Prophecy of Convergence: Romantic Fantasy Deluxe Hardback

Houston we have a slight problem...
8 months ago – Mon, Oct 27, 2025 at 03:06:18 PM

And I'm trying to fix it the best I can...

I'm having some difficulties with the main cover for this book (character cover). The cover designer let me know she had a computer malfunction and lost a portion of her original working files for some of her client work. Unfortunately, Prophecy of Convergence's cover was caught up in this.

This causes a lot of issues, especially when it comes to the deluxe upgrade as those original files are needed in order to make some of my promised extras possible, but also impacts the main retail editions as well. I'm beyond frustrated with the situation, and have to figure out if there's a way to salvage this cover or if I'm going to have to look into a different cover option with other designers. This second option adds a whole load of difficulties between timeline availabilities, your expectations, and making sure I'm holding up my promises of the end product that is just so daunting, that I would hate to have to go that route, but it might have to be the one I take. I'm not sure.

On top of this, I'm trying to navigate an emergency with my cat who I had to rush to the hospital after he had a seizure. (He's stable and recovering, we're still not 100% sure what caused it, but he is healing and being held there until we know for sure what's up.)

So, things are a bit of a mess right now. I'm trying to figure out how to fix it. I don't know how I'm going to. But I will. I just need to panic first. Then I'll cry and rage (again). Then I'll pull up my big girl pants and get it figured out.

I wanted to give transparency, and will continue to do so as I navigate this situation.

Art and Cover update + Survey
8 months ago – Fri, Oct 24, 2025 at 06:37:56 AM

Hey everyone, I've got an exciting update to share. Two of the four remaining illustrations completed, and I received the final files of one of the book covers. I also have an update on survey status.

Survey Update

I'm finally moving forward with the survey and pledge manager. The weirdness I was having has cleared up so that's good. I will be working on finalizing things within the next week if all goes smooth the rest of the way. There's a whole approval process that KS does with this when I'm ready to submit, and since this is the first time I'm doing this through KS I don't know how long that will take.

I'll give you a heads up of course before the survey officially goes out, but this is the pre-warning that it's coming.

What to expect: The survey should be fairly easy and straight forward. All the questions I've set up will be needed to to aid me with fulfillment later. There will also be a collection for sales tax/vat, outstanding shipping fees, and opportunities for people to add to pledges if you want any last minute adjustments.

We are one step closer to begin fulfillment. There's definitely a few outstanding things holding us up because of the stretch goals we reached (reminder, all fulfilment is waiting on the last illustrations to complete before I can finalize book files, including the eBook), but we're almost there. I am also looking into finally ordering in merch like stickers, and pins and such, so those will all be ready to go by the time the books a ready to print.

Book cover

The symbol cover for Prophecy of Convergence now has officially completed its round of paperback and hardback hard case creation. It's beautiful, and I wanted to share it with you all.

I am still waiting on the character based cover from my other designer. Hopefully I will be hearing from her soon.

Illustrations

It's reveal time for the Xalanath and chapter 8 scene illustration. If you would rather not be spoiled and wait until you get your book/art prints to see for yourself, stop reading this update now because there's nothing left to read for an update. Galinndan and Orsik are starting to be worked on now.

But if you're as excited as me to see the art reveal for Xalanath as well as the scene from chapter 8, keep on staring at the screen and scroll!

What do you think?

Slowly making progress in the background
10 months ago – Tue, Sep 16, 2025 at 02:32:25 PM

Hey everyone,

I didn't realize how much time has passed since my last update, and while I know I said things would be quiet for a bit as things were worked on in the background, you're still owed updates.

Status of survey and final shipping payment

I've had a few inquiries about this. It's been a bit of a complicated situation I didn't anticipate. Backerkit it was easy for me to get things set up with my last campaign, but there's been some unexpected snags with Kickstarter's Pledge manager that I've been waiting on to clear up.

Unbeknownst to me when I enabled the feature, Kickstarter didn't allow me to send surveys while I had pledge over time payments processing. Not the worst issue, but it would have been nice to know this when I set up expectations for everyone. Those have all recently finished processing final payments, so this is no longer a hang-up.

The processing delay did end up being a blessing in disguise, as there's been some weirdness with Kickstarter's new pledge manager that I refused to continue with until it was sorted out. I'm hoping this will be worked through very soon, and we can proceed within the next few weeks so that any pending shipping fees aren't hanging over anyone's heads for much longer.

Status of eBook

Besides the survey hang up, the ebook has been delayed on top of that as I promised illustrations inside as part of this KS offer over the retail edition, and that includes the stretch goal artwork is completed. The moment those are complete, and surveys have been filled out, I'll be doing the digital fulfillment quickly.

Status of artwork

This one has been the biggest hold up. Normally it takes about a month for each image to be completed, but things are taking a little longer than normal. There was a small hiccup IRL for my artist but things have recently gotten back on track.

Xal's image and the scene image between him and Avi are nearly complete. Below are the most recent WIP updates I've gotten. We're expecting them to finish in the next two weeks. 

Gal and Orsik's illustrations haven't been started yet, but they're queued up once the other two images complete.

Due to the delay, I'm expecting we're likely at least another 2 months out before they're all complete and we can proceed. I'll provide more updates as art finishes, when the survey is expected to be ready and sent out, and all that fun stuff.

If you have any questions/concerns please don't hesitate to reach out either via a PM or commenting on these updates, and I'll provide an answer to the best of my ability.

Update: One Illustration complete
12 months ago – Wed, Jul 09, 2025 at 01:23:44 PM

Hey everyone,

I'm working quietly in the background getting things in motion. I'm doing one more pass in the manuscript for any more issues that need last minute adjustments, then it'll head off for formatting (and will wait in that stage for a bit while the illustrations are finished).

I'm also trying to figure out the character glossary. I've been trying to decide the best way to do it. I'm open to input, so if there's a particular feature in a glossary you like, feel free to comment here for me mull over.

Illustrations are moving along. My artist Maerel said I should be seeing some sketches for Xalanath and the chapter 8 scene next week hopefully. I also got the final image of Temperance. Take a look!

Stunning, isn't it? So much detail, so many amazing little pieces to love about it. Let me know what you think!

I'll update again when I've got more to share.

Last day to fix payments
about 1 year ago – Tue, Jun 24, 2025 at 04:56:32 AM

Hey everyone!

I'm just making an update as a reminder, that today is the last day to fix failed payments before Kickstarter drops you as a backer. So, please double check your payment status and fix your cards ASAP if you still want your pledge!