Mike Davis

A “Lovecraft eZine” Kickstarter?

First of all… HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Grampa!  H.P. Lovecraft turns 122 today.

I am considering doing a Kickstarter to fund The Lovecraft eZine for the first half of 2013 (then I’d do another one, if successful).  There are several reasons for this.  First, I’d like to pay my writers more, and, I’d like to start paying my artists and voice readers.

I do feel that Lovecraft eZine has a few advantages for writers that many other magazines do not: (a) The immediacy of the reader feedback for the authors, and (b) the huge amount of traffic this website receives helps writers to sell their other books and stories.

That’s all great, but I’d like to take the eZine to the next level.  I’d like to be able to ask more well-known authors to submit stories to me, and they aren’t going to do that unless I pay them what they are accustomed to receiving.  (A few do, and I appreciate it!)

And I’m financially hanging on by my fingernails every month.

Remember, unlike most horror magazines, you can read The Lovecraft eZine for free… yet most would agree with me that it is every bit the quality of the print anthologies and zines that you have to pay for.

So here’s a short poll.  Please help me out with your feedback.

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10 comments

  1. You could take advantage of Weird Tale’s downfall and try to coax some of the former submitters to come here, since I think Lezine is closer in spirit to the original WT, than the latest incarnation.

    And sure, I’d support Lezine via kickstarter–or if not that, I’d help get the word out. 😉

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  2. I think this is an excellent idea. Lovecraft ezine has certainly proven to be (?) an excellent product. I’ll go one step further: Lezine is the first ezine to arrest my attention in the eliterature eworld, it is well crafted and pretty straight forward. I also like the interviews that have been offered up recently (though I only witnessed one). I say, keep up the good work.

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  3. Here is my perspective, which might be a little different. I regularly support and and all Lovecraftian endeavors on Kickstarter, for two reasons. One is that I want to support creativity in my favorite little niche, realizing full well that regardless of how we congratulate each other, most mythos stories and comics aren’t particularly good. The thing is you never know when someone is going to knock one out of the park. The other reason is selfish. I want the swag. I want the bling. I expect a tangible reward. Another electronic issue of the e-zine won’t tempt me; I have a very hard time enjoying reading things online. When I supported the comic version of Dagon I got a gorgeous hardcover book in return. When I supported Mile Dubisch’s project, I got a wonderful copy of his Dreamquest book. If you offer something like that, not just a bookmark, I’m all in. Give us a greatest hits book, with the top 30 stories from the first 15 issues, and I’m there. Otherwise I will just continue my support at its current level. Just being honest.

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    • Hi Matthew — Thanks for the feedback. Two things: I’d like to think that the ezine has already proven itself, unlike most Kickstarter projects. Second, yes, you’re right about the tangible rewards. I haven’t finalized things by a long shot, but it’s going to be some pretty cool stuff. Thanks!

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