First big announcement — Honeycomb Heart's edits are DONE!
This weekend I'll be setting up the print files so I can order proof copies. This will help me ensure that the paperbacks print correctly before I order what I need for fulfillment.
I just submitted the surveys for Backerkit to review. Once they've given me the okay, a few of you will receive "smoke test" surveys — again, this is to make sure everything is functioning as intended before I send out the survey to everyone. Along with giving me the information I need to fulfill your rewards, the survey is also where you'll tell me if you want your name in the acknowledgements, and if so, what you'd like put there.
Once I have that info and the proofs look good, I just need to add in the acknowledgements section and then can order the final batch to send out! Ebooks will be distributed as soon as we reach this point.
I have made one small change to the mini print pack. My wrists keep crapping out on me (I work with my hands for a living, it's unfortunately not the first time this has happened). Instead of having five options to pick from for a three-pack or complete set of prints, print packs will automatically include all four of the completed designs. You'll get all four for the price of three. I've been having to really pace myself with crafting to avoid injury and did not want this to be a reason for more delays in everyone getting their books. There's some more background details/other stitching I intend to add but here's a further along picture of that fourth polaroid.
They're just little guys! Embroidered bees exploring a blooming cherry blossom tree
I hope this is okay with everyone. If I end up making more art like this in the future, it'll be released along with Octopus Garden and I'll see what I can do to send what would've been that fifth print option to anyone who bought the original print pack.
Sorry, what's Octopus Garden? I forget if I've mentioned it before... but it's the name of the eventual sequel I have planned for Honeycomb Heart! HH still stands on its own as a complete story, but if you want to see the continuation of Vivian and Frieda's adventures, there will be more! Eventually. Definitely not until next year at the earliest. I have some future publishing plans to announce in, well, the near future.
