We're thrilled to present two new breathtaking fantasy worlds. Love middle grade books? Love young adult? We have you covered!
The campaign is up on Kickstarter! 24 science fiction short stories for a middle grade audience - we've had some great reviews, and I'd love you to come check us out!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/815743020/2017-young-explorers-adventure-guide
If you backed at the Impatient Reader level, links to your ebooks should be winging their way to you.
For all other backers, production is proceeding, and we're on target for the September release date.
Hope the weather is not too hot/cold depending on your hemisphere, and we'll be back with you shortly!
Corie and Sean
We've gotten some great early feedback from reviewers. I know it's mean to tease but we couldn't help passing some quotes along!
For The Demon Girl's Song:
"I’d definitely recommend this book, especially to fantasy and/or YA fans. Keep your eyes peeled for September 25th."
"...in this fantasy quest, the character development slowly grew on me, pulling me inexorably in, until the final explanation, which was nothing I would have guessed."
"Bigelow has a delightful hand for crafting such a bold story. The scope of her many-countried land balances nicely with its comprehensive but not overwhelming history. Very much recommended."
"I really enjoyed The Demon Girl’s Song. It had many of the fantasy elements that I love and also included a lot of diverse facets. I think this is a good read for people who are not huge into fantasy as well as those who have been long time fans."
"This was an excellent novel which I fell in love with quickly and which I highly recommend."
"I recommend The Demon Girl’s Song for the richness of characters, worldbuilding, and the growth of both."
And for A Witch's Kitchen:
"If this had been published when I was a young reader, it would have been one of my very favorite books - and I highly recommend it!"
"As a huge fan of The Worst Witch as a child, I really enjoyed Millie's story and I hope there will be more to come from Millie and this author."
"Millie has a lot of heart and a lot of gumption, and readers will be clamoring to make her their new literary best friend. Add a dash of magic, a pinch of trouble, and a seasoning of adventure, and you have one delightfully charming middle grade novel."
"A fascinating story of wanting to be a cook when you are from a family of witches. This is full of action and is about family, friends and learning to be your own person. And most of the recipes sound great as well."
"Absolutely loved the characters and the challenges presented and I thought the flow was very good. I would definitely recommend this to people."
"Charming and occasionally quirky, with a lot to share about important subjects like talent and family and kindness, it's a great choice for readers of middle grade fantasy."
Production is on schedule, and we'll be back with you shortly about Millie's Cookbook!
Real books in hand are too exciting not to share:
When Kickstarter is done collecting information, we'll start sending out the surveys for shipping addresses, etc. We use BackerKit for surveys and to help with organizing fulfillment because it's honestly way, way easier.
We will give you a heads-up before we send the survey so that you can watch for it.
You will not need to create a BackerKit account to answer your survey.
The invitation email will contain a link to your personal survey. It is important to submit your responses as quickly as you can since we need this information to process your rewards. If you need to change your survey responses, add or remove add-ons, or update your shipping information, you can click on the link in your survey email again or request your survey link under "Lost your survey?" on our BackerKit project page.
If you prefer, you can just message me and give me your information, but answering your survey will help us get your rewards out to you quicker. BackerKit helps us save lots of time by streamlining the survey process, automating data organization, and providing us with pledge management software to make it easy to process your pledge reward shipments.
If you use Facebook to log into your Kickstarter account, the BackerKit survey link will be sent to the email you used for your Facebook account. If you have another email address that you'd prefer to use, please message me. Again, thanks for all your support!
Best,
Corie and Sean
Thank you all so much! $2101 in total - a fabulous amount, and we couldn't have done it without you!
Here's what we'll be doing next:
Advanced Review Copies are going to reviewers right now. Millie's Cookbook is being thoroughly taste-tested, and bookplates are being designed.
We'll come up with a date for the backers only author chat with Susan and Dianna and announce that in a future update, as well as asking for nominations for the school visit.
Thank you again for all of your support, and I hope you have a wonderful rest of your week!
(and now, the sleeping!)
Corie and Sean
Dreaming Robot Press