I apologize for being absent. On Wednesday, my house flooded due to a burst pipe. It's thrown our lives into complete disarray. Between the whirring fans to the rumbling humidifiers to the 80 degree heat inside the house to help dry it all out, it's been a real nightmare during the day and at night while trying to sleep. I've barely had time to look at this BackerKit because of it and for that I apologize.
That changes tomorrow. While the house continues to dry out so the contractor can assess the real damage (no books were involved, thankfully) and begin fixing it, we are leaving this hot, noisy life for a vacation. We already had one planned for the 4th of July but we are merely leaving earlier. This will be better for our sanity and should give me the chance to pay more attention here.
In a few minutes, I'll upload the new 500 words for the Merle & Snedeker story. The poll will be a part of that, so be sure to vote on the story's direction. I'm really liking this Choose Your Own Adventure-esque style of storytelling. I can see the story's end, I just have no idea how you are going to take me there. I will be posting every two days, I think, while gone.
In other news, we just crossed the $130,000 Stretch Goal! WOO! WAY TO GO! So five new interior illustrations from Don Maitz will join the ten he's already working on. And the S&N, S&L, and Rare editions will have a full-color tip of Don's original cover. Here is that tip:
Stretch Goal Met: Richard and Arondight by Don Maitz
The $140,000 Stretch Goal is the coin! No it isn't, it's a signed tarot card! I'd love everyone to have it. We'll see if we can get there in time. And how might we? I added two new Add-On Items to the BackerKit. For those people who didn't pledge in the first 72 hours, they can now order Tarot Cards #1-8. If you placed your pledge in the first 72 hours, then you'll be getting Tarot Cards #7-8 already! FYI.
And I added a 12" x 18" print of the Map of Annwn by Jared Blando. Some people asked for it so I thought I should at least make that happen! He's turned in a lovely job.
Okay, I'm off to get that second part of the story added to backer inboxes. If you have any questions, just ask. I'm always around. Mostly. Water notwithstanding!
