I’ve been very fortunate when it comes to the indie publishing game. I have a lot of great, talented friends who’ve been willing to work for free or trade services so that I could get my stories out into the world. Now that I’ve been in the biz for a while, I figured it was time to try something new: actually paying people for the services I’ve been trading for. Ergo, Kickstarter.

Kickstarter, for those who don’t know, is a crowdfunding concept especially for cre...