Right now we'd like to reveal a digital zine you're already going to get: a sixteen page PDF collection of drawings by author Molly Tanzer, depicting the events of BLUE FIRE!
We've been telling you how great we feel BLUE FIRE is for a hot minute. You may be curious to hear what others have to say!
And tonight we have something pretty entertaining for you!
Using the excellent Black God's Kiss setting & rules from Flaming Hand Games, I'll be running their module based on the classic C.L. Moore Jirel tale Hellsgarde. Will Molly Tanzer play as Jirel and be joined by a cast of other exciting individuals?
SHE JUST MIGHT.
So please join us at 7pm EST for our final livestream of the crowdfund!
Truly FINAL Stretch Goal - a Free 'Zine for All Backers!
We don't want to get cocky...
...but being as close to our creative team pay raise stretch goal as we are, and with the crowdfund ending at noon EST this Saturday, we thought we should probably come up with one....last....stretch goal!
If we hit $22,300 then all backers will receive a free 'zine starring Jirel's hard-drinking buddy, Thevin!
What does she get up to when Jirel isn't around? Find out in a 13,000 word tale called "CITY OF TEARS".
All backers will get the 'zine as a free PDF.
All physical format backers will get a free 5.5 wide by 8.5 inch tall, 34 page stapled 'zine. It will be produced using a fun, lo-fi method called "risograph printing" which creates retro lo-fi results using only two colors.
An example of two-color risograph printing. Photo by themostinept.
Cover art will be done by Carl A-F! Here's a B&W example of art she did for a past risograph printing project:
But first we've gotta close that last distance to unlock bonuses for the creative team behind the book! So please consider pledging if you haven't already, and tell your nearest evil sorcerer about Jirel of Joiry's historic first book-length adventure.
We greatly appreciate how far you've taken us, let's see how much further we can go in these final days of the crowdfund!
One Week Left, Molly's Signature, Your Face, and S&S MAMMOTHS???
The crowdfund ends at 12pm EST, Saturday July 4th so that means just about a week left to pledge for your copy of BLUE FIRE...
...and don't forget that every physical copy of BLUE FIRE purchased through the crowdfund will be SIGNED BY MOLLY TANZER.
You could make this book even more special by appearing in the art!
Available as a pledge tier and an add-on, you can have yourself drawn into a scene with Jirel of Joiry herself! Working from reference images you provide, Saprophial will draw you into the book's second full page illustration as a peasant, person-at-arms, or other "movie extra".
Fifty years from now, when someone in a used book store finds a copy of BLUE FIRE, they could open it and see you!
But we can only fit in two people, so if this kind of literary immortality is appealing, we suggest you grab the pledge or add-on now.
SPEAR & FANG &....TUSK???
Our friends over at OLD MOON QUARTERLY magazine are getting ready to crowdfund their own exciting novella, SEERS IN A BROKEN SEASON. Written by superstar author Jonathan Olfert, it stars a friggin' mammoth!
In SEERS, Walks-like-a-Rockslide, blade-tusked hero of the Blue Ochre People, flees the creeping ice, seeking the sweet grasslands for the mammoths of his herd. But after discovering the gnaw-marked bones of one of the Deep People, he finds himself embroiled in a war of revenge against the cannibal whalers of the shore. The specter of his grandmother, sorceress and matriarch of the mammoths, haunts him. Honor, and fury, and (on occasion) even compassion compel him. Will he whet his tusks upon the whalers? Or will he, like the Deep People, fill their bellies?
A 35,000 word novella for fans of Conan and Primal, and fans anywhere of mammoth melancholies and mammoth mirth!
I've already gone to the crowdfund sign-up page to learn who the cover artist is and make sure I'm alerted when they launch, and I strongly recommend you join me!
Don't forget, there's just one week left to snag your copy of BLUE FIRE and help us unlock our final stretch goal, a nice pay bonus for the creatives & staff involved in making the book.
Back cover art unlocked! Final stretch goals! Livestream tonight!
IN SHORT
BACK COVER ART unlocked! Now the back of the book will feature an original painted illustration by Saša Đurđević.
NEW STRETCH GOAL...already unlocked!: Custom chapter headings & dinkus.
NEW STRETCH GOAL: Bonuses for all involved with making this book.
LIVESTREAM TONIGHT AT 7PM EST: Join us tight here at the top of the crowdfund page for a panel discussion of Jirel tales classic and contemporary.
IN DETAIL
That's right, the back of Blue Fire will now have an original painted illustration by Saša Đurđević!
Meanwhile you've already unlocked his also doing illustrations for the chapter headings, and - we love to say this word - a custom dinkus.
