Tim Brookes

@Endangeredalphabets
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Living on the shores of Lake Champlain, working to protect and promote Indigenous and minority cultures by helping to revitalize their writing systems.
LAST CHANCE to late-pledge for some of the extraordinary rewards of my Kickstarter campaign, such as this carving of Tibetan calligraphy by Golok Akyung that reads "Spontaneous Perfection." Late Pledge period ends tonight. Check it out at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/endangeredatlas/bringing-it-back-home
Stretch goal! To my delight, people are still making late pledges to my Kickstarter campaign. Basically, the more money pledged, the more carvings I can do and send out. If we hit $20,000 I will aim for 12 carvings, instead of 10. Pledge at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/endangeredatlas/bringing-it-back-home ! PLEASE SHARE!
To my delight, people are still making late pledges to my Kickstarter campaign. Basically, the more money pledged, the more carvings I can do and send out. If we hit $20,000 I will aim for 12 carvings, instead of 10. A stretch goal! Pledge at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/endangeredatlas/bringing-it-back-home !
My Kickstarter campaign, ending on Sunday night, has suddenly picked up speed and is galloping toward its goal. Hop on and help it burst through the finishing tape! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/endangeredatlas/bringing-it-back-home
The increasingly unhinged behind-the-scenes account of life during a crowdfunding campaign reaches a possibly psychotic conclusion: I control people's minds, not in a good way. Now read on at https://www.endangeredalphabets.com/2026/03/04/the-kickstarter-diaries-16-night-and-day/
Our Script Keepers Network connects people trying to revive their writing systems with people who want to help. If you might be interested in either category, our next meeting is this Sunday. Join us! Information and registration link at https://www.endangeredalphabets.com/2025/02/26/launching-the-script-keepers-network/
The Kickstarter Diaries 14: Why Not Use AI?
As the AI debate rages, I started wondering about the Endangered Alphabets initiative that I’ll undertake if my current Kickstarter campaign is successful, and how it would be different with AI. Read more at https://www.endangeredalphabets.com/2026/02/23/kickstarter-diaries-14-why-not-use-ai/
Lying awake at night worrying about my Kickstarter campaign is not all bad. Look what arrived in my inbox at 5 a.m.--an astounding piece of inscription that I'm going to carve. You can read the story in the latest edition of my Kickstarter Diaries, a tragicomic account of life behind the scenes of a crowdfunding campaign, at https://www.endangeredalphabets.com/2026/02/21/the-kickstarter-diaries-12-gifts-by-night/
The latest entry in The Kickstarter Diaries, the tragicomic account of life during a crowdfunding campaign, is the strangest and yet the most potentially inspiring. Because I wrote it by hand. Check it out at https://www.endangeredalphabets.com/2026/02/20/the-kickstarter-diaries-11-by-hand/