KickTraq

I'm so very excited, and very lucky. Thanks and love to all of my Fiends! Still time to see how quickly we can get to 300 backers or $20K, whichever comes first. Adding a new, final day perk to the Associate Producer and Associate Producer Plus... (Read More)

Here's a visual treat, Fiends. The Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps are the single most detailed (to say nothing of beautiful) visual reference for Austin in 1885 available. There are eight in total and through them you can identify every single building,... (Read More)

↑ That, my dear Fiends, is the Twitter feed for the film. Not much there now, but if you're part of the twitterazzi, that'll be one source for production updates. So follow freely. Special thanks to Ambush Bug, aka Mark L. Miller, for making BW... (Read More)

Filmmaker Martin Wagner is bringing the story of Jack the Ripper to the big screen in a "nonfiction film" called Bloody Work. His Kickstarter goal of $10,500 was reached in a quick 70 hours, but now he's set a new stretch goal, and he's taking a unique approach to it. Instead of shooting for the moon dollars-wise, Wagner is trying to get as many eyes on this feature as possible: "Whether you pledge $5, $50 or $500 at this point, I don't care. I just want you to see Bloody Work." (Read More)

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Tonight I did a lengthy (I am bad at rambling) interview for the wonderful podcast The Nerdy Show, which will run in a few days. Got to plug the film, plus have an interesting talk about the pros and cons of Kickstarter, and lessons learned, and... (Read More)

I have been contacted by a producer for the PBS series History Detectives, after discovering the (previous) Bloody Work Kickstarter campaign. After a couple of lengthy phone chats, they have decided to do an episode for their fall season (airdate... (Read More)

WOW!Thank you all so much! I was hoping, and reasonably confident, that the BLOODY WORK relaunch would be successful. But I didn't think it would blast past its goal this fast!  I love all my Fiends!I will be back later, with information on stretch... (Read More)

With the campaign now at a stunning 82% of goal within its first 40 hours (wow!), I have a new announcement about the physical editions of the film. In what I think may be a first for a documentary  (at least I have never seen this done before), the... (Read More)

I could not be more thrilled, grateful and thankful! More to come....for now, I love all of my Fine, Foul Fiends! Thank you all for making this relaunch such a thrilling success. Let's make this movie! All my best,Martin  (Read More)

Well, Fiends, welcome to the long-promised relaunch of this fundraiser. I've done my best to learn some valuable lessons from the first campaign, and I feel the project is stronger now because of it. Also, if you're really serious about making a... (Read More)