YordanZh

Quick update: The campaign reached 102% already and there are 16 hours remaining to its end. So since I only plan to self-publish "When They Shine Brightest" in English in digital form, those 16 hours are your last chance for a - literally - unique, autographed paperback/hardcover. ;) The book's getting traditionally published by a big publishing house in Bulgaria, but only in Bulgarian - there won't be more paper copies of it in English. Here's the link: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/when-they-shine-brightest-a-fantasy-novel/ Cheers!| YZ

Hi fellas! Last spam from me on this subject since the crowdfunding campaign for “When They Shine Brightest” is days from its end, with $2220 of $2500 already gathered! Thanks to those who took part in it and making it a success – I really appreciate it! If someone else wants to join the campaign – now’s the time! https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/when-they-shine-brightest-a-fantasy-novel/ Cheers!

He fellas! My name is Yordan and I'm a fantasy writer from Bulgaria. My first book is a fantasy novel called "When they Shine Brightest" (website: http://yzfantasy.com/). At the moment the book is being published in my country by a big publishing house but I also decided to get it translated into English and try self-publishing online. I know it's something very common in the west, but here everyone's still looking at me as if I've just lost my mind. :P At the moment the translation is almost done and by a professional translator with native English too. I'm also in the midst of a crowdfunding campaign for the costs of the translation, which you can find here: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/when-they-shine-brightest-a-fantasy-novel I've talked with a lot of English-speaking people in various forums in Goodreads, G+ and LinkedIn and everyone says that the whole "English-speakers (and Americans in particular) don't like reading foreign lit" is a myth and they're actually looking for it but not much foreign lit is being adequately published. So I decided to not only translate and self-publish it but to also make the crowdfunding campaign bilingual and in an international CF platform. So far it's going pretty great with close to $1700 gathered, which - I think - is pretty good for a young, foreign author with basically zero following behind him. Anyway, I think I should probably wrap this up. Hope you check the website and the campaign and like them at least a bit. Since the campaign is meant for two markets its perks are quite cheap compared to other book campaigns focused on the western market only. If you're curious, you can also find me on some other places like: https://www.facebook.com/Yordan.Zhelyazkov.Author https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23595400-when-they-shine-brightest and others through my website. Cheers! YZ