I am so excited - we reached the project goal! Now everyone can get their books in December.

If you want to make these more "real," then keep spreading the word. I got a quote for offset printing (minimum order of 100 copies) for $900. If anyone knows of any short-run printers, especially local to NYC area, please leave a comment or message me.

And, without further ado, the first sample page!

(Note: the large margin has a "porpoise": I want these books to be easy to read in every sense. If you get a printed copy, you'll be able to hold it in your hand and not need to move your fingers around to read the bottom of a page.)

Thank you for your interest (and support) in my project!

I am pleased to announce that all of the nasty CAPS are gone for good. Out of the 400 or so phrases with emphasis, only one was appropriate -- the end of the Mock Turtle's song about soup. I'm also about halfway finished with replacing all of the single quotes with double quotes.

That brings up a question for you, backers and the public. How you do envision Alice's thoughts? Much of the books are Alice's inner mono- and dialogues. My research states that novels should be written so that thoughts are obvious, so they don't need punctuation, but as I am not changing the text, no can do. Some people recommend setting thought in italics, but that would interfere with legibility and clarity when paragraphs are set that way. My working model is to use single quotes for her thoughts, and double quotes for all words spoken aloud. Since Kickstarter is an interactive platform, I wanted to ask you, the reader, for your input. Please choose the one you think makes the most sense, or suggest something that hasn't been done. I could use a different typeface, but I think that would be just as bad as italics. See below for samples:

* * * * * * * * * * * *  My current plan * * * * *

'Well!' thought Alice to herself, 'after such a fall as this, I shall think nothing of tumbling down stairs! How brave they'll all think me at home! Why, I wouldn't say anything about it, even if I fell off the top of the house!' (Which was very likely true.)

Down, down, down. Would the fall never come to an end! "I wonder how many miles I've fallen by this time?" she said aloud. "I must be getting somewhere near the centre of the earth. Let me see: that would be four thousand miles down, I think—" (for, you see, Alice had learnt several things of this sort in her lessons in the schoolroom, and though this was not a very good opportunity for showing off her knowledge, as there was no one to listen to her, still it was good practice to say it over) "—yes, that's about the right distance—but then I wonder what Latitude or Longitude I've got to?" (Alice had no idea what Latitude was, or Longitude either, but thought they were nice grand words to say.)

* * * * * * * * * * * *  Conventional recommendation * * * * *

Well! thought Alice to herself, after such a fall as this, I shall think nothing of tumbling down stairs! How brave they'll all think me at home! Why, I wouldn't say anything about it, even if I fell off the top of the house! (Which was very likely true.)

* * * * * * * * * * * * Alternate recommendation * * * * *

Well! thought Alice to herself, after such a fall as this, I shall think nothing of tumbling down stairs! How brave they'll all think me at home! Why, I wouldn't say anything about it, even if I fell off the top of the house! (Which was very likely true.)

* * * * * * * * * * * *  Current text (all single quotes to double) * * * * *

"Well!" thought Alice to herself, "after such a fall as this, I shall think nothing of tumbling down stairs! How brave they'll all think me at home! Why, I wouldn't say anything about it, even if I fell off the top of the house!" (Which was very likely true.)