Hey folks,

The Kickstarter for my new book: Up Up Down Down Left WRITE - The Freelance Guide To Video Game Journalism is now live!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nmeunier/a-how-to-guide-for-freelance-video-game-journalist

It's a comprehensive how-to guide for freelancing in the gaming industry, and I'm looking for backers and folks to help spread the word to get this thing launched.

There's a ton of info on the project page or you can hit my website up at www.nathanmeunier.com for more details.

Cheers!
-Nathan Meunier
Freelance Writer / Game Journalist

Hit the $1,000 benchmark today on the book Kickstarter, but still have a long ways to go to meet the goal. If anyone wants to consider backing, that'd be awesome. Here's a rundown of the chapters I have planned out so far. Most are written, some are being written, and others may be added:

Part I: Underwear and Keyboards
1) Demystifying The Freelance Life
2) The Awesome (And Not So Awesome) Things About Being A Freelance Game Journalist
3) Do You Have What It Takes To Freelance?

Part II: Battle Plans
4) Getting Started
5) On Writing For Free
6) Pay Rates
7) Setting and Meeting Goals
8) Chasing The Work
9) Getting Down To Business
10) Navigating Tax Hell
11) Moonlighting

Part III: The Craft
12) What Do I Write?
13) Anatomy of a Pitch
14) Pitching Dos and Don'ts
15) Firing From The Hip (Don't Shoot Yourself)
16) After The Pitch
17) Working With Editors
18) Improving Your work
19) Maximizing Productivity

Part IV: In The Trenches
20) Working with PR
21) Surviving the Busy Season and the Slow Spells
22) Covering Conventions
23) By The Power of Debug
24) More on Money Matters
25) Expanding Your Freelance Business

Part V: Troubleshooting
26) Rowdy Readers and How To Deal With Them
27) On Eggs in Baskets
28) Beating The Freelance Doldrums
29) The Move (aka Relocating Hell)

...And some other appendices, resources, and back-end extras.

Hey Gang,

Only have 9 days left to Kickstart this thing. We've raised about $2,300 of our $7,000 goal, and while momentum is picking up I could use all the backer support I can get. All backers, regardless of what level they pledge, will be getting a bundle of funky/fun mini-games made by a group of well-known indie devs too!

Please consider joining in before it's too late!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nmeunier/a-how-to-guide-for-freelance-video-game-journalist