I'm not a promoter (self or otherwise) or an evangelist. I post things I believe in and that I'm passionate about. Sometimes serious, and oftentimes silly. The people I interact with here have come to define in the real world to me what was once just a word, "tribe". I'd buy most of you a cup of coffee. Show up in my city and I'll prove it.
+Amanda Rachelle Warren and a member of her tribe, +Sarah Rodlund have what I would call a sociology/Americana/writing project. After interacting with Amanda over the past few months, I imagine a little Thelma and Louise thrown in (without the cliff hopefully). Their Kickstarter is at http://goo.gl/ArX4c
They have a modest goal and they just need a little more to reach it. I'm personally interested in seeing what comes out of their trip/project (plus I have a copy of the book on reserve). I love words. I love writers. I love having fun with G+ and supporting my peeps. Can you help too?
Some text from their Kickstarter project (edited for length) is pasted below for your consideration:
Background
It's 2012, an election year, and I find myself asking over and over again: "What Are Americans Like Today?" What are they really like? What does it mean to be an American? I'd like to go see for myself.
Our Project
This May, I'll be traveling to South Carolina to meet up with my friend and creative partner, award winning poet, Amanda Warren. We'll be packing up her 1999 Jeep Cherokee and hitting the road for a trip across the American South, through Texas, the Southwest, then back to the American West, California.
I'll be documenting our journey through audio, video and photos, as well as keeping a daily online travelogue. When I'm home again, I'll bring the material together into a short independently published book.
Our Funding Goal
Our goal is to meet $2,000 or above for travel, unforeseen expenses and work going into the book.
Other Thoughts
We are looking to experience a "real America," which might be something like looking for the Loch Ness monster or a Yeti. It's a slippery and elusive thing.
This project is as much about process as product. I hope to be able to answer the question, "What Are Americans Like Today?" But who knows what other questions will rise up or what other answers will reveal themselves?
Thanks!
Thanks, in advance, for your contributions. It took me a long time to realize how much writers and artists need one another, and how much the rest of the world needs us. I hope you enjoy this project!
Kickstarter link: http://goo.gl/ArX4c
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If I'm ever in the States, mine's strong, white with 2 sugars – thanks 🙂
+Charlie Gartland 🙂 I'm good for it.
While I cannot promise that I will not run the both of us off of a cliff (or blow up a semi), I can promise that the resulting works from both of us will be interesting and quirky. We have separate projects going, but this trip together is crucial in helping us complete those projects. This might be a fun road trip with my bromantic writing partner (we might be less Thelma and Louise and more Kerouac and Cassady…minus the sex and drugs, and with the rock and roll and sense of adventure), but it is also a working trip by two professional writers, one that we will be hard pressed to make without a little support. To be honest, the rising gas prices made this kickstarter a necessity…without it, I have no idea how we are going to make it to CA together, or how I will make it back alone.
Even if people aren't interested in our project, I encourage everyone to check out the great projects on kickstarter. As I keep saying, if I weren't in dire straights (not the band) to fund my own creative project, me I would fund even more kickstarters than I already do. Sometimes I can't resist even now, and I add my meager dollars to the collective creative tribe's goals.
Thank you +Scott Cramer , and all of our supporters for helping us to our writing goals. It feels a little humbling (and a little shameful) to be asking for patronage, so we appreciate the kindness you've shown us in sharing this with others.
If any of you would like to know more about our projects you can follow our road trip, preparations and aftermath at +Amanda Rachelle Warren ) and +Sarah Rodlund )
Thanks for checking us out, and feel free to check up with us on the road…we're taking G+ with us!
Who else but a writer could say thank you with so many words? Lol 😉
+Scott Cramer Thank you so much!!! We're both very excited about this trip, and all of the support has just been amazing. No cliffs — I hope, but maybe some disputed canyons.
+Sarah Rodlund Oh! You have to watch out for those disputed canyons. They're actually more dangerous than cliffs because they feel like they have something to prove. Many a hiker has gone missing in a disputed canyon!!!