At 9:38 am Eastern time this morning, the Kickstarter for “The Brooklyn Wars” fully funded. (It’s now up to 101% funded, in fact — and there’s another 24 hours left if anyone else still wants to place a preorder, or … Continue reading →

Big thanks to the Brooklyn real estate news site Brownstoner for posting a link to my “Why Are You In Brooklyn?” poll and Kickstarter page. While it didn’t singlehandedly cause a rain of money to push me past my funding … Continue reading →

Huge thanks to everyone who pledged the last few days, helping push The Brooklyn Wars past the $4,700 mark! With four days and a few hours left to go, all I need is another $1,270 to make this book a … Continue reading →

It’s way too easy to wander down a street or two in Brooklyn (especially if it’s, say, Franklin Avenue) and get the impression, “This borough is really taking off!” (It helps if your idea of “taking off” involves Asian fusion … Continue reading →

We are now at the exact midpoint of this fundraising campaign, and it’s raised just slightly less than half the money needed to make “The Brooklyn Wars” a reality. That’s not necessarily a bad thing — most Kickstarter campaigns end … Continue reading →

The Brooklyn neighborhood of Gowanus wasn’t much on my radar when I first began the research that will culminate in “The Brooklyn Wars,” mostly because Gowanus wasn’t much on anyone’s radar: Named for a toxic green canal, inhabited mostly by … Continue reading →

Four days in, and “The Brooklyn Wars” is off to a roaring start, with more than 25% raised toward the $6,000 goal! As I understand it, however, with Kickstarter roaring starts are often followed by mumbled middles, and donations have … Continue reading →