I CHOOSE THE BEAR - A BEAR-SHIFTER ROMANCE

You guys are amazing.

We are over 90% of the way there. You rock!

Once we hit our funding goal, I'll start sharing more details about our stretch goals!

As my way of saying thank you, there's a backer-only snippet shared below!

Can we shoot this out of the ballpark?

I'm sooo excited to share this story with you guys. Jonas and Ivy are so fun to write, and Ivy's secret...and Jonas's big, growly bear self. And Ivy...ahhhhh!

I CHOOSE THE BEAR launches 9/5 but by following this link, you can back now.

You're receiving this update because you've either backed my KS campaign, you expressed interest in this campaign or you're a member of my newsletter, so I'm hoping that means you have some interest in this book, which is why I'm inviting you to back THE BEAR early!

Not only will early backers help ensure the success of the campaign, which means, yes, we choose the bear, but every early backer gets a free ribbon bookmark. These are normally $5 but if you back in the first two days of the campaign, you get it free.


And if you back a physical tier between now and when the campaign officially starts? I'll give you a bear-charm necklace free.



This adorable little bear charm is strung on a waxed-leather cord 18-inch necklace with an adjustable two-inch tail chain. Cord colors vary. Back early and you'll get the bear necklace along with the bookmark! Free!

Also...I got the final artwork on Ivy today. This will be just one of the illustrations in the book. Isn't she gorgeous? Kmochi is amazing.

Behold.

Family jewels.

This is the top tier item in my upcoming campaign.



A treasure chest full of goodies, including this gorgeous tiara and other family 'jewels', such as necklace with a chunk of smokey quartz.

And this scepter...


I made the scepter.  It will probably change a bit as I'm still working on it.

I wanted to share a peek!

How do you feel about secrets?

Ivy's heritage is hidden to her, to be revealed during the course of the story.

I have to dance around her heritage while talking about the book which is going to be... interesting? 

I can't even drop clues! I don't want anybody guessing. 

I'll share glimpses... like the gemstone above. (Maybe I'll use them as a flash reward!) And I'll hint at what you might find.

But...that's it. Is this going to drive you crazy?

Just a few more days until you all get to, literally, choose the bear!

I recently uploaded the first two chapters to my website so check that out.

Also, I got an early draft of the artwork for the FMC, Ivy, from my artist, Kmochi.



This is still in progress but I'm delighted with how the illustration is progressing.

I'm hammering down the final specifics of the character book boxes. Both Jonas and Ivy will have one.



Jonas's box, naturally, will be bear-y focused on bears. Yes. That was a bear-y bad pun. But...look at the bears...so cute!

Ivy's, though... well. She has so many secrets. I can't go into detail without spoiling those secrets. I hope you're excited!

Don't forget to follow my fellow Booktopia collaborator, Zelda Knight.

Through Booktopia, if you support both of us (selected tiers) and both of our projects fund, you'll get a unique gift from each of us.



These hand-beaded bookmarks are individually made by yours truly and color-coordinated to match the respective books.

Please note, they will vary from one to another, with slightly different charms and bead. 

Stay tuned and see you in a few days!