Space Wizard Science Fantasy: Year 4, part 2!

Hi Folks,

I just got the final art for Tea Tale today. The cover you see on the campaign was a draft placeholder, as the artist had an unfortunate incident with her drawing ipad and needed some more time to redo and finish up the art.

So here is the full wrap art in all its glory! This is an amazing cover. There are a bunch of little details to find!



This is off to get final lettering done, and then those of you who get a copy will be seeing it in real life in February when it releases!

Speaking of which, we're about 80% funded on the campaign, so we just need a little boost to get us over the top! If you've been contemplating, now's a great time to jump in. We have a subscription to all 7 books, we have a Sapphic (feminine/feminine) book package, we have an Achillean (masculine/masculine) book package, a series package with all the series continuing with this campaign, as well as mix-and-match book picks from the entire Space Wizard catalog.

We also have some great addons, like our stickers, pins, and keychains, including the just-released Sapphics Strike Back versions. We also have premium hardcover omnibuses, two custom TTRPGs, and even a discounted planning fee for Melvin's Travel Adventures (my wife's travel agency) if you're looking to book a Nerdventure somewhere!

Finally, if you're a writer looking to publish, Space Wizard is a full-service press, and we also have copy and developmental editing services available. Backing the campaign is a great way to snag one, as they're discounted from our usual rates, and have payment plans available through BackerKit! We've worked on over 60 books, so we have some experience!

And I'm not the only one who needs a final bump to cross the finish line. Check out these other awesome campaigns in The Book Bazaar!









Until next time, and thanks for helping us bring Year 4 to life!

- William C. Tracy

Hi folks!

Just a quick note to say Space Wizard is on r/Fantasy today (November 18) for an AMA! If you’ve ever had any questions about how we operate, what we publish, want to meet our authors, or anything else, come check out the thread here. Come ask questions, since we’ll be around all day. Oh, and please give the post an upvote when you get there so more people come join us!

Until next time!

 - William C. Tracy

Hi Folks,

We're at $3940 in funding, as I write, and well on the way to our full funding amount for all seven books!

Tonight, in 2 hours, come join us at 6 PM EST / 3 PM PST and hear William and Heather Tracy talk about editing! You can watch it right on our main page when it starts.

We run Space Wizard science fantasy as a full-service press, which means not only do we publish books, we also take commissions from outside authors for both developmental and copy editing services. We've put out over 60 books, so we have some practice! You can hear us talk about the process, what we do, and we might get a little worked up about our favorite editing pet peeves and grammatical errors. If you're word nerds like us, come check it out!

And if you need editing services, we've made it easy for you. You can pick a Developmental Editing pledge level, and a Copy Editing pledge level from our lead copy editor, Heather, or our assistant copy editor, Courtney! Feel free to send me a message if you have any questions about getting an edit done on your book.



I'll have another update soon!

- William C. Tracy

Hi Folks!

Thanks so much for helping bring Space Wizard Year 4 Part 2 to life! We're just one day in and already have some amazing progress. We're over $2600 already to publish the next seven queer science fiction and fantasy books!

Make sure to check out the other projects in The Book Bazaar as well. Did you know if you back 5 or more project, you'll get an anthology of different art, stories, and poems from all the backers?



Specifically, I wanted to point out Jaya! by Geetha Krishnan. If you've backed Space Wizard projects in the past, you might have gotten some emails from her campaign and wondered what was going on! Geetha is running her campaign through Space Wizard this year because she's in India and some of the integration doesn't work as well (and because she writes awesome books!). This is an omnibus of a retelling of the Indian Mahabharata, the Hindu Epic. If you haven't read it, it's an amazing mythology, and this is a great low-fantasy intro point into it.



I also want to draw your eye toward polls! We have a bunch in the campaign already, from our author interviews, so go check out:
If you want a new card game
where characters are in deep space
what's going to be on a final cover
your favorite mythical creature
what magic you would have, and
what kind of crystal you'd want in your chest!

We have a lot more cool stuff coming, including finals for two of our covers (I may have just received an email with an update, but you're going to have to wait to see it...)

Back soon with another update!

- William C. Tracy

Hello folks! This is the last author video for our Space Wizard Year 4, Part 2 Launch Party before we go live next Wednesday November 12th!

Here's a chat with Alexander Verbeek-van den Toren, who has a brand new world and young adult story for us with Corruption! It will be the second book released from this campaign, in January, so have a listen and see if this is a good book for you for the new year!

To see the video, you'll need to click through to the launch party below to see it. If you're not following the project yet, there will be a button below that says "Follow this Project" Click that, and you can sign up to see all the Launch Party content!

We have a full cover for Corruption and it's below the interview. Now, what crystal would you choose to have in your chest? Fill out the poll to see what people think!

So what are you waiting for? See the next video for Space Wizard Science Fantasy Year 4, Part 2!

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