the real work begins

[swan_tower]

The hard part isn’t running a Kickstarter campaign. The hard part is dealing with all the work after your campaign succeeds.

Good news is, I’m being organized. I’ve made a spreadsheet for all the backers, noting which items go to whom, so that (hopefully) it will be easy to track what’s been taken care of and what still needs doing. It would be easier if I could take care of everything in one go, but of course that won’t work; a lot of rewards involve Chains and Memory in either print or ebook format, and I can’t send that out until after I, y’know, write the book. (And revise it and copy-edit it and proof it and so on.)

But the ball will get rolling pretty soon. I’m just waiting on a half-dozen remaining surveys, at which point I can start sending out the rewards that are ready to go. After those, I’ll deal with the stuff that involves actual production (t-shirts, miniscript photocopies, etc) and/or coordination with the backers (tarot readings, tuckerizations). And then so on from there. This is going to be an item on my to-do list for a while, I can tell.

Such, my friends, are the laments of success.

Originally published at Swan Tower. You can comment here or there.

Comments

[rosefox]

I have a friend who does Kickstarter fulfillment for a living; let me know if you'd like his contact info.

[swan_tower]

My campaign wasn't such an over-the-top success that I think I need assistance -- but thanks for the reference!

[timprov.livejournal.com]

I'm going to be completely done fulfilling my KS by the end of the week - except for the half-dozen people who still haven't filled out their surveys. So don't expect to be able to wait for them all to come in.