About this project
In celebration of the 2nd Edition of my book, Sings With Stars, I am officially launching it at the World Steam Expo, Dearborn, MI Memorial Weekend, May 2011.
I am raising money to buy copies of the book to sell at the World Steam Expo, the only Steampunk convention in Michigan!!
Vending at this convention means an amazing amount of exposure for my book within the Steampunk community!
Book's teaser:
What if you found a peep hole into another world? For seventeen year old Gigi Storme, that’s how it feels every time she holds certain mysterious objects at Mr. Whitley’s Junk Emporium. Gigi is different. How and why, she doesn’t know or understand, but she feels it. So does everybody else.
Gigi’s life is about to change forever, with the clandestine meeting of a stranger she has longed to know and an attack upon Mr. Whitley, her only friend. These events reveal the truth that Gigi is from a magickal realm. In this new world she must face unexpected betrayal. While finding an unexpected magickal connection, she must learn to trust Kenyon, a handsome stranger from the magickal world to whom she’s inexplicably drawn.
Finally she must undergo a series of magickal initiations with the mysterious Sisterhood of the Seers to unlock her own sequestered abilities. Gigi will confront an unknown, yet hauntingly familiar enemy with devastating powers.She must accept all these truths and overcome her own dark heritage in order to emerge victorious in the end.
In the climactic finale of the book, Gigi must fight to prevent her magickal gifts from being stolen and to save her own life and the lives of those around her. Gigi will finally discover exactly what it is about her that is different, and how it could be the very thing that saves her and everyone around her.
Where and who she comes from will have less to do with where she'll end up, than her own choices...
Steampunk Earrings for the $25 Pledge. Please email me the number (counting down from the top) and let me know which pair you have chosen. :
Steampunk Earrings at the $20 Reward Level
Examples of One of a Kind Lace Cuffs.
Goggles:
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Digital PDF copy of the 2nd edition of Sings With Stars. One lucky backer will be picked at random, to receive a reward of greater value than the pledge level!
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Limited Edition color print of an illustration from Sings With Stars printed on heavy acid-free water color paper.
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A signed, 2nd Edition copy of Sings With Stars.
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One of a kind Steampunk/Victorian inspired small and medium sized earrings. These earrings vary between 1 - 2 inches in total length. Pictures are posted in the updates section! Please left me know the number of the pair that you'd like, by counting down from the top of the pictures...
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A signed 2nd edition copy of Sings With Stars and a 5x7 print of "Saturnine" (used in the book) by book illustrator and cover artist, Bethalynne Bajema.
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Hand made lace cuff bracelet. Each cuff is unique and is inspired by the Steampunk / Victorian aesthetic.
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A signed 2nd edition of Sings With Stars and an 8x10 print on matelic photo paper of illustration, Conception (used in the book) by Myke Amend.
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A signed 2nd edition copy of Sings With Stars and a signed limited edition color print of an illustration from the book, printed on heavy acid-free watercolor paper.
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Cog and gears earrings. Each pair consists of two different but complementary earrings. Each pair is a one of a kind containing new and vintage components. Pictures can be viewed in the update section! If you opt for this reward, just let me know the number of the pair that you would like, and I'll remove the photo.
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Handmade lace cuff bracelet. Each cuff is a unique one of a kind inspired by the Steampunk / Victorian fashion aesthetic.
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Customized painted Steampunk goggles with attached gears.
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A 2nd edition copy of Sings With Stars and a handmade lace cuff bracelet. Each cuff is a unique one of a kind inspired by the Steampunk / Victorian fashion aesthetic.
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Handmade one of a kind lace cuff and Steampunk cogs & gears earrings.
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A 2nd edition copy of Sings With Stars and a handmade lace cuff bracelet. Each cuff is a unique one of a kind inspired by the Steampunk / Victorian fashion aesthetic and a Limited Edition color print of an illustration from Sings With Stars printed on heavy acid-free water color paper.
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Handmade one of a kind lace cuff, Steampunk goggles and earrings,
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A 2nd edition copy of Sings With Stars, a handmade lace cuff bracelet, each cuff is a unique one of a kind inspired by the Steampunk / Victorian fashion aesthetic, a Limited Edition color print of an illustration from Sings With Stars printed on heavy acid-free water color paper and a pair of customized steampunk goggles.
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Both a 1st and 2nd Edition copy of Sings With Stars, signed, customized steampunk goggles, lace cuff, and limited edition signed art print from the book.
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All of the previous reward, the print, both 1st and 2nd editions of Sings With Stars, the cuff and goggles and a thank-you in the acknowledgments of the Sings With Stars sequel that I am currently writing, The Dreaming.
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All of the previously listed rewards and the opportunity to be written into the new book as a minor character. We'll be working together to find the character's name and traits and a place for you in the story line of the next book, The Dreaming. Estimated release date is Winter 2011.
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Everything! Both signed books, the illustrations (totaling 10 in all), the goggles, the lace cuff, the earrings, thanked in the credits of the next book, and a character modeled after you in The Dreaming!
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Connected as Bethany Grenier (682 friends)
Author, artist, hair dresser, sculptor and fashionista, Bethany Grenier has been making art in one way
or another for nearly twenty-five years and has been accepted into both group and solo showings of her art.
Bethany brings her unique vision and passion for style to all she does.
Her first book, Sings With Stars was released in March 2010. She is working on the sequel, The Dreaming.
A maker of things, Bethany makes much of own her wardrobe by re-purposing clothing and modding anything she can find… In addition to her endeavors in authoring and the visual arts, Bethany is also an asst. editor for the art magazine, Insects & Angels.
Bethany lives in West Michigan with her husband and their cats. When not at work or writing, she enjoys art, riding her scooter, and doing research for her next book.
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