{"id":1756,"date":"2012-08-30T17:36:23","date_gmt":"2012-08-30T17:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2012\/08\/30\/electric-velocipede-gets-kickstarted\/"},"modified":"2012-08-30T17:36:23","modified_gmt":"2012-08-30T17:36:23","slug":"electric-velocipede-gets-kickstarted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2012\/08\/30\/electric-velocipede-gets-kickstarted\/","title":{"rendered":"Electric Velocipede gets Kickstarted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Way back in the day, well ok actually in Fall, 2003, my first published (as an adult.. first was when I was 13) piece of prose fiction <a href=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/bb\/weblog_entry.php?e=3150\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">&quot;JohnCalvin&quot;<\/a> appeared in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.electricvelocipede.com\/issues\/issues-1-10\/issue-5\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">Electric Velocipede<\/span> #5<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Since those early days, the zine and editor John Klima have been nominated for countless awards (even winning a few). Although they&#8217;ve managed 24 issues, as with most genre zines, <span style=\"font-style: italic\">EV<\/span> limps along financially. To ensure publications for the next year, Klima has began a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.electricvelocipede.com\/2012\/08\/kickstarter\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">Kickstarter campaign<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<table width=\"90%\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"genmed\"><b>Quote:<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"quote\">This will give us the opportunity to produce the magazine and focus on making great content and securing more permanent means of funding. We<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Way back in the day, well ok actually in Fall, 2003, my first published (as an adult.. first was when I was 13) piece of prose fiction &quot;JohnCalvin&quot; appeared in Electric Velocipede #5. 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