Old Moon Quarterly
CREATOR
16 days ago
Project Update: 157% funded! Many stretch goals slain! Visions of the future
Hello one and all!
First off: thank you all so very, very much for your support. 157% funded is incredible, and we can honestly say we are flabbergasted (gobsmacked, even) by this level of support. These issues will be our coolest, most metal ones yet. And, for what it's worth, our issues which pay the most for both authors and artists! We hit TWO stretch goals, and came within a hairsbreadth of hitting a third. That means MORE ART and MORE PAY for our authors. Our original plan was to have illuminations and such on every page, as well as artwork for the four commissioned stories by E. Catherine Tobler, John Langan, R.L. Summerling, and James Enge. Now every story will have its own artpiece (and some might get more than one). All of our authors will receive nine cents a word. That may not sound like a lot, and we suppose in the long run it isn't. But that makes us the highest paying sword and sorcery magazine in the biz, and one of the highest paying SFF magazines in the world (at least for these two issues). That makes us really happy. And we could only do it because of you all. So once again: thank you.
Now, as for making the thing itself! We have much of the art already. Most of the rest is already in-progress. Our commissioned authors are writing their stories, and we're holding a submission window for the rest of our stories currently. That will run to August 7th. Our goal is to have all art and stories finalized by the autumn. We want the ebook editions of 9 and 10 available in January, and the print editions shortly thereafter. The schedule may flex a bit depending on when our authors and artists deliver their finished work to us. We'll keep everyone updated as things progress!
Sincerely,
Caitlyn, Graham, and Julian
First off: thank you all so very, very much for your support. 157% funded is incredible, and we can honestly say we are flabbergasted (gobsmacked, even) by this level of support. These issues will be our coolest, most metal ones yet. And, for what it's worth, our issues which pay the most for both authors and artists! We hit TWO stretch goals, and came within a hairsbreadth of hitting a third. That means MORE ART and MORE PAY for our authors. Our original plan was to have illuminations and such on every page, as well as artwork for the four commissioned stories by E. Catherine Tobler, John Langan, R.L. Summerling, and James Enge. Now every story will have its own artpiece (and some might get more than one). All of our authors will receive nine cents a word. That may not sound like a lot, and we suppose in the long run it isn't. But that makes us the highest paying sword and sorcery magazine in the biz, and one of the highest paying SFF magazines in the world (at least for these two issues). That makes us really happy. And we could only do it because of you all. So once again: thank you.
Now, as for making the thing itself! We have much of the art already. Most of the rest is already in-progress. Our commissioned authors are writing their stories, and we're holding a submission window for the rest of our stories currently. That will run to August 7th. Our goal is to have all art and stories finalized by the autumn. We want the ebook editions of 9 and 10 available in January, and the print editions shortly thereafter. The schedule may flex a bit depending on when our authors and artists deliver their finished work to us. We'll keep everyone updated as things progress!
Sincerely,
Caitlyn, Graham, and Julian
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