I have all the surveys created and I just pressed the button on the smoke test! That means 5% of backers will get their surveys, as a test to make sure everything works. If all goes well, I'll send out the rest of the surveys in a day or two.
When you get your survey please fill it out soon as you can. Our new books will start releasing this month (in fact I'm getting some advance copies of Isaac in a couple days!) so the sooner you pick your books and extra swag, the sooner they get to you!
Hopefully I'll have some pictures of books with the next update.
If you're coming to ConGregate this weekend in Winston Salem, come say hi! I'll be on several panels, including one showing off the books in this campaign coming soon from Space Wizard!
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Thank you so much to everyone for once again funding some great queer science fiction and fantasy!
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• Card Processing: Backerkit will now begin charging cards. Please make sure your payment info is up to date to avoid any issues.
• Surveys: Backer surveys will go out as soon as I finish them up! It may be a little earlier than the two week mark, as I like to get an early assessment of how many of the first few books people want so I can get orders in. You'll also add any extras, and confirm your shipping address.
So sit tight! There are some amazing books coming your way very soon...
And if you want even more books, check out: Lesbians in Space: The Sapphics Strike Back. This campaign is the sequel to the wildly popular Lesbians in Space: Where No Man Has Gone Before. We're running this campaign in September along with BackerKit's Printopia 2025, so sign up now to get updates!
Space Wizard Year 4 Part 2! This is the second half of this campaign, coming to you (along with a lot of other cool books) in November 2025. Sign up to make sure you get updates!
It's the last 71 hours for Space Wizard Science Fantasy Year 4 Part 1!
We've got a new achievement for you, and if we hit this one before the campaign ends, we'll put together another one with even more rewards! One of Space Wizard's goals this year is to really get the word out about our queer books. A way you can help is to follow us on Instagram! Just click the button at the end of this message! You can learn about all the great conventions and markets we go to, and what hijinks we're up to with books, cats, and bees!
We're only 81 followers away from 500, so if we hit that goal, then all physical backers will get a free Space Wizard Sticker! They can go on your laptop, water bottle, car, forehead, or wherever else you want!
Space Wizard Sticker for all physical backers -> only 81 more followers!
Every new pledge helps us out, so tell your friends and family. Let's see how far we can go in the last three days!
We're in the long middle stretch of the campaign with one week left before the end! So I wanted to give you some good news I just got. We have the final cover for Year 4 part 1!
This is the preliminary cover for E.J. Isaac's A New Beginning. If you like the feel of Star Trek and Babylon 5, give this one a try! There may be a few changes for the final, but this is a very solid start for the cover, thanks to the awesome design efforts of MoorBooks!
A long, spear-shaped spacecraft takes up the main image. It has multiple armaments and small wings decorating its length. There are two fighter craft, one on either side, and two planets with moons are at the upper left and lower right of the image. Everything is against the backdrop of a star-filled galaxy.
We've had some ups and downs over the last week, with a handful of cancelled pledges along with a handful of new pledges. We really want to hit that next goal of funding Space Wizard's marketing budget, and then, creating an audio book for Lofty Mountains, one of our most popular anthologies! If we hit this stretch goal, you all get a copy of the audiobook, so please tell your friends and family about the campaign and spread the word!
And now for some fun! Let us know what books thrill you! Now we have all 7 covers, let us know which one you're looking forward to most! Check out the poll below!
Thanks so much to everyone for spreading the word and getting us past that first hurdle! This first goal means we'll actually (gasp) pay ourselves. And by that, I mean we'll have some extra money I'll probably put right back into Space Wizard!
But there's more! Our next stretch goal, at $12,000, is really important for Space Wizard. We've been open since 2021, and really starting to hit our stride with great fantasy and science fiction that uplifts queer and marginalized voices. What I look for as the editor of Space Wizard are books that I can't put down, and ones that have every bit the quality people expect from one of the big five publishing companies.
One of the things that separates us from big presses in getting the word out about our great books is that marketing costs money! That's why our next goal will let us keep working with the new marketing manager we started with in May. If you haven't checked out @SpaceWizardPress on Instagram, go give us a follow! You find there are some swanky new graphics, new videos and a lot more content to get the word out about these books. Those are examples of what this next goal will help pay for!
But I wanted to give you more than just some behind the scenes on our publishing company. How about a new cover!
The cover for Intent Magic by William C. Tracy, featuring the back of a woman in Incan-like dress, looking out over an army camped before a wall. Her right arm ends before the hand, but both arms have auras like giant cat's paws around them. Beside her, a small octopus creature with a circlet on gestures up at her.
Intent Magic is the sequel to Physical Magic, in my new progression fantasy series. If you got the first book, then this one opens up the world a lot, and has some new species and magic! And yes, Lugopo is in it again...
Serene Chia just finished the cover up this week, and Audrey Logsdon, who has been helping me out with titles and lettering, put the titles on. We may change this up a bit, but it's pretty close to the final product! (and yes, we know about the typo...it should be "Shifting Lands," not "Shifting Sands.") Let me know what you think in the comments!
That's it for now! Keep sharing the campaign! Let people know about all the great queer books!
