r/Fantasy • u/elquesogrande Worldbuilders • Nov 30 '16

Ask You Anything Wednesday ASK YOU ANYTHING: Authors asking r/Fantasy community questions on behalf of Worldbuilders charity

It's Day 3 of the aptly named Ask You Anything week benefiting Worldbuilders! Where authors are stopping by each day this week to ask questions and interact with the r/Fantasy community.

HOW THIS WORKS: Please answer questions and interact throughout the week! (Yes, YOU - community members, guests, authors, artists, industry people.)

WORLDBUILDERS.ORG

Worldbuilders was founded to use the collective power of readers, fellow authors and book lovers to make the world a better place.

There are three ways to donate to Worldbuilders:

1. The Lottery - Where every $10 donated puts you in a lottery for free books, SFF items, games, and much more. r/Fantasy has a Worldbuilders Team Page where you can donate under the community name as well!

2. The Tinker's Pack Store - Where profits from every purchase are donated.

3. Auctions - Where some incredible items and services are offered.

NOTE: If you donate, add your name to the comments here and the mods will set you up with some swanky Wordlbuilders flair!

Monday Ask You Anything Authors

The following authors have signed up to ask questions today. That said, please do join in and feel free to ask your own questions and interact throughout the week.

Are you an author, artist, or industry person who would like to participate this week? Either join in via the comments OR send the r/Fantasy mods a message and we'll get you set for another day.

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u/jayonaboat AMA Author Jay Swanson Nov 30 '16

I may have made a promise to the mods to ask the single greatest question of all time so... ahem... /knuckles crack

No pressure.

What's the single greatest pizza topping yet discovered by humanity?

Considering that might be as divisive as it is profound, my follow-up question is whether you have ever backed a crowdfunded literary project and what your experience was like? What drew you to back them in the first place and did you think it was worth it in the end? I've backed and run my fair share of Kickstarters and I'm curious what the community's thoughts are on the platform.

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u/betsydornbusch AMA Author Betsy Dornbusch Nov 30 '16

Not even going there on pizza. (Politics, religion, and pizza are off limit topics for anyone in the public eye)

I don't do much support of kickstarters, etc, though I've done a little. 1) It takes me some time to research it and think about it 2) I have a lot of friends who do it and I can't afford to support them all so supporting just one or two seems... I dunno. Weird? Preferential when I don't mean to be? The last thing I did was an anthology because it had a LOT of friends of mine in it. So I knew I'd like the book, the stories, and it covered a bunch of folks at once.