With less than $1000 to go, we're making great progress on the calligraphy drop cap initials. Maybe in overtime we can get that and even push on for the International Shipping Discount?
And there's still time to make this book even more striking by unlocking our next stretch goal:
If you haven't already, please consider backing and sharing the campaign so we're able to make the most beautiful book we can for you, and pay our marvelous author as much royalties as possible!
Meanwhile...
TONIGHT AT 6:30PM EST...TWO SHORT STORIES DISCUSSED FOR THE PRICE OF ONE (Free!)
Join us right here on the crowdfund page, up top where the trailer video sits, at 6:30pm EST to enjoy our discussion of two David C. Smith short stories! Participation from the chat is encouraged.
And don't forget our crowdfund exclusives like...
All backers get their book signed by the author!
A postcard and a bookmark featuring gorgeous cover art by Saša Đurđević.
Back issue of New Edge Sword & Sorcery are available at a discount as Add-Ons.
You can pledge to have David, a master of his craft who has just finished writing a book on writing Sword & Sorcery, do a a critique on a short story (yours or a friends).
Alright, let's take this thing all the way to Attluma!
With four days left and just a little over $300 to go before we unlock spray color edges...we're getting excited, too excited to hold back any longer! We've got to ask you...
WHAT COLOR DO YOU THINK THE SPRAY EDGES SHOULD BE?
THE FINAL CROWDFUND LIVESTREAM - THIS FRIDAY, JULY 18th, AT 7PM EST
We wanted to chat about David's writing craft in a livestream without spoiling anything in SOMETIME LOFTY TOWERS, so we'll instead discuss a pair of his short stories that were published in our magazine, NEW EDGE SWORD & SORCERY.
Join Oliver Brackenbury, Luana Saitta, Jeremy Pak Nelson, Steve Westenra, and Kirk Johnson to hear their thoughts on...
You'll be able to watch the livestream right here on the main page of the crowdfund, up top where the thumbnail is. Comments and questions in the chat are encouraged.
OKAY, THAT'S IT FOR NOW
Please don't forget to vote in the spray edge color poll, and to share the crowdfund with anybody who might dig a powerful Sword & Sorcery tale in a classic paperback format!
A wise backer of this crowdfund pointed out that individual issues of NESS were not available, only combos, which was tricky as they needed issues 1 & 4.
SO!
Discounted issues of New Edge Sword & Sorcery can now be purchased⚔️individually⚔️ as add-ons when you back SOMETIME LOFTY TOWERS.
MEANWHILE
We're less than $800 from unlocking spray color edges, or 89% of the way there!
DID YOU KNOW THIS BOOK WILL FEATURE A CLASSIC STYLE FANTASY MAP?
Hand-drawn by David’s dear wife, Janine M. Smith, the continent of Attluma is the setting of many of David's stories from more recent years - including SOMETIME LOFTY TOWERS.
You can see the Nevga river in the far north, from the banks of which the protagonist, Hanlin, hails and if you back this crowdfund you'll get to enjoy poring over the map in person as it will be part of the interior illustrations - along with an original frontispiece by Carlos Vera Marquez!
Meanwhile we are currently 77% of the way to unlocking spray color edges that'll make this book even more luxurious, more akin to the classic Sword & Sorcery paperbacks from when David began his career in the 1970's. If you've already backed us, please consider telling your friends who love fantasy maps about the crowdfund!
