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$526
per vignettes, serial novel chapters, etc
I'm Karin Lowachee and I'd like to focus most of my time on doing what I love: writing.

I have loyal readers from all over the world that span more than a decade. I've published 4 novels and more than a dozen short stories—even a poem—through Warner and Orbit Books USA and various anthologies and magazines. (Two examples of my short stories can be found here and here.) My first novel Warchild won the Warner Aspect First Novel Contest, where Tim Powers was the judge. I'm a John W. Campbell Award nominee for Best New Writer and a Prix Aurora Award winner from my home country of Canada. Two of my novels were finalists for the Philip K. Dick Award. A couple of my short stories have appeared in Best Of anthologies. But it's not enough. Novelists take weeks and months to create a work. In that space of time, we usually aren't getting paid. Here's where you come in.


Why Patreon?

It's a tale as old as time and the reason a site like Patreon is a possible relief for artists of all types. We would love to make a living doing what we love. As it stands, I teach and edit, both things that I enjoy doing but writing is my heart and soul—and like many people, I have a mortgage and other monthly living expenses. I would love to travel occasionally for experience and inspiration. It would be cool even to go on research sabbaticals once in a while. But none of that is easy time-wise or inexpensive.

It's not like I wouldn't write anyway—of course I do and will! But what patrons like yourself allow is the ability for a writer to make a living even in the research and development stages of a book, which is the most time consuming part of the process and generally the least compensated.

What do YOU get?

For those who love my science fiction universe created through Warchild and its sequels, or would like to be involved in it anew through this Patreon, you will get access to monthly exclusive content: vignettes from the universe, short stories, and an independent serial novel based in the same universe—in other words, you get to read a novel as it's written chapter by chapter! This is part fun experiment for me and partly a way to give to my readers as close an experience as following your favorite TV show might provide. Familiar characters will appear and hijinks will ensue!

I will also be hosting monthly Q&As for a dialogue about any of my writing—the projects specifically for this Patreon or my writing in general—as well as giving patrons sneak peeks to draft content from The Warboy, the direct sequel to Warchild and the return of Warchild's point-of-view protagonist, Jos Musey. Other possible rewards like signed book copies are outlined to the right.

Engagement and dialogue with my readers has always been important to me. Over the years I've received countless messages from dedicated readers expressing their love of my characters and worlds, as well as how these characters and their stories have affected or changed them as individuals. Through this Patreon I will give back that dedication and provide the best writing and interaction I can in order to foster this community and make it grow.

Now onto the writing, reading, and conversation!

Tiers
Pledge $1 or more per month
$1 or more per vignettes, serial novel chapters, etc ∙ 17 patrons
  • UPDATE AS OF JANUARY 2018: Until further notice, I will no longer be fulfilling this reward level. Please see this post.
  • Access to vignettes/extra scenes from the Warchild Universe, one written per month, a la what I have posted on the Warchild Universe Tumblr in the past. These will be new vignettes, varying in length, until I complete enough to create an ebook (projected until the end of the year 2017).
  • You can also make suggestions for possible future vignettes that can be written in this cycle (for 2017) or in future cycles (2018 and onwards). Your name will also appear on the vignette as the inspiration.
Join $1 Tier
Pledge $5 or more per month
$5 or more per vignettes, serial novel chapters, etc ∙ 25 patrons
  • Access to the vignettes from the previous patron reward level.
  • Access to a "chapter" a month (I don't write regular chapters so the length will vary per month) of MATRYOSHKA, a serial novel about Jascha Terisov, Yuri's younger brother from CAGEBIRD.
  • Access to monthly Q&A answering any of your questions regarding MATRYOSHKA.
Join $5 Tier
Pledge $10 or more per month
$10 or more per vignettes, serial novel chapters, etc ∙ 4 patrons
  • In addition to the previous patron level rewards, you'll receive the ebooks for both the vignettes (the "omake" anthology) and MATRYOSHKA. These will be available in PDF, EPUB or MOBI (whichever is your preference). 
  • The omake ebook will be made available upon the anthology's completion early in 2018; MATRYOSHKA's ebook will be made available upon the novel's completion and editing projected at the end of 2018/early 2019.
Join $10 Tier
Pledge $15 or more per month
$15 or more per vignettes, serial novel chapters, etc ∙ 0 of 5 patrons
  • In addition to all the previous patron level rewards, you will receive a signed (personalized optional) mass market copy of BURNDIVE.
Join $15 Tier
Pledge $20 or more per month
$20 or more per vignettes, serial novel chapters, etc ∙ 21 patrons
  • In addition to the previous patron level rewards (minus the $15 level), I'll post sneak peek excerpts of THE WARBOY (these won't necessarily be full chapters or in order as they appear in the novel).
  • I will also post the full first chapter of THE WARBOY, with the option of posting more full chapters (in draft stage) as they are written.
  • I will post "director's cut" excerpts and scenes that weren't published from the previous novels.
  • I will post and answer a monthly Q&A about THE WARBOY.
Join $20 Tier
Pledge $50 or more per month
$50 or more per vignettes, serial novel chapters, etc ∙ 0 of 8 patrons
  • In addition to all previous patron level rewards (minus the $15 level), you'll receive a signed (personalized optional) trade paperback copy of WARCHILD.
Join $50 Tier
Pledge $150 or more per month
$150 or more per vignettes, serial novel chapters, etc ∙ 0 of 2 patrons
● In addition to all previous patron level rewards (minus the $15 and $50 levels),  you'll receive a signed (personalized optional) limited edition hard copy of WARCHILD.  
Join $150 Tier
Goals
$526 of $1,000 per vignettes, serial novel chapters, etc
If we reach this goal, I'll commission an artist to do a book cover for THE WARBOY ebook.
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I'm Karin Lowachee and I'd like to focus most of my time on doing what I love: writing.

