Aug 21, 2016

It has been quite a while since we posted an update, so thanks to everyone for being patient as we move on to the next stage in this project.

First, thanks to all of you, we reached our Quill goal!  That means Sylvia will be a published author (and I her coauthor). We are extraordinarily proud of the campaign, and your support has meant a lot to us both.

Because we did not make the full goal of 750 preorders,  many of the services Inkshares can provide are unavailable for our book. Notably, we don’t have access to free professional cover illustration. So our current goal is to commission cover art for A Friend for Otter. We have some very specific ideas, and we’re excited to begin this process. We will certainly keep you all posted as things progress, and we’d love to hear from you if you have thoughts about what you’d like to see in illustrations to accompany our story (or if you’d like to recommend a good and economical illustrator).

With finalizing the remaining chapters and putting together the cover design and some minor illustrations within the book, we expect A Friend for Otter to go to press at the beginning of 2017. We will continue to update you periodically as we go, but please be sure to update your shipping address if it changes so that you will be able to receive your signed copies of the book when it’s released.

Finally, we have released one more chapter to the public in anticipation of the long publishing schedule ahead of us. We are holding on to all remaining chapters until the book is published in its final form. We very much hope you like it, and we would love to hear your thoughts in the interim. In case you missed it, you can read the new chapter here: Chapter 4 ~ Eliza.

Thank you again for all your support in reaching this goal. It was an incredible experience for Sylvia and me, and we learned a lot along the way. I hope you’ll continue to be a part of our story, and we look forward to sharing the rest of Otter’s story with you soon. In fact, there is talk around here of a potential sequel, too, so we can’t wait to hear what you think once you’ve had a chance to see where Otter’s journey takes her.

Happy reading!

~Jesse and Sylvia Medlong