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Breaker: Special Edition Illustrated Hardcover

Created by Amy Campbell

An LGBTQ weird western epic fantasy featuring reluctant heroes, secretive outlaws, magic, and pegasi.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Pronunciation Guide and Audio Commentary Donezo!
over 2 years ago – Sun, Aug 07, 2022 at 08:18:48 AM

Howdy all!

You'd think after finishing the rough draft of book 4 I'd take my foot off the pedal and chill but...I don't work that way. Maybe some day I'll fee like I can do that, but today is not that day. Anyway, on Saturday I re-recorded the Pronunciation Guide, and I finished recording the Audio Commentary for Breaker! Phew, that was a lot. They're not 100% done since I still need to proof them to be sure they don't have any weirdness in them. 

And hey, we're now in the final week, so that means... *drum roll*

Final Week Backer Perks! 

Final Week: ebooks Lucky Logan and Bodacious Creed plus purple Emrys phone background!

And now for a different sort of book! If you like to relieve stress by coloring or have someone in your life who enjoys fantasy critters, take a look at Animal Magica.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tanyahalesart/animal-magica-v2

It's a slog
over 2 years ago – Sat, Aug 06, 2022 at 08:32:44 AM

Hi!

It's not at all exaggerating to say that right now, the campaign is in a slog. The needle has hardly budged the last few days (though to those who did join in the last few days, thankyouthankyouthankyou!) It's hard to say right now if we're going to unlock any of the upcoming stretch goals, but I'm optimistic that we'll hit one or the other! (Both would be grand, but I'm not going to count my chickens before they're hatched.)

In bookish news, I finished the first draft of book 4, Persuader, yesterday--which left me with time to dabble on campaign stuff! I recorded the audio pronunciation guide yesterday, then when I thought it was done realized there's 5 more words that were left out of the print pronunciation guide and need to be added to both. Wah-wah-waaaaaaah

I also worked on the audio commentary, which I thought wouldn't take long to record. Boy, I was wrong. It also made me think that I should write down notes for the other books before they're too far out of my mind!

Backer Perks Ending Soon

Oh hey, and as a reminder some perks are going away soon, so if you know someone who was thinking of backing, remind them that the sooner they do so, the better! These perks are ending tonight, and the perks for the final week will be revealed tomorrow!

Perks: eBooks the Crimson Claymore and A Tribe of Kassia plus The Gutter phone background

Looking for more great books on Kickstarter?

The Kepper has dragons, airhsips, wizards, and monarchs! How cool does that sound? Check it out!

So close we can almost taste it...
over 2 years ago – Thu, Aug 04, 2022 at 07:43:22 AM

Howdy all!

We are sloooowly edging our way closer to the stretch goals. Less than $700 from unlocking the Double Trouble goal and 13 backers away from a new illustration that will be added to the book and made available for all backers to download!

We have exactly one week to go - we can do this! It's a good thing I'm almost done with the first draft of book 4...when this campaign ends it looks like I'll need some time to edit stories and hopefully add content to Breaker!


On the hunt for other Kickstarter reads?

If you like horror-type stories, take a gander at Red Sunrise! I'm not big on horror myself, but I know lots who are, and this does sound pretty interesting--I mean, what's not intriguing about a Samurai/Vampire story?

New Digital Art Pack Add-on!🐴
over 2 years ago – Mon, Aug 01, 2022 at 07:42:30 AM

Seems like folks loved the addition of Fly By Night (and the potential to have digital copies of the pegasus art), so I've made it an add-on. If you've already backed, you can add it to your pledge, if you so choose.

Pegasus digital art pack of 4 pictures

(The watermarks on the above image won't be on the end product.) 

Progress!

We are inching closer to our next stretch goals. We're now less than $900 from our next funding mark which unlocks two new goodies, and 18 backers away from our next Backer goal! Yeah! Let's do this! More exclamation points!!!


And now for something completely different...

Y'all, check out Strange Companions. I have a thing for reluctant heroes. I mean, look at how to starts off:

Just because you’re chosen, doesn’t mean you want to be

That's such a fun trope--plus, there's minotaurs! I'm 97% sure the one on the book cover is just coming in for a hug.

Week Three! New perks are unleashed!
over 2 years ago – Sun, Jul 31, 2022 at 09:28:20 AM

We're entering Week 3 of the campaign, with 11 days to go! That means it's time to unveil the week 3 Backer Perks:

ebooks: The Crimson Claymore by Craig A Price Jr, A Tribe of Kassia by Tom Leveen, and a phone background of a canyon

That's right, if you back this week (or if you've already backed!) you'll receive ebooks of The Crimson Claymore and A Tribe of Kassia, plus a snazzy phone background of The Gutter, which is much prettier than it sounds.

Flash Sale Ending Soon!

The Flash Sale ends tonight at 11:59 PM Central Time! Here's a reminder of the cool things new backers can find in it:

Flash sale graphic with black pegasus

The goodies in this time-limited tier:

  • 📕 Breaker Special Edition eBook
  • 🔈 Breaker audio commentary
  • 📚 The Ballad of Truth Sinclair & Domesticated eStory Collection
  • 🐎 Digital downloads of the 5x7 pegasus art
  • 🦄 Bonus Digital Art: Fly By Night

Stretch Goals

Don't forget that we're still stretching our way to the next set of goals! We need to hit 80 backers to unlock a new illustration (we're 21 away), and our Double Trouble goal (character art in the special edition and a new story) will be unleashed at $5000 (we're $999 away at the time of writing this).

Share the campaign with your friends to help push us onward! I have Jury Duty on Wednesday...I wonder how I could let the other jurors know while we sit around waiting. Food for thought!


And don't forget to support the other creative campaigns! I've personally backed Guild of Magic and am looking forward to these books: