Shapers of Worlds Volume IV
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More science fiction and fantasy by authors who were guests on the Aurora Award-winning podcast The Worldshapers
Backers: 264
Average Pledge Per Backer: $59 CAD
Funded: $15,504 CAD of $12,000 CAD
Dates: Mar 14th -> Apr 14th (31 days)
Project By: Edward Willett
Backers: 264
Average Pledge Per Backer: $59 CAD
Funded: $15,504 CAD of $12,000 CAD
Dates: Mar 14th -> Apr 14th (31 days)
Project By: Edward Willett
$15,504 CAD
current pledge level
Last Updated: April 14 @ 00:03 -0400 GMT
129%
of goal
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Latest News
Into the final 24 hours and just a hair under 119% funded . . . 
April 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Well, here we go: we're into the final twenty-four hours of the Shapers of Worlds Volume IV Kickstarter campaign. Thanks to you, it's been a success, and this fall, you'll be able to enjoy amazing science fiction and fantasy stories by equally... (Read More)
Heading into the final 48 hours at just under $14,100! The end is nigh!
April 11th - via: kickstarter.com
As I write this, we're just over 49 hours from the end of the Shapers of Worlds Volume IV campaign. There was a bit of up and down today due to some pledge adjustments, but we're up substantially to just under $14,100--117% funded. Thank you so much... (Read More)
Less than $3,500 to go to reach the stretch goal...can we get a last-minute surge?
April 10th - via: kickstarter.com
Up a few more pledges today to top $13,554--just six dollars shy of 113% funded. There are three full days left to go, and usually, there's a bit of a surge over the past few days, especially in the last 48 hours. There are so many high-end backers'... (Read More)
Up to $13,444, 112% funded, making for a pretty good Easter! Especially since the snow is melting . . .
April 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Not a bad day at all today as the total continued to move upward, reaching $13,444 as I write this, or a bit over 112% funded. Four days to go (from midnight EDT tonight). Can we bring in another $3,556 CDN? Not impossible--especially not with your... (Read More)
Up $475 today to over $13,109...keep stretching for that stretch goal!
April 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Only two new backers today, but we're up a terrific $475 because one of the top backers' rewards was snatched up--one of the one-on-one one-hour writing/publishing consultations with Mark Leslie Lefebvre. There are still two more of those... (Read More)
Just short of $12,700, and a motivational cat photo
April 7th - via: kickstarter.com
A bit more progress today, as we get close to $12,700 with six more days to go! Please keep promoting the Kickstarter and move us toward that stretch goal of illustrations! Let the below picture of Shadowpaw, after whom Shadowpaw Press is named,... (Read More)
A pretty good day--just under $12,600, with one week to go. Plus, the author pool for next year's Volume V!
April 6th - via: kickstarter.com
A pretty good day today as we climbed to $12,594, just $6 from $12,600 and 105% funded. And still, so many good backers' rewards are available that haven't been claimed. So, spread the word and help us reach that $17,000 mark and add some art to the... (Read More)
Not much progress, so a quick update and a sneak peek at an upcoming Shadowpaw Press title
April 6th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi! We're kind of still where we were yesterday today, after some adjustments in pledge levels, so not much to report in the march toward (I hope) the stretch goal of having the book illustrated. You know the drill. Share the campaign! Point to all... (Read More)
A short, sweet update: up almost $400 today
April 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi! As the title says, I thought I'd keep today's update short and sweet. We funded last night, and the total continues to climb toward that $17,000 get-the-book-illustrated stretch goal: we're now at 103% funded, at $12,394. Nine more days to... (Read More)
WE'VE FUNDED! Thanks so much! And now on to the stretch goal of getting the anthology illustrated
April 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
WOO-HOO! Thanks to a backer taking the Tuckerization offered by David Liss, we have popped over the magic $12,000 mark to become FULLY FUNDED. This is all due to your generous support, and I'm so excited now to know that I'll be able to once again... (Read More)
So close! Less than $450 CDN to go. Plus, one more featured author (me), and a new podcast episode
April 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
A good solid day today has boosted us to $11,554--which means we're less than $450 (less than $350 U.S.) SO CLOSE to funding. It'll happen in the next couple of days, I hope, because that will give us still more than a week to try to get to the... (Read More)
Less than $700 CDN/$500 US to go! Today's featured author: Garon Whited. Plus: a musical treat
April 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
A good day today as we leaped up to 94% funded. We're now less than $700 CDN / $500 US from funding--and then we can talk about the stretch goal of having the anthology illustrated! Please keep sharing. There are SO MANY wonderful backers' rewards... (Read More)
We've topped $11,000! Today's featured author: James van Pelt. Also: publishing news
March 31st - via: kickstarter.com
Not a huge day today, pledge-wise, but we just cracked $11,000 (literally as I was working on this update), putting us just a few dollars from 92% funded, with 13 days to go, so I'm not complaining! And here comes the weekend . . . Please keep... (Read More)
Just shy of $11,000! Today's featured author: Jean-Louis Trudel
March 31st - via: kickstarter.com
Well, that's more like it! After freezing at $10,743 for an interminable time, today we made a good jump of more than $200, to $10,963 as I write this--so close to $11,000, I delayed doing the update in the hope just one more pledge might come in.... (Read More)
Tantalizingly frozen today at just under 90% as we feature author Lavie Tidhar
