Squeezing JUST under the wire (Central time), we have sent out the first wave of e-Rewards.
This is the e-Book of Full Negative if you purchased a tier that offered that as a reward (everything above the $1 tier), the digital wallpaper (all tiers) and chapter 1 of the Setting Guide.
Chapters 2 and 3 of the Setting Guide will be out once we're good on the art for them.
Have a happy holiday season if we don't talk to you again before your favorite winter holiday of choice.
Sorry for the radio silence. Jenn and I both assumed the other person was doing updates. That's 100% my fault, and I apologize.
We do have a few State of the League updates for you.
On Monday, Nov 30, we'll be sending out the e-books, wallpapers, Setting Guide Chapter 1 (2 and 3 need a little more art polish before we're ready for that).
As for physical stuff... Yeah. So. Thanks to Things Of Dubious Legality Happening In The US Right Now, the prices of all physical items went WAY up. We've been trying to find alternate vendors to get prices back down to 'reasonable.' Combine this with other hardships, and you have a recipe for 'the book isn't coming out when we wanted it to.' Which I REALLY hate.
We are talking to some vendors about doing a limited print run to get y'all your rewards, it just might take a little longer. (And with the holiday season coming up fast, I'm not sure how timely vendor replies will be.)
Rest assured, we ARE working to get you your physical rewards as soon as we can. We beg for a little more patience. (We promise, this isn't a shell company for Certain Old White Guy Authors Whose Names We Wont Mention But Who Never Actually Release The Last Books Of Their Series.)
Hey all, Mike here (the behind-the-scenes guy-slash-emotional-support-person) with an update on the current timeline for Full Negative.
Unfortunately, Jenn got slammed with a ton of Other Work these last two months, including Day Job and edits for her next fantasy book, Green and Deadly Things. As a result, she a bit behind on formatting the book, but it's almost done.
But then, she has a business trip in the middle of August.
As a result, we're looking at September for orders to be finalized.
That said, there are still some folks who haven't given us their addresses yet. We can't ship you stuff without your address. Unlike the Kantari in the book, WE don't have telepathy.
If you ordered a digital-only tier or add-on, then your address doesn't need to be a part of this. But anyone who ordered any physical products, we gotta know where to send 'em. You guys are awesome, and we don't want to deprive you of your well-earned rewards.
Anyways, that's about it for now. Either Jenn or I will release another update when we get a bit closer, and again when we send everything off to be printed, and then when we get it back and start packing... you get the idea.
Stay hydrated, especially those of you in the Heat Dome Mad Max Wasteland that is most of the USA right now.
If you haven't filled out your survey and included your address yet, please take a moment to do so. This step is really important, as it lets me figure out shipping options for everyone, as well as allows you to pick your options (where options are available).
Orders will be locked in early June, so if you haven't filled your survey by then, I guess you're getting whatever I feel like sending you. ;p
But seriously, you want to fill 'em out. It's important, and good for your teeth*.
Talk to you again soon,
Jenn
*Evidence that filling out your backer survey improves the health of your teeth is sparse and controversial. Do not use your survey as an alternative to brushing and flossing. Do not use your survey as a dentist; your survey hasn't passed it's medical degree yet.
The response to the surveys has been outstanding! Over 80% have responded within the first week.
This is just a reminder to the handful of you who haven't done so yet; please fill out your backer survey so I can start working on putting together information for ordering and shipping.
As a side note, the Pre-Order page is up. If you know anyone who wanted to get in on this action but missed the campaign window they still have a little more time until we lock down orders entirely at which point they'll have to go through a FLBS.
The pre-order page (and your backer survey add-ons section) is also the last chance to order any of the fun add-ons we have, such as Tier rank stickers and buttons, bookmarks, art cards, signed copies of my older books, and the like.
Feel free to distribute the link to anyone who wants it. https://full-negative-a-novel.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders
