Kickstarter Challenge: We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Cupcakes
Keeping it real: this strategy to focus attention on the campaign uses social media in the old fashioned sense, a direct connection between friends
Humor
Lydia Davis Is In My Kickstarter Video
One of the most unlikely people to turn up in a Kickstarter video — or a deli — Lydia Davis has nevertheless been in both with me.
How I Came to Love Food Writing: Gault Millau & My Veal Parmigiana Epiphany
I was not very sophisticated about food when I started editing the Gault Millau guides at Prentice Hall Press, but was very open to learning after my 6th grade veal parmigiana epiphany.
Kickstarter Roundup #1 + Memorial Day Weekend Special
The first week’s Kickstarter successes, a doggie-version of the video, and a Memorial Day Weekend special!
And My Kickstarter Campaign is Live!
And so the Kickstarter campaign begins! I think you’ll get a kick out of the video and hope you’ll support the book.
Backing a Kickstarter Project 101
Never had experience with a crowdfunded project before? Here are some basics about what it means to support my book on Kickstarter.
Why Crowdfund? Why Kickstarter?
Getting close to launching my Kickstarter campaign — next week! — I explain some of the behind-the-scenes rationales and decisions.
Creating a Book Cover: Castrating Venus & Other Design Challenges
Creating my book cover image involved an extensive collaborative process. In the end, Venus looked less angry and less like she had a penis.
Ode to My New TV
Replacing the items stolen during my robbery gave me no pleasure — until a new TV came into the picture.
You’re Calling it WHAT? How I Decided on My Memoir’s Title
Getting Naked for Money? Misguided? I couldn’t decide on a title for my book until a friend helped me justify the racier pick.
Getting Naked for Money: An Accidental Travel Writer Reveals All
How a Ph.D. in literature came to write Arizona for Dummies, disrobe on a travel assignment to a nudist resort—and have a blast along the way.
Beating the Home Invasion Blues
No one deserves to be robbed: Not single people, not forgetful people, not slobs. I temporarily forgot that after my home invasion.
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Emily Hancock
Patricia Armstrong
