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Niteblade’s 2014 Fundraiser

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It’s that time of year again, the Niteblade Fundraiser. This is our third fundraiser and like last year we are using IndieGoGo to run it. We have some fantastic perks again this year too, all the usual suspects: books, critiques, cookies and also a couple less common things: your voicemail message recorded by Bill Ratner, goodie packs, choosing our next theme issue…

What’s more, our fundraisers are the only time we have subscriptions available for purchase. $10 guarantees  you the next four issues in your inbox upon their release. That costs less than buying the issues individually and you’re sure to not miss one. We even have a special deal if you and a friend both want a subscription (or you want to give one as a gift, or whatever). Those are offered at an even greater discount — because I want as many eyes on our pages as possible.

There’s 12 days left and we’re just over 30% funded. Why not take a look and see if there’s any perks there that pique your interest — then you can support Niteblade and get something awesome out of it too!

Win/win, dudes.

Win/win.

Niteblade’s 2014 Fundraiser

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Niteblade!

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*sang Batman-style* Na na na na na na na na na Niteblade! Niteblade!

I freaking love Niteblade. Love it. I have a fierce pride and an overwhelming affection for the publication and everyone who helps make it happen that I could do a whole Blogging from A to Z challenge with ‘Niteblade’ as my theme and still have blog topics left over at the end of the month. Truly. In fact, maybe I’ll do that next year. For this year, however, I only have one blog day to dedicate to it in this challenge. Today.

Niteblade, for anyone who is new to my blog and my life, is a fantasy and horror magazine I founded nearly five years ago (that’s like a billion years in internet time!). Since that day when it was me doing everything but the .pdf layout (which has always been Jo’s responsibility) Niteblade has grown to have several great people working behind the scenes.

We publish high-quality fiction and poetry and our pages are illustrated by original art.

Put simply, Niteblade rocks.

Unfortunately, it also costs money, and money is short these days. I’ve always hated asking anyone for help, for, um, anything, but Niteblade is something that means enough to me I decided I was willing to break that pattern and have a fundraiser. It was with more than a little trepidation that I put the call out ‘Niteblade could use your support, can you help?’ but the response I received was fabulous.

People donated loads of awesome stuff to our first (hopefully annual) fundraiser. Lots of stuff. Amazing stuff. I’m talking about critiques, handicrafts, signed books, food, art… the list goes on and on. People who couldn’t afford to donate *things* donated links. They donated time. They told their friends, and their friends told friends.

Our fundraiser starts today, April 16th and will be running through until the end of the day on April 20th. Check it out, we really do need your support:

Niteblade 2012 Fundraiser

This fundraiser will be the biggest single factor when it comes to determining our budget for next year. That means it directly effects how many stories and poems we can include in each issue and potentitally how many issues we put out. Every dollar makes a difference. Every one. Seriously. And if you can’t afford to donate cash, you can show your support by sharing the news of our fundraiser. The more people who know about it the better and we’re giving away a great collection of goodies to one lucky person just for telling people about our fundraiser. It could be you.

And thank you. Thank you so much.

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This blog post is part of the Blogging from A to Z challenge over the month of April and was brought to you by the letter N. Please check by again tomorrow when I’ll be talking about Other writers.