Angels of the Meanwhile Pre-Order Begins Today

Angels of the Meanwhile is an e-chapbook, a simple anthology of poetry and short prose to help pay for the torn rotator cuff surgery of poet, author, muse, and sister Pope Lizbet (Elizabeth R. McClellan). Encompassing a mix of new and previously published materials by artists from multiple walks of life who have been touched by Lizbet (or by people whose lives she has touched), Angels of the Meanwhile includes a gorgeous cover donated by the great Amanda Sharpe, new fiction by prolific creator Satyros Phil Brucato (noted especially as creator of Mage: The Ascension and the webcomic Arpeggio) along with poetry by such lights as Saira Ali, Rose Lemberg, S.J. Tucker, and Catherynne M. Valente, among many others.

Since it was first announced in early February, this project has grown from a modest effort to help a dear friend into something bigger and more beautiful. With over thirty thousand words of poetry and prose and an offer of interior illustrations on their way, we’ve had to move to a pre-order model in order to make sure the goal of raising the necessary funds in time for Lizbet’s surgery can be met while still delivering the promise of the project.

Here’s the nitty-gritty details: the book will be released on the planned date of June 30th. The final and total “print run”, such as it is, will consist of however many ebooks are ordered between now and May 1st. Copies will be sent out once and never again. All art is ephemeral; benefit art even more so.

The cost of the book is whatever you are willing and able to pay. We will be delivering the final product in a zip file that will include a PDF version (readable on any platform), a Kindle-compatible ebook version, and a generic e-reader version. All copies are DRM free.

Now, Lizbet is scheduled for surgery in mid-April. We need to raise at least $1,500 out of about $5,000 total before that*. More would be appreciated, to give her some padding for unforeseen expenses, lost income, and expenses already incurred out of pocket

Nittier, grittier details: Because of the nature of this project, all details are subject to change, including the release date, the ordering deadline, and the table of contents. We are asking for people to give money out of a combination of the desire to help Lizbet and to own a cool, eclectic collection of words. Purchasing a pre-order of the chapbook entitles you to your copies of the chapbook; it does not carry any further obligation or privilege.

 

Pre-Order Angels of the Meanwhile Today

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(Note that if you previously donated in February, you may consider yourself down for the pre-order already. We'll be contacting all previous donors in June, prior to shipping. If you have more to contribute, of course, feel free.)



*This text has been amended to be more precise about the timing of the goals - AE.

Monday, March 23rd

Personal Reflections

I find myself in the odd position of not having much to say in this section of the post, except to note that writing these has helped a lot.

The Daily Report

Yesterday, it was brought to my attention that the Patreon link at the bottom of the chapters on Tales of MU was broken in such a way that it delivered people to the Patreon front page instead of my page... that is, broken in a way that it wasn't completely obvious it was broken, but nor was it obvious what the next step was meant to be when someone clicked on it. This was both a bit of an embarrassment and a bit of a relief, as I had been wondering why my Patreon subscriptions had tapered off as dramatically as they had. It's fixed now.

I started off work this morning with the idea of doing some quick bookkeeping for the e-anthology project Angels of the Meanwhile, which turned into spending four hours actually getting the pre-order set up. I'll be posting more information about it throughout the week, including some teases of the contents. We have multiple award winning poets on deck for this. It's pretty exciting.

Near the start of last week, I mentioned that I'd been fiddling around with my old online roleplaying game Hedgerow Hall and that after about a week I'd have some idea if it's going somewhere. Well, I have some idea: it's going somewhere.

The State of the Me

I'm doing pretty well, mentally and physically.

Plans For Today

I'm going to be transitioning into more creative work over the next hour or so, maybe some random writing. Towards the end of the day, I'm going to be blocking out writing for Tales of MU for the week.