Blade's Edge: An Independent Novel
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An independently produced fantasy novel, featuring badass female main characters, inspired by feudal Japanese samurai culture
Backers: 92
Average Pledge Per Backer: $52
Funded: $4,811 of $4,500
Dates: Sep 8th -> Oct 8th (30 days)
Project By: Virginia McClain
Backers: 92
Average Pledge Per Backer: $52
Funded: $4,811 of $4,500
Dates: Sep 8th -> Oct 8th (30 days)
Project By: Virginia McClain
$4,811
current pledge level
Last Updated: October 8 @ 12:04 -0400 GMT
106%
of goal
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Latest News
Stretch goal #2 unlocked and how to do add-ons! 
October 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Ok folks. Sorry for yet another update, but this one is time sensitive so I thought it should go up as soon as possible. First of all, my apologies. I hate to admit it, but I never really believed we'd get to the stretch goals and add-ons phase so... (Read More)
Updated Budget and Stretch Goals
October 7th - via: kickstarter.com
Sorry to barrage your inbox with updates today. I promise this flurry of activity is reserved for days when we do amazing things, like break the 100% mark, or release the actual book etc. And, considering how long we have between now and the book's... (Read More)
Shameless Dance of Joy
October 7th - via: kickstarter.com
You'll need an HTML5 capable browser to see this content. Play 00:00 00:00 (Read More)
100%!!! This is really happening!!!
October 7th - via: kickstarter.com
ACK!!! We did it! WE DID IT! WEDIDITWEDIDITWEDIDIT!!!! Umm... I'm suffering from a horrible case of all caps and extraneous punctuation. I'm not sure how to control it. I'm not sure I want to. WEDIDITWEDIDITWEDIDIT!!!!! BLADE'S EDGE IS GOING TO BE A... (Read More)
Revision Details
October 6th - via: kickstarter.com
**WARNING** The following video is over 8 minutes long and is ENTIRELY about revision (ok the first 45 seconds or so talk about why I'm wearing a hat- but other than that...)! If you don't want to know a lot of details about the revision process for... (Read More)
95%!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
October 5th - via: kickstarter.com
Apparently, 95% funding causes a serious overuse of exclamation marks. This is a serious affliction. I caution against it. AHHHHHH!!!!!! 95%!!!!!!! Yay!!!!! Ahem... As I said. I'd better switch to video to save you from any further unnecessary... (Read More)
90%!!!! (Well ok, 89.95% but still...)
October 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey folks, It's a busy Saturday and I'm about to head off to a volunteer gig in a bit, so no time to make a video update, but we've gained a few backers over the past 24 hours and are now up to 90% funding! (Ok, technically we're $2 shy of 90% but... (Read More)
Oh yeah, that was definitely a surge!
October 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
For those who can't watch the video: we have gone from 57% yesterday morning to 83% this morning! Woot!!! Yesterday morning it felt like maybe this wasn't going to happen. Today it feels like it couldn't possibly fail. It ain't over til the diva... (Read More)
57%... Do I detect a surge?
September 30th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey folks, cool things to keep on top of: 1. We're up to 57% funding. Sweet! I'm keeping my fingers crossed that this marks the beginning of an upswing. If you'd like to help make sure it's so, please share the link to this project with anyone you... (Read More)
Blade's Edge Finishes on Jukepop!!
September 30th - via: kickstarter.com
For those who can't watch video: Last night I posted the two final chapters of Blade's Edge to the Jukepop Serials website. Which means... The serial (and consquently the second revision) is finished!!!!! This draft reduced the original draft from... (Read More)
End of Week Three...
September 29th - via: kickstarter.com
OOOOHHHH WE'RE HALF WAY THERE, OOOHHHHH LIVIN' ON A PRAYER!! Well, I didn't sing it, so you can't complain. But if anyone DOES want to hear me sing some Bon Jovi, or anything else, I promise to take requests and post videos to the top five requested... (Read More)
End of Week Two!
September 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Hey folks, here's a little video update for you! Just FYI though, the video was filmed earlier this afternoon and since then there has been some news. We are now up to 45% backed, and we have 42 backers. I'm sure most of you know that 42 is the... (Read More)
Bookmarks?
September 18th - via: kickstarter.com
BOOKMARKS!!! Everyone loves bookmarks! For now they will be launch materials, but if we hit 60% by the end of this week I will include them in all of the signed copies of the books! (I will see about adding them as add-ons at the end so that anyone... (Read More)
Week one, done! Off to a nice push for week two!
September 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Well hey there, backers! Another Blade's Edge chapter went up on Friday, for those that are interested. If all goes as planned there will be one more chapter up today, another one tomorrow and one more on Friday. Yay, bonus chapters! Blade's Edge... (Read More)
The Video that Tried Really Hard Not to Let Me Post It!!!
September 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Technical difficulties abounded today, but perseverance finally paid off! Whew. Enjoy! (Read More)
Day one complete! Project an international phenomenon!
September 8th - via: kickstarter.com
It's fun to say things like that. It seems like an exaggeration, but truly, out of sixteen backers so far six are from outside of the US, and all of them are from different countries. Not bad. In addition we've reached 25% of our funding goal in a... (Read More)
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