An update on the gofundme campaign - I've had one donation (and it is much appreciated) but need to raise more funds to pay off my illustrator so I can get started with a new illustrator and get my state series back on track and out there. If you can contribute or can recommend someone who can contribute, please stop by here and leave a donation. Every little bit helps get me closer to paying her off.
I've opened my TeachersPayTeachers store for my state stories to start selling in digital format. Once the first illustrator is paid off, I will be getting that series back on track with (hopefully) three republished titles this year and at least the four new ones next year and probably two to four more as well (depending on how quickly my illustrator can get things done and how quickly I can format the stories for publication). So if you have been following the Junior Geography Detective Squad (JGDS), 50-state, mystery, trivia series, please stop by the store and help me build my followers. Also, please help spread the word to all teachers (especially social studies teachers) and homeschoolers that you know who would like to supplement their social studies curriculum with a fun state mystery series. The files include the book specific study guides, all for one low price. You can find my TpT store here and the more followers I have the better as you will receive updates when new items are added to the store.
The last thing is the Decatur Book Festival - the place I got my start when the first state story was first published under a publisher. I've wanted to participate several years since then but haven't been able to afford it. This year I get to participate with two groups so will be represented in two different booths. The Sisters in Crime Atlanta chapter has asked the Palmetto chapter (SC) and the Upstate chapter (SC) as well as the Low Country chapter (SC/GA) and a chapter in Tennessee to participate with them in a booth. I've already filled out my survey and hope to be hearing back from them soon about how they are going to do participation and what not.
I'm also a member of the YA Authors Rendezvous group and one of the members actually lives about 45 minutes from Decatur and we're going to have a YAAR booth as well; of course with the help of the other members so as to keep cost to each of us low. You can check out the group's website here and see what we have to offer. A huge variety from paranormal to children's to everything in between geared for the younger readers.
I know it sounds kind of crazy to be in two booths at the same time but here is the breakdown - The Kelly Watson stories and Imogene will be in the Sisters in Crime booth; the Kelly Watson series, A Moose in the Shower and the state stories published up to that time will be in the YAAR booth. I will also help in both booths as needed but more than likely more in the YAAR booth than the Sisters in Crime booth as I think it will be a bit crowded with all the folks who will be represented from 5 chapters (as well as the national organization being promoted) to be there. I've been ecstatic since finding out about being in Decatur again this year. I've a lot of work ahead of me in the upcoming months so I should sign off now and get some shuteye so that I can start anew tomorrow, working on my crochet projects that need completing as well as some writing projects. See you all in the postings - E :)
Showing posts with label gofundme campaigns. Show all posts
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Tuesday, February 02, 2016
Tuesday, January 12, 2016
Two Fundraising Campaigns
Hey All,
I started two gofundme fundraising campaigns Sunday morning. One is more in need of being funded immediately; the second one has roughly a 6 month time period.
First the immediate one - my youngest son is getting married in February; the soon to be daughter-in-law wants a bridal shower and my daughter, Hailie, and I are planning the bridal shower. The shower is to be held 5 days before the wedding (wedding date is February 18 with shower date February 13 - I know the Saturday before Valentine's day). With a little help from my friends and readers out there, we should be able to raise enough to host the bridal shower. I just found out last week the other Hallie's (my soon to be daughter-in-law) brother is running a gofundme campaign to pay for the wedding. So please help out. Click here to help with the bridal shower and click here to help the wedding campaign.
The other campaign I'm running is to help pay off my prior illustrator as I have gotten in arrears and need to clear her up before moving on to the new illustrator (at a much better cost to me and probably one I'll campaign to fund later as the need arises once this first one is cleared up). I'm running it through June and hopefully will be able to start around August with the new illustrator so I can get the 50-state mystery series back on track. If you have a little extra and would like to help fund that, please click here and help. Any donation will be much appreciated.
Lots of good things coming up as previously noted. I formatted the Moose story today in publisher and will probably need to do a little tweaking once I get the illustrations but I'm excited to take on this adventure with Anita Fricks.
I have one other story I'm in the processing of editing to submit to an anthology. This story was written in 2014 five days short of our supposed to be 25th anniversary and I had a meltdown and sat and wrote about 4500 words over a 2-hour period. I felt relief once I wrote the story and hadn't intended to really share it with anyone but a few special people and then I gave it to Anita and she edited it and has given me a second run through now so I have a few changes or tweaks to make to it before considering submitting it for the one anthology. This story may show up in two anthologies depending on how I feel once I've edited it. I needed to get this out of my system to move on with my life and I have. My mental health has improved since writing the story. Now to just get my physical health and finances back on track I'll be good as gold or right as rain.
Thank you all for continuing to follow me even though I haven't been a regular poster. You all are truly angels in my life just for believing in my books. If you haven't already picked up a copy of The Ties of Time, the second in the Kelly Watson YA Paranormal Mystery series, it is available in all formats except audible, which is the next thing on my list once I have cleared a few other projects out.
Please pass the word about my fundraising campaigns and thank you all in advance for helping out anyway you can. See you all in the postings. Mrs. E :)
I started two gofundme fundraising campaigns Sunday morning. One is more in need of being funded immediately; the second one has roughly a 6 month time period.
First the immediate one - my youngest son is getting married in February; the soon to be daughter-in-law wants a bridal shower and my daughter, Hailie, and I are planning the bridal shower. The shower is to be held 5 days before the wedding (wedding date is February 18 with shower date February 13 - I know the Saturday before Valentine's day). With a little help from my friends and readers out there, we should be able to raise enough to host the bridal shower. I just found out last week the other Hallie's (my soon to be daughter-in-law) brother is running a gofundme campaign to pay for the wedding. So please help out. Click here to help with the bridal shower and click here to help the wedding campaign.
The other campaign I'm running is to help pay off my prior illustrator as I have gotten in arrears and need to clear her up before moving on to the new illustrator (at a much better cost to me and probably one I'll campaign to fund later as the need arises once this first one is cleared up). I'm running it through June and hopefully will be able to start around August with the new illustrator so I can get the 50-state mystery series back on track. If you have a little extra and would like to help fund that, please click here and help. Any donation will be much appreciated.
Lots of good things coming up as previously noted. I formatted the Moose story today in publisher and will probably need to do a little tweaking once I get the illustrations but I'm excited to take on this adventure with Anita Fricks.
I have one other story I'm in the processing of editing to submit to an anthology. This story was written in 2014 five days short of our supposed to be 25th anniversary and I had a meltdown and sat and wrote about 4500 words over a 2-hour period. I felt relief once I wrote the story and hadn't intended to really share it with anyone but a few special people and then I gave it to Anita and she edited it and has given me a second run through now so I have a few changes or tweaks to make to it before considering submitting it for the one anthology. This story may show up in two anthologies depending on how I feel once I've edited it. I needed to get this out of my system to move on with my life and I have. My mental health has improved since writing the story. Now to just get my physical health and finances back on track I'll be good as gold or right as rain.
Thank you all for continuing to follow me even though I haven't been a regular poster. You all are truly angels in my life just for believing in my books. If you haven't already picked up a copy of The Ties of Time, the second in the Kelly Watson YA Paranormal Mystery series, it is available in all formats except audible, which is the next thing on my list once I have cleared a few other projects out.
Please pass the word about my fundraising campaigns and thank you all in advance for helping out anyway you can. See you all in the postings. Mrs. E :)
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