Hero landing!

Seriously though, landing like that can be bad on the knees. Best leave it to the professionals (and we all know the Sand Spiders probably practiced their hero landings a bunch back in Nessa–just in cast they ever needed to make a proper entrance). Of course, Beck immediately starts hamming things up.

Also, I love the stubbed in lines Rachel used in the thumbnail. WE’RE ESCORT. REAL. NO MURDER!

I know the going’s just getting good (as the going tends to get around these parts!) but we’re going to be sticking a pin in the story for a bit to focus on…

THE KICKSTARTER!

DUN-DUN-DUUUN!

So, I’ve mentioned this in bits and pieces before, but think of this Kickstarter is our big announcement party for Beyond the Western Deep as an independent creator-owned and published property. We want to print our books OUR way, spared no expense (which, in a revelation that should surprise nobody, requires expense).

We’ve partnered with a Kickstarter fulfillment company called Make That Thing that will be helping us line up our printer, vendors for merch, and more. The Kickstarter begins on…

SEPTEMBER 5th!

And it will run 30 days through to the end of the month and the beginning of October. Obviously we’re not quite there yet, but since you’re HERE, it felt like a great opportunity to run our pitch and pledge tiers by you all beforehand.

Next week, you can expect a post about the general tiers of rewards we’re planning on having. The prices won’t likely be finalized yet (that will depend on some vendor quotes we’re still locking down), but we know roughly where we want them to be.

The week AFTER that, we’ll hopefully be sharing the final pitch video and music track with all of you. You’ll get to see it a week before anyone else, and we’d love to get your thoughts on it. We’ll also start laying down some serious groundwork to get folks aware of the upcoming campaign. Which is to say…

WE NEED YOU!

We want to start strong, and that means getting as many people aware of the Kickstarter as possible before it launches. Anything you can do to share the news will go a long way in helping us spread awareness.

It’s going to be an awesome month, and we’re really excited to share some of the cool things you’ll be able to pledge towards in the Kickstarter!

Oh, and speaking of hero landings:

Hahaha X) Thanks, Jerijune, for this. Obviously Rook has his hero landing down pat. Beck, on the other hand…

See you all next week!