Hey everyone, I've been keeping you pretty informed during May with extra updates since we had a bunch of polls and related information that I wanted to keep you apprised of, but today I want to give you a sense of progress with some real numbers!
Writing Progress
Between myself and the 20 freelancers I've been working with to flesh out the book, we're nearing 70% completion for all the writing in the book! This is primarily focused on the first chapter, which covers boons, blessings, charms, and pacts. Only about 3% of the content for that chapter hasn't been started, and the other 97% is mostly done. This should mean that you might be seeing that chapter in a couple of months - after it's gone through testing, final editing, and layout.
Color sketches for Dimitriesse, Saint of Small Odds, by Quang Ho. I opted for the middle one, but with the darker hair in the right-most option.
I've also made some solid progress on writing the backer-voted content, but I still need to make stat blocks for the pact patrons and there's some other writing to be done there as well.
Art Progress
About half of the artwork for the book is now either complete or commissioned. There's still a lot left to do, and there's no rushing good artwork, so I won't give a guess at this point as to when it'll be fully completed, but so far things are progressing easily within my anticipated timelines.
Gavalda, Archfey of Lilies, by Rowan Holloway
Arcane Weaponmaster (name TBD), by Gibbs Santos
Updated International Shipping Rates
I also have some really excellent news for anyone living in the UK, EU, Australia, or New Zealand! I've managed to find a way to get books shipped from local hubs, which should reduce your shipping rates by a good amount (especially for those in AUS/NZ, where the cost is probably now less than 1/3rd of what it was before).
These rates are not yet reflected in the pledge manger. I'm still working out the proper way to update the shipping tables in the pledge manager, but I wanted to let you know that better rates are on their way in case you were debating adding the box set or whether you wanted to upgrade a digital only pledge to a physical one.
These rates are probably only available during the pre-order period. I'm not 100% certain yet, but it's likely that I won't be able to continue offering these rates after the pledge manager closes. If you live in one of those regions, now is probably the best time to get a physical order in since shipments after that will probably be limited to originating from the US.
And that's it for this update! I hope your June is an excellent one and not too hot just yet. - Josh
