"Dear indie sci-fi artists and writers..." We're an informal group of artists and techies doing something different. What would you write here?
(Note: re-posting this, including repairs to the post title.)This project aims to be a small group of independent sci-fi artists and writers, and fans who want to support their work. Our ultimate goal is to finance indie sci-fi films, created only for fans and artists who love science fiction.The project has been in development for a few years.Background: we're only weeks away from officially opening to the public. An artist found a prototype page on our web development site and thought we were selling their work. The page had working PayPal links -- only for testing the payment system -- but we don't have anything to sell, so no one could buy anything yet. We literally have to connect to artists to sell anything, because that's the whole purpose of the project.Naturally, instead of talking to us, the artist sent a Twitter mob to slander a project she knows nothing about, because mobs of outrage are just what people do on Twitter for entertainment.So as you read the "introduction" letter below, keep in mind, if you were writing this, the recipient might have heard false claims and slander about you on Facebook or Twitter.The key point is that no one actually knows what we're about, because this project is intentionally different from what already exists.Our project will feel like it immerses you in a small world of mainly hard sci-fi and cyberpunk, to connect fans with artists who love that specific style and aesthetic. We have a traditional site, experimental web magazine, "online PDF" reader site, free email newsletter, bi-weekly mini-zine, and four store sites to support the artists directly by buying their art.Oh, and we also have a new "sci-fi library" initiative to collect and archive science fiction of past and present. That's still in early stages, though.You can see that this project is a small world unto itself. Our main topics are:future sciencesurveillance(ethical) hackingNet neutrality and the open web, and why it mattersincreasing corporate domination of everyday life (and what can be done about it)fashion and style, andan "18+" section for the parts that people will actually pay to see. :)We can support concept art, webcomics, manga, short films, short stories, novellas, and excerpts of novels that readers can pay for.You've probably seen updates about our progress over the past year or so. Now we're almost ready to start telling artists, so what do you think of the letter below?P.S. If you want to know when we officially start up, send a PM and we'll add you to the list. And if you're an artist, writer, filmmaker or other kind of creator, feel free to get in touch as well.Hi [name],Your art is great. We're an informal group of sci-fi artists and writers who support other indie artists and writers. We're just creators, not some giant brand or corporation. Your art is featured on our site. Have a look:[link to artist page]Our project does not run advertising. Ads on sites like Facebook are free because they track people and sell everyone's personal data. We don't do that. This project has a small base of subscribers to help pay the costs of running this project. Our ultimate goal is to commission new stories and art, and the dream is to finance indie films.This project is designed to stay as informal as possible; to help artists and writers escape from dependency on sites like Amazon; and to use the open Web to make it easy to find great art and artists like you.Beyond that, our core values are anti-racism, anti-sexism, anti-misogyny, and anti-surveillance. We protest police brutality, militarisation, and nuclear war. This project embraces sexual diversity and supports universal human rights. (We want to help prevent dystopian sci-fi from becoming real, and teach why privacy matters.)If you want, you can sell your works through our website as well. We don't have any art to sell, so we can't sell anything ourselves. That's a completely separate process we can discuss later.If for any reason you want us to remove your work, reply to this message and it will be removed as soon as possible (usually within a day or two).We always want to find great artists who do unique work like yours. If you have other art you'd like to see featured here, reply with a link and we'll discuss further.Thanks,
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