Fiction Elite Anthology: Tales from the Frontier

Kipper

K
Alright, this is a working title. Please help to fund, contribute a story or artwork if you can - and lets make a great book.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1410794241/elite-anthology-tales-from-the-frontier-working-ti

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Your money and your creativity are needed; but if we get funded, all of the money that isn't needed to pay KS fees or printing costs (if we can print) will go to Elite: Dangerous at the writers pack level.

Right at this moment - there's no option to get a printed copy, but if the demand is there - I will work out what the costs are and add it (the most important thing is that we get the £4,500 for E: D)
 

Alien

Alien
OK, I pledged at £50 (I am fairly sure my finances will work out)
and I intend to be one of the writers.
In the event we don't get 15 different writers,
I am planning on writing up to 3 short stories.

May I suggest that a print run be a stretch goal?
And for costs of that, see one of Drew's updates.

I'd also like to suggest some updates,
Say do an update about each author (1 author per update)
Start with you Kipper, then maybe me
Talk about the author themselves, what experience they have as a writer,
what story (or stories) they are planning on etc

I am also willing to do some proofreading

EDIT: Michael's going to have a field day with this one :D
 
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Kipper

K
Well it turns out we don't need a print "run" so to speak - we can print on demand, so nothing need be printed that isn't sold.

Saying that however, I'm unclear how that works out if we sneak over the line but some people have pledged to printed copies, so I guess its something we'll need to add as we get toward the end.....

This is going to be exciting, I think!

So Alien - if you can PM me a synopsis of your preferred story and a bit about yourself, we can start thinking about those first updates? :)
 

Alien

Alien
Print run / print on demand ... I have no idea what I am talking about :D

Synopsis and Bio ... Which idiot suggested that? ... OH right, I did :D
OK, boss ... I'm working on it right now
(switches to solitaire when the boss isn't looking)

Edit : PM sent.
 
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Susimetsa

Susimetsa
Project backed at writer level. I'm also prepared to "fill in" for any missing authors towards the end if that becomes necessary.

I'll see your examples on the bios etc. before I write mine. I'm a humanist (teacher educator) by trade and we tend to get long-winded with our assignments if they have no word limits... ;)
 

Susimetsa

Susimetsa
Oh, and I'll start marketing this as much as I can today when I get off from work. Already let my FB friends know... ;)
 

Alien

Alien
I think Kipper has some questions for the Bio & synopsis ...
He'll probably send you a PM when he sees this.

You are welcome to see what I did for Kipper if you want an example

OH and welcome onboard :D
 

Kipper

K
Morning :)

I sent you an Authors QA.

One more thing to add for all authors/illustrators - if you want to link back to a personal page or twitter account, just make sure to add that somewhere and I'll put it in.
 

cassius

cassius
Good luck all of you!! :)

I don't really have enough faith in my literacy skills to write anything of worth, but i'm behind you and applaud the commitment... you have my pledge. Looking forward to receiving my warm fuzzy feeling :D

(don't worry i pledged more than a measly quid!!)
 

Kipper

K
Thanks for the pledge :)

cassius5000 said:
I don't really have enough faith in my literacy skills to write anything of worth
Click to expand...

But you could think of this as a self-help group for people like you! I think for most of us, this is going to be our first time writing 'properly' - so you're in good company and just need a good story!

With around a year to put it together, I'm hoping that with everyone helping everyone else out - we'll produce some good quality stuff!
 

Susimetsa

Susimetsa
By the way: How strict are we going to be about the length of the entries? If I say I'm looking at about 20k words, will I be tossed outside to cool off and try again?

I'd assume that very short novellas (which is what I'd consider a 20k story) would not be that bad to have in the mix... :S
 

Kipper

K
Unless Frontier themselves put any restriction on it, as long as its all relevant to the story - I don't see a problem with it being longer, especially since its digital.

If we print, that might be different. I just don't know yet, but it could be that we end up printing 2 volumes.
 

Kipper

K
Only 7 author slots left.... Anyone up for a writing challenge in 2013?

Anyone want to do some illustrations? Plenty of room still there, 13 left...
 

Alien

Alien
I think mine is ready ... do you think mine is ready?
If we have 8 authors already, and looking like the remaining slots selling out fast, You'll want one of these updates each day ... so I keep badgering you about it because you must not hang around on them.
 

Darren Grey

Darren Grey
Yo. I've signed up as an author too, and have sent you my details. It's a cool idea and I hope it gets funded successfully. Obviously has been very popular so far on the writer's pledge tier. Have you considered opening up more slots at a higher price band when they run out? It might help ensure funding. Fifty quid is quite the bargain as is ;) Also a £25 tier for a print on demand version might help reach the goal, though obviously there are costs involved.

Some of the best sci-fi stuff I've read has been short stories, especially by Philip K . They have a way of lightly touching on ideas without going into too much depth, helping stir the imagination to fill in the details. This'll really work well for the vast universe of Elite, and I'm sure between a group of us we'll have a wealth of really cool ideas.

I'll be happy to incorporate backer characters / descriptions into my story if needs be. I can also incorporate star systems / stations / planets for those who have also backed Elite: Dangerous at high levels and get to name those themselves. I imagine some of these higher spenders would be very happy to have references to their contributions included.
 

Darren Grey

Darren Grey
One concern, by the way, is that this Kickstarter ends the day before the Elite: Dangerous Kickstarter ends. Kickstarter takes time to transfer the money - 2 weeks I've heard some places say. If the book is successful can it be arranged for all the money to be paid out in time and pledged to the Elite campaign? Or has there been some agreement with Kickstarter themselves for it all to be transferred their end?

And is there any danger of Writer's pack tiers all being used up before this campaign ends? Or has Chris already put down for one?
 

Susimetsa

Susimetsa
Welcome to the crew, Darren!

I mentioned Chris about the transfer delay before the kickstarter went live, so I imagine he has the capability to take care of the pledge before he gets the money from Kickstarter.

Frontier only promised 15 author spots for an anthology, so we cannot increase that number (unless they change their minds). £50 is low because we want to give those authors a chance to participate who'd never be able to spend £4500 to write an official novel. Also, the author paying for the privilege of writing is not something I'm comfortable with (the money, if there is any, usually goes the other way).

So, we can only hope that the community is excited enough to want to see this book made. :)

And, yes, we'll all have to try to incorporate backer characters etc. into our stories if they are numerous enough at the campaign's end. Perhaps we can make a list of them and everyone can negotiate for the ones they see most fitting for their stories.

Chris reserved one author spot for himself so that only 14 are available in the campaign. :)
 
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