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Sword & Sorcery magazine featuring short fiction, non-fiction, and gorgeous art. Made with love for the classics, and an inclusive, boundary-pushing approach to storytelling! Luxurious hardcover, classic softcover, and accessible digital formats.
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TEGN - Redux
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Mothersound: The Sauútiverse Anthology
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On Its Way
Mothersound: The Sauútiverse Anthology
This is the first short story anthology set in a shared fictional world based on a blend of African cultures. Edited by Wole Talabi with authors from around the African continent and diaspora, the Sauútiverse is filled with wonder, mystery, and magic.
New Edge Sword & Sorcery 2024
Sword & Sorcery magazine featuring short fiction, non-fiction, and gorgeous art. Made with love for the classics, and an inclusive, boundary-pushing approach to storytelling! Luxurious hardcover, classic softcover, and accessible digital formats.
Colorful Explorers: World Countries Coloring Adventure for Kids and Adults.
A Bilingual 230-Page Coloring Book: 200+ World Countries Flag and Info + Robust Offline APP. A captivating blend of education and creativity for both kids and adults alike! Personalize it with your own TITLE, NAME, or kid's NAME including Author
TEGN - Redux
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Words of Radiance Leatherbound by Brandon Sanderson
Words of Radiance, the second in Brandon Sanderson's epic series The Stormlight Archive, arrives in leatherbound! You can also join in for a New Secret Project, Dragonsteel Prime, The Way of Kings Prime (Second Edition), spren plushies, and more!
A Dream & Goal Setting Workbook - all your goals and dreams in one place
A dream & goal setting workbook for adults and teenagers focused on removing blockages and becoming a magnet for their dream life. All your dreams, goals & WINS in one portable, compact book!
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Hey everyone, if you were hoping to attend Dragonsteel Nexus, the convention which team Dragonsteel run, don't forget that badges go on sale today at 10am MDT! https://tabletop.events/conventions/dragonsteel-2024
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Re-re-posting since SSP / Nolan / John / whoever has my book wasn't answering the last post.
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I emailed Backerkit support, **which can be located by clicking on the "FAQ" tab at the top between "Community" and "Discover", then click "send us an email" on the right**. I am requesting a refund because I am over this, but I doubt that can/will happen. As a Glory backer who also purchased addons, I am around $300 US on this experience. There is ABSOLUTELY no reason we can't get FREE and TRUTHFUL communication on status. When some backers have received shipping information which means product is supposedly on the move, but then doesn't move over a long period of time, I believe no work is being done at all. So for those that have not received anything, what are we supposed to think? How long is that line of wait? It is 2 months shy of a year past the original promised delivery date and you don't communicate or answer questions. Hiding makes it worse, and worse it is.
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Second edition print, advertised as "available now" https://sourcepointpress.com/products/the-wow-diary Obviously I'm not intending to attempt a purchase, but seems strange that it's being listed as currently avaialble when all we're getting is radio silence and a handful of orders sent out with various issues.
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I really enjoyed the first version of this book and was looking forward to the updated edition, but it seems pretty clear that I'm never getting this book. I'm glad I only ordered the book and not one of the more expensive tiers, as the delays and poor communication make it clear that this was either a mismanaged project or simply a scam.
www.whenitsready.com This is John's current project. While I think you should read what he is up to, scroll down to "Homestretch" dated November 1, 2023, pretty much what was stated by a backer. Not sure why that would not be posted here by John and clearly Nolan isn't honoring anything. So there is an issue with a Nolan replacement, I have to assume...again. John, letting us know something here on backerkit is better than what is happening now. Crap happens but it doesn't need to continue being explosive diarrhea.
Project Update: Author Interview with J. Alexander Cohen
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Project Update: Structuring Life to Support Creativity Launching Next Month
I'm about 30 days out from my hoped-for launch date for Structuring Life to Support Creativity. That simultaneously feels like plenty of time, but also like I will never get everything lined up to go.
If this is the first you've heard about this project. Welcome! I'm publishing a resource book to help creative people make more space in their lives for the creative work they want to be doing. The book is drawn from thirty years of experience and a decade of giving presentations at conventions and events. I'm excited to get it all collected into a book format.
Here are some updates about the project
Interior text:
I handed a draft of the book to an editor who will tell me how close what I have written is to being ready. I fully expect additional rounds of revision and editing even during and after the funding period. Those different editing passes are how a draft is turned into a polished book. If this editor comes back telling me about large scale issues, then I may have to push back the launch date. Right now it feels like that won't be necessary. fingers crossed.
Cover:
I've contracted a cover designer and she'll be getting me drafts of the cover next week. One of the purposes of this fundraiser is to help pay for the cover design, but I know that the project will fund much better if there is a gorgeous cover to show off, so I'm investing in the cover in advance. This is simply one of the costs of being your own publisher.
Cost quotes on book printing:
I pinged an offset book printer to get a quote. The lowest-cost plan for this book is to go with Print on Demand suppliers, BUT if there are enough backers I can work with an offset printer to create a fancier, higher quality book. Getting this quote will help me do the math on how many backers I need in order to upgrade the book to offset, and how many more I'll need to make the book hardback. I have careful math to do about production on this book and in order to set stretch goals.
Cost quotes on bonus items:
I have ideas for "book box" pledge levels which would include pretty swag and other items. I need to source good things to go into that box and calculate costs so I can price it appropriately.
Finalizing back end set up:
I have some additional set up steps to take here on Backerkit so that the project can be cleared to launch. Fortunately these steps are very familiar to me, so getting this part done just requires me to find a day when I can focus on it.Â
There are so many moving parts in a crowdfunded project. Most of them are my job, but the one you can help me with is clicking the follow button. Backerkit's calculator says I'll need around 300 followers to help this project launch successfully. So click that follow button, and if you have a friend who you think would be interested, have them click follow too!
Thank you so much for backing a prior project of mine. I hope you'll join me for this one as well!
Sandra Tayler