Don't worry, a dinkus isn't rude, it's that symbol or line you sometimes see which is used in manuscripts to denote a significant break within the work between major sections. In our recently released novella WHAT ROUGH BEAST? (available as an add-on) we used this:
No shame in that game! But thanks to you BLUE FIRE will instead use a custom illustration by Saša for its dinkuses...dinkus....dinki? Y-you get the idea.
OUR FINAL STRETCH GOAL....well, we've:
Doubled the interior art by Saprophial...
Unlocked spray color edges, whose color backers get to vote on...
Discounted shipping for backers outside the United States...
Added a fun Jirel one-page cartoon by Clade Mirya...
Added a back cover painting by Saša...
...and added those chapter heading illustrations & custom dinkusususususus....
We could just keep adding things onto this book until we'd be giving it spinning rims, but at this stage we'd like to acknowledge an awful lot of hard work by making our final stretch goal pay bonuses for the author, the artists, and the staff involved in producing BLUE FIRE.
This will help them all keep doing what they do best, creating wonderful Sword & Sorcery words, art, and publications for us all to enjoy!
Livestream tonight! Join myself, Luanna Saitta, Nathan Long, and Jeremy Pak Nelson for a light panel discussion of one classic Jirel tale (HELLSGARDE by C.L. Moore) and one 21st century Jirel tale (JIREL AND THE MIRROR OF TRUTH by Molly Tanzer)! It goes live at 7pm est, at the top of the crowdfund page.
International Shipping Discount and a New Stretch Goal....Already Unlocked!
IN SHORT
Shipping Discount Unlocked! Canadians now get $5 USD off shipping and people in the rest of the world, outside the U.S, get $10 off.
Jirel Comic Unlocked! There will now be a fun Jirel one-page comic in the back of BLUE FIRE, illustrated by Clade Mirya.
Extra paperbacks of BLUE FIRE are now available as an Add-On.
We need a minute to figure out new stretch goals. Thank you for unlocking them so fast. Currently five hundred and five people have pledged their axe to Joiry!
IN DETAIL
So shipping is a bit funny now, in a good way. When setting up the discount I confess I just copy/pasted the $5 off for CAD, $10 off for Rest Of World discount we offered in our past two crowdfunds.
I did not, in my hurry, realize this turns these shipping estimates...
...into one where somebody in, say, Thailand pays less shipping on a single paperback than someone in Canada.
The $5 and $10 discount was created with bigger projects in mind, ones where the difference between Canada and the Rest Of The World was a lot more than $2!
After thinking about it, we've decided that though it is strange for Canada to pay a few bucks more...it's what we promised, even if we didn't quite realize it at the time, and Canadians still get to pay less....so we're sticking with this for now.
But as we catch our breath after these amazing first few days of the crowdfund and dream up new stretch goals for the remaining 19 days in the crowdfund, anything could happen.
Meanwhile, additional paperback copies of BLUE FIRE are now available as add-ons. Given we fulfill this in November it could be a fun Christmas gift for someone in your life.
Clade Mirya is a huge fan of Jirel and they've been sharing fun comics like these, of her on her own or interacting with other classic Sword & Sorcery characters, for a little while now.
We noticed, and we liked them! So our latest stretch goal, which you've already unlocked, is to have Clade do a full page, black and white Jirel cartoon to go in the back of the book. It will feature Jirel and one or more characters from BLUE FIRE, and that's all we can say for now...
What will be our next stretch goals?
Honestly, we have no idea and need a minute to figure them out. You've unlocked the ones we planned SO quickly our heads are spinning...in the best possible way!
Thank you so much for backing and sharing this book we've been working toward for three years, and please keep an eye out for new livestream and stretch goal news.
...but being as close to our creative team pay raise stretch goal as we are, and with the crowdfund ending at noon EST this Saturday, we thought we should probably come up with one....last....stretch goal!
If we hit $22,300 then all backers will receive a free 'zine starring Jirel's hard-drinking buddy, Thevin!
What does she get up to when Jirel isn't around? Find out in a 13,000 word tale called "CITY OF TEARS".
All backers will get the 'zine as a free PDF.
All physical format backers will get a free 5.5 wide by 8.5 inch tall, 34 page stapled 'zine. It will be produced using a fun, lo-fi method called "risograph printing" which creates retro lo-fi results using only two colors.
An example of two-color risograph printing. Photo by themostinept.
Cover art will be done by Carl A-F! Here's a B&W example of art she did for a past risograph printing project:
But first we've gotta close that last distance to unlock bonuses for the creative team behind the book! So please consider pledging if you haven't already, and tell your nearest evil sorcerer about Jirel of Joiry's historic first book-length adventure.
We greatly appreciate how far you've taken us, let's see how much further we can go in these final days of the crowdfund!
Right now we'd like to reveal a digital zine you're already going to get: a sixteen page PDF collection of drawings by author Molly Tanzer, depicting the events of BLUE FIRE!
