Leif & Thorn

Earlier today, I sent the final "you have 48 hours to edit your answers" email to the Leif & Thorn Volume 6 surveys. After that, you'll only be able to update your shipping address!

After the orders are locked, I'll start charging credit cards. And you'll start getting download links for whatever ebook(s) you ordered.

In the meantime! BackerKit has a feature where you can make part of a post backer-exclusive, instead of "all of the post, or none of it." So I'm going to go ahead and share the Backer-Exclusive Wallpaper Download Links below, and we'll see how this feature works in action.

1) Mini-print proof is here! Very shiny, very warm, looks great all around.

2) All Early Bird sketches are finished. If you got one, here's how to see it. (If your link is broken somehow, comment and let me know.)

3) Survey deadline is December 31. Same as it was for Volume 5. If you fill it out later, you can still get most of the rewards -- you just won't be in time to get your name in the thank-you page/post.

At this rate, I should have your Volume 6 ebooks ready for download in early January. (Maybe earlier, if the last few backers answer sooner! But if that's you, no rush -- I still have the "Previously On..." page to finish.)

1) Backer surveys are 75% in -- and I'm almost caught up on drawing Early Bird sketches!

If you got one, and you filled out the survey before Sunday afternoon, open it again and check your confirmation page. You should see the art link added to the "Special Notes" section:



These notes are specific to your survey, so until the ebook comes out, you're the only person who gets to see the link. (Unless you want to show it to someone else, of course!)

There's still half a dozen of you who haven't sent in your prompts yet. And, uh...no rush. I still have to finish up other things about the book (such as the "Previously On" and the character profiles), so giving me extra time for that is totally fine.

2) Speaking of other things about the book:

I posted on the Leif & Thorn website about the transparency effects in the time-loop arc, and different ways I could translate that into print.

If you're all caught up on the strip, give it a look!

(If not -- tread carefully, the post has serious spoilers.)

- Erin

...And more than half of you have already sent yours back. Amazing.

For the rest: If you can't find the email, or need a new copy, use the "Lost my survey?" button on this page.

If you have other questions, BackerKit has a whole FAQ already written up. And if your answer isn't there, the project's official Contact Support page is the best way to reach out.

With that, I'm off to work on the first batch of Early Bird sketches!

- Erin

The proof version of the Volume 6 mini-print is on its way! Here's how the art will look:



And I went ahead and got it on the shimmery card stock, because I've done that the past few years and really liked how it looks.

Shipping costs update:

Turns out, BackerKit's "charge the backers exactly what you pay to ship their packages, and delay it all the way until the day you put them in the mail" feature is still in beta! And I've already experimented with enough new features in this campaign, I don't want to pile on one more.

So, we're just putting shipping charges in the surveys. 

Nothing fancy, nothing complicated. Those estimated costs I mentioned on the campaign page, based on country and pledge level? That's what we're charging.

One more admin check to make sure I set all that up right, then you'll start getting the surveys in your inboxes. (Hopefully on Wednesday! ...More likely on Thursday.)

Also -- everyone whose pledge includes physical books, I threw in a little bonus for you. Stay tuned.

- Erin