If she was already feeling somewhat wounded about being dropped from her publisher, that may explain why she wasn't able to push back to those who questioned her expenses.Īll in all, a surprising turn of events - what a shame Jay didn't feel comfortable enough to push back her detractors, let the Kickstarter stay as-is and wait to see if the support for funding would eventually come through or not. As a professional writer, she really should have made sure to craft her request more confidently. In my opinion, I did think she sounded a bit defensive about asking for living expenses, which may have caused the somewhat feral reaction. It's been pointed out that Jay's main problem may simply be the way she worded her request. My landlord wouldn't take a round of applause as sole payment for an apartment, you know? With my own background in theatre, I know too well how common it is to be asked to take on artistic projects for no pay, simply for the 'exposure' and I must say how very unreasonable that is.

Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read Princess of Thorns. Read this book using Google Play Books app on your PC, android, iOS devices. I agree, wholeheartedly, that artists and writers should be paid for their work, and sadly, it's something that the general public often needs to be educated about. Princess of Thorns - Ebook written by Stacey Jay. What really happened here? I was surprised to see her take the Kickstarter campaign down, simply because a few people questioned it. She wrote a dramatic blogpost, taking down her Kickstarter request, and announcing her decision to retire from YA writing for a while. There's a storify with some reactions from fans. It looks like she got some backlash from the internets about asking for so much for her living expenses. That sum included printing costs, cover art and her living expenses. She put together a Kickstarter campaign, asking for $10,500 to fund the next book. There's been a bit of a brouhaha over some drama with YA author Stacey Jay's recent Kickstarter campaign.Īfter her Princess of Thorns series was dropped by the publisher due to lackluster sales, Jay reasoned that moderate sales could still make the rest of the series feasible as an independently published project.

Princess of Thorns by Stacey Jay