Greetings, adventurers! 

 Last week was INCREDIBLE. We started off at just 13 preorders, and by the end of Saturday, we’d flipped that number around and made 31! We more than doubled within a span of about 24 hours. I’m so pleased! There’s a lot farther to go, of course, but we’re making a great pace.

 We’re really close to the 50 preorders mark, by the way, which means I can upload chapter 4 soon! 

 Are you looking for other ways to help get the word out? There are free ways that do an awful lot for me!

• re-tweet me on Twitter  
• share my link on social media 
• share a picture of the book cover on Instagram, along with the link (and please tag me so I can thank you personally!)  
• get a Street Team package from me! I will ship you some business cards and bookmarks—get in touch with me to make this happen. Please keep one of the bookmarks for yourself! 
  

 Also, did you know that if someone buys the book from your referral link, you’ll get credits to spend on Inkshares? There are lots of amazing books on this site to support, so that’s a great way to do it! (Or you could just… order another copy of Mushroom and Anchovy. If you want.) 

At the moment, we’re sitting with 32 preorders and 50 followers. That’s a big difference in numbers, so I’m just wondering: what can I do to get you a bit more interested in preordering a copy? What would grab you? More chapters, some art, a trailer? Better e-mails?! I’m all ears, folks: give me a shout. Also, since the first reading went so well, I’m going to make myself even more uncomfortable and do a reading of chapter 2 in a few weeks, if there’s interest in that. 

A quick thanks to everyone taking this journey with me so far. There’s still a long way to go, but this is a marathon, not a race--I’m in it for the long haul!

May all your adventures be fraught with wonder and just enough peril to keep them interesting,

K. M. Cooper

Greetings, Adventurers! 

I’m here with a brief Friday update. Lots of good news today! 

First of all, here’s a link to the Q&A and reading from Wednesday this week. I was so far out of my comfort zone doing this, but it looks like it paid off--we had plateaued at 13 orders for some time, and then, within a 24 hour span from May 31 to June 1, we got 10 orders! Amazing!

We have hit an important milestone as of this morning: we’re already at 10% of our light publishing goal (250 copies). We’re at 3% of the big goal, which is also a start, and I still believe we can get to it as we have a lot of time to do so. I’m going to be spending the next couple of weeks reaching out to different outlets in an attempt to spread the word. As well, Animaritime has offered to hand out some promotional material, and Mushroom and Anchovy will have an advertisement in the convention schedule, as well. 

A little contest update, too: we’re down to 6th place, but we’re very close to getting back to 5th. The contest takes into account unique preorders--i.e., it doesn’t take into account multiple orders from the same account--and we’re only 2 unique preorders away from getting back there. I’m not stressing about it, though--the contest still has a long way to go. 

 As I said in the live vid, at 100 followers or 50 preorders (whichever comes first) I’ll post chapter 4 for your enjoyment. If you liked the silliness of chapters 1-3, you’re going to really have fun with chapter 4. 

 May your adventures be fraught with wonder and just enough peril to keep them interesting, 

 K. M. Cooper

Greetings, Adventurers! 

 At a little over a week into our campaign, we’re starting off with 14 preorders. Despite having to start over, I feel that this is an excellent beginning. We have a long way to go, but I’m putting my feelers out and talking to as many people as possible about this book. 

 In order to reach our 750 preorders goal, I’ve done the math and come up with 50 preorders a week. That seems like a pretty doable goal. That’s just 7 preorders a day. Even if we’re starting at a slight deficit, we can definitely make that up. An ad for Mushroom and Anchovy will be appearing in this year’s Animaritime booklet, for instance, and some cards and bookmarks will be going out there as well. 

 Once we’re 1/3 of the way through the campaign—approx. 33 days in--I’m going to kick off a contest for those who have preordered ONLY, with a prize to be announced! It will run until the second third is up. Then I’m going to do another one! Be sure to preorder before then so you’re eligible to enter. 

 Hey also, you know what helps sell books? Being able to tell people what the book is about. (Hey... I’m new here). Here’s the synopsis I posted up on the book’s page the other day. Please share it with anyone who may be interested! 

 Patricia “Anchovy” Finnigan was just about ready to give up on being a professional adventurer with the Panzerotti Group, but the thrill of being the first to discover the Lost Jewels of Tu’ji’qutani was too strong. Prestige, treasure, a cursed cave? It ticked off every box on Anchovy’s list of requirements for an exciting job. 

Then she met Mushroom. A former secret service member with a twisty moustache, just enough risk-taking to make him interesting, and a flair for always looking put together, Mushroom was Anchovy’s adventuring match. 

 When a fellow agent is murdered, the fun stops, and the real work begins. Mushroom and Anchovy must learn to work together if they’re going to find treasure AND solve murders. Especially since anything can happen in a cursed cave…

 Spanning three separate stories, Mushroom and Anchovy is an adventure in every sense, and follows these two professionals as they work in a chaotic steampunk world where magic is untamed and time travel is just a train ride away. 

