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Re: I have a Kickstarter for my book! (MARATHON STREAM LIVE!)

Post by Adiwan (?) » Sun Jan 27, 2019 3:41 am

Transaction completed.
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Re: I have a Kickstarter for my book! (MARATHON STREAM LIVE!)

Post by Madeline (?) » Sun Jan 27, 2019 4:04 am

Getting closer to 50% now

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Re: I have a Kickstarter for my book! (MARATHON STREAM LIVE!)

Post by Mr. Big (?) » Sun Jan 27, 2019 4:28 am

I did a 14-hour drawing stream today to help bring awareness to the Kickstarter. When I started, the Kickstarter was at 38%, and by the time I finished the number went up to 44%. To say I succeeded in bringing the numbers up is an understatement.

I'm honestly floored that there are people who believe in my silly comic about a spoiled cat princess enough to push this, and I especially want to thank the other artists who streamed with me today: Atrox, Myeecez, CaffeineRabbit, Pyanny, Wowright, Chaoko, Kaoru, Muggy, Stratica, and DarwinTFish.

There's still more to go, but it's going in the right direction, at least!

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Re: I have a Kickstarter for my book! (45% FUNDED!)

Post by Mr. Big (?) » Tue Jan 29, 2019 12:26 am

Heads up, I'm doing another marathon stream this Saturday.



If you want me to commission a sketch (or you already made a pledge and haven't received a sketch yet), let me know and I'll draw it this Saturday live!

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Re: I have a Kickstarter for my book! (45% FUNDED!)

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Some of the sketch commissions I did during my last stream:

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(reverse mermaid, commissioned by another person in relation to the previous mermaid art)

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Re: I have a Kickstarter for my book! (47% FUNDED!)

Post by Mr. Big (?) » Wed Jan 30, 2019 1:01 am

Now 47% funded, with 20 days left to go. Whoa :starity:

I have a flier created plugging the Kickstarter. If anyone here is willing to distribute it, let me know and I'll send a printable PDF file! :party:

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Re: I have a Kickstarter for my book! (47% FUNDED!)

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Re: I have a Kickstarter for my book! (49% FUNDED!) MARATHON STREAM II SAT. 2/2

Post by Mr. Big (?) » Thu Jan 31, 2019 7:44 pm



49% now, and it's technically not even half-way through the campaign yet!

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Re: I have a Kickstarter for my book! (HALFWAY FUNDED!) MARATHON STREAM II SAT. 2/2

Post by Mr. Big (?) » Fri Feb 01, 2019 9:09 pm

It has now surpassed 50%! WOO!

Still 17 days left to go, so please spread the word wherever you can! Reminder that I'm doing a stream tomorrow starting at 12pm Central!


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Re: I have a Kickstarter for my book! (52% FUNDED!) STREAMING NOW

Post by Mr. Big (?) » Sat Feb 02, 2019 11:12 pm

Oh hey, I've been doing a marathon stream all day today, taking sketch commissions

https://picarto.tv/bakertoons

I'm still doing this for a few more hours!

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Re: I have a Kickstarter for my book! (52% FUNDED!) STREAMING NOW

Post by Skipper (?) » Sun Feb 03, 2019 2:26 am

You rock, Mr. Big! Woohoo! :yay:

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Re: I have a Kickstarter for my book! (52% FUNDED!) STREAMING NOW

Post by Mr. Big (?) » Sun Feb 03, 2019 3:58 am

kookwowse wrote:
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You rock, Mr. Big! Woohoo! :yay:
Thanks!

I streamed for 15 hours straight. I think I'll take a break from drawing for a day :-I

Oh, and the Kickstarter bumped up to 53% :party:

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Re: I have a Kickstarter for my book! (52% FUNDED!) STREAMING NOW

Post by Mr. Big (?) » Sun Feb 03, 2019 11:02 pm

55% now. That escalated :starity:

Still 15 days left to go!

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Re: I have a Kickstarter for my book! 2 WEEKS LEFT! 58% funded

Post by Mr. Big (?) » Mon Feb 04, 2019 9:53 pm

Two weeks left in the campaign! 58% funded!

Doing good, but we need to ramp this up with the time we have :sweetielarm:

I'll continue accepting sketch commissions for $10+ pledges. If anyone here can spread the word, please do so!

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Re: I have a Kickstarter for my book! 2 WEEKS LEFT! 58% funded

Post by Mr. Big (?) » Tue Feb 05, 2019 10:16 am

Down to 99 backers. Who will the 100th be???

May do a special drawing when I reach that.

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Re: I have a Kickstarter for my book! 60% funded!

Post by Mr. Big (?) » Tue Feb 05, 2019 9:06 pm

Made it over $3,000 today! Just $2,000 and the book is fully funded. But there's less than 2 weeks left, so gotta hurry!

Gonna do another multistream this Saturday. And I'm still taking sketch commissions for $10 or more through Kickstarter pledge.

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Re: I have a Kickstarter for my book! 60% funded!

Post by Mr. Big (?) » Thu Feb 07, 2019 9:38 am

12 days to go, with 61% funded. Getting there, but it's nearly crunch time! :twonk:

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Re: I have a Kickstarter for my book! 60% funded!

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Heads up! 12 days to go

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Re: I have a Kickstarter for my book! 62% funded!

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62% funded with 11 days to go!
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Re: I have a Kickstarter for my book! 69% funded! (Yes, I know)

Post by Mr. Big (?) » Fri Feb 08, 2019 11:01 am

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69% funded.

Let's get all the jokes out of the way :v:

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Re: I have a Kickstarter for my book! 69% funded! (Yes, I know)

Post by Fizzbuzz (?) » Fri Feb 08, 2019 11:03 am

Your next campaign should have a goal of $69420, obviously.
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Re: I have a Kickstarter for my book! 69% funded! (Yes, I know)

Post by Mr. Big (?) » Fri Feb 08, 2019 11:22 am

Fizzbuzz wrote:
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Your next campaign should have a goal of $69420, obviously.
I'm holding out to raise 420% of the goal :-I

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Re: I have a Kickstarter for my book! 69% funded! (next goal: 420%)

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Nice

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Re: I have a Kickstarter for my book! 72% FUNDED! 9 DAYS LEFT!

Post by Mr. Big (?) » Sun Feb 10, 2019 12:11 pm

9 days left and we are up to 72%. We might have a chance at this! Still, we need to raise a little under $1,400 for the book.

I'm still taking sketch commissions. In addition, I'm offering this:



If anyone here can RT and share this, I would very much appreciate it!
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Re: I have a Kickstarter for my book! 72% FUNDED! 9 DAYS LEFT!

Post by Skipper (?) » Sun Feb 10, 2019 12:18 pm

You're going to make it, I'm sure of it!

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Re: I have a Kickstarter for my book! 72% FUNDED! 9 DAYS LEFT!

Post by Mr. Big (?) » Sun Feb 10, 2019 5:38 pm

Heads up one spot taken for the Inktober drawing offer! 4 slots left!
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You're going to make it, I'm sure of it!
Thank you! :allears:

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Re: I have a Kickstarter for my book! 74% FUNDED! 8 DAYS LEFT!

Post by Mr. Big (?) » Sun Feb 10, 2019 10:02 pm

3 slots taken! Just 2 left.

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Re: I have a Kickstarter for my book! 74% FUNDED! 8 DAYS LEFT!

Post by Mr. Big (?) » Mon Feb 11, 2019 12:54 am

8 days remaining, and it's currently 3/4 funded.

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Re: I have a Kickstarter for my book! 77% FUNDED! 1 WEEK LEFT!!!

Post by Mr. Big (?) » Mon Feb 11, 2019 10:37 pm

All the spots for the Inktober giveaway has been taken! Thanks for those who pledged!

77% funded with 1 week remaining :sweetielarm:

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Re: I have a Kickstarter for my book! 80% FUNDED! 1 WEEK LEFT!!!

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80% funded with 7 days to go :sweetielarm:

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Re: I have a Kickstarter for my book! 81% FUNDED! 6 DAYS LEFT!!!

Post by Mr. Big (?) » Wed Feb 13, 2019 12:37 am

6 days left! Nearly 82% funded as of now.

It's crunch time! :flail:

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Re: I have a Kickstarter for my book! 83% FUNDED! 6 DAYS LEFT!!!

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Re: I have a Kickstarter for my book! 5 Days Left! $845 needed!

Post by Mr. Big (?) » Thu Feb 14, 2019 5:37 pm

The book has been officially endorsed by a unicorn!



Well, Dana Simpson, at least.

5 DAYS LEFT! Still $845 short!

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Re: I have a Kickstarter for my book! 5 Days Left! $845 needed!

Post by Fizzbuzz (?) » Thu Feb 14, 2019 7:56 pm

I just doubled my pledge. Everyone else who gave, please check again and see if you can't give some more.
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Re: I have a Kickstarter for my book! 5 Days Left! $790 needed!

Post by Madeline (?) » Thu Feb 14, 2019 10:56 pm

I shared the link around again!

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Re: I have a Kickstarter for my book! 5 Days Left! $790 needed!

Post by Mr. Big (?) » Thu Feb 14, 2019 11:03 pm

Thanks, you two! Means a lot :allears:

Still few more days to go! Hoping the last few days will have some surge from last minute backers.

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Re: I have a Kickstarter for my book! 4 Days Left! $740 needed!

Post by Mr. Big (?) » Fri Feb 15, 2019 9:46 am

85% raised with 4 days to go :flail:

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Re: I have a Kickstarter for my book! 4 Days Left! $630 needed!

Post by Mr. Big (?) » Fri Feb 15, 2019 3:13 pm



Two spots already taken, so 8 left!

Getting a lot of new pledges today! As I write this, only $630 are needed to fully fund this! Still more to go, but it's heading to a right direction! 4 days left!

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Re: I have a Kickstarter for my book! 4 Days Left! $630 needed!

Post by Adiwan (?) » Fri Feb 15, 2019 4:13 pm

Hmm... :ponder:
Giving rewards to the next backers is not fair to the backers who backed before.
It'd be fairer to randomly give one reward to the pool of all backers, and it'd be an incentive to back the project despite the reward announcement post being a bit older.

I'm not a marketing expert but this looks more like an act of desperation that doesn't bode well on the confidence in a successful Kickstarter and product than being a controlled marketing ploy.
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Re: I have a Kickstarter for my book! 4 Days Left! $630 needed!

Post by Mr. Big (?) » Fri Feb 15, 2019 4:17 pm

I've seen others do it before, so I'm just doing it. I figure if it's okay for them to do it, then so am I :pinkieshrug:

I can give 10 extra copies to random backers before and after this is taken (the next 10 who pledge will automatically get it, plus 10 random ones). Is that fair?

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