Uploaded October 2013 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Shanghai-born, Detroit-raised, and Brooklyn-based, Jack Cheng is a designer turned full-time writer. These Days, his self-published first novel released in April, raised $23,000 on Kickstarter. In the weekly updates that followed, he outlined every step of the creative process, giving an inside look into the publishing and editing process to his 961 backers.
Recorded in September 2013 at XOXO, an arts and technology festival in Portland, Oregon celebrating independent artists using the Internet to make a living doing what they love. For more, visit http://xoxofest.com.
YouTube thumbnail photo by Ian Linkletter.
flickr.com/photos/linkletter/9870921165
Intro Music: Broke for Free, "Breakfast with Tiffany"
bit.ly/xo2013broke
Shanghai-born, Detroit-raised, and Brooklyn-based, Jack Cheng is a designer turned full-time writer. These Days, his self-published first novel released in April, raised $23,000 on Kickstarter. In the weekly updates that followed, he outlined every step of the creative process, giving an inside look into the publishing and editing process to his 961 backers.
Recorded in September 2013 at XOXO, an arts and technology festival in Portland, Oregon celebrating independent artists using the Internet to make a living doing what they love. For more, visit http://xoxofest.com.
YouTube thumbnail photo by Ian Linkletter.
flickr.com/photos/linkletter/9870921165
Intro Music: Broke for Free, "Breakfast with Tiffany"
bit.ly/xo2013broke
