Royal Oak Author Launches Kickstarter Project for New Book

Royal Oak resident Peter Wurdock is the latest independent arts oriented person to utilize Kickstarter as a funding tool for his new book. Kickstarter began in 2009 as a new way to fund creative projects, like CD's films, books and more. Funding on Kickstarter is all-or-nothing. Each project must reach its funding goal in a per-determined time frame in order for the creator to receive any money. It's a risk, but it helps create momentum and rallying people around an idea.

“I’ve used small traditional publishers for my last 3 books,” Wurdock states.” They all served me well, but as my audience grows, I want to connect with more people and Kickstarter is helping me do that.”

Wurdock’s new book is titled:  “Bending Water and Stories Nearby” and is a collection of Northern Michigan short stories. “Most of these stories take place in the UP, a place I love. Bending Water and Stories Nearby is about people who are living between the sorrows, challenges and joys that living brings.  A dying hunter, a radio operator’s encounter with a ghost ship on Lake Superior, a message in a bottle, a distraught widow, a man returning home to discover a hidden family secret, two brother’s summertime adventure searching for gold and a man coming to terms with the death of his best friend while trout fishing are just some of the highlights in Bending Water and Stories Nearby.

For more information and to see how his funding is doing visit Wurdock’s Kickstarter Funding Page:http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/417328644/bending-water-and-stories-nearby

Source: Press release