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Update #28 · Jul 4, 2012 · comment

To stay in touch and receive future updates on Chocolate Chips & Rocket Ships, please email me at johnomarra@gmail.com

Thanks, hope to hear from you!

All best, and have a wonderful Fourth of July.

John O'Marra

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Up, Up and Away

Update #27 · Jul 4, 2012 · comment

Hi Backers!

Last day on Kickstarter. Too bad we won't hit our goal, but we sure did make a lot of new fans and friends. 

Huge thanks to all of you for your support for this project. Don't give up hope, this book is still coming out, no question about that. We are going to team up with an existing publisher to put out an amazing book as soon as we can! More details and pre-order info coming soon.

In the meantime, keep reading the poem of the day at www.ChocolateChipsAndRocketShips.com. Lots of fun ones coming up, with more great art too.

Also, I would love to be able to email all of you occasional updates on the project. Please emailjohnomarra@gmail.com to get added to the mailing list. I would only email you on this book, and I would of course never share or sell your info. 

Wanted to give you all a special bonus poem today too. This one has not been illustrated yet, but feels appropriate to share.

Persistence

If at first you don’t succeed,
Try it once again.
If you flop a second time,
Get help from a friend.
If you still can’t get it done,
That’s no time to stop –
Gather up a buncha’ folks
And give it all ya’ got!
Good things don’t come easy,
It takes a lotta’ tries –
5 or 10 or 20,
And if you are wise,
You won’t get frustrated,
Even if ya’ go all night,
Take this here poem,
I rewrote it 50 times,
Until I finally got it
Correct.

OH, CHEESE AND CRACKERS!

And now, the Poem of the Day. I don't have a Fourth of July poem, so here's a nice Thanksgiving poem instead.

Poem of the Day, 7/4/12 - Day 31 of 100

Up, Up and Away, illustrated by Aaron Meshon

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Teacher

Update #26 · Jul 3, 2012 · comment

Hi Backers!

Only two days left, and a long way to go to get funded. :-( The good news is that even if we don't hit our goal on Kickstarter, that's definitely not the end of this book! We still have lots of great art and fun poems left to share. We'll continue to post a new poem every day at www.ChocolateChipsAndRocketShips.com, and stay tuned for details on how to pre-order the hardcover book, still coming this fall!

Thanks so much to all of you for your support, and more thanks for all the kind comments and enthusiasm. It means a lot!

A final huge thanks to all the artists onboard this project, who continue to amaze me with unbelievably fantastic illustrations. Today is one of the best, courtesy of Jason Mowry. Enjoy!

Poem of the Day. 7/3/12 - Day 30 of 100

Teacher, illustrated by Jason Mowry

http://www.behance.net/Jmowry

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Tub

Update #25 · Jul 2, 2012 · comment

Poem of the Day, 7/2/12

Tub, illustrated by Mary Sievert

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Hair

Update #24 · Jul 1, 2012 · comment

Poem of the Day, 7/1/12 - Day 28 of 100

Hair, illustrated by Francesca D'Ottavi

http://www.francescadottavi.com/sito/DOTTAVIHOME.html

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