Hello All!
NEWS FROM THE KICKSTARTER FRONT:
We’re nearly 70 backers strong now! Quite thrilling to see so many amazing names on the list (heroes, legends, partners in crime…). THANK YOU, THANK YOU to each of you for getting behind this. You all have such a special place in my heart right now…
It’s been an interesting experience this go around trying to manage the campaign. Feels a bit different from 5 years ago when I was first setting out to sea. Just a tiny platform among friends then—versus now, where it’s a well-oiled machine, mass spam/harassment from advertisers, so and so forth. Trying to keep it sweet, trying to keep it real…
With just 4 DAYS LEFT, we’ve still got quite a sprint to get this thing over the line. Crazier things have happened — so trying to remain positive on this end.
That said, I have just added a few higher tier reward levels, in the event that those suit some folks. Who knows —magical things at that scale often materialize in the run-up to then end. So, trying to improve the odds and see how she goes. Much crossing of fingers over here!
Any last-minute help you guys can give sharing this link around as much as possible quite literally means life or death to the project. I can only get it in front of so many eyes on my own…please take just a moment to let your friends and family know that you’re supporting this book.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU again for your belief in this thing, in me, in this story. One way or another we’ll get this made…
Back with you again shortly. Until then —
Yours,
Emily
PS. Found my little mountain town. Scenes from the workspace…
I’m still at sea.
This post is from my first voyage, sailing alone around the world from 2009 to 2015. These days I live aboard El Dorado in France and send dispatches from the boat.
Get the dispatches on Substack →
Or get real mail from the boat: the Foreign Correspondence Club.