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Kickstarter – The Seven Sisters’ Fairytales

If you have been following my blog for a while, you have probably read at least one of the posts in my Fairytale Series. I have called in my “fun” project, my palate cleanser in between working on other books for my Stolen Away and An Affinity for the Dead series. But I can’t say that any longer. Not that it isn’t still a fun project, but now it has taken center stage.

If you’re like me, these familiar words began many a treasured tale read throughout childhood and beyond—tales of love and loyalty, quests and curses, and above all else, determination.

I have gathered all the fairytales that I posted here and created The Seven Sisters’ Fairytales, a small collection of seven whimsical fairytales inspired by those much beloved classic stories from the golden age of folk and fairy tales.

For this campaign, the book will be available in both a paperback and a short-run, signed and numbered, limited deluxe hardbound edition. Both will be slightly larger than average at 7.5in X 9.25 in with over 20 illustrations throughout. The limited edition will be a cloth-covered hardbound book with a foil-stamped cover and 5 additional color illustrations not found in the paperback edition. It will truly be limited. Signed and numbered by me, they will be the only ones of their kind. I will never do another run of this edition.  

More fun stuff

I had a lot of fun designing the extras for this campaign. I kept to things I use myself like totes, stickers, and bookmarks. The designs for the simple totes will probably look pretty familiar to you.

The fairytale totes are large, sturdy totes printed on both sides with artwork from The Seven Sisters’ Fairytales book. On one side will be one of the designs shown below, and on the other a black and white version of the Seven Sisters’ cover with the Lapis Moon Publishing Sleeping Mooncat logo. (logo can be seen on the simple totes)

The designs are still being finalized, so if you have a suggestion for what illustration you would like to see, let me know! You can find the concepts for some of them here, in Artwork & Illustrations, or by reading the stories in my Fairytale Series, the first of which is Daughter of the Sea.

Plan and Schedule

All the content for the book is complete, save for a tweak here and there. I am currently in the process of laying the book out and researching which print house to use for the Limited deluxe edition. I plan to have the paperback edition, bookmarks, and totes ready to send out by the end of November and no later than December 1st of this year. The Limited deluxe edition’s timing is a little trickier to predict since most have a 6 -7 week turnaround. 

The Seven Sisters’ Fairytales is my seventh book, something I didn’t even realize until I was putting together my Kickstarter campaign. If you enjoyed reading my fairytales here, and want to see them in all their published and illustrated glory, then go to my Kickstarter page and sign up to be notified when the campaign begins – which will be on September 22, the first day of autumn. My favorite season and the best time of year for fairytales, don’t you agree?

Keep an eye out for updates which I will post here.