KickTraq

Happy last day everyone!  We have a special surprise today.  We don't start work on Blunderbuss (the working title of our Fiction Unboxed book) until June 1.  But we wanted to have a place to gather before then. We're still ironing out a lot of... (Read More)

Wow guys, we really can't thank you enough.  We're in the final 48 hours, and after our last update, our momentum kept rolling.  Today's update is brief. We just wanted to say thank you, and remind you of a few key things: 1. We're absolutely going... (Read More)

You guys and gals are absolutely amazing. As Fiction Unboxed's registration period winds down, we wanted to offer something HUGE to reward your amazingness, and to say THANK YOU! Or rather, we decided to give away three HUGE somethings, which we'll... (Read More)

A lot of you have been asking about our upcoming video series that will show you how we use Scrivener to plan our stories... or, as we say "to plan story beats." Seems like people are as interested in this series as they are in Unboxed as a whole! I... (Read More)

What an amazing trip this has been so far! Now that we're on our final march to the end of the funding period, we want to make this project awesomer than you ever imagined.  We got off to a remarkable start, funding fast. You showed up so much more... (Read More)

Hey, everyone! Dave here with a Saturday Kickstarter update.  First of all, we got our first two $5,000 backers. They'll get a ticket to the WorldBuilder Session of the Story World Summit, which means I have to go to Austin, Texas on September 13-14... (Read More)

Hey guys, Johnny here.  One of the really cool things about doing this project through Kickstarter is that we’re meeting a lot of people who’ve never heard of us before.  Hey out there, people who’ve never heard of us before!  But while... (Read More)

Oh man oh man oh man.  This is the coolest thing ever.  When you were choosing your Unboxed backing level, you may have noticed that shiny $5000 level and wondered what it was all about. Because we can’t change the rewards in the sidebar it’s... (Read More)

YAY!  We hit our $35,000 stretch goal, and now everyone at the $89 backing level and up gets a free copy of Scrivener writing software!  Thank you so, so, sooooo much for backing Fiction Unboxed, and for being part of this journey with us. We’re... (Read More)

NOTE: Before we delve into this update, I wanted to remind you of one way you can help Fiction Unboxed grow… and hence get more out of meeting stretch goals. The social media “Thunderclap" for Fiction Unboxed goes off at noon Eastern on Tuesday,... (Read More)

Hey there everyone! Yes, we wish it was June 1, too, but we’re also glad for the extra weeks and the chance to make this adventure bigger and better than we ever imagined. In our last update we promised that once funding hits $50,000, we’re going... (Read More)

Thanks for being patient. And by being patient I mean thanks for tolerating what was apparently a rather silly first stretch goal. Dave told us the transcripts were stupid. “No one will care!” he said. We agreed, then ignored him. I argued that... (Read More)

AUSTIN, TX - The out-of-the-gate Kickstarter success for a new writing project launched by two Austin authors is an example of lighting-in-a-bottle success. As soon as the writers — Sean Platt and Johnny B. Truant — hit “publish” on the crowdfunding campaign last week for their “Fiction Unboxed” live writing demonstration, thousands of dollars began to roll in, all of it without sending a single email to the pair’s customer list of about 1,000 subscribers. (Read More)

Hi there. It's Dave (the third co-host on The Self-Publishing Podcast) here with today’s Fiction Unboxed Update. One of the things we love most about Kickstarter is the sense of community that gathers around projects as they continue to grow. The... (Read More)

Hey there Unboxers.  Thanks so much for being patient. We really wanted to get to our first update yesterday (and tried), but are determined to do everything to our absolute best ability and that means slowing down long enough to think.  We’re... (Read More)

WOW. You guys are crazy amazing. Twelve hours ago this was an idea worth dreaming about, planning, and pouring our souls into so we could then pin it with rewards and hope we were worthy. You did, and it happened so fast I sort of want to cry. I... (Read More)