Yet Another Project

A few weeks ago I heard about a couple receiving donations from strangers to help pay for IVF through a website called Kickstarter. I thought it sounded too good to be true (could I really just ask for strangers to give me adoption money?) and I was sort of right.

Kickstarter focuses on creative projects with definite goals, so the IVF couple was actually asking for money to make a video documentary of their IVF journey. They raised $5,000 in less than a week. I wouldn’t be up for anything that involved cameras following me around, but I did want to submit something and see if people will pitch in to help make it happen. Fortunately I had the perfect project waiting on the back burner: a children’s book about adoption that will fill a huge gap in the market.

If my project is accepted, I’ll let everyone know. The funds I’m requesting would be used to hire an editor and illustrator (job creation!), and pay for other expenses related to publishing and promoting a book.


Update: Project accepted! I'm researching my options now so I know how much funding to request, and I'm leaning toward self-publishing so I can be in control of the size, layout and illustrations in the book. Stay tuned!