Announcing the Desert Stars Kickstarter campaign!

In order to help pay for some of the production costs of my next ebook, Desert Stars, I’m running a kickstarter campaign.  The goal is to raise $600 by December 1st, and to publish the novel by Christmas.

For those who contribute to the campaign, here’s what I’m offering:

• $10 or more: A copy of the finished ebook in all formats, with your name listed under “special thanks” at the front.
• $15 or more: The above, plus a high resolution image of the cover art as a desktop background.
• $25 or more: The above, plus your choice of every ebook I’ve published in 2011 (including the forthcoming Journey to Jordan) OR every ebook I will publish in 2012.
• $50 or more: The above, plus a character named after you in a future work and a complimentary copy of that work.
• $100 or more: The above, plus a short story up to 1,500 words that is exclusively yours to share as you see fit.
  

This is my first time running anything like this, so I’m a little bit nervous, but I’m also excited at the same time!  At the very least, it’ll be an interesting experiment.  The goal is fairly modest, but it’ll cover the editing costs, with a little bit left over to go towards cover art.  I’ll pay for the rest.

This weekend, I’ll put out the first few chapters on Smashwords so that you can read a sample.  If you want to read the prologue, you can find it here.

In the meantime, please help spread the word!  Tweet it, like it, share it, tell a friend about it, blog about it–every little bit helps!  And if you can contribute a little towards the project, that would be awesome as well.

Thanks so much!  I’m really looking forward to publishing this book!