The Last 24

The Blue Beacon's Kickstarter campaign nears its end.

A variation on the Cascadia Trading Company, made using Midjourney

Cascadian Chroniclers,

Our Kickstarter campaign has ~21 hours to go!

Currently, The Blue Beacon stands at $9,688 pledged and 166 backers. We blasted past our initial goal and we’re on pace to break the $10k mark by tomorrow morning. If you haven’t pledged your support yet, now’s the time!

I’m feeling very psyched to wrap this up and move on to the next stages. Those next stages include:

• Setting up a BackerKit page to continue pre-orders.

• Making small edits to the manuscript before I send my order to Gorham Printing.

• Changing the book cover option from glossy to matte.

I’m also blasting out Reels to practice my filmmaking and share updates on where this process is at. Here’s one about the most intriguing characters in The Blue Beacon…

Jordan Green

Jordan Green on Instagram: “30 hours left in The Blue Beacon’s Kickstarter campaign so I’m bringing a new video on the most intriguing characters in the book and some of their inspirations. Follow the link in bio to support the book today! #thebluebeacon #cascadiachronicles #authorsofinstagram #pnw #novels #middlegradebooks #adventurestories #fantasybooks”

June 28, 2023

And here’s another talking about a change I’m making to the cover.

Jordan Green

Jordan Green on Instagram: “The Blue Beacon Kickstarter enters its last 24 hours! Man, what a journey the last month’s been. I’m so happy this was a success and we’re only $500 away from hitting $10k. Also, there’s a little announcement in here about the cover. Should be a fun last day. Onward to the end of the campaign! #thebluebeacon #cascadiachronicles #authorsofinstagram #pnw #novels #middlegradebooks #adventurestories #fantasybooks #kickstarter #kickstartercampaign #oregonwriter #portlandwriters #portlandoregon”

June 28, 2023

And I don’t know if I’ve ever sent you the short trailer for this book but it’s one of my favorite things about this campaign and Aaron Donley made it for me and it’s the most charming of clips.

Jordan Green

Jordan Green on Instagram: “Oh you know The Blue Beacon has a trailer and it’s a jam! The Blue Beacon is an action-adventure story set in the post-human ruins of the Pacific Northwest, where animals have built a society around what we left behind. The star of this novel is a plucky young badger named Eola, who’s journeying with a marten, a raccoon and some sort of squirrel to Bridge City on a secret mission which will change Cascadia forever. This story is especially for fans of Redwall, The Rats of NIMH, Wildwood, or Warriors, though with actual North American mammal life and real life settings, this a new fantasy novel meant to be enjoyed by all ages. Get your copy on Kickstarter today! Follow the link in my bio for more. 🎥- @jordangreenwords and @donleyaaron #redwall #warriorscats #warriors #ratsofnimh #chroniclesofnarnia #wildwood #wingfeathersaga #cascadiachronicles #thebluebeacon #pnwwriters #pdxwriters #portland #portlandoregon #oregonwriters #oregon #fantasy #fantasybooks #fantasybookstagram #authorsofinstagram #actionadventure”

June 12, 2023

So that’s where we are and I’m so thrilled to wrap up the active campaign and move into distribution. It’s not like I love the the shipping & handling process, but the motive of getting this book into reader hands is a powerful driver right now. Also, I wanna see what the new matte covers look like since all mine are currently glossy.

Onward, friends! Thank you for all your care and support!

Your very grateful writer,
Jordan Green