![]() ![]() The Green Ember is for every age group, except babies (I know this, man. When you back the book, it makes everything easier and removes obstacles to us doing this the way we believe it should be done (illustrations, hard cover, etc). I would have to sell more books than I’m going to sell in order to make anything close minimum wage, but that’s not what it’s about. Many of you know that (almost) anyone who does this for the money is insane. You’ll be helping me launch my career as an author. But even just getting the $15 paperback copy is great! Christmas presents? Check.ĩ. Those obviously help us out a bunch and are too pricy for many. The Green Ember makes a great Christmas present. If you order through the Kickstarter, you can go ahead and take care of Christmas presents because it will all be at your house in time! If you want to give a bunch as gifts, there’s a higher tier where you can get ten extra copies along with most of the other stuff from the high tiers. “A captivating story with sword-bearing rabbits, daring quests, and moments of poignant beauty, The Green Ember is a tale that will delight and inspire young readers to courage and creativity and would make a perfect book for a family to read aloud.”Ĩ. (Do you have Read for the Heart?You should.) She knows children’s books and books for families. Sarah Clarkson said this about The Green Ember. This project pushes us further into that kind of work.ħ. We want to do things in the flesh, like conferences serving a few hundred kids in person. We love the web stuff, but we want to do things you can feel and touch in the real world, like books. We had a conference last year, Inkwell, and thanks to a great team it was an incredible success! We are firmly hooked on incarnational endeavors. Andrew Mackay, my amazing partner at Story Warren and a veteran of publishing, has been working a long time on his own publishing company. (The version with his illustrations will only be available during this Kickstarter.) My daughter also did something cool that backers will receive, though it’s not listed in the rewards. My 9 year old son illustrated a companion book available in some of the packages. The kids have been involved from day one as audience, editors, and biggest supporters, urging me on. Randall Goodgame sings with his wife and kids, Andrew Peterson has his family band, and I’ve always had a soft spot for family endeavors like that. I love his illustrations and the cover art he made. The man is a wonder and it was wonderful to partner with him on this project. Some of you met him and heard him talk at Hutchmoot. He’s an incredible illustrator and kind of a genius. We saw a lot of enthusiasm as we met our initial goal in 19 hours! It’s been a hoot.Ĥ. We had so many friends from all over eager to support the project, including some fine Rabbit Roomers. Without a celebrity name to trade on (no one’s paying to have coffee with, or get a phone call from me) and without celebrity cheerleaders (unless you count early enthusiasts Randall Goodgame and Jonathan Rogers…and I should) or much organization (outside of a few in the Story Warren team), we’ve managed to make a little dent. Made my decade!) Kickstarter has been bullish on our presentation since day one. (Including this amazing kid in Tennessee whose dad sent me a video of his excitement after he finished the book. But we’ve had great feedback from our early readers and everyone who has read it has loved it. OK, not very many people have read the book. ![]() And if that carries over a little bit outside our family, I’ll be delighted.ģ. That may not mean much, but I hope that means it’s a story shaped by real interaction with real children I love. ![]() So, it’s a tale that grew in the years of telling it to my kids. I didn’t write a rabbit story because of The Rabbit Room, or Story Warren, this story goes back long before either existed. I began the stories that eventually became The Green Ember on our porch, telling our then-toddler tales of the rabbits that dashed around our yard. It’s a story that grew out of our family life together. My dear friend Brian Patton made it and he’s the man. It has a cool part you’ll want to stay tuned for. But it’s a good video, I think, and I’m pleased with it. It’s a little long, yes, attention spans on-line being what they are (or aren’t). ![]() Why should you back The Green Ember on Kickstarter?ġ. Spurgeon’s General Warning: Thinly-disguised bragging follows and bragging cometh of pride, which is deadly. Like charismatic church services, these follow no particular order. I’m going with a gimmick that involves what Math “People” call “Numerical Collisioning.” You’ll see at the end. OK, eleventy would be too many, so let me just admit up front that the headline was designed to suck you in. ![]()
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