Sweeter than Silence Delivered!
6 months ago
– Mon, Oct 30, 2023 at 06:09:58 PM
Sweeter than Silence DELIVERED!
First and foremost, a heartfelt thank you to all 58 of you who ordered Sweeter than Silence. We're excited to let you know that a downloadable PDF is now available and a link has been dispatched to your email inbox.
Right at the end of editing Sweeter than Silence, we hit an unexpected snag. We realized one of the chapters had content that could be perceived as a public disclosure of an invention. To safeguard the integrity of our work, we sought legal advice and proceeded with filing a patent. We're pleased to share that the patent has now been filed, clearing the way for us to share this book with you, unabridged, with ALL the awesome content we wanted to include.
I can't express enough how proud and passionate I am about Sweeter than Silence. I genuinely hope you relish every page. Everyone who bought the digital e-book during this campaign is welcome to print one copy. The PDF is set up for printing on standard 8.5x11" at home.
If you'd like a hardcover of Sweeter than Silence, please follow this preview for its upcoming Kickstarter, set to launch once we've addressed all remaining rewards on our current project.
Other Updates & Reminders:
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We dispatched all physical card rewards (A, B, leather boxes, etc) in March & April. If you have any questions or concerns about your order, please don't hesitate to reach out either in the comments below or at [email protected].
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Issue #3 was launched in March. We're nearing completion on Issue #4 "Maps & Biomes". After we finish Issue #4, we're planning to merge Issues 5 & 6 (Fairy Tales + Collaboration) into a single issue to massively speed up production. To simplify fair delivery, all backers will get all the e-zines.
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The Flavors deck is finished!🥳 All 50 cards need to be uploaded to our mobile app, which requires a fresh app update. We're working on this and will send the new cards out asap, with a handful of app fixes at the same time, like correcting the app's Pack A art to V2 editions. Fear + additional Travel cards will be uploaded at the same time.
Once again, thank you for your trust, patience, and support. Happy reading!
Box Production Finishing Today!
about 1 year ago
– Tue, Feb 28, 2023 at 03:02:19 PM
Production Finishes Today! 🥳🥳🥳
Production is finishing up for your long-anticipated rewards, and our liaison just informed us that the 500 leather boxes we ordered will be done today.
Shipping = 25 days (+/- a few days for customs)
This means we will be able to ship all remaining Kickstarter orders right at the end of March!
We always request factory photos as part of our sourcing due diligence, to help ensure safe working conditions for partners across the globe. Please enjoy these images of your lovely boxes in their final production stages!
We hope you're excited for these boxes! We had fun showing the production sample off at Superstars a few weeks ago. 😁 We're also happy to report that the box holds up to being kicked around in a backpack. I've taken my sample box on eight flights so far, (carrying it in my backpack for three weeks) and it's no worse for the wear.
App Status Feed:
Want to check the current app status? We set up a live status feed on our Discord channel. When we catch bugs affecting multiple users, we post a report within the hour.
Check it out here: https://discord.gg/2bEmcEUdUt
We'll announce the Android app launch there when it goes live.
iOS APP LAUNCH! + Issue #1 printed
about 1 year ago
– Tue, Jan 31, 2023 at 05:26:30 PM
iOS App Approval 🍏
Our app is LIVE on Apple's store. Download here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mythulu-creation-cards/id1442867455
🐛 Report bugs here: https://discord.gg/H445VtZR
One user has reported a cache bug that's making some of the art for expansion packs very slow to appear. We're looking into the cause. If you're experiencing the same issue as another user, it's still worthwhile to let us know. When multiple users experience the same hiccup, it increases the issue's priority and helps us fix it faster.
If you like the app update, please leave a review on Apple's app store! Our reviews got trashed during this three-year lull between app updates, which we totally deserved. We're committed to regular updates from here on (quarterly at minimum). We're already mapping out issues and improvements for Q2. If you're seeing progress, please put in a good word! 🥰
Our Android app is ready but not live yet. It's all packaged but we're missing a signing key: a final, simple, essential step for publishing the app and having it register as the same app. We've submitted a help request with Google Dev support and have been told they'll get back to us within 2 days.
E-Decks: Status of 🌹Love & Horror💀
Your Love stretch reward e-deck is LIVE! 😍 25 new cards about rich relationships and human connection. Hope and transformation. Expectation and sacrifice. It covers the highs and the lows, both heartbreak and heaven. It focuses on romantic love but has also been written with other types of mature, meaningful devotion in mind.
We will release Horror with Android.
Your Kickstarter digital rewards have been automatically applied to your app user. In fact, we painstakingly went through spreadsheets and compared backer survey responses with pre-existing user accounts.
Need help accessing your account? Visit our Discord #help channel: https://discord.gg/zHbGkZZZQr
Magazine Issues printing! 🥳
After adding 6 pages of content to meet Amazon KDP's minimum for color printing, we sent Issue #1 to print last week. Author copies take 2-3 weeks to arrive. We're expecting them on our doorstep by Feb 6th.
We've confirmed print alignments for Issue #3. Steam v. Substance is probably only 5-8 hours of work away from going to print. I'm juggling this task with convention prep (speeches, flights, reservations), customer service management, and app content management.
Our main bottleneck has been wrestling editorial workflows. Our editorial team cannot get InCopy and InDesign to cooperate, which means only one person can make edits at a time. For future issues, we're working through CLMP (Community of Literary Magazine and Presses) to find a mentor or consultant who can help our team implement industry-standard editorial workflows.
"Writing with A.I." Livestream
One of our Company's values is EFFICIENCY: "Strive to reduce wasted effort everywhere. Embrace technology as a creativity-enhancing tool and a dare to improve ourselves." A.I. is a sensitive issue, with complex legal and ethical questions unanswered right now. To help alleviate confusion and angst around this year's massive industry changes, We hosted a live stream today on writing with A.I.
Since ChatGPT launched, we've tested it heavily, producing everything from bonus chapters, email funnels, speeches, and ad copy to fifty pages of legal documents. This snarky, detailed chatbot is Gutenberg-big, a typewriter-to-PC level change. Love it or hate it, you need to understand it.
This video covers:
- Leveraging A.I. without compromising quality
- Best uses for biggest efficiency gains
- Human elements that A.I. can't replicate—and how to maximize them.
Skip to 2:30 to get past my two minutes of stage fright. 😂😂😂
Stay Awesome!
Laura Crenshaw
and the entire Mythulu team
PS. Last week we also carefully reviewed newsletter subscription emails. Some backers said "no thanks" to our newsletter but were already subscribed through another avenue. To honor the spirit of their request, we carefully went through our lists and unsubscribed these valued introverts. 💛 We believe in offering value in every email, but if you would rather pass, we totally understand. If there's something you'd like to see us cover in our emails, shoot us a message on the Discord #suggestions channel.
