Hi all! I’m gearing up for a new crowdfund project — but this one’s special, because I’ll be crowdfunding with a whole bunch of other amazing authors! That’s right, this year I am crowdfunding a book through BackerKit with the Book Bazaar!

What’s the Book Bazaar?

The Book Bazaar is 24 crowdfunding campaigns happening all at the same time, all for literary projects. We’re all making books, but there’s a tremendous diversity in what books exactly we’re making — we’ve got fantasy, romance, sci-fi, audiobooks, and of course yours truly is doing poetry/horror. Each campaign is all-or-nothing, but there’s rewards for backing more than one, and other cross-promo specials!

All of this goes live on November 12th, but before then, you can follow the projects you find interesting, which is a great way to keep track!

What about GULA?

GULA is a project I’ve been working on in the background for a little bit — a 20+ page epic poem written partially as a response to T.S. Eliot’s The Wasteland, partially as a continuation of some of the ideas I’ve been playing with in Carrion City and The Singularity. GULA expands and dives into the central metaphor of Carrion City, a shadow-world just beyond the one we’re ‘sold’; the place where the poor and destitute, the marginalized and the abject end up. Spanning a number of styles and 12 sections, GULA is my most ambitious poetic project yet — and you can check it out right here!

In the next few weeks, I’ll be posting more both about GULA’s specific campaign and about some of the other amazing projects you can find at the Bazaar. In the meantime — follow the page, keep your eyes peeled, and have a wonderful Hallowe’en season!