Merchandise for the Fantasy Bestseller - The Ronin Saga
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Hi all,
Happy Tuesday! Hope everyone is safe and sound, and just took a breath, lifting my head from the depths of book four writing (ah a city of water pun!) to post a quick little update and see how everyone is doing. We're in the final stretch and less than 48 hours away!
Had a great chat with Robin Sullivan yesterday, and very excited about the Saga's next steps.
As for the campaign, we're at 44 hours left as of writing this and almost to $18,000 - getting close to our Stretch Goal #5 goal, so I think we can hit it. Might even have time to roll out a final surprise #6.
So keep letting everyone know, so appreciative to all who have shared so far. Also TL;DR - here's a little video update! Forgive my excitement and little word jumble. Saving the best words for the book I promise.
Much heart,
Matt
Tim Gerard Reynolds has finished the recording! Now I'm listening giddily and avidly, doing my final comments and adjustments and then I'll send to the audio producers/editors. After that, it's ready for prime time!
I'll be honest. I'm having a hard time not just listening for only pure enjoyment. I tell myself I have 30 minutes, then 2 hours have flashed by as I listen enrapt, and remember I have a book four to finish as well. Needless to say, I think you're really going to enjoy.
Also I've gotten a lot of commentary on the big final stretch goal. I talked with Flavio previously and I know he would love to make a Farhaven Lorebook, but I think it might be a little much currently. It might be more around the $35,000 mark to accomplish feasibly and to the degree it deserves. That is, to make as stunning as I want (seeing the elemental dragons, darkwalkers, phoxes, dryads, sprytes, our main characters, elemental cities, and much more). Though once book four is released, I'd love to start compiling one and perhaps release a KS for that in the future! That said, I do want to offer something and I found that I (and others) love the art of the series, so I want to offer artwork, some even unseen pieces for all backers at $39 Devari level and above if we reach our next Stretch Goal of $20,000. Check out KS Stretch Goals for more.
Here's a hint at just some of the amazing artwork:
And more!
So Happy Monday and let's see where this goes! Share and spread the word! So excited for you guys to dive in and enjoy, much heart.
~Farhaven awaits~
Matt
Wow. I'm still reeling. I've been busy responding to the messages - so I'm sorry for any delay, but even if there wasn't one... I'm speechless. First, I'm incredibly grateful to Michael J. Sullivan for the shoutout/support and of course, for the deluge of new readers.
We started slow, I was only at $2,300 until 36 hours ago, and then... $12,500 and rising in less than 2 days. Almost $10,000 raised for in less than 24 hours. I don't know what to say other than thank you so much. Michael reached out, offering to help make up the difference, but you all stepped up in a way that can't be put into words. Because I've gotten a lot of messages about it, I've re-opened the "HERO"S PACKAGE" that offers everything (all 3 novels and 3 short stories/novellas) in The Ronin Saga thus far and all stretch goals. We've included a final one! With it, let's see what happens!
Well, now it's onto Stretch Goals. What do you all want to see? Also I've included some free things since you guys are so awesome and we just crushed some benchmarks without even phasing.
All backers $39 and over get:
Check out the Kickstarter to see the one's we've passed and the new Stretch Goals!
Granted, these are all estimates and I have to reach out to Flavio, as well as narrators, to confirm, but I wanted to first shoot it out to you all and see what you would prefer, as it looks like at this rate we will hit at least one, and fingers crossed two more Stretch Goals depending on what we choose. So again, I'm so excited and humbled and looking forward. I'll be in touch!
Much heart,
Matt