my lowest tier in the upcoming campaign is only $3 for a set of printable bookmarks and goes all the way up to $250 for a collectible book box filled with beautiful and exciting things. So if you pledged $3 and the campaign funds 100% or more, then you'll receive a PDF file with printable bookmarks for you to use in any way you'd like.

There are also Stretch and Flash Rewards throughout the campaign. Stretch Rewards mean if we hit a certain dollar point over the funding goal, I'll throw in another goodie for backers (some are for everyone and some are for only physical book backers). Flash Rewards aren't dependent on the dollar amount and is just something fun I'll give to all the backers.

There will be a lot more information on the campaign once it has launched. However, I hope this helps in the meantime. And if you have any questions, please feel free to ask me. :) You can even check out Kickstarter's explanation on their website here.

Now is the time to sign up to follow the campaign! Launch day is right around the corner and I wouldn't want anyone to miss out. 

The Cadence of Death ~ Coming Soon!

Characters: Getting to Know Chad Langford

Today we're going to learn a little bit about Chad Langford.

Chad is the resident bouncer in Liz's bar, Athena's Ambrosia. At first look, he appears sullen, sour, gruff, but in truth he's a tender soul who wants nothing more than to live a happy life.

Chad Langford was a police officer on the Tremmel Crossing police force when something awful happened. To this day it's a deeply held secret as to what that something was. All we do know is it resulted in Chad "retiring" from the force in his early 30's with a substantial amount of compensation and a lot of mental baggage to last him a lifetime. Liz hopes one day he'll feel safe enough to tell her what happened, but she doesn't push him for the information.

Thirty-five with the rock hard abs of a twenty-five year old, all the ladies love Chad, though he'd rather most of their attentions were elsewhere. His hazel eyes and close cropped hair offer an aura of roughness to his sexy exterior, without a hint of his true inner self. Chad might be a fighter, but he'd rather be a lover. He wants the "Happily Ever After," but will he ever really get it? And will that be with Liz?

Feel free to ask Chad any questions you think of and we'll see if he's up to answering.  :D

Stay tuned next week when it'll be Rick's turn at Getting to Know the Characters of Liz Baker's world.

Characters: Getting to Know Liz Baker

Welcome to the first installment of Getting to Know the Characters. I will try to do one character each week, probably on Thursdays, from the Liz Baker series. We'll start it off with...

Meet Liz.  She's our reluctant heroine in my Liz Baker series.  Liz's life was simple; she thought she was content. Lingering thoughts in the back of her head suggested she might enjoy a more eventful life though.  But she knew she didn't want the husband, family, and white picket fence in her small town of Tremmel Crossing, Georgia. The town was too bland, too boring.

That is, before Liz found out the truth...

Born Lizbeth May Baker, she is the offspring of a human woman with Gypsy heritage and a male vampire with a god complex, though previously thought to be the prodigy of her abusive stepfather. Liz has an older sister, Jesika, who lives hours away and held a grudge against her for many years.

Liz owns a bar called Athena's Ambrosia. This is her pride and joy. She designed and decorated it from the ground up. She loves her loyal staff members like family, and they'd do almost anything for her. She has many loyal patrons, as well; people she's known for years, looks out for when they've had too much, and listens to when they tell the stories of their lives. Liz loves Athena's and all who enjoy their time there.

With a love of brightly colored nail polish, tight jeans, corsets, and tall leather boots, Liz commands attention from any she finds worthy of her curvaceous endowments, and doesn't bat an eyelash at a rambunctious romp in a cemetery. That's where she first discovers the dangers and secrets of her true parentage, and thus, her crazy, wild future in life.

To start your trip into Liz's life check out Time for Death (Liz Baker, book 1). It's always only $0.99 on Amazon Kindle, B&N Nook, and Smashwords.

If you have any questions you'd like to ask Liz post them below.  :D