We're down to less than 24 hours!!!
about 2 months ago
– Wed, Sep 25, 2024 at 01:22:23 PM
We are so close...
We hit our $6500 stretch goal and are less than $250 away from our next one, which is
printed end papers!!!I was asked what the end papers might look like and while I'm not sharing Ivy's, I'm thinking either bear paws for Jonah or something like this...
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I like the mountains and the wilderness aspect. I was traveling last year and saw Maine for the first time and
loved it. We're going to New England in a couple of weeks and I might try to hit Maine for a couple of days, visit the area where I'm basing the story...dunno yet. But I like the feel of this one. Still playing, because I also like the idea of doing the constellations, because Ursa Major!
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But...jury is very, very clearly still out!
I hope you all have had fun with this campaign and for those of you new to my work, thank you for taking a chance on me. Those of you who are readers of mine, thank you again for your continued support.
Here's our last trivia question and I didn't forget to attach the question this time!
Let's crush these final few hours!
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It's the FINAL COUNTDOWN! Question #12 and other stuff!
about 2 months ago
– Tue, Sep 24, 2024 at 05:31:48 PM
AAAHHHH!!!!
I'm so excited!!!
We've surpassed the next goal, which was at $6500 so we'll be getting some more Chibi art done and everybody who backed a physical tier will be getting adorable chibi stickers!
The art will be similar to this as I'll be contracting AngelliniX with ArtistsnClients again, but this time, I think we'll have Jonas in his bear form and Ivy as her...well, her other self.
Speaking of Ivy's other self!!We've had a lot of new backers come on since we started.
Have you been joining in on the trivia challenge?
If not, start here
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- Question #1: Mythology about her people—or their predecessors—dates back thousands of years and span cultures.
- Question #2
- Question #3
- Question #4
- Question #5
- Question #6
- Question #7
- Question #8
- Question #9
- Question #10
- Question #11
Question #12 is coming below. Just a head's up on how this works... since you haven't
read the book yet, and I'm playing my cards close to my chest, all you have to do to win the little prize I'm giving out is participate. Even if you're backing on the final days. Just go back and answer the questions and chime in with your suppositions and guesses! If you're backing a physical tier or have requested physical rewards, you'll get the little bonus token that pays homage to Ivy's true nature when it's time to mail out rewards! Gratis!
Our next stretch goal... can we make it?
Printed end pages!
The front will feature a design paying tribute to Jonas's handsome bear self. And the back... yes, will be about Ivy. But no secrets slipping here. All we have to do to get the end pages is break through $7k by Thursday before the campaign ends!
I'm so excited! I'm blown away by the support y'all have shown this project.
And now... onto the the second to last trivia question
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Countdowns, snippets and questions, oh, my! Question #11!
about 2 months ago
– Mon, Sep 23, 2024 at 01:50:51 PM
I know a lot of you are probably getting tired of the emails and the updates and the updates and the emails...
Today's update:
- a thank you note
- for those still on the fence
- a snippet from I CHOOSE THE BEAR
- one of our last trivia questions
Thank you for hanging in here with me. I'll try to be as entertaining as I can. I'd stand on my head if that would do any good, but...well, I'd fall and...this is online so it's not like you'd be able to see. Even with cameras and all...1) I'm notoriously camera-shy 2) I'm wearing a skirt.
We've got just a little over $500 to go before we could look at adding printed end-papers to our projects and less than $100 before I commission AngelliniX for another round of chibi stickers!
Just a reminder, for those who are still on the fence about backing:
For orders over $150, Backerkit offers payment plans.
If anybody is interested in backing something under that but finances are issue, you can reach out to me directly and I can try to work something out. email is shilohwalker (at) gmail.com but the initial payment must come through Backerkit.
Backing now means you get:
- All the extras & upgrades including the illustrations, the stickers, the stretch goals associated with your tier (some goals are only for the physical tier, etc)
- Flash reward offered at the time - this week, if you back, you get an extra ebook, PACK QUEEN, by my partner in crime, Zelda Knight
- Free Foil Bookmark
- Dustjackets designed by Blue Raven Book Covers for the Hardback
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All Eight (minimum) illustrations and two will be NSFW
- The eBook and author notes free with each physical tier
This special edition version
will not be sold in stores, only via the BK campaign and directly from me at events.
And you get to read it early with delivery expected in March.
You can check out the
pledge tiers available here and feel free to comment (account required) if you have questions or you can email me.
I thought I'd post a small snippet before the trivia challenge today!
I CHOOSE THE BEAR
“I don’t know what all happened—”
Liar “—but it’s obvious he tried to hurt you. You’re entitled to feel
however you feel. Whether it’s mad, scared, depressed, all three, or something altogether.”
“And if I feel like ripping his eyes out and smashing them under my boot?” She tossed it out there almost like a challenge.
The bear growled in appreciation. I grinned at her and glanced at the simple pink slip-ons she wore. “Well, that’s also entirely valid, but you might need boots…and you probably shouldn’t talk about it so bluntly on a public street. But don’t worry, I’m a vault. I won’t tell anybody.” Waiting a beat, I asked, “Want some help?”
A startled laugh gurgled out of her. “You sound as crazy as I feel.”
“Yeah, well, I don’t have nice thoughts about assholes who try to hurt women.” Rising, I offered her a hand, keeping the box tucked under one arm. “I don’t really think that’s crazy. Just common decency.”
A smile full of warmth and sunshine lit her face. “You make it sound pretty rational.”
“It is.” Nodding at the box, I asked, “You want me to put this in your car?”
“No, you don’t have to do that.” She went to take it but when her hands brushed the box, she hissed out a breath, the pained sound grating on my senses.
I caught her wrist in mine, gently. “You’re hurt.”
She froze.
“Easy,” I murmured. “I just want to see what’s wrong.”
“It’s nothing,” she mumbled, but I’d already turned her hand upright and her palm lay exposed.
There, scoring the delicate inside were a series of deep gouges. My bear raised his head in curiosity—and something else. Wariness. Those looked an awful lot like…
No, I thought.
That’s not possible.
Even as I thought it, I took a deep, careful breath.
Human. She smells human.
There was no denying certain things and my sense of smell was acute. If she was anything
but human, I’d know.
Hmmm... any insight? Thoughts? Guesses?
Onto the next trivia question!
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