I presume you’re aware that people see irony in what happened. What’s your reaction to that reaction?
“To retool and try again! Hard-won lessons are won by failing, and people love a Cinderella story. I learned a few key things, and I had to try this to learn.”
Had you considered beforehand what not making your goal might look like given the subject and especially the title of your book?
“Yes! And, in fact, I thought that the title would bring in publicity that would help sell the project to people who wouldn’t otherwise have heard about it. But I was told by a number of people, including friends, they hadn’t followed my links as they thought I was joking. Oops.”
And, since it’s been a few weeks since you wrote that update on Kickstarter, has anything changed regarding your plans to try again? Any timetable?
“July turned out to be completely insane for me in terms of deadlines, and then I had a few days to collapse after meeting all of those. I’m trying to get through August, get my kids back into school in September, and then I will have some breathing space to retool.”
