A Christmas Wedding Story
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A project to produce a young adult novel about a twelve-year-old girl who helps a couple have their dream Christmas wedding.
Backers: 26
Average Pledge Per Backer: $40
Funded: $1,040 of $1,000
Dates: Oct 14th -> Nov 14th (32 days)
Project By: Terry F. Torrey
Backers: 26
Average Pledge Per Backer: $40
Funded: $1,040 of $1,000
Dates: Oct 14th -> Nov 14th (32 days)
Project By: Terry F. Torrey
$1,040
current pledge level
Last Updated: November 14 @ 16:16 -0500 GMT
104%
of goal
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Latest News
Day 31: Almost the end 
November 14th - via: kickstarter.com
Funded!First, today we reached full funding! Awesome! Thank you so much to everyone who supported the project. I feel so much gratitude for everyone who responded, and I'm truly humbled by your support. Ending!Also, this project is at its end. Though... (Read More)
Day 30, 1 day to go: Amazing support, and unexpected bonus time
November 13th - via: kickstarter.com
This was probably the most incredible day of the project. The writing is at the end of the book, with probably 10,000 words left to go, and the book is turning out pretty good. I'm very happy with it, and I don't see a problem with getting the rest... (Read More)
Day 29, 2 days to go: All out of cliches
November 12th - via: kickstarter.com
I woke up this morning with the story at the beginning of Chapter 15 of 24. I didn't start early, and I was distracted by the parade, but I worked late. Now, 10,022 words later, we are at the end of Chapter 18. Six chapters to go. Two days left. Can... (Read More)
Day 28, 3 days to go: Down to the wire
November 11th - via: kickstarter.com
It was another day of over-commitment and under-creation. The words are still flowing, but not quickly enough. Thankfully, our only commitment tomorrow is to write like the wind. And the parade. Also, today we removed the reward tiers for helping to... (Read More)
Day 27, 4 days to go: Down the stretch
November 10th - via: kickstarter.com
If I haven't made a mistake, I've at least made things about as hard for us as I could. Take today, for instance. What I needed was a full day of writing. However, I had overlooked several obligations: groceries, volunteer work, medical assistance,... (Read More)
Day 26, 5 days to go: The road ahead
November 9th - via: kickstarter.com
It was another day of slow progress, unfortunately. For a while, I've been wondering what the scenes of this book are doing, as in: What should be happening? And where is this going? And what are we doing? That kind of thinking slows things down. It... (Read More)
Day 25, 6 days to go: Ugh
November 8th - via: kickstarter.com
We promised daily updates, so here it is. It's taking longer to recover than I thought, and I've been called back into volunteer service. Progress continues on the book, but slowly. This will be a big weekend. Support the project! And tell your... (Read More)
Day 24, 7 days to go: Changes
November 7th - via: kickstarter.com
Today was a long day of recovery and reflection, with only a token amount of writing done on the book. Also, today we discussed and decided changing a fundamental aspect of the book. Until this point, we've been using real locations for the... (Read More)
Day 23, 8 days to go: Volunteered
November 6th - via: kickstarter.com
Today I spent the day as a volunteer in various roles, then attending an election party, and we made only the tiniest progress on the book. We need to close this out with some big days, starting tomorrow. We'll get it done. (Read More)
Day 22, 9 days to go: Interrupted
November 5th - via: kickstarter.com
Yikes. Something unexpected required my attention, and it ate up most of my day. Though I got to the end of Chapter 13, and I think I know how the rest of this part goes (through Chapter 18), I got nowhere near my word goal. I'm supposed to have the... (Read More)
Day 21, 10 days to go: Current events
November 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Eliza and I spent quite a bit of time today exploring alternatives for the cover of our book. For my part, I am enamored with a three-panel cover design with an AI-generated picture of the wedding venue in the center. (It turns out that cover... (Read More)
Day 20, 11 days to go: Another long day
November 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
Last weekend of distraction. Hopefully.For the last while, Saturdays have been extremely busy for me. Today was no different. Despite my crowded schedule, I was able to complete my minimum word count. Here, in Chapter 13, we have the bride insisting... (Read More)
Day 19, 12 days to go: Halfway!
November 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Wrapping up Chapter 12Chapter 12 is running long, but it's for a good reason: the book is turning out to be really fun and sweet, and heartwarming. Even my co-author said so! With the other things going on in the country, my schedule is a little... (Read More)
Day 18, 13 days to go: Happy Halloween!
