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Here's just a reminder about our exclusive Zoom chat and hangout with me this Sunday morning, November 15 at 10 AM Mountain Time (Noon Eastern, 9 AM Pacific).  Please sign up here if you'd like to attend.

We're still in the whirlwind of gathering information and figuring out the logistics of delivering all your rewards, both physical and digital, but it's all under control—I promise. The deluxe editions are supposed to land any day now, and I'm getting my signing hand ready...

Hope to see you on Sunday.

KJA

Our campaign for The Complete Saga of Seven Suns ended less than a week ago, but we already have many wheels turning.

All of the deluxe books, the Universe Set and the Galaxy Set, have been printed and are en route. They should arrive in the US any day now, and will be delivered to my doorstep. It's exciting and intimidating—3000 books landing here, all of which need to be taken inside, unpacked, organized, numbered, and signed. Good thing I have a big basement and a lot of very helpful friends and volunteers.

With the end of the campaign, we can now do a rough count of all the hardcovers and trade paperbacks ordered. We intend to get our print order in as soon as possible so we can get ahead of the holiday flood of orders; if so, we hope to receive printed copies in January instead of February. I will keep you up to date as soon as I know more details.

Tracy is putting the finishing touches on the survey, which should go out to you soon. When we receive your response, and your payment clears, we can put the digital rewards directly into your BackerKit account, so you can access them immediately. Note, for those of you paying over time, BackerKit does not send out the survey or the rewards until the final payment is received.

Meanwhile, I have been spending my days putting the pieces together for the SPIRAL ARM companion volume. I've completed the lengthy background essay "The Saga of the Saga," and I have another essay from cover artist Stephen Youll. I've scanned and organized the 54 pages of concept art and notes from artist Igor Kordey. Right now, the biggest and most time-consuming challenge is the TV Pilot script and the graphic novel script. Scripts have very specific formatting quirks, and these were written on old software, so converting them to Word files for layout, and then reformatting all the various text blocks and dialog blocks is intensely tedious. But I am working diligently through each page, and I expect to have the book completely put together and ready for print in a week.

I've recorded the audiobook for ROAMER'S WRATH and finished proofing it today (which means I listen to all the audio files while reading along with the text to make sure there are no glitches or mistakes). I'll go into the studio on Friday to start recording VEILED ALLIANCES, and will do WHISTLING PAST THE GRAVEYARD the week after that.

Remember, you can add on the audiobooks or the companion book SPIRAL ARM (or any of the other items) on our Preorder Store on the campaign page.

I will keep you informed as the work continues. And a week from today, we are taking part in BackerKit's Holiday Market with specially selected signed/personalized KJA books. That will be a much smaller and less hectic campaign! If you follow the prelaunch page, you'll get a free copy of my Dan Shamble Christmas story "Naughty & Nice."

KJA

Hi there,

Avarice: A Morningstar RPG by Fat Golbin Games Ends Soon

Our project collaboration with Avarice will end tomorrow so it's the last chance to get goodies for backing both projects! Back Avarice HERE.

Surveys:
Meanwhile, we're gathering information and preparing to send out backer surveys for The Complete Saga of Seven Suns campaign. Watch your email because they'll hit your inbox soon.

The Seven Suns Preorder Store is open!
And don't forget, you can add items on at the Saga of Seven Suns Preorder Store! If you're bummed because you wanted to add a book or a different item like the KJA Book Basket,  or the digital art gallery, there's still time. Head over to the store HERE and get the add-ons to complete your Seven Suns collection!

Signed Books for the Holidays
Looking for the perfect gifts for booklovers? You can shop signed books by Kevin J. Anderson and get them in time for holiday gifting! You can browse signed books HERE. You'll get Naughty and Nice, a Dan Shamble, Zombie, P.I. holiday story for signing up. Happy shopping!

Thanks again for supporting The Comlete Saga of Seven Suns campaign. 

Best, 
KJA

Well, I finally got a good night's sleep last night, knowing this marathon is over! Thank you again for all your support.

