Necromancer Kills!

A project in St. Petersburg, FL by Christopher Buehlman
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Booksparks publicity mounts a 7-month campaign to make the dark fantasy novel The Necromancer's House a breakout success.
Backers: 205
Average Pledge Per Backer: $94

Funded: $19,210 of $18,500
Dates: Jun 15th -> Jul 15th (30 days)
Project By: Christopher Buehlman
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Latest News

Lady on the Train Tracks, Mountie Approaching

July 14th - via: kickstarter.com
This is going to be a squeaker. My thanks to all who have gotten Necromancer Kills! to this point. Thirty-one hours left. 85% funded. Fingers crossed!  (Read More)

New York City

July 10th - via: kickstarter.com
So, I'm in a NYC cafe listening to sirens howl, hearing Italian and Hebrew spoken at nearby tables, listening to the excited whoosh and gurgle of espresso being made. Later today I meet my editor at Penguin and some of the new internal publicity team... (Read More)

Reward discounts!

July 8th - via: kickstarter.com
With seven days remaining in the campaign, I'm eager to move the needle closer to the goal; to that effect, I have reduced the prices of many rewards. A custom insult on video, author critiques of your writing, agent critiques of your query letter... (Read More)

New Reward-Custom Author illustration.

July 5th - via: kickstarter.com
The sketch you see here, tentatively titled "Frank and Dora arrive in Whitbrow" is about 2/3 finished; I'll be adding deeper contrasts, more light and shadow, etc. It's 11" X 14" (I reserve the right to crop), 4b pencil. I'm offering this original... (Read More)

Excerpt

June 28th - via: kickstarter.com
Sergei is all but sure Misha drowned. It's always this way. When we lose someone, we want a villain. What if the villain was the whiskey Misha was drinking and the currents in the lake? He should shoot a bottle of scotch, empty a clip into the lake... (Read More)

Midsummer

June 25th - via: kickstarter.com
Forty-one percent funding seems like a good place to stop and thank the backers who have participated thus far. I know that Kickstarter funding graphs generally look like a cross-section of a swimming pool or skate park, what with steep spikes at the... (Read More)

Proofs

June 19th - via: kickstarter.com
I just got the pass pages for The Necromancer's House-these are my last chance to make changes to the novel, and then only wee little changes-no big revisions. To borrow an analogy Anneke Zautke (potter, sculptor, recovering alcoholic, witch) might... (Read More)

Running Start

June 18th - via: kickstarter.com
I was just thinking how apt it is to be launching this campaign while I'm at Sterling, in the beautiful lakeside New York county where The Necromancer's House is set. I went running last evening, just before sunset, skirting the river on 481 just... (Read More)

Novel Reading

June 17th - via: kickstarter.com
In lieu of posting a traditional update, here's a little piece of the book itself, read in one of my favorite coffee shops, The Coffee Connection in Oswego, New York. The window to my right overlooks Water Street and the river. The owner is chill,... (Read More)

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