Help me develop
a new age of storytelling.

The creative arts and its benefits to our economy, culture, and society has often been overlooked and undervalued in the United States. Creative endeavors contribute to 6% of global GDP but often purposefully go unsupported and unrecognized. I am exploring new ways of opening space and resources for myself and other professional creatives beyond conventional funding sources such as venture capitalists, Hollywood studios, and advertising revenue. I believe the arts are essential to our society, our culture, and our economy – and I am committed in finding new ways to contribute.

I am spending the last four months of 2023 completing development for an audio drama like you’ve never heard before. I am right on the edge of being able to not just make this story possible, but my dream of sustainable creative career. That edge is just $3,200 away. And I am determined to transform my office life for good.

Why not use Patreon or Indiegogo to raise funds?

I already have capital invested in this project. Stormfire Productions also has a Patreon. However, short-term crowdfunding is best suited for my goal here. Platforms like Indiegogo or Seed&Spark, while useful and ubiquitous, often take a large cut of crowdfunds and have been unstable in the past. I am using the best tool, my own proprietary website, to build a specialized crowdfunding platform and cut out the middle man.

So…what will $3,200 actually do?

It will bring the wisdom of “crowdsourcing” to my endeavors and labor for focused writing and story development, the equivalent of a part time job. It will be a reflection of a community that values their storytellers and their work. And most importantly…an additional $3,200 covers enough professional and production expenses that will allow me to finally transcend corporate life and prove to myself that, yes, an alternative is possible in creative community.