May. The month of review. For those of you who are following our progress, have donated to getting the book published, or who have submitted an essay or photograph we wanted to let you know where we're at and how things are progressing.
First, essay review! Our editors are hard at work reviewing the essays that were submitted. Each essay will be read by a few editors who will then come back with their thoughts on it. All of these will be compiled and then discussion had on which essays will be immediately accepted, which will need some work, and which we won't, unfortunately, be using at this time. We had hoped to be doing this in April but had extended the deadline and given that all of the editors are busy with full-time other jobs (one is graduating from Harvard, one is moving to Jerusalem, one is moving to Pakistan) we've decided to use all of May for the first review and give the essays the due time they deserve. If you submitted something expect to hear from us in June.
Second, photo review! Our photo team is taking a look at all the submissions we received and, like the above, expect to hear from us in June.
Third, donations! First, thank you to ALL who have contributed big or small you're contribution has meant that we don't really have to worry about scraping together the money for the cover design, internal design, ebook design, etc. This is fabulous. However, we're still about $1,000 short of what we need to get a website up and going and everything totally funded so we're going to go ahead and do an Indiegogo project. This is like Kickstarter but, unlike Kickstarter, they allow you to keep the entirety of your donations even if you don't get fully funded. If you have donated we'll be keeping you updated on what the money is spent on and when. More on that soon...
Please feel free to write with comments, questions or suggestions. We love having you onboard with this project!
First, essay review! Our editors are hard at work reviewing the essays that were submitted. Each essay will be read by a few editors who will then come back with their thoughts on it. All of these will be compiled and then discussion had on which essays will be immediately accepted, which will need some work, and which we won't, unfortunately, be using at this time. We had hoped to be doing this in April but had extended the deadline and given that all of the editors are busy with full-time other jobs (one is graduating from Harvard, one is moving to Jerusalem, one is moving to Pakistan) we've decided to use all of May for the first review and give the essays the due time they deserve. If you submitted something expect to hear from us in June.
Second, photo review! Our photo team is taking a look at all the submissions we received and, like the above, expect to hear from us in June.
Third, donations! First, thank you to ALL who have contributed big or small you're contribution has meant that we don't really have to worry about scraping together the money for the cover design, internal design, ebook design, etc. This is fabulous. However, we're still about $1,000 short of what we need to get a website up and going and everything totally funded so we're going to go ahead and do an Indiegogo project. This is like Kickstarter but, unlike Kickstarter, they allow you to keep the entirety of your donations even if you don't get fully funded. If you have donated we'll be keeping you updated on what the money is spent on and when. More on that soon...
Please feel free to write with comments, questions or suggestions. We love having you onboard with this project!
