Okay, so I have some news, especially for those of you who backed the Recipe Card Edition tier or got a book box that comes with recipe cards. If you're not sure whether or not that applies to you, don't worry. Surveys will be going out probably within the next week or so, and that will remind you of what you ordered and give you a chance to mix things up, if you want.

First, I want to show you a couple of photos I've taken for the book!

This one is for the Dead New Yorker:

And this one here is for The Bitter Cup:

I'm still tweaking and editing and taking photos, but I'm really pleased with how they're coming out, and I think they're going to be even better in print!

Now the exciting news about the Recipe Card Editions! I initially put that option in there in case anyone *cough* my mom *cough* thought the stories and illustrations were too dark, but still wanted the drink recipes, and cards with photos on one side and recipes on the other seemed like a really practical way to do that, since I thought it wouldn't be enough pages to put into an actual book.

But! And this is exciting . . . I have found a way through the printing company I'll be using for the hard covers, to do a small, lovely little paperback booklet! So, it will have the same content, but in a much easier to use and display format! And this way you'll also get the beautiful cover, designed by Kelley York, since it's a book and not just a stack of cards!

This will be available for anyone who ordered the Recipe Card Edition, at NO ADDITIONAL COST. I want to be very clear about this. Yes, it's a higher end product, but I will not be charging you more for it. Also, if you do, for any reason, really want it in card form instead, don't panic! That will still be available. It will be an option in the survey, once those goes out, to choose whether you want the original format or the cards.

And if you didn't order the cards, because that wasn't really of interest to you, but you do actually want the book, all backers will have the opportunity to add it on in the survey as well!