Crowdfunding Wrong Side of the Bed 1 Act I
Hello to all!
I hope everyone has enjoyed both my Wrong Side of the Bed series, my AMAs, and journals regarding my real-life BDSM experiences. For those who are a little out of the loop, this last week I had both a personal BDSM session with a friend/dominatrix Monday the 6th and then attended a BDSM convention on Friday the 10th, where I had a brief impact session with a professional dominant.
In the former, I had an awakening of how much like my main character, Elva, I really am and now understand her motivations and experiences better than I ever have. In the latter, I pushed the limits I found in the first session and found a new line of how much pain and anguish I was willing to take for the thrill of it. I was unprepared for an opportunity that was presented to me for that convention, but at an upcoming convention, I intend to set up a booth and sell copies of Wrong Side of the Bed 1 Act I, which will conclude with Chapter 16: Kitten! This is an enormous chance for me to market my novels and it’s wonderful timing that I’ve had all these amazing experiences with nearly two months to spare!
The Wrong Side of the Bed 1 Act I physical (and maybe eBook if the interest is there and I can get the funding) release will be a newly updated edit in the context of grammar, writing skill (especially in the earlier chapters), better descriptions from my own personal experience, and possibly longer endings to chapters where I said: “I’m tired of finding synonyms, I think this is a good place to say ‘Elva passed out’”.
I’ve started looking into printing options and most will take about two weeks to be delivered, so that gives me about a month and a half to finish chapter 16 and the edits. I’d like to put as much of my focus and attention on this as possible so I can deliver the best product I can, but to do that I need a little help, which is why I’m setting up a crowdfund. I’m hoping to sell at least 100 physical copies of Act I at the April conventions, which will cost around $700 to print the physical copies depending on which manufacturer I print with. The convention I went to on Friday was said to have 2,000 people attending over the course of the night, so I’m not sure if 100 is enough physical copies to bring. Having my eBook option would help with that a lot, but that’s $300 upfront for (I suppose) unlimited copies.
With my crowdfunding, you can support me either through my
GoFundMe,
Patreon, or here on SubscribeStar! I’ll have a stretch goal of $1000 on GoFundMe so I can purchase the 100 physical copies and a global eBook release, but every donation of $10 or more will get you a free eBook copy while every donation of $20 or more will get you a free signed physical copy. I hope to sell the eBooks for $10-12 each and the physical copies at the convention for $15 dollars, so the extra $5 will account for shipping. If this release goes well, I may keep this system of releasing an Act at a time at conventions, as the whole books will be very long, roughly 50 chapters each while Act I (16 chapters) will be about 200 pages in a standard 5x8 book format. I do still need to figure out how much my booth at the convention will cost, but I’d guess it’ll be around $100.
If you’ve enjoyed my writing so far and wish to see my writing career thrive, I do hope you’ll donate through one of my sources and help me pass the threshold to print my $100 copies and fund an eBook release. Regardless, my writings will always be available for free online so everyone can share in my journey! Until next time!
With love,
Alexandria
edit: I have two huge updates!! One, all the artists who have drawn fan art of Elva and Saoirse have agreed to donate their art for the Trevor Project when I sell my books! Two, the next convention there's an opening for me isn't in April, but in March!!! That means I have about two weeks to finish Chapter 16 and edit the rest before I have to order my books, but I think I can do it!!!
I'm trying to figure out how many people may attend this event, as I may drop my GoFundMe and order fewer books if it'll be a smaller crowd than the last convention. But that means you now have less time to place your order for a signed physical copy, so donate for your copy as soon as you can!