As we embark on this last hour of the campaign, I wanted to share something with you: The first video of my Cooking with J.S. Living segment on YouTube!
A little while ago I asked y'all to follow me on YouTube so I could be able to Live Stream. I'm still not at 50 followers, but that's okay. Why? I realized the 50 follower rule is just to stream on your phone! LOL.
Now, to be honest, it would be more convenient for me to stream from my phone than from my computer whilst cooking, but I'm not going to let that stop me from making my videos. So, I'll either keep posting the way I am, or find a way to set my laptop up in a convenient way in the kitchen. Either way, I'm going to get her done!
Now, to be honest, I'm not great with short form content. Just look at my Instagram page. So, of course, my video is like, an hour long. But! I edited it myself, and I'm pretty darn proud that I was able to shave it from 1.5 hours to just 1 hour. So, in this last hour of the campaign, if you've already pledged, would you like to see the thing? 👀👀👀
And, if you haven't pledged, what are you waiting for? 👀👀👀 This is the last hour to get exclusive perks and rewards! After today, you won't be able to have your name in Blood Lies, and you'll have to pay the full retail price for the book. Besides, we're only $74 away from the $1000 stretch goal! Don't you want to help me pay the editors so this book can be shiny and pristine when it's done?
Okay. The other thing I wanted to tell you in this update is that I messed up on the set up of the Returning Backer rewards.
I said that the returning backer reward would be the Vampire Teeth pin. But, somehow, the Challenge Coin was set up instead. Now, even though it says Challenge Coin, I can still give you the vampire teeth pin instead and just mark it as a note.
But, I thought that, since this was my mistake, it would be better to leave the decision to you.
So, when I send out the surveys in 2026, if you're a returning backer:
I'm going to try to add the question into your survey.
If I'm unable to do that, then I'll send the returning backers a personal email asking their preference of the Challenge Coin or the Vampire Teeth Pin.
Alternatively, you can also just email me about whichever one you want or leave a comment on this update. Whichever you fancy.
Again, I want to apologize for this, but I do think this is the best way to make it fair.
If you backed my last project, but haven't pledged to this one yet, what's stopping you?
Please let me know so I can see if there's something I can do to persuade you that helping a Black, indie author at $5 per eBook is the best course of action. Because 1) you now have a choice between two really cool items for coming back! 2) 3)I'm still hoping to crack these stretch goals.
Last: Thank you!
Thank you, thank you, thank you for your support! I appreciate every single one of you and hope we can continue making amazing things together! I'll send one more email tomorrow and then I'm taking a short break to set up things on the back end. Have a great week!