We've been telling you how great we feel BLUE FIRE is for a hot minute. You may be curious to hear what others have to say!
And tonight we have something pretty entertaining for you!
Using the excellent Black God's Kiss setting & rules from Flaming Hand Games, I'll be running their module based on the classic C.L. Moore Jirel tale Hellsgarde. Will Molly Tanzer play as Jirel and be joined by a cast of other exciting individuals?
SHE JUST MIGHT.
So please join us at 7pm EST for our final livestream of the crowdfund!
A 5.5x8.5 inch, 34 page 'zine starring Jirel's pal Thevin the Chevalier in her own adventure, "City of Tears"! Cover art by Carly A-F. All digital backers get it in PDF format, all physical backers get the hardcopy 'zine, all backers get it for free!
The crowdfund ends at 12pm EST, Saturday July 4th so that means just about a week left to pledge for your copy of BLUE FIRE...
...and don't forget that every physical copy of BLUE FIRE purchased through the crowdfund will be SIGNED BY MOLLY TANZER.
You could make this book even more special by appearing in the art!
Available as a pledge tier and an add-on, you can have yourself drawn into a scene with Jirel of Joiry herself! Working from reference images you provide, Saprophial will draw you into the book's second full page illustration as a peasant, person-at-arms, or other "movie extra".
Fifty years from now, when someone in a used book store finds a copy of BLUE FIRE, they could open it and see you!
But we can only fit in two people, so if this kind of literary immortality is appealing, we suggest you grab the pledge or add-on now.
SPEAR & FANG &....TUSK???
Our friends over at OLD MOON QUARTERLY magazine are getting ready to crowdfund their own exciting novella, SEERS IN A BROKEN SEASON. Written by superstar author Jonathan Olfert, it stars a friggin' mammoth!
In SEERS, Walks-like-a-Rockslide, blade-tusked hero of the Blue Ochre People, flees the creeping ice, seeking the sweet grasslands for the mammoths of his herd. But after discovering the gnaw-marked bones of one of the Deep People, he finds himself embroiled in a war of revenge against the cannibal whalers of the shore. The specter of his grandmother, sorceress and matriarch of the mammoths, haunts him. Honor, and fury, and (on occasion) even compassion compel him. Will he whet his tusks upon the whalers? Or will he, like the Deep People, fill their bellies?
A 35,000 word novella for fans of Conan and Primal, and fans anywhere of mammoth melancholies and mammoth mirth!
I've already gone to the crowdfund sign-up page to learn who the cover artist is and make sure I'm alerted when they launch, and I strongly recommend you join me!
Don't forget, there's just one week left to snag your copy of BLUE FIRE and help us unlock our final stretch goal, a nice pay bonus for the creatives & staff involved in making the book.
BACK COVER ART unlocked! Now the back of the book will feature an original painted illustration by Saša Đurđević.
NEW STRETCH GOAL...already unlocked!: Custom chapter headings & dinkus.
NEW STRETCH GOAL: Bonuses for all involved with making this book.
LIVESTREAM TONIGHT AT 7PM EST: Join us tight here at the top of the crowdfund page for a panel discussion of Jirel tales classic and contemporary.
IN DETAIL
That's right, the back of Blue Fire will now have an original painted illustration by Saša Đurđević!
Meanwhile you've already unlocked his also doing illustrations for the chapter headings, and - we love to say this word - a custom dinkus.
Don't worry, a dinkus isn't rude, it's that symbol or line you sometimes see which is used in manuscripts to denote a significant break within the work between major sections. In our recently released novella WHAT ROUGH BEAST? (available as an add-on) we used this:
No shame in that game! But thanks to you BLUE FIRE will instead use a custom illustration by Saša for its dinkuses...dinkus....dinki? Y-you get the idea.
OUR FINAL STRETCH GOAL....well, we've:
Doubled the interior art by Saprophial...
Unlocked spray color edges, whose color backers get to vote on...
Discounted shipping for backers outside the United States...
Added a fun Jirel one-page cartoon by Clade Mirya...
Added a back cover painting by Saša...
...and added those chapter heading illustrations & custom dinkusususususus....
We could just keep adding things onto this book until we'd be giving it spinning rims, but at this stage we'd like to acknowledge an awful lot of hard work by making our final stretch goal pay bonuses for the author, the artists, and the staff involved in producing BLUE FIRE.
This will help them all keep doing what they do best, creating wonderful Sword & Sorcery words, art, and publications for us all to enjoy!
Livestream tonight! Join myself, Luanna Saitta, Nathan Long, and Jeremy Pak Nelson for a light panel discussion of one classic Jirel tale (HELLSGARDE by C.L. Moore) and one 21st century Jirel tale (JIREL AND THE MIRROR OF TRUTH by Molly Tanzer)! It goes live at 7pm est, at the top of the crowdfund page.
