Shapers of Worlds Volume III
A project in Regina, Canada by Edward Willett000days
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More science fiction and fantasy by authors (many award-winners and bestsellers) who were guests on The Worldshapers podcast.
Backers: 256
Average Pledge Per Backer: $59 CAD
Funded: $15,200 CAD of $12,000 CAD
Dates: Mar 8th -> Apr 7th (30 days)
Project By: Edward Willett
Backers: 256
Average Pledge Per Backer: $59 CAD
Funded: $15,200 CAD of $12,000 CAD
Dates: Mar 8th -> Apr 7th (30 days)
Project By: Edward Willett
$15,200 CAD
current pledge level
Last Updated: April 7 @ 12:03 -0400 GMT
126%
of goal
(loading your very own snazzy kicktraq chart)
Latest News
Last update before the final tally--less than $125 CDN from $15,000! I sing a song to celebrate... 
April 6th - via: kickstarter.com
Well, here we are. Just 13 hours to go as I type this, and we're just shy of $15,000 CDN, at $14,874--123% funded. I'd love to top $15,000, and I think there's an excellent chance we will! I'm put in mind of a musical theatre song, (probably because... (Read More)
A very good day--we've topped $14,000 and 117%, and still a day and a half to go
April 5th - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks to several new backers today, including one who took a major reward, the Kickstarter took a big jump today, all the way up to (currently) $14,069. I really appreciate it! Hard to believe there's only a day and a half to go. When the campaign... (Read More)
Sixty hours to go, 109% funded
April 4th - via: kickstarter.com
We're into the 2 1/2 days now--sixty hours left as I type this. We moved up another percentage point to 109% funded. Still hoping for a bit of a surge at the end as the followers get messaged about the imminent end of the campaign! Not much time left... (Read More)
A couple of more percentage points today...thanks! And a new episode of The Worldshapers featuring Sherrilyn Kenyon
April 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
We popped up a couple of more percentage points today, to 108% funded, just shy of $13,000. Still hoping a huge surge at the end might push us up quite a bit more, but I guess we'll see. Just 3 1/2 days to go, and I can plunge into the second part of... (Read More)
Up another percentage point as we enter the final stretch. Also, a walking video!
April 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks to the new backers who came along today and a couple of current backers who bumped up their pledges, we've moved up another percentage point, to 105%. I've still got some publicity and posts and things happeneing, so with luck, we'll move that... (Read More)
Up a couple of more percentage points! Plus, a bit more detail about the first two volumes
April 1st - via: kickstarter.com
We picked up another two perceetage points today, to 104% funded, and there are still five-and-a-half days to go. There's typically a bit of a surge as a campaign nears its end, so I'm excited to see what the total will be. Please keep spreading... (Read More)
Up to 102%! Also, learn more about Shadowpaw Press
March 31st - via: kickstarter.com
We advanced a bit more today--we're up to 102% funded, with six days left. I'd still love to see the total grow (well, of course I would), so please keep telling friends, loved ones, and even enemies (they can help, too!) about the project. More... (Read More)
Funded and still growing! Today's featured author: Jane Yolen
March 31st - via: kickstarter.com
I posted an update this morning just to let y'all know we've funded. A few more backers joined as the day went along, so we're not just at 100%, we're at 101%. It would be great to get to $17,000 (141%, more or less) at which point I could boost the... (Read More)
BREAKING: We've funded!
March 30th - via: kickstarter.com
We interrupt your daily activities to bring you this important announcement: we've funded! Still eight days to go, still lots of time for folks to get involved. Spread the word! Regular update later, but wanted to let you know, and thank you deeply... (Read More)
That's more like it! Up more than $400 today; just a little over $200 to go! Today's featured author: F. Paul Wilson
March 29th - via: kickstarter.com
As if to make up for yesterday's flat-lining, the Kickstarter campaign kicked it up a sollid notch today, with terrific new backers pushing the total up more than $450 CDN, to (as I type this) $11,798--just $202 CDN, or about $150 US to go. We could... (Read More)
Slow day! A reminder of new reward levels, and meet today's featured author, Walter Jon Williams
March 28th - via: kickstarter.com
Kickstarter campaigns have a way of keeping you humble. You know the initial surge out of the gate doesn't carry on for the whole campaign. There are often doldrums in the middle. This campaign has actually been remarkable in that there hasn't been a... (Read More)
A rare mid-day update: Zoom chats with authors and your-name-used-as-a-character rewards now less expensive!
