It struck me that every time I’ve run one of the 12 for ’12 Kickstarters, I’ve lowered the stretch goals on the last day. Although we seem like we’re cooking along here with the Monster Academy drive, I’d like to maintain that tradition. I’m pretty sure we’ll hit the $15k stretch goal, as we’re less than $100 $30(!) away from that now. That will …

Last night, just before I went to bed, the Monster Academy Kickstarter drive cracked the $14k barrier. This unlocked Stretch Goal #2, which means that all backers at $75 or more now get a total of nine ebooks (the Brave New World trilogy, the Shotguns & Sorcery trilogy, and signed copies of the Monster Academy trilogy), plus a softcover copy of the Monster Academy omnibus. That’s a pretty stunning deal. Thanks to …

The Monster Academy drive is cooking along at a good speed. We smashed through the $12k stretch goal yesterday, and there’s an excellent chance we’ll unlock the $14k stretch goal soon. This makes the higher-level pledges look even more attractive. It works like this. Right now (since we unlocked the 1st stretch goal), if you pledge $50, you get a hardcover copy of …

Earlier today, the Monster Academy Kickstarter cracked through the first stretch goal at $12,000! Thanks to Kent Wayson for knocking it over. We also broke 300 backers! The drive comes to an end at midnight Eastern time on Sunday, September 16. As I write this, that means we only have 56 hours to go, maybe less by the time you read this. …

The Monster Academy Kickstarter broke its funding goal late Friday night! That means every 12 for ’12 Kickstarter succeeded – four in a row. Thanks to all my backers on each one of my drives, including this one, for all your support! One problem I’ve seen throughout the drives is that people who found out about the 12 for ’12 plan after the …

Well, the Monster Academy Kickstarter drive now stands at [checks again] 92%, so that’s at least in the A bracket, if I remember the grading criteria correctly from back when I was in school. Seeing as how we have 10 more days to go, I’ll call that a great grade – so far. It puts us less than [counts on fingers] $800 …

The promotions for Monster Academy (my latest Kickstarter, for a trilogy of YA fantasy novels) roll on. First, Michael Harrison – who’s covered every one of my Kickstarters for Wired’s Geek Dad blog – completes the circuit with an excellent article about the Monster Academy drive. The funniest part of the whole article, though, is a note from one of our intrepid editors: …

Yesterday, a couple friends of mine posted interviews with me. First up, Don Schlising – fellow Cheesehead and partner with Jesse Theiler at the brand-new Notting Hill Games – asked me about who I am, what I do, and how I write. He also says several kind things about me in his introduction that you’re free to ignore. Next, Jennifer …