 I also mentioned before that the reason we had cancelled and re-started the campaign was for the contest. We’re currently in 5th place in that contest, and 3rd place isn’t far away. If we reach the top 3, Mushroom and Anchovy will be given the full publishing treatment. So please, if you haven’t preordered yet, this is a great time to do so! And if you can convince a friend or two to follow the project, that would also be incredibly helpful. 

 As a final note, I will be giving a LIVE reading of chapter 1 over on my Facebook page this Wednesday night at 8:30 PM AST. I will also be hosting a Q&A during that time, so please feel free to bring any of your burning questions to be answered. It will be archived after for those who have to miss it, but I hope to see some of you there! 

 I’ll be back on Friday with your final update before the weekend. 

 May your adventures be fraught with wonder and just enough peril to keep them interesting, 

 K. M. Cooper

Hello, Adventurers! 

I’m back on the campaign trail after a nice unplug period. I spent some time in the woods and did some writing and artwork on very personal things. Normally, I would work on things like my comics or commissions, but I just wrote and drew things that were for me.

And now, the true campaign work begins!

First of all, a quick thank you to anyone who re-ordered after the minor kerfuffle that caused me to restart the campaign. I really do apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for deciding to stick with the project! This will not be happening again, so you are definitely safe to re-order, if you haven’t already.

I’ll keep this Friday note brief, but as of this e-mail, Mushroom and Anchovy is currently in FIFTH PLACE in the Launchpad contest! This is a very important bit of exposure for the book and is the reason I had to restart the campaign. Essentially, doing well in this competition means likelihood of publication is extremely high. Exciting!

We’re a week in to the campaign with a lot more work to do. Please continue to share the link with others, and prepare for the upcoming LIVE READING of chapter 1 over on my Facebook page at 8:30 PM AST next Wednesday night.

May all your adventures be fraught with wonder and just enough peril to keep them interesting, 

 K. M. Cooper

Hi Adventurers! 

 Sorry for the inconvenience here, but when I started my pre-order campaign, I wasn’t aware I had to enter a contest while the story was still in draft format. Unfortunately, this would have led to me missing out on several preorders, and risking the story not reaching its complete goal. As a result, I had to end the campaign. Anyone who has preordered has been refunded entirely. Please consider preordering again.

 The good news is that I just re-started it! I was advised that doing this will raise my chances of meeting the 750 goal. This also gives me the chance to refine my dialogue with the book so that people seeing it for the first time will be more drawn to it.

I really do apologize for the inconvenience and hope you’ll give me a second chance to do this right!  This will be the only time this happens, I assure you--and it’s great that I caught it so early on.

Greetings, readers! Or... perhaps I should call you Adventurers. In fact, I think I will.

So, here it is: the beginning of a long campaign. I’m very excited to have gotten things kicked off and have seen the first 14 pre-orders come trickling in.

In an attempt to keep us all sane, I’m going to try to update only once or twice a week--definitely a Monday update, with the possibility of a Friday update as well. That is because this entire thing coming to absolute fruition at 750 preorders would be a literal dream come true for me, and I need as much help as I can get. So, with the exception of anything special going on, I’ll keep it to two weekly e-mails.

A couple of things for this week: 1. I will be taking a 24-hour writing retreat in the woods on Thursday the 25th, so I will not be responding to any tweets, DMs, or e-mails during that time. This will be a very necessary rest period so I can get ready for the social media onslaught I will be curating for the next three months. 2. Join me next Wednesday (May 31st) at 8:30 PM AST, when I will be reading chapter 1 of Mushroom and Anchovy LIVE on my Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/kcooperwriting/)! 3. I have started the hashtag #MushAnch, so please use that on social media when talking about the book.

We’re at 32 followers and 14 pre-orders, so I want to know: what can I do to get a pre-order out of those of you who have yet to place? Are there any doubts? I’d also like to remind you that ordering 3 books at once will place you in the credits at the back of the book--shout-out to Adventurer Aaron Blair and his daughter Sunshine for being the first to do this!

I’ll have more news to share on Friday when I return from my retreat. In the meantime, please let me know if there’s anything I can do to garner your interest!

May all your adventures be fraught with wonder and just enough peril to keep it interesting,

K. M. Cooper

We’ve gone LIVE, folks! We’re off to a great start and I couldn’t be happier. Thanks to everyone who’s already ordered! Let’s work hard to make this an amazing campaign and bring Mushroom and Anchovy to life in its best form possible!

Hello hello! Just 6 days until we kick off our pre-order campaign! The countdown has begun!

Hey friends! I’m going to be holding a Q&A about Mushroom and Anchovy over on my Facebook and Patreon accounts this week. If you have any questions at all about the book, please ask over there, and I’ll be happy to answer any and all of them.