Orders, Faoii. Are you ready?

I just got a lot of private missives about our army dropping a placement in the contest today. I am so honored to fight next to all of you. I’m strengthened by how many of you are willing to do whatever it takes to make this book a real, tangible thing. I’m astonished at how many of you want to help. At how many of you have asked "What can I do?"

Here’s the best thing you can do: Find ONE soldier out there who will pick up a blade. ONE warrior who will use $10 to support our cause. ONE person that’s willing to support a dream.

Here’s the tricky part, though-- in order to actually be successful at crowdfunding a dream like this, you have to ASK the person directly. Face to face (or through a DM if that’s easier). There needs to be an actual connection--something deeper than a shared post addressed to "whom it may concern."

I know. It sounds impossible. No one likes to actually ASK people upfront to help support something like this. I KNOW-- because I’ve done it SEVERAL HUNDRED times now, and each time my stomach dropped. But I still did it.

We’ve come so far, Faoii. It won’t end here. This is the last stretch-- and I want our banner on that hill in the end. We CAN do this.

Are you with me?

-Faoii-Tahani