March 28th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi! This is a rare mid-day update and is not to be confused with the usual evening update. :) As we move into the final stretch of the campaign, I've adjusted a few reward levels. I've been surprised at the lack of takers for the Zoom chats with... (Read More)
Up to 94%! And today's featured author is . . . um . . . Edward Willett
March 28th - via: kickstarter.com
A slower day today but we picked up another percentage point: we're now 94% funded with $637 CDN (about $480 US) to go. And the next backer will be number 190, so if you know of anyone for whom that would be a thrill...let them know. Besides the... (Read More)
A great day! We're 93% funded with just over $700 CDN to go...Today's featured author: K.M. Rice
March 27th - via: kickstarter.com
It's been a great day, pushing our total all the way up $11,276--just $724 CDN (only about $540 US) to go. I can't wait to announce that we've funded! Keep spreading the word. With funding all but certain, anyone who kicks in can be assured they're... (Read More)
Up to 89%: less than $1,300 to go! Today's featured author: Cat Rambo
March 26th - via: kickstarter.com
A good day today as we jumped up to $10,726 as I type this--that 89% funded, and still twelve days to go. Less than $1,300 CDN, or right around $1,000 US, to put us over the top! Be nice to do it this weekend, so please, urge anyone you know who... (Read More)
Up to 85% funded with 13 days to go! Meet today's featured author, Robert G. Penner
March 24th - via: kickstarter.com
A few new backers and a run on gryfon plushies has pushed us not only over $10,000 but all the way up to $10,231 as I write this, meaining we're 85% funded and have less than $1,800 CDN--$1,350 US--to go. Keep spreading the word! Still lots of great... (Read More)
Some rewards now available as add-ons as we enter second half of campaign. Today's featured author: Jess E. Owen
March 24th - via: kickstarter.com
We're soooo close to the $10,000 mark I'm confident we'll pop over it any time now, putting us in great shape as we enter the second half of the campaign. Thanks to the new backers who came on board today! Jane Yolen poems, author chats, more now... (Read More)
We've passed 82% funded with half the campaign still to go! Today's featured author: James Morrow
March 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
We made significant progress today, with new backers pushing the total as I type this to $9,881 CDN. That means we're 82% funded, and have just a little over $2,100 CDN (only $1,575 US!) to go to the goal. The sooner we get there, the more chance... (Read More)
Reaching the midpoint of the campaign and all but 80% funded! Today's featured author: Anna Mocikat
March 21st - via: kickstarter.com
Not much upward movement today, but I'm not too put out, because we actually dropped overnight due to the cancellation of a fairly large pledge, and we made all of that back and more today with new backers. So thanks to everyone who's just come... (Read More)
A great day! Up more than $1,000, to 79% funded. Meet today's featured author: Violette Malan
March 20th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello, all you wonderful backers of Shapers of Worlds Volume III. It's been a very good day, with the total jumping up more than $1,000 to $9,526 as I type this--which puts us at 79 percent funded, well over three-quarters, before we've even reached... (Read More)
We're over 70%! Also, meet today's author, Frank J. Fleming, and explore another worthy project!
March 20th - via: kickstarter.com
We've picked up a few more backers today and how now passed the 70% mark in funding, with less than $3,600 CDN--only about $2,700 US--to go. Keep sharing! Meet today's featured author: Frank J. Fleming Listen to my interview with Frank J. Fleming on... (Read More)
Up to 69%, just under $8,300! Today's featured author: Mark Everglade. Also: another great project to check out
March 18th - via: kickstarter.com
We're movin' on up! (Bonus points to anyone old enough to get the reference to The Jeffersons.) Up to 69% funded today, at just under $8,300 as of the moment. Keep spreadin' the news! (Also a slightly altered pop-culture reference from a long, long... (Read More)
One-third of the way through the campaign, two-thirds funded! Today's author: David Ebenbach
March 17th - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks to the new backers: we've topped $8,000 and the two-thirds mark in funding--we're at $8,096 as I type this, or 67%. And ten days of the thirty-day campaign are over, which means we've done two-thirds of the funding in one-third of the... (Read More)
Now over $7,900: 65%! Meet today's featured author, K. Eason
March 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Another good day--we went up over the $7,900 mark and topped 65% funded. That means the next milestone, less than $100 away, will be two-thirds funded. Pass the word to everyone you know who might be interested! Still lots of great backers' rewards... (Read More)
We've topped $7,600! Watch an interview with me and meet today's featured author, Cory Doctorow
March 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Well, we crept up another percentage point today, to 63% funded, and have now topped $7,600. Just $4,400 to fully fund. Please keep sharing! Before we get to today's featured author, I wanted to point you to an interview I did today where I talked... (Read More)
Up to 62% funded! Now meet today's featured author, Kristi Charish...
March 14th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello, everyone! A good day, thanks in particular to a generous backer who's the first to take the reward of an online chat with an author, in this case, Walter Jon Williams. Check those out, if you haven't, and if you know of anyone who's a fan of... (Read More)
A good day--we've topped 57% funded! Today's featured author: Sebastien de Castell
March 14th - via: kickstarter.com
Well, after a couple of slow days, today, thanks to a couple of backers kicking in for some higher-level rewards, we popped up to just under $6,900, which puts us up to at 57% funded. Thanks so much to everyone who kicked in today--and everyone who... (Read More)
Up another percentage point! And meet today's featured author, Miles Cameron
March 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Another rather slow day, but we did pick up another percentage point: 52% funded. Please keep spreading the word! Oh, and if you Tweet about the campaign or Instagram or otherwise social-media it--which I really hope you will--I suggest using the... (Read More)
Bit of a slow day today, but a great featured author: Gerald Brandt
March 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Well, it's been a bit of a slow day on the Kickstarter front, but we have topped 51% funded: we're at $6,216 as I type this. Please spread the word to any friends you might have who also love science fiction and fantasy. Social media mention is... (Read More)
We topped $6,000 today--halfway to funding! Meet the first of our 21 authors...
March 10th - via: kickstarter.com
A good day today as we climbed several hundred dollars and topped the halfway mark of $6,000, with 27 days still to go. Still not Brandon Sanderson territory, but I'll take it! A big thank-you to everyone who backed today! Today I'm going to start... (Read More)
Second day, and 43% funded! Also, background on The Worldshapers podcast
March 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi! It's your daily update. Yes, that's right, I do these daily! We're really just a day and a half into the campaign, and 43% funded, so I'm feeling pretty good. Thank to all of the new backers since yesterday--please point your friends and family... (Read More)
Off to a great start--one-third funded just 8 1/2 hours in!
March 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi, and welcome to the first update from the Shapers of Worlds Volume III Kickstarter. First, thanks a million for backing this new anthology. As of this moment, 8 1/2 hours after launch, we're already at $4,096 of the $12,000 goal, one-third of the... (Read More)
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