Edward Willett, Saskatchewan-based award-winning author of over 60 science fiction, fantasy and non-fiction books for readers of all ages, launched a Kickstarter campaign on March 14, 2023. to fund its fourth annual anthology featuring some of the people.The Aurora Award-winning Sci-fi Top of His Fiction and Fantasy, who was a guest on his podcast, is one of his writers. world shapers (www.theworldshapers.com).
Shapers of World Volume IV David Boop, Michaelbrent Collings, Roy M. Griffis, Sarah A. Hoyt, Sherilyn Kenyon, Noah Lemelson, Mark Leslie Lefebvre, Edward M. Lerner, David Liss, Gail Z. Martin, Joshua Palmatier, Richard Paolinelli, Jean-Louis Trudel, Reprinted by James van Pelt, Garon Whited, Edward Willett, James Kennedy, RS Mellette, Lavie Tidhar. Some of these authors are international bestsellers, as well as winners and nominees of every major sci-fi and fantasy literary award.
In the fourth year all authors were guests. world shapersWillett interviews other sci-fi and fantasy authors about their creative process.
Author-provided backer rewards include numerous e-books, signed paperback and hardcover books, Tuckerizations (using the backer’s name as the character name), commissioned artwork, and one-on-one writing/ Includes publication consultations, audiobooks, and online chat opportunities. Includes authors, short story critiques, and more.
The Kickstarter campaign can be found here: kickstarter.com/projects/edwardwillett/shapers-of-worlds-volume-iv/.
The campaign goal is $12,000 CDN. Most of these funds will be used to pay authors, and the rest for editing, layout, and printing of the book. The book will be published this fall by Willett’s publisher, his Shadowpaw, in both ebook and popular paperback formats. Press (www.shadowpawpress.com). This year we have a special stretch goal. Once the campaign reaches his $17,000 and exceeds his $5,000 goal, an anthology illustration will be drawn, along with a new black-and-white painting of each story by Calgary, Alberta artist Wendy His Nordell. books for local publishers, including Edward Willett’s collection of science fiction and fantasy poetry; I Tumble Through the Diamond Dust.
world shapers followed by a podcast Shapers of World Volume IV There will be a campaign to raise money this year and next year to fund the fifth volume of the series.
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