I CHOOSE THE BEAR - A BEAR-SHIFTER ROMANCE

Hey, I rhymed!

I took the day off yesterday.

Did you miss me?

I'll make up for it and work extra hard on being talkative today!

Today's update:

Five Days Left

The campaign ends 9/26. Let's finish strong.

New Art

I received a sneak peek from Kmochi.



Isn't it gorgeous?

She nails what I need every time.

Stretch Goals

Our next goals are $6500 (more chibi art) and $7000 (printed end papers).

Pledging at any time means you get access to the goals associated with your tier (digital or physical). Don't miss out!

Final Flash Reward

While stretch goals are for all, Flash Rewards go to those who join along the way...and all current backers. And some of y'all are getting all of them.

The final Flash Reward...



My co-collaborator, Zelda Knight, and I are offering yet another enticement on our respective campaigns.

Current backers and anyone who backs my project before the campaign ends will a get download of Pack Queen, Zelda's RH paranormal romance! This book will be delivered via bookfunnel.



Back now! And if you haven't checked out Zelda's weird westen...what are you waiting for?

I'll be back with another update & one of the last trivia questions soon!

Enjoy your weekend. I'm off to the Celtic Festival. 

WOW. Only a week left for me to annoy... I mean, talk about my book project. We're counting down the days and counting up the pledges. We have over 170 backers now!

This is where we stand right now with stretch goals

Next up:

Another chibi commission, this time with Jonas showing off his beary-handsome self in bear form and Ivy...as well, that's still a secret. And we're less than $100 away! I'll use the art for another sticker order AND art prints.

Everybody who backed a physical tier will get the new stickers and the art prints, while I'll use the digital art to share with everybody.

At $7,000, we're talking printed end papers!!!

I had an idea of another goal to reach for if we can hit $8k but I'll like your thoughts.


For $8k...
What about enamel pins???

Drop your thoughts in comments to let me know.

And onto the next trivia question!

I need to think about the cover of the hardback book in a totally different way.

The hardback will a dustjacket over it, and typically, when we have those, the book under the dustjacket looks a little different.

So...that's what this will be, I think. On the back, instead of a bear, we'll see an image reflecting Ivy.
There won't be a title on the front, only on the spine- that's just for the hardback, as the title will be on the dustjacket.

And the trade paperback will be in the same shade of purple but with the original design.


And now I think I'm happy.

The original cover, the almost black-purple wasn't working for me. But I'm liking this one.

Now my slightly obsessive brain will let me obsess over something else...

Now... it's TRIVIA TIME.


For the newer folks, to join in...

Pick your team here

And just a quick reminder on how this works:

All you have to do is earn the little token is back a physical tier.

It's that easy!

We are almost two weeks into Booktopia, guys.

Wow. What a crazy couple of weeks it's been. We broke through the last stretch goal, so...


Woo-hoo!  I should have bought a bottle of wine to celebrate!

Today's update:

Meet Dallas

Dallas is one of Ivy's best friends and her roommate.
Image was designed in Canva although the image I'm using for inspiration of Dallas came from Matty | Pixabay.

Ivy isn't the only one with a secret, although others in the area know about Dallas, just like he knows about them. Hard to hide being a shapeshifter when you're surrounded by them. But he sticks to his territory and they stick to theirs. Usually.

New Stretch Goals!


I think what we'll do is a new stretch goal for $6500 and make it for another commission of chibi art. We'll use that to get another round of stickers and an art prints which will be sent free to all backers of physical tiers.

I have an idea of what I want her to do. The style will be similar to this. These are characters from my last campaign, something cute and playful.


The art prints will be printed on archive-quality photo paper suitable for framing.

IF we get to $8k, then we're going to talk printed end papers.

And I've already decided... the front will be bear paws to signify Jonas. But the back...yes, a secret. Because it will reflect Ivy's heritage.

The mock-up below gives an idea of what I think it will look like although I might fancy it up a bit more.


Again, it will look a little different in the final book because it won't be a mockup and I'm still playing with how I want it to look.

Speaking of playing...

The Cover


Yes, I'm still playing. I think I like the one on the right. The color is still a darker, richer purple, but it's not almost black. And the font pops more.

Let me know what you think about this one!


I'm sure most of you know alllll about Booktopia by now but I want to highlight a couple of the projects that are still hoping to fund. Several of them are #kidlit books so if you have kids, grandkids, if you teach or work at a library, some of these could be fun to check out!

Campaigns

If Shapes Could Eat


Violet's Pretty Purple Playground


The Accessible Wonderful Wizard of Oz


My Body Beeps

And that's all for now...  I might get another trivia question out later today but it might be tomorrow!

First...let me say... 

Woo-hoo!!!! We broke $6k!  We've been flirting with it for days but a backer pushed us up and over today!

Now we're talking DUSTJACKETS!

I've already booked my consult with Blue Raven Bookcovers. If you haven't seen her covers before, you should totally check them out. I first saw her work in the Kickstarter Facebook group I'm a member of and I was blown away.

We'll be doing a poll in a bit to discuss on what you guys think, people or a more abstract cover so starting thinking about that.

Now...

In this update!

Another cover option

Thoughts?

Let me know in comments.


We need new stretch goals

If we hit $7000

I'd love to do full-color illustrations and foiling on the jacket, but that's more on the lines of hitting $11k or $12k

But if we hit $8k, we can look at

Doable??? Maybe!

Thoughts? Suggestions for other stretch goals? I'm still new at this!


And onto the next trivia question!