Woot! The campaign has only been running for one week and we are well past the 10% mark at 87/750 preorders. What an amazing community this is. Thank you to everyone who has jumped in early!
Crowdfunding, for me, has always been bittersweet. Asking people to support you in a project close to your heart requires a lot of stepping outside of your comfort zone. But, there is also beauty in knowing that the end product is that of a community and not of one person. I’ve seen others of my generation and the next embrace this way of sharing art, literature, and other passion projects. I’ve drawn inspiration from them. They know, as I now do, that having the backing of a community of people only makes you stronger.
Throughout the production of book one and the publishing of The Seclusion, with each step I carried with me those people who had gotten me to that point. It is as much their story as it is mine. I want this book to be the same. I want to be driven to live up to your expectations. To take this support and turn it into something that resonates. To make the conclusion of this story worthy, for you.
Thank you for being here. Stay tuned for my update next week as I will attempt to give a run-down of the story of book two that is somehow 1)enlightening for those who have read The Seclusion and 2)doesn’t spoil book one for those who have not read it.
Will I pull it off? We’ll see.
Until next time,
Jacqui
Curious about the TIER 3 perk of having your name in the back of the book? Are you wondering what that looks like? Here’s a peek at the backer page in book one:
Thank you to these week-one supporters!
Chuck Vukotich, Kelly Welch, Ferd Crôtte, Dyanne Ryan, Kathleen Lelis, Dennis A Bohn, Andrew Gill , Susan Hamilton, Sue Regan, Daniel J. McMahon, Nicholas S. Ludington, Michael Ostrowski, Jason Stokes, Michael Sobers, Robert Batten, Becca Spence Dobias, Katy Estrada, Dean Fearce, Carl R. Hahn, Douglas M. Nichols, Elisia Ross, Deborah Munro, Michelle Grant, John C. Thompson, Elizabeth M. Derochea, Julie Smallman, Pamela Walker, Tara J. Burchett, Deborah L. Castle, Mary Pembleton, Leo Valiquette, Liz Kerin, Katherine Forrister, Kaytalin Platt, Benjamin D Shirley, Juliet McDaniel, Maggie Hoyt, Alastair Luft, John C. Crutcher, G.K. Lamb, Janna Grace, Nicolina Torres, Peter Ryan, Frederick Street, Sergey Grechishkin, Patrick Edwards, and Jason Pomerance.
Woot! The campaign has only been running for one week and we are well past the 10% mark at 87/750 preorders. What an amazing community this is. Thank you to everyone who has jumped in early!
Crowdfunding, for me, has always been bittersweet. Asking people to support you in a project close to your heart requires a lot of stepping outside of your comfort zone. But, there is also beauty in knowing that the end product is that of a community and not of one person. I’ve seen others of my generation and the next embrace this way of sharing art, literature, and other passion projects. I’ve drawn inspiration from them. They know, as I now do, that having the backing of a community of people only makes you stronger.
Throughout the production of book one and the publishing of The Seclusion, with each step I carried with me those people who had gotten me to that point. It is as much their story as it is mine. I want this book to be the same. I want to be driven to live up to your expectations. To take this support and turn it into something that resonates. To make the conclusion of this story worthy, for you.
Thank you for being here. Stay tuned for my update next week as I will attempt to give a run-down of the story of book two that is somehow 1)enlightening for those who have read The Seclusion and 2)doesn’t spoil book one for those who have not read it.
Will I pull it off? We’ll see.
Until next time,
Jacqui
Curious about the TIER 3 perk of having your name in the back of the book? Are you wondering what that looks like? Here’s a peek at the backer page in book one:
PREORDER The Seclusion: Part 2 Here
Thank you to these week-one supporters!
Chuck Vukotich, Kelly Welch, Ferd Crôtte, Dyanne Ryan, Kathleen Lelis, Dennis A Bohn, Andrew Gill , Susan Hamilton, Sue Regan, Daniel J. McMahon, Nicholas S. Ludington, Michael Ostrowski, Jason Stokes, Michael Sobers, Robert Batten, Becca Spence Dobias, Katy Estrada, Dean Fearce, Carl R. Hahn, Douglas M. Nichols, Elisia Ross, Deborah Munro, Michelle Grant, John C. Thompson, Elizabeth M. Derochea, Julie Smallman, Pamela Walker, Tara J. Burchett, Deborah L. Castle, Mary Pembleton, Leo Valiquette, Liz Kerin, Katherine Forrister, Kaytalin Platt, Benjamin D Shirley, Juliet McDaniel, Maggie Hoyt, Alastair Luft, John C. Crutcher, G.K. Lamb, Janna Grace, Nicolina Torres, Peter Ryan, Frederick Street, Sergey Grechishkin, Patrick Edwards, and Jason Pomerance.