On November 30, 2024, the Kickstarter campaign for All the Broken Blades (my debut short story collection) came to a successful conclusion with $2,176 (Canadian) raised, 155% of the initial funding goal. Words cannot express how ecstatic and thankful I am for all the support.
Special thanks to the following people:
- Don Miasek and Justin Dill, for their tireless work in helping me promote this campaign
- Julia Wang and Tao Wong, for lending their real life weaponry to the cause (swords for the promotional photo shoots)
And thank you to… every single one of you, my backers! This project could not be what it is without you.
Book Production and Next Steps
Project status:
- I have already started reaching out to artists regarding cover illustration and design.
- The stories have been compiled into a document for line-editing and proofreading.
- Origami paper is stocked and ready for the production of origami cranes.
Now, for the complicated part: the campaign fell just shy of the audiobook stretch goal. However, I am still looking into options for audiobook production, through different ways of allocating funds, finding recording space, utilizing any late pledges that come in, and committing some of my own money. I cannot promise the audiobook is happening, but it’s not off the table. Stay tuned.
Late Pledges
For anyone who missed the campaign but would still like to support the creation of this book: late pledges are open for most reward tiers. They will remain open until I begin finalizing the book layout (at which point I will not be able to add further names to the acknowledgements, and therefore, will be closing to further pledges).
For those deciding between a late pledge and buying the book after release—the following rewards are only easily obtained from the Kickstarter campaign, and will not be available if you purchase the book later (unless you encounter me in-person at a book launch, convention, workshop, or critique group):
- Book signed and personalized with a unique drawing
- Bookmark featuring the cover art
- Postcards featuring the promotional photos used in the campaign
- Origami crane folded by me
- Book bundled with two short fiction magazines (1 bundle left)