Hi everyone!

I hope you are all doing well!

Let's get right into things. If this is your first experience with crowdfunding and/or BackerKit, you're probably wondering what happens next.

First, you should have received a confirmation email regarding your payment after the campaign ended. If you haven’t been charged, you may have received an email saying your card was declined. In that case, you'll need to update your card information. (If you have plenty of funds but it still declined, you might try running the card again. Sometimes it doesn't go through on the first try, for whatever reason.)

It takes around two weeks after the end of the campaign for the money to be delivered to my account, minus BackerKit fees and processing fees.
 

Once we’ve finalized them, we will send out backer surveys. These allow you to confirm your pledge and snag any additional add-ons you might be interested in. Once the surveys have been sent, make sure to fill them out ASAP.

The survey is also how we will get your address for shipping physical rewards. If you move before the fulfillment of physical rewards next year, don’t worry! You will be able to change your address before then in BackerKit. There will be an email sometime next year to let you know when we are locking addresses, and you will have one final chance to update your information then.

For physical pledges, the surveys will calculate shipping at the time of checkout.

As I progress through edits and preparation of the book, I will keep you updated. I’m working on the last rounds of edits, after which the manuscript will be sent to a professional editor.

Digital fulfillment may take place in waves as things are finalized and made ready. Once Ødiri's Board has been fully edited, proofread, and formatted, all digital rewards that haven’t yet been distributed will be sent out.

Before we send physical copies, proof copies for the paperback and hardcover books will be ordered, as well as for the card game. This will be an exciting step, and we’ll be sure to share lots of pictures with you.

After quality and accuracy have been checked, we will order all the physical rewards. And once they arrive, we will begin sending them out!

We are estimating sending everything out in Summer 2025. Of course, this is my first campaign, so as we will work to get your books and goodies to you as quickly as possible, we appreciate your patience in this matter.

Feel free to shoot me an email at [email protected] with any questions or concerns.

If there are any unforeseen issues like sudden scarcity, environmental disasters, market crashes, or other things that cannot be accounted for, we will make sure to communicate with you about any delays and other issues.

We will also make sure to share any schedule changes with you in regards to manufacturing and other pieces of the process.

I just wanted to take a minute again, because you all are awesome 😎, to sincerely thank you. Without you, this campaign would not have succeeded, and I am eternally grateful!! 🫶

Sincerely,

Emma Bahnmiller
Author of Ødiri's Board

It's crazy to say that we're in the final countdown for the Ødiri's Board campaign - the battle ends in just THREE short hours!

If I can be real for just a moment, this has been quite the journey for me, and a huge step toward a dream that started as a little seed. For those who have already pledged their support generously and those continuing to do so, your support means everything to me!

I just want to take a moment and:

I'm really looking forward to wrapping up the editing on this book and getting it into your hands!

If you are new to crowdfunding, you may be wondering what comes next.

The campaign will be wrapping up at 1pm Pacific Time today, and I will be preparing a comprehensive post-campaign guide to help you all through the surveys, timeline, and shipping. Watch for that in the next few days, and if you feel you need any help, don't hesitate to message!

(You can always email me at [email protected].)

Important: make sure to whitelist messages from @backerkit.com in your email client. This is how you'll receive surveys and digital rewards.

Again, thank you all for coming on this journey with me!

Sincerely,
Emma

Wow, what a campaign, you all!! And less than 48 hours left! 

There are less than forty-eight hours left of the campaign! That's CRAZY! 🤯

If you haven't backed yet but would like to, now is the time! We've fully funded, but we still have the opportunity to unlock some amazing stretch goals!  👀

We're only 4 backers away from the 50 needed to unlock bloopers, and we’re not so far away from $1,900, which unlocks another song from The Black Piper. Both of these stretch goal rewards will be given to everyone who backs at any tier level!

By the way, did I mention that the interior of the book is going to be so cool? It will include two amazing illustrations, chapter ornamentation, and a special dinkus!

In my opinion, a good interior design just brings so much to the reading experience 📚📚📚

Once again, thank you all for your support and for being here. In our last few hours remaining, please share with everyone you know who needs a good YA Epic Fantasy in their lives!

Appreciate you all! 🫶

Sincerely,
Emma Bahnmiller
Author, Ødiri’s Board

Hi everyone!

Ødiri's Board is FULLY FUNDED!! 🎉 Woohoo!! 🥳 This is incredible. I can't wait for you all to read my book. Thank you all so much for your support!

Due to all the generosity, I’ve crunched the numbers, and we will be able to upgrade the book’s interior design without needing to hit the stretch goal. So—bonus!

Which means, we can take a look at options for upgrading the binding/exterior in its place as a stretch goal. Which leads me to…

Since we’ve unlocked the interior design early, that means we’ll be adjusting some of the numbers for the remaining stretch goals. Here’s a list of those:

There are just over 4 days left of the campaign, so there is still time to back and, just as importantly, share! Let’s see if we can hit those stretch goals!

And lastly be sure to check out my cross-collab partner, N. T. Lazer’s campaign for The Homeseeker! If we can fund both of our campaigns, you’ll get two FREE cross-collaboration rewards!

Thank you again for everything - you are all the best!!

Sincerely,
Emma Bahnmiller
Author of Ødiri’s Board

Hi everyone!

We are getting SO CLOSE. We're up to $1,079, so only a little over $300 until we reach the main goal!! 😍 Thank you all SO much! 🫶

I just want to take a moment and spotlight my cross-collaborator.

What is a cross-collaborator? I'm glad you asked!

As you may know, the Ødiri's Board campaign is a part of BackerKit's exciting "Booktopia" event, and everyone who is taking part in it is partnered with a cross-collaborator to offer backers (you!) extra incentives.

What this means is that if you back my campaign AND N.T. Lazer (my co-collaborator's) campaign for the first novel in his medieval book series entitled The Homeseeker (and if both campaigns fund), you will receive an original song for each novel composed by The Black Piper, a group of Hollywood Composers who write EPIC fantasy 🎶 soundtracks 🎶 for books! 📚 (For FREE, just for backing both.) How cool is that?!

Make sure to check out N. T. Lazer's campaign!

As always, sharing the Ødiri's Board campaign with anyone who might be interested is a HUGE help, and the best way to get this project funded. Thank you so much to everyone who has shared and/or backed the campaign thus far. I appreciate you so much! You are all the best!

We've got this! Maybe we'll even reach some of those amazing stretch goals? 👀

Thank you all,
Emma Bahnmiller, Author of Ødiri's Board