Hello, all!

Quick update. In my last post, I mentioned that some team members had changed and that the book still needed to go through editing and layout.

Good news: editing was completed a couple of weeks ago, and the book is now in layout. I do not have a firm timeline for that stage yet, but it is in very good hands.

Those hands, which I neglected to credit previously, belong to Ryan Creedon, also known as RACComputing (DO NOT REMOVE / DO NOT TRANSCRIBE, Sunset Over Ithica, Straight Arrows). Editing was completed by Chris Airiau (Bio-Drones & Cryo-Clones, When In Rome, Not Enough Scoundrels).

They are both tremendously talented, and their work is helping bring this thing over the finish line.

The plan now is to let Ryan cook. Once layout is complete, I will finally send out the PDFs, as most backers voted to continue waiting for the finished version, and then begin the printing process.

One important note regarding printing: I expect to run the remaining BackerKit charges around the time the files are sent to print rather than waiting until the books are ready to ship.

The book has grown considerably since the campaign. It is no longer the roughly 12-page module originally planned, and the expanded page count, additional production work, and team changes have pushed costs well beyond the original budget. That is on me. The upside is that backers are ultimately receiving a much larger and better-produced book at the original campaign price, which I am genuinely happy about.

Running the remaining charges at the start of printing will allow me to cover those production costs directly. I am working with a local print shop that I can visit in person, so I do not currently expect a massive gap between printing and fulfillment. I will provide advance notice before any charges are processed but letting everyone know ahead of time it will be perhaps earlier than traditionally done in other crowdfunding campaigns (just before shipping, I believe). 

That is all for now. Things are moving, and we are finally nearing the end. I will likely update again as layout approaches completion, hopefully with some cool sneak peeks and more concrete dating (my estimation without confirming with anyone anything is within the next 90 days).

Thank you again to everyone for your patience, to Chris for showing me just how valuable a good editor is, and to Ryan for the beautiful work now underway.

-RANNE