Just a quick announcement that the first cover reveal will be September 19th!
Stop by or check your email sometime after 10:00 am MDT to be the first to see Zhu Que's Auspicious Hummingbird, the cover for A Dragon for Darius, Part One.
Additionally, the cover artist, Emily Jackson from Artwork by Emily is hard at work on the second cover, Xuanwu, the Black Turtle of the North.
Remember, the reveal is exclusive to followers of the project. If you haven't followed yet, now's your chance!
What's not exclusive is our Sticker Poll. We will be creating stickers of the Auspicious Hummingbirds and are curious, what's the ideal size for a vinyl sticker? To vote, you will need to be logged into a backerkit account.
Almost forgot I had to do one of these. I'll keep this one short and brief. Probably.
The Bright Spot Hardcover Cover reveal
Now if you are a bright spot super fan, you might be asking silly questions like "I thought you already did a hardcover" and "How come its taken this long" And the answer I have for you is "don' worry abbadit" The first hardcover edition had many issues. The biggest one was ISBN conflicts. When publishing the bright spot I tried using an ISBN for the amazon edition of the paperback version. I decided to not use amazon kdp and stuck with IngramSpark. The ISBN I used at amazon, never really went away. So when I published the hardcover with the same isbn that I tried using, Amazon found that very confusing so I had to take it down. Otherbook sellers like B&N and even Walmart had no issue with the hardcover version. I could get more technical but I don't really want to because I don't understand it fully myself. I also didn't like the cover I made for it. It had the iconic red space cover for a dust jacket and the inside binding was fully black with a sliver of red as a sillhouette of the planet. It looked fantastic on the computer, but in print, you could hardly even see it. So back to the drawing board. I really wanted to create an experience that incentivises readers to pick up both editions. I think the paperback space versions look amazing, so I needed a cover for the hardback to look equally great with a minimalist approach. So I present to you...... The Bright Spot Hardcover and Blight Eater Hardcover!!
Keep your ooing and aahing to a minimum please. These are still work in progress, so if theres something you notice that I should change or update, let me know!
Now these designs are for the dust jackets. I have the potential to make the inside covers different or special. So I could either keep this design, on the inside, or put the paperback design, or something entirely different. Maybe I'll make that a stretch goal... Thoughts?
Writing update
I kinda took a break for the last week so I could brainstorm a bit on how I'm going to edit the second half of Blight Eater. There are a lot of rules I need to create and keep consistent. There are also a lot of rules I've previously established that I'll need to break using newer rules. Its gonna be fun. I know I need to hurry it up, but I also have to do my best to make sure you don't hate it. Outlining has sort-of begun with the second half. Once I decide how badly I want to hurt my characters, I'll have a pretty good idea on what to do.
POLL
New poll btw. Not that anyone cares. No one even participates
Hello folks! Here is our first video for our Space Wizard Year 5, Part 2 Launch Party! We've got plenty more videos coming through September and October for the October 29 start of the The Book Bazaar 2026, with nearly 40 publishing projects! We'll have about one interview a week until the start of the campaign.
I talked with Athena Giles about their second book, Dead in the Water. This follows 2025's Waves Take Your Bones, about two refugees from zombie attacks in a high seas renaissance fantasy adventure! There's even more naval battles, zombies, and pirates in book 2!
To see the video, you'll need to click through to the launch party below to see it. If you're not following the project yet, there will be a button below that says "Follow this Project" Click that, and you can sign up to see all the Launch Party content!
We've also got a poll relating to the video. Who would win in a sea battle?
So what are you waiting for? See the first video for Space Wizard Science Fantasy Year 5, Part 2!
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Thank you everyone who took the time to answer the poll. The majority has spoken and we'll be doing paperbacks (with pretty printed edges should we reach that stretch goal) and digital books. Since I have more Orains stories planned we'll save the hard covers for maybe an omnibus version at some point down the road.
Really appreciate your engagement and support. Until the next update...
For my last campaign, I did a make-a-fairy activity by letting backers vote for physical traits for my fairy drawings. It was a lot of fun! Afterwards, I made monster pages for use in TTRPGs and trading cards. I was already planning on doing three new creatures, that I call Voidlings, for this campaign. Followers and possible backers, are you interested in having a vote in how these creatures are shaped?
Hello everyone! I am working on putting the final touches on the campaign, and first off, I just want to say that I am so thankful that you are following this campaign. I absolutely LOVE writing about Orains and his humans and can't wait to share them with you.
I've been thinking and am wondering if there would be interest if I offered hardcover books (ideally with dust jackets) in this campaign. These hardcovers would be exclusive to Backerkit and my webstore (after the campaign).
