Vendi Chronicles

I’m Pretty Sure my Mailman Hates Me 🤣
almost 2 years ago – Sat, Jun 29, 2024 at 01:40:40 PM

Happy Saturday!

I just wanted to give you all an update on where things are at right now.

Physical copies

All of the Wounds of Ash physical copies have arrived (plus some extra I need for a convention later this year). My front room is getting full of all the boxes—and I’m pretty sure my mailman hates me as these boxes are not light! 😉

Oaths of Shadow has been submitted to Ingramspark. Once they send me the digital proof, I can get them ordered! 

Dust Jackets

The dust jackets are currently being printed by my production partner in China. I have had wonderful communication with their team and I am hoping to receive the dust jackets by the end of July.

Artwork

Valery is just finishing up the last piece for Oaths of Shadow and has one more to do for Wounds of Ash. However, I can’t decide which scene I want and am going to let you all decide:

• Aliyah getting attacked by grarg in the woods
• Aliyah standing with Raynar (her horse)
• Josen and Kaino fighting shirtless on Solstice
  
  Honestly all of these are slated to be completed, I would just like to know which one the people want the most… 😉 

VOTE HERE  (Voting closes July 2nd)

Audiobooks

Exciting news! BookFunnel (my preferred distribution platform for ebooks) now has the capability to distribute audiobooks! This means all ebook AND audiobook codes will be delivered via BookFunnel. Yay for no more Spotify! 

Also, unlike Spotify, if I ever stop distributing  via BookFunnel, you will always have your copy of the audiobook in your BookFunnel account. (For those of you who received copies of the Wounds of Ash audiobook from the previous Kickstarter, I will be sending you out a new link to download via BookFunnel when I transition off Spotify. Stay tuned for more info).

The Oaths of Shadow Audiobook is slated to start recording mid August. If you ordered an audiobook, you will receive your codes as soon as it is completed (hopefully the beginning of September).

Illustrated ebooks

Illustrated ebooks will be sent out as soon as the final artwork is completed (mid-July). 

If you follow me on Instagram, you may have noticed I sent out ARC ebooks to my ARC team. These are not the same thing as the illustrated ebooks and are a way for me to catch any final errors pointed out by trusted readers. I have received great feedback so far and cannot wait to send you all your official copies!

Shirts

I will begin ordering the shirts this week. Shirts will be sent to backers with their physical copies of the books.
 

CC and Surveys

If you have yet to fill out your survey, please do so now. Also, I’ve had a few credit cards not go through when charging them. If you receive an email from backerkit stating you need to update your payment method, please do so. 



Phew! 😮‍💨 That was A LOT! If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to reach out!

How Embarrassing!
almost 2 years ago – Fri, Jun 21, 2024 at 06:54:47 AM

It was just brought to my attention there was a word missing in one of the sentences in the chapter 1 sneak peek.😅

I have since deleted that file and you can read the corrected one here. 

A huge thank you to the backer who caught that!😊

Survey Reminder and Publishing Update
almost 2 years ago – Thu, Jun 20, 2024 at 10:14:04 PM

Hi lovely backers!

I have had 62 out of 79 backers fill out their surveys! 🥳🥳For the 17 of you who haven't, you can click here to get your survey. 

Please have all surveys filled out within the next week. The sooner I have surveys completed, the sooner I can order all your wonderful goodies and send ebook copies to you!

Now for some exciting news! I have just completed formatting Oaths of Shadows and have sent it off to my editor for one final run through. This means ebook copies will be sent out and I will be ordering physical copies of OoS in the next few weeks!

To tide you over until then, I wanted to share the first chapter (with the physical copy formatting). Click here to read the first chapter!

What do you think? Should I share more? 😉

Backer Surveys, Preorders, and more!
almost 2 years ago – Fri, Jun 14, 2024 at 09:20:27 AM

I wanted to let you all know I haven’t forgotten about the surveys! It’s been a crazy few weeks but I finally have them ready to send out. You can now expect to receive your survey from Backerkit within the next few days!

Reminder, shipping has yet to be charged but will be with the survey.

Also, I have set up a preorder store on Backerkit. Feel free to check it out and, if you know someone who missed out on the campaign, I would love for you to share the link with them!

https://bit.ly/Vendichronicles

I have ordered all the copies of WoA and should have OoS ready to be sent to the printer by the end of June. It’s currently with the proofreader. Once I receive it back from them, I will format the book then have them look it over one last time. It’s SO close to being completed!

The art for the overlays is halfway completed and the artist is working as quickly as possible to complete the rest.

I will get shirts ordered as soon as surveys are completed.

Thank you all again for your patience and support!

-KL Hester

We Did It!
about 2 years ago – Thu, May 23, 2024 at 01:42:34 PM

Woohoo!

Thank you all so much for your support and backing this project! If it hasn't happened yet, your choice of payment should be charged for the amount you pledged. Just a reminder, taxes and shipping will be charged via backerkit at a later date. I will be finishing setting up backerkit on my end this weekend and getting surveys and other items sent out within the next week or so.

Again, thank you so much! Seeing how many believe in these stories and characters makes my author heart so happy!

-KL Hester