As promised, I am scheduling a backers-only Zoom call for Sunday November 15 at 10 AM Mountain Time (Noon Eastern, 9 AM Pacific). I hope you can make it on a weekend morning, and the timing is such that our European backers can join as well.  If you intend to come, please use this signup form so we can keep track. In previous calls like this we've gotten about 20 attendees; the room will hold 100.  I really don't know what to expect; if we fill up, then I will have to schedule a second one to accommodate you!

Keep in mind that I do a private zoom call every month on my Patreon, and we get a much smaller group! At the free level you frankly don't get much benefit, but at $3 you'll receive updates, recipes, photos of my cats and my hikes; at $10 you also get access to ALL of my manuscripts as soon as I finish writing them; at $20 you can join the monthly Zoom calls, and at $30, you get everything else, plus signed copies of each of my new releases throughout the year. If you use the special Seven Suns code A9667, you'll get 50% off your first month's membership. I hope you'll join us.

And finally, even though we deserve a bit of a breather, BackerKit has invited us to join their Holiday Market this year, for ready-to-ship special holiday items. I have finished books left over from previous campaigns which I can sign and send to you in time for the holidays. It's a much smaller campaign than Seven Suns (whew!), but you might still want to have a look and see if you'd like any stocking stuffers (or gifts for yourself). Follow the prelaunch page.

Thanks again for your amazing support of the Saga of Seven Suns. We still need some time to collate all the orders and send out your surveys, and then we will start delivering your electronic rewards and begin mailing the physical items as soon as we have them in hand.

KJA

Just a few minutes ago the Complete Saga of Seven Suns campaign ended, and it was a resounding success. Thanks to you, all 1521 backers, who made this such a terrific campaign.
 
And now the complicated part starts.

We will send out your surveys as soon as possible, and we can begin fulfillment as soon as we receive your responses. Since the ebooks are all done, we intend to deliver those very soon. We've received word that the shipment of deluxe editions will arrive in the US from the overseas printer on November 11, so less than a week.  Our intent is to get them all signed and numbered so we can ship them out. If you select the faster shipping option, you should receive them by Christmas. (Note, if you choose to pay over time, your order won't be completed until BackerKit receives the final payment.) 

As promised from our second stretch goal, I will set up a Zoom call exclusive to backers so we can hang out and talk. This call will be Sunday November 15 at 10 AM Mountain Time (Noon Eastern, 9 AM Pacific). We will send out an event invitation so you can register. If it fills up, I will set up a second one.

I'll keep you up to date on all the moving pieces. Special thanks to the help and support from BackerKit, as well as my awesome team members here Marie Whittaker and Tracy Griffiths—and to all of you for making this happen.

to the stars!
KJA

Hi there!

We're collaborating with the Avarice RPG and don't want you to miss out on getting two special rewards when you back both campaigns. There's under 24 hours left and time is running out!

Back Avarice here.

See the rewards in the message below.

Right now, while we’re running The Complete Saga of Seven Suns campaign, Fat Goblin Games is running Avarice: The Morningstar RPG. A sweeping interstellar SF role-playing game and a big space-opera book series—seems like a match made in the Orion Nebula!

For our cross-collaboration, we are giving special rewards to any followers who back both projects. From Fat Goblin Games, you’ll receive a set of three digital books, 

The First Index - The Project Morningstar World Bible; The Index is the definitive guide to the worlds, peoples, powers, technologies, and history of the Project: Morningstar universe.

 The Accounts - A Collection of Short Fiction from Known Space; The Accounts collects short fiction from across Project: Morningstar, revealing how ordinary people survive, work, and pursue opportunity within the corporate machinery of the Hegemon.

 

 The Avarice RPG Quick Start Rules - The Avarice RPG Quick Start Rules provide everything needed to enter the Hegemon, create a crew of Contractors, learn the 2d20 system, and complete a dangerous introductory Contract.

 

And from me, you’ll receive the unabridged audiobook of my hard-SF novel Persephone, written with Jeffrey Morris, which is currently in development as a feature film. A cutting-edge hard SF trip to the nearest star, Alpha Centauri, and humanity's desperate bid for a new home on the planet Proxima-b.

 

Back both projects and get both rewards.

​Thanks for being a part of this campaign. It's the biggest project I've ever done and it means everything that you're here.

​KJA