Hey all!

I will never stop saying thank you for your support, so thank you for your support ahhh! Today is the official release date of The Lucky Machine, so the general public can get it now! If you're part of the folks that were not able to order the book from me due to being in the EU, I've sent you emails with some links, including some BackerKit pricing links (discounted) so check your emails!

Everyone except for a handful of people should have their ebooks, or their physical is on the way if not already arrived. People have been sending me photos of the books as they're landing. So exciting! I can only hope the inside is just as good haha.

If you haven't received your stuff and it's not on the way (you didn't get an email saying it shipped), please log into your Backerkit account and check your pledges/survey area to make sure you didn't miss the survey link or your card hasn't failed/declined.

As always, if there's any issues with your order when it arrives, please let me know. I packed almost 200 books alone and it's very likely I made errors, so certainly reach out to me if there's any issues and I'll do what I can to make it right!

Reviews are lifeblood for indies because getting 50 and 100 of them can unlock special promotions on Amazon, GoodReads, and elsewhere, so of course I'm going to go hey wanna leave a review? Everyone should have a review QR code insert in the back, but if you don't, you lost it, or something else, here's a few links you can use when you're done to leave a review. Hopefully it's a good one but hey if you didn't enjoy it, you didn't enjoy it. ;) No big deal! I don't take it personally, and I try not to read them (as much as I can), but I have to keep asking until the end of time. 

Lastly, Tiny Robots pins are coming in 11 days as part of Pintopia 2026... Maybe you'll be interested in them? ;D You can sub using the link below if you are!

Hey folks! Quick update for you. Hardcovers arrived on Christmas Eve (woot) and I just got the paper dolls today so I've started shipping the rest of orders tonight. I got about 20 more of you out just tonight, but will keep working...

As a general note, the paper dolls are not perfect. There are some areas where the cuts got a little messed up, mainly visible most of all on the color sheet around the sharper areas like the hands.

The printer said I could have these, or wait a few more weeks to get perfect paper dolls. I opted for the imperfect dolls as I really wanted you folks to have a chance to get your books before the general release date of The Lucky Machine on January 11th, 2026. I hope you don't mind this decision I made!

Pre-orders are still open until... Well, tomorrow. So if you wanted additional items or didn't get a copy from me with all the goodies, tomorrow is your last chance to do so at this link!

Feel free to tag me on social as these land (I love seeing them of course! :D) or email with any questions or concerns. Thank you yet again for your support and sticking with me through this! Can't wait to get the rest of you fulfilled and reading!

Hey all! Great news. Paperbacks have arrived. Dolls are coming. Stickers are here. We're getting there!

Still waiting on hardcovers ([mumbled grumbling]) but at least I'll be able to pack up the paperback orders that don't have paper dolls and get them out ASAP. 12/17 (today) is officially the last USPS date to get things out in time to arrive for the holiday, so I'm gonna do my best with getting all the packages with all the stuff I have out to you so you can read for the holiday!

As a reminder, many of you will be getting recycled packaging. Some of these packages may have Amazon branding on them, but that does not mean your book came from Amazon. I think it's important to keep single use plastics circulating as much as possible, and the added benefit is it helps me cut down on shipping costs, so thank you for understanding. <3

Additionally... The Warm Machine has been nominated for 9 indie ink awards, which is incredible. You folks are so cool and amazing. To move to the next round (judges reading it), I just need enough votes (not sure how many).

You can now vote for The Warm Machine in the following categories:

All you need is a free indie story geek account and to pick your favorites in each category. The links above will take you to each category. You can only vote for one book per category, so I hope you’ll spend your vote with me!

Something else arrived too... Log in to view the content and see what it is. 

Annnnnd that's it! That's the whole thing!

Thank you SO MUCH for making my dreams come true AND MORE (YET AGAIN NO LESS!). You folks are amazing and I could definitely have not done it without you.

Well here's the wrap-up (don't they call it a post mortem or something?), but now that the project closed, it'll be 2 weeks before Stripe disburses funds out to me. This means you will want to keep an eye on Backerkit/your email to make sure your charge doesn't fail, and if it does, you come right back in to fix it so you can get your rewards! If you miss the 2 week cutoff, don't worry, you can still fix it later and get your rewards.

Since this is VERY tight for the holidays, I can't guarantee you will get anything by then, but I'm gonna try.

I'll be sending out surveys basically at the same time we're waiting for Stripe to close/collect (read: very shortly). That means that by December 17th-ish I'll be trying to start shipping out orders. This means a LOT has to fall into place, so bear with me there. I'mma do my best. Check your email and make sure to fill out your survey ASAP! Can't find it? Let me know and I can get you your link.

After after, The Lucky Machine will be available to the public on Jan 11th, so that means international (EU really) folks can grab physical copies from IngramSpark or KDP. I'll have a special discount link via IngramSpark if you wanna order, just email me (if you haven't already) and I'll get it to you as soon as I have it! (P.S. You can "want to read" shelve The Lucky Machine on Goodreads now!)

Then after that, I'm participating in Pintopia 2026 with tiny filler silver robot pins. :D (Starts Jan 22nd)

I will keep you all updated as steps progress! Thank you again for all of your wonderful support!! I can't WAIT to get these books landing in your mailboxes!

Log in as a backer to see the butt I drew on stream and finished polishing up...