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If you’ve spent any time in bookstagram, bookthreads, or any of the book-themed social spaces, you’ve probably seen a graphic featuring a book cover surrounded by short phrases and cutesy arrows pointing to the book. These graphics provide readers an at-a-glance summary of what themes they can expect in the book, and oftentimes these images include details that might be left out of the “official” book description, which makes them a valuable piece of a marketing plan.
You all blew my expectations out of the water when you helped me hit my initial $2,500 fundraising goal on the first day. THANK YOU. My audiobook stretch goal is another $2,000 and I’m over halfway there — but I’m not there yet.
Today’s the big day: the Kickstarter campaign for The Quiet Unraveling of Eve Ellaway (TQUEE) is live! This is my first time working with Kickstarter and I decided to try it because I want this launch to be leaps and bounds beyond what I’ve ever done before.
I’ve been working on this book for so many years that it feels a little unreal that it’s almost a real book! It’s been two years since I’ve published my last novel — my longest gap in almost a decade — so getting to reveal the cover is extra sweet!
The young adult psychological suspense manuscript I’ve talked about FOR YEARS — mostly on social media — is going to be a book! I first wrote The Other Me in 2018-19, polished it again in 2022, and it can be in your hands in February 2025.