I have loyal readers from all over the world that span more than a decade. I've published 4 novels and more than a dozen short stories—even a poem—through Warner and Orbit Books USA and various anthologies and magazines. (Two examples of my short stories can be found here and here.) My first novel Warchild won the Warner Aspect First Novel Contest, where Tim Powers was the judge. I'm a John W. Campbell Award nominee for Best New Writer and a Prix Aurora Award winner from my home country of Canada. Two of my novels were finalists for the Philip K. Dick Award. A couple of my short stories have appeared in Best Of anthologies. But it's not enough. Novelists take weeks and months to create a work. In that space of time, we usually aren't getting paid. Here's where you come in.


Why Patreon?

It's a tale as old as time and the reason a site like Patreon is a possible relief for artists of all types. We would love to make a living doing what we love. As it stands, I teach and edit, both things that I enjoy doing but writing is my heart and soul—and like many people, I have a mortgage and other monthly living expenses. I would love to travel occasionally for experience and inspiration. It would be cool even to go on research sabbaticals once in a while. But none of that is easy time-wise or inexpensive.

It's not like I wouldn't write anyway—of course I do and will! But what patrons like yourself allow is the ability for a writer to make a living even in the research and development stages of a book, which is the most time consuming part of the process and generally the least compensated.

What do YOU get?

For those who love my science fiction universe created through Warchild and its sequels, or would like to be involved in it anew through this Patreon, you will get access to monthly exclusive content: vignettes from the universe, short stories, and an independent serial novel based in the same universe—in other words, you get to read a novel as it's written chapter by chapter! This is part fun experiment for me and partly a way to give to my readers as close an experience as following your favorite TV show might provide. Familiar characters will appear and hijinks will ensue!

I will also be hosting monthly Q&As for a dialogue about any of my writing—the projects specifically for this Patreon or my writing in general—as well as giving patrons sneak peeks to draft content from The Warboy, the direct sequel to Warchild and the return of Warchild's point-of-view protagonist, Jos Musey. Other possible rewards like signed book copies are outlined to the right.

Engagement and dialogue with my readers has always been important to me. Over the years I've received countless messages from dedicated readers expressing their love of my characters and worlds, as well as how these characters and their stories have affected or changed them as individuals. Through this Patreon I will give back that dedication and provide the best writing and interaction I can in order to foster this community and make it grow.

Now onto the writing, reading, and conversation!

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Tiers
Pledge $1 or more per month
$1 or more per vignettes, serial novel chapters, etc ∙ 17 patrons
  • UPDATE AS OF JANUARY 2018: Until further notice, I will no longer be fulfilling this reward level. Please see this post.
  • Access to vignettes/extra scenes from the Warchild Universe, one written per month, a la what I have posted on the Warchild Universe Tumblr in the past. These will be new vignettes, varying in length, until I complete enough to create an ebook (projected until the end of the year 2017).
  • You can also make suggestions for possible future vignettes that can be written in this cycle (for 2017) or in future cycles (2018 and onwards). Your name will also appear on the vignette as the inspiration.
Join $1 Tier
Pledge $5 or more per month
$5 or more per vignettes, serial novel chapters, etc ∙ 25 patrons
  • Access to the vignettes from the previous patron reward level.
  • Access to a "chapter" a month (I don't write regular chapters so the length will vary per month) of MATRYOSHKA, a serial novel about Jascha Terisov, Yuri's younger brother from CAGEBIRD.
  • Access to monthly Q&A answering any of your questions regarding MATRYOSHKA.
Join $5 Tier
Pledge $10 or more per month
$10 or more per vignettes, serial novel chapters, etc ∙ 4 patrons
  • In addition to the previous patron level rewards, you'll receive the ebooks for both the vignettes (the "omake" anthology) and MATRYOSHKA. These will be available in PDF, EPUB or MOBI (whichever is your preference). 
  • The omake ebook will be made available upon the anthology's completion early in 2018; MATRYOSHKA's ebook will be made available upon the novel's completion and editing projected at the end of 2018/early 2019.
Join $10 Tier
Pledge $15 or more per month
$15 or more per vignettes, serial novel chapters, etc ∙ 0 of 5 patrons
  • In addition to all the previous patron level rewards, you will receive a signed (personalized optional) mass market copy of BURNDIVE.
Join $15 Tier
Pledge $20 or more per month
$20 or more per vignettes, serial novel chapters, etc ∙ 21 patrons
  • In addition to the previous patron level rewards (minus the $15 level), I'll post sneak peek excerpts of THE WARBOY (these won't necessarily be full chapters or in order as they appear in the novel).
  • I will also post the full first chapter of THE WARBOY, with the option of posting more full chapters (in draft stage) as they are written.
  • I will post "director's cut" excerpts and scenes that weren't published from the previous novels.
  • I will post and answer a monthly Q&A about THE WARBOY.
Join $20 Tier
Pledge $50 or more per month
$50 or more per vignettes, serial novel chapters, etc ∙ 0 of 8 patrons
  • In addition to all previous patron level rewards (minus the $15 level), you'll receive a signed (personalized optional) trade paperback copy of WARCHILD.
Join $50 Tier
Pledge $150 or more per month
$150 or more per vignettes, serial novel chapters, etc ∙ 0 of 2 patrons
● In addition to all previous patron level rewards (minus the $15 and $50 levels),  you'll receive a signed (personalized optional) limited edition hard copy of WARCHILD.  
Join $150 Tier