March 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Ah, the gods of Kickstarter are toying with me. After a couple of outstanding days, when it looked like we'd easily pop over 90% before the midpoint of the campaign, things have instead remained static for the last 24 hours and then some. The... (Read More)
Another great day--closing in on 90%! Today's featured author: Richard Paolinelli
March 28th - via: kickstarter.com
Well, it's been another good day here in Kickstarter land. As I write, we're at $10,743--just $57 shy of the 90% mark. The campaign only reaches the midway point tomorrow at 6 p.m. EDT, so I'm feeling pretty confident of success. At which point, we... (Read More)
Great day! Now more than 85% funded. Today's featured author: Joshua Palmatier
March 27th - via: kickstarter.com
Was it just yesterday I was complaining about the slow rate of increase? Several pledges today, including a generous backer who claimed the fully signed STRAIGHT OUTTA TOMBSTONE anthology offered by David Boop, we jumped up $820 today, putting us at... (Read More)
Just $4 shy of 79% . . . featured author: R. S. Mellette
March 27th - via: kickstarter.com
Only advanced by $100 today but that put us within $4 of 79% funded (which will be $9,480 CDN). Ah, the mid-campaign doldrums. I know them well. I don't like them, but I know them! Please keep letting people know about the campaign! All those great... (Read More)
Up another notch to 78%! Today's featured author: Gail Z. Martin
March 26th - via: kickstarter.com
Moved up a bit more today to 78%. We're at $9,376 as I write this, which is 78%. While we're $2,624 shy of our goal at this moment--which is only about $2,000 US. So getting close, but I sure would like to get their faster. Please share the campaign!... (Read More)
Bit of a slow day, but we still advanced! Also: meet David Liss, and some book award news
March 25th - via: kickstarter.com
Bit of a slow day today again, but we have moved up to 76% funded, at $9,201. Just $2,899 to go! Please talk up the project! There are so many great backers' rewards still available . . . I'd love to see a big surge this weekend! Today's featured... (Read More)
Up to just under 76%! Today's featured author: Edward M. Lerner. Also, audiobooks!
March 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
A slightly slower day today but we've still moved up to just under 76% funded, with three weeks to go. Keep telling people about the campaign who you think might be interested, and especially let them know about all the great backers' rewards.... (Read More)
We've passed $9,000--now 75% funded! Meet Noah Lemelson, today's feature author. Also: a new audiobook!
March 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Another good day here in SHAPERS OF WORLDS VOLUME III Kickstarter land--this afternoon, we eased past the $9,000 CDN mark, which means we are now officially three-quarters funded with a bit more than three weeks still left in the campaign. Yay, us,... (Read More)
Up another couple of percentage points! Meet Mark Leslie Lefebvre--and discover a new book!
March 21st - via: kickstarter.com
Well, it's the first full day of spring, not that you'd notice it if you were here in Regina--when I went for my walk this morning (which you can accompany me on on my YouTube channel, should you wish to), it was -14 C (about 7 F) with a -24 C (-10... (Read More)
Happy Equinox! Just under 70% now. Meet James Kennedy, and check out a show I was on
March 21st - via: kickstarter.com
And so, Spriing springs, here in the northern hemisphere, while Fall falls on the southern one. It's the equinox, and to mark it, the Kickstarter crept to within a hair ($24, to be precise) of the 70-percent funded mark as the first week heads to its... (Read More)
Two-thirds funded! Also, rewards news, featured author Sherrilyn Kenyon, and a new podcast episode
March 20th - via: kickstarter.com
The Kickstarter campaign topped $8,000 today, which means we're more than two-thirds of the way to our goal! Less than $4,000 to go to fund, but I hope we'll do better than that--I want to reach the stretch goal of $5,000 extra so the anthology can... (Read More)
Over $7,700 and 64%! Today's featured author: Sarah A. Hoyt
March 19th - via: kickstarter.com
A bit of a slow day today but we did move up a couple of more percentage points to 64% funded. I'm looking forward to $8,000, which will be two-thirds of the way there. Maybe tomorrow? Please keep sharing! Today's featured author: Sarah A. Hoyt... (Read More)
Happy St. Patrick's Day! We've topped $7,500! Today's featured author: Roy M. Griffis
March 17th - via: kickstarter.com
Happy St. Patrick's Day! If you visit my YouTube channel, you can walk with me to Bushwakker Brew Pub, one of Canada's best brewpubs, which is where I spent a few hours with my wife and brother and sister-in-law, although I avoided the green beer.... (Read More)
We've topped 60%! Also, featured author Michaelbrent Collings and a plug for my YouTube channel
March 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Another good day, as we've climbed all the way to 60% funded, at just under $7,300--which means there's less than $5,000 to fund! Please keep sharing and telling anyone you know who might be interested about the campaign! Today's featured author... (Read More)
At 50% before 24 hours were up! Also: new add-ons and reward, and today's featured author
March 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi! We're certainly off to a good start--we topped $6,000, the halfway mark, before the first 24 hours of the campaign, which is faster than any of three previous Kickstarters, all successful, reached that point, so looking good! Please share the... (Read More)
Great start! We've topped 45% in the first ten hours!
March 14th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi, everyone, and welcome to the first daily (yes, I do them daily) update from the Kickstarter campaign for Shapers of Worlds Volume IV. Thanks so much for being among the early backers of this wonderful anthology. I'm grateful and I promise the end... (Read More)
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