Relevant to My Interests
“What is cyberfunded creativity?” you ask? I picked up the term from Elizabeth Barrette. It’s essentially the same thing as crowdfunding, but is used specifically in reference to artists, writers, crafters, musicians, and creative folks of all ilks whose work is funded by the online community. Most commonly, I’ve seen it applied to writers who have been disenchanted with traditional publishing methods, and whose audience wants their stories, whether or not there’s a big publishing house name on them. But it can refer to anyone who has produced or is producint creative efforts funded by you, the web audience. This is a selection of cyberfunded’s that have caught my interest. If you know of other cyberfunded projects you think I might be interested in, please send me a link!
Elizabeth Barrette’s Projects
- [ LiveJournal | Website ]
- Poetry Fishbowls (Intro)
Alexandra Erin’s Projects
MCA Hogarth’s Projects
- [ LiveJournal | Website ]
- The Art of MCA Hogarth
- The Aphorisms of Kherishdar (completed! Buy the book!)
- The Admonishments of Kherishdar (completed! Buy the book!)
- Flight of the Godkin Griffin
- Spots the Space Marine (new!)
Shira Lipkin’s Projects
Catherynne Valente’s Projects
- [ Livejournal | Website ]
- The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making (new!)
- The Omikuji Project
I’m a book fiend, and I have a bad habit of buying books that sound interesting while I’m still in the middle of something else. Needless to say, this means my book pile usually grows somewhat faster than I can whittle it down. This is the list of my current, active “to-read” list, in no fixed order (yes, there are books that have been in the pile long enough that they’ve just gotten completely set aside :p). I may write reviews when I finish them, as the whim hits me. Wherever possible the links provided point to the specific version of the book that I have.
- TITLE
- AUTHOR
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- Richard Dooling
- Stephen Baker
- Charlene Harris
- Ryan Sykes
- Joseph Campbell
- John McWhorter
- Jeremy Narby
- Frank Close
- George R. Stewart
- Wu Cheng’en//Timothy Richard
- Geraldine Brooks
- Markus Zusak
- GENRE
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- Non-fiction
- Non-fiction
- Science Fiction
- Non-fiction
- Non-fiction
- Non-fiction
- Non-fiction
- Non-fiction
- Science Fiction
- Folktale
- Fiction
- Fiction
Also reading:
Wind Tunnel Dreams (short story collection by Shira Lipkin – Sci-fi/Fantasy)
* = borrowed book
† = re-read
For a long time, music has been an inspiration for me, both creative and spiritual. There are a lot of music I love, and as many individual lyrics, in or out of context, that speak to something inside me. Or are just insanely entertaining. This list is by no means exhaustive, and will probably be added to from time to time. Hover over each entry to see the artist and song.
- “I know we can’t all stay here forever/so I’m gonna write my words on the face of today”
- “Days go by/and still I think of you”
- “Let your loss be your lesson”