November 1st - via: kickstarter.com
I forgotSomehow, I forgot yesterday that today was Halloween. I got good writing done, and we developed yet another cover design, but our time together was filled mostly with a fun night of trick-or-treating with family and friends, and that took up... (Read More)
Day 17, 14 days to go: Another day, another drama
October 31st - via: kickstarter.com
Not a great start for writingI spent the first part of the day dealing with several family dramas that I won't share here. Though I managed to squeeze some production into breaks in the day, I didn't get to really sink into the work until after... (Read More)
Day 16, 15 days to go: Halfway there
October 30th - via: kickstarter.com
So much dramaFirst, I had lots of personal drama to contend with today, and that interrupted my plans for a massive writing day. Also, you may not have noticed, but there are some other distracting things going on in the country right now. I guess... (Read More)
Day 15, 16 days to go: The bride and the cover
October 29th - via: kickstarter.com
What is a bride, anyway?First, Covid seems to be in rapid retreat here, or already gone, so it was a good day. But, my problem of the day was: What kind of wedding does the bride want? There are a lot of possible answers to that question. Finding the... (Read More)
Day 14, 17 days to go: Here comes the bride
October 28th - via: kickstarter.com
Good progressToday, because I definitely have a sore throat and I almost certainly have Covid, I didn't do canvassing or some of the other things I'd planned to do, choosing instead to rest and not be a Covid distributor. I did not, however, take a... (Read More)
Day 13, 18 days to go: Steady progress, and an unexpected complication
October 27th - via: kickstarter.com
The weekend againIt's the weekend again, which lately means canvassing in the mornings, phone banking in the afternoons, and obligations in the evening, leaving precious little time for writing. This Saturday, the plans changed a little, because... (Read More)
Day 12, 19 days to go: In the groove
October 26th - via: kickstarter.com
Catching up ... slowlyIt was another good day of writing. We are now about 1/3 of the way through the book - unless it takes a turn and ends up longer than the story we currently envision. Even if it does, we should complete the book on time for... (Read More)
Day 11, 20 days to go: Treading water
October 25th - via: kickstarter.com
A regular day, unfortunatelyToday was a day of ordinary progress, about a chapter, with one problem solved, some plans to solve others, and more trouble than our characters know how to handle. It's fun. Unfortunately, what I needed was extra... (Read More)
Day 10, 21 days to go: A short day
October 24th - via: kickstarter.com
It started blankI began today with the next few chapters blank. Literally, I had no idea what might happen in the story to fill up the pages and chapters. Staring at blank page, with no idea, gave me a chill, and not in a good way. To solve the... (Read More)
Day 9, 22 days to go: A big day
October 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
Two ChaptersI needed two chapters today to get back on track, and that's what I got. It took all day, but I got it. One aspect of this story that's making it fun is that we're trying to have all our character interactions have a grumpy-sunshing... (Read More)
Day 8, 23 days to go: Recovering
October 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
A new week beginsMy weekends have been long for several months, with more and more volunteer shifts taking their toll. Lately, Mondays have been days of recovery for me, and today was no different. I have two more weekends of intense volunteer work,... (Read More)
Day 7, 24 days to go: Becoming clearer
October 21st - via: kickstarter.com
It's taking shapeMy weekends are super busy, and this weekend was no different. I'm officially behind in the writing, but I'm in a good place, and I'll catch up this week. When I started this project, I remarked that it is amazing to me how books... (Read More)
Day 6, 25 days to go: Silly season
October 20th - via: kickstarter.com
Saturday againIt's election season, and I'm helping out the best I can. On Saturdays, that means rising early and heading to the west side of town to knock on doors for Lizette, then returning to midtown to knock on more doors for Kamala, and if... (Read More)
Day 5, 26 days to go: The struggle is real!
October 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Hot off the keyboard: Chapter TwoIn which our heroine takes helpful information to the kid she met in Chapter One. I don't know why this was so hard to write, but it was. I hope it was worth it. At any rate, it's done now, and I'm on to Chapter Three... (Read More)
Day 4, 27 days to go: It's happening!
October 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Taking shape!We did so much work today! My goal was to write Chapter One. What I actually did was the Prologue, all of Chapter One, and part of Chapter Two. It's a real story. We've met the protagonist and her parents (and her cat, whose name has to... (Read More)
Day 3, 28 days to go: We've got character, drama, and more
October 17th - via: kickstarter.com
EnoughToday, Eliza and I worked to flesh out the last pieces of development we need before we can start on the first chapter: character names, character personalities, and MacGuffins. What we think we know so far is that this is the story of the... (Read More)
Day 2, 29 to go: Working through feelings
October 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Price panic!I woke up this morning with a feeling of dread: What was I thinking pricing the signed paperback at $25 and the hardcover at $35 ?! Oh, no! Isn't that too much?! Aaagh! I wasted time on this. Once things are rolling, the Kickstarter... (Read More)
Here we go!
October 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Sophomore slumpThis is my second Kickstarter project. You might think that I'd know the ropes by now, and I thought so too, but it's been a year since my last one, and so I made some mistakes. Rookie mistake #1I submitted the project yesterday, set... (Read More)
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