Well this is embarrassing…

Tomorrow will be October 7th and the campaign will not, in fact, be live. It seems I forgot to build in the Kickstarter review process. Or I was being too optimistic. You’d think after spending over four years on a project I’d know better than to announce something until it actually happened, but…here we are. I’m more than a bit embarrassed, but from what I read (and from what I’ve heard) the review process is pretty quick, so hopefully we’re up and going in a day or so. In the meantime, please accept this apology, know that I’ve now double checked everything (including double dotting all occurrences of i), and stand by for the launch of the campaign which we hope will be epic (or at least really really exciting).

-The Author

In five short days, the Kickstarter campaign for Maggie and the Sprinkle Tree will launch and you’ll have a chance to grab your very own first edition hard-case copy! We think that’s pretty exciting, so we thought we’d give you a quick preview of some of the rewards. Now, this isn’t really a visual preview because, well, the books aren’t printed just yet (that’s why we’re running this whole campaign!), but this tidy little list will give you a good idea as to what you can expect to see offered up.

• A big, electronic thank you!
  That’s right, an email from us to you just to let you know how much we appreciate your help.
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• A notecard
  This features an illustration and some handwritten thank you, sent right to your door! Unless you mailbox isn’t actually at your door, because if that’s the case, the notecard will probably find its way there rather than your door. This will be a Maggie related illustration and it may or may not be directly from the book. But rest assured, it will be created by Christian Jackson, expertly printed, and carried to your place of residence by the USPS (or other friendly carrier).
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• An eBook!
  Well, okay, maybe not an eBook by definition, but your very own PDF copy of Maggie and the Sprinkle Tree hot off the…screen. Maybe you’re an iPad reader? Or a computer reader? Or you really like PDFs? Whatever the case, we think this is a pretty good offering!
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• A first edition hard-case copy of Maggie and the Sprinkle Tree!
  Pretty awesome, huh? We’ll even sign it! That’s right, one book signed by both the author and the illustrator! Did someone say priceless? Well, if so, they would be mistaken…there will actually be a price associated with this, but we think it’s well worth it.

There will be a few other reward levels with some pretty great perks, but we think the above rewards are pretty amazing, so don’t forget to checkout the campaign when it goes live on Monday, October 7th! And please feel free to spread the word!

-The Author