NOLA: Undeaux - An Amplified Retelling of Love and Murder
A project in Greer, SC by Molly Jo Realy000days
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Hidden trauma. Uncovered secrets. Good and evil. This is New Orleans. The past never stays buried.
Backers: 60
Average Pledge Per Backer: $113
Funded: $6,762 of $6,000
Dates: Jul 14th -> Aug 13th (30 days)
Project By: Molly Jo Realy
Backers: 60
Average Pledge Per Backer: $113
Funded: $6,762 of $6,000
Dates: Jul 14th -> Aug 13th (30 days)
Project By: Molly Jo Realy
$6,762
current pledge level
Last Updated: August 13 @ 16:12 -0400 GMT
112%
of goal
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Latest News
We were (re)born for this. 
August 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Today's tallies:📚 Kickstarter: $6 shy of $6,700 (85 minutes to go!)✨✍️ Wordcount: Over 63% to completion (with one week to go!)✨ 🎶 Tonight I'm listening to Etta James. "At Last." Last night I wrote such a good a line, I had to remove... (Read More)
🌟 LAGNIAPPE UNLOCKED! 🌟
August 13th - via: kickstarter.com
🌟 We did it! 🌟Thanks to you, the book will be reborn! Now here’s the fun part: if we keep the glow going in these final hours, I get to spoil y’all with a little lagniappe ~ that “something extra” tucked into each backer package. Every... (Read More)
So this just happened.
August 12th - via: kickstarter.com
I received a delightful email a few minutes ago: "Your project just reached its funding goal, and you’re that much closer to bringing it to life. Take a moment to celebrate—you deserve it!"Today's tallies:📚 Kickstarter: Over 100% funded (16... (Read More)
24 Hours. $787 to Go. Let’s Light the Sky. ✨
August 12th - via: kickstarter.com
✨Fireflies~We’re in the home stretch. Just 24 hours remain, and we’re this close — $787 away from bringing NOLA: Undeaux to life. This is the moment where every single spark matters. A $10 pledge. A $20 boost. A share to your favorite book... (Read More)
"No price was too steep to give life an opportunity."
August 10th - via: kickstarter.com
Today's tallies:📚 Kickstarter: Over 77% funded (less than 3 days left to fund!)✨✍️ Wordcount: Over 62% to completion (with one week to go!)✨ 🎶 Tonight I'm listening to Andrew Duhon. "It'll Come Back to Me." 🌑 Southern Gothic... (Read More)
"New Orleans doesn’t just haunt you. She rewrites you."
August 8th - via: kickstarter.com
But first, an update: The laptop is working fine. Yes, I had to yell at it. Possibly give it a shake. And yes, after it woke up, I made it do its chores, clean up after itself. And then I cloned it. Today's tallies:📚 Kickstarter: Over 77%... (Read More)
Plot Twist: My Laptop Just Died. #truestory
August 7th - via: kickstarter.com
🖤 Y’all. I’m almost without words. But here goes… The last ten days? Phenomenal.NOLA: Undeaux has grown in ways I didn’t expect. The story’s deeper now—roots running through grief, resilience, and shadow. The seedling hints are... (Read More)
Is it Gothic? Maybe. But it's also something more. 🖤
August 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Is it Gothic? Maybe. But it's also something more. 🖤When I first started rewriting NOLA: Undeaux, I didn’t set out to craft a Southern Gothic novel.And yet… my editors say this is where we are. And honestly? That gives me all the... (Read More)
🔥 We’re not done yet. But we’re getting close. 🔥
August 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
I’m 60% into the rewrite of NOLA: Undeaux, and this version? It’s becoming something better than I hoped for: Something braver. Sharper. Unafraid. ✨ This isn’t a surface polish. It’s a full-body reawakening of a story that waited... (Read More)
🔥✨ First Spark: Witness the Reveal ✨🔥
August 1st - via: kickstarter.com
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Food, Fireflies, and Found Family
July 31st - via: kickstarter.com
Being in a kitchen, wherever it was, always felt like home.Cooking with friends always felt like family. Today I’m leaning into two of the novel’s most heartfelt threads: food, and found family. But first-Today's tallies:📚 Kickstarter: Over... (Read More)
This is New Orleans. The past never stays buried.
July 30th - via: kickstarter.com
This is New Orleans. The past never stays buried. Not a bad tagline, right? That's for the first edition, and I've no intention of changing it for the rewrite. But I have added An Amplified Retelling of Love and MurderandA Novel: Reimagined ✨... (Read More)
💫 Pre-Production Praise for NOLA: Undeaux - A Novel, Reimagined 💫
July 29th - via: kickstarter.com
The quote: "Leave it me to fly toward the storm instead of away from it." But first-Today's tallies:📚 Kickstarter: Over 62% funded (with 15 days left to fund!)✨✍️ Wordcount: Over 51% to completion (with a new production schedule that gives... (Read More)
Shadows, Soundtracks, and the Light We Create Together
July 26th - via: kickstarter.com
The novel: A dark, romantic suspense set in New Orleans, where secrets and trauma shape the lives of those caught in its tangled web. But first- Today's tallies:📚 Kickstarter: Over 54% funded (and it’s been less than two weeks!)✨✍️... (Read More)
A Heartfelt "Thank You" to My Little Lightning Bugs
July 21st - via: kickstarter.com
Wow. Just wow. We’ve hit over 50% of our funding goaland I’m beyond grateful to each and every one of you for helping us get this far. As I sit here reflecting on the journey so far, I can’t help but feel the warmth of your support and... (Read More)
#PROJECTWELOVE: Meet the Characters of NOLA: Undeaux
July 21st - via: kickstarter.com
It's scary to invest in a project you don't know much about. But first, a little sparkle: ✨ We’re still a “Project We Love” on Kickstarter! Today's tallies:📚 Kickstarter: Over 46% funded (and it's only been one week!)✨✍️ Wordcount:... (Read More)
"Don't drop the potato." 🥔 And other Cajun phrases.
July 19th - via: kickstarter.com
But first, We're still a "Project We Love" on Kickstarter.Today's tallies: 📚 Kickstarter: Over 43% funded (and it's only been five days!)✨✍️ Wordcount: Over 42% to completion (with two weeks to go!) ✨ Lâche pas la patate means "Don't... (Read More)
✨ Firefly Magic: NOLA: Undeaux is a Kickstarter "Project We Love" 💛
July 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Isn't that graphic gorgeous? It's a gift from Kickstarter. True story:You lit the spark, and Kickstarter noticed. I’m thrilled (and still a little speechless) to share that NOLA: Undeaux has officially been selected as a Kickstarter Project We... (Read More)
Why "NOLA: Undeaux"?
July 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Today's tallies: 📚 Kickstarter: Over 30% funded. ✨✍️ Wordcount: Over 40% to completion. ✨ Funerals and planes. Neither was a place I wanted to be, but here I was, flying away after the burial from a place I didn't want to call home, and a... (Read More)
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