STORY OF MY BOOK:
I call my book a mixtape because that's how I think of this collection of poems. Across the book, I tell a "love" story in five parts. Between these sections are poems — some long, some short — which lean into the tone and emotional space of each part of the story. The intention is for the pieces to be felt more like songs than prose.
I'm delighted to be coming out with this book because the work is a culmination of a many-years long journey. As some of you may know, I resisted creative writing for a long time and I'm finally giving into my passion. Publishing this collection is both vulnerable and exciting for me. I'm proud to say a number of the included pieces have been edited in their early stages by recent Nobel Prize winner Louise Glück and honored that a piece in the collection will also appear this summer in The Threepenny Review (where Louise often chooses to publish her own work).
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Julia is a senior at Yale studying Film and Media with a focus on screenwriting and a developed interest in poetry.
She was born and raised in various parts of Southern California and is currently very cold in her New Haven apartment.
For more information you can email her at julia.leatham@yale.edu.
Or, you can follow her on Instagram at @juliamorgan_writer.
To read some past essays, check out Julia Leatham in the Yale Daily News.
PERKS OF PRE-ORDERING:
* You will receive a personally signed copy of my book when I publish.
*Packaging designed by yours truly.
* Your name will appear in the Acknowledgments section of my book.
* You will receive early access to the Author’s Note and other excerpts from my book, with the opportunity to review these sections and give me feedback if you wish to do so!
* You will have the opportunity to be involved in selecting my cover.
* You will be invited to join my Author Community and get behind-the-scenes sneak peeks into the publishing process.
* I will write you a personalized note!
WHY I NEED YOU:
This book will be published with New Degree Press, which is a hybrid publisher. I set up the pre-order tiers to help cover the costs for publishing my book. Money raised will go towards the following:
* The editor I will work with to revise and publish my manuscript in April 2021.
* The cover design of my book.
* The layout design for the interior of my book (physical copy, ebook formats).
* The copy editing for my book to polish the grammar and spelling prior to publication.
* The launch & promotion efforts for my book when I ultimately publish this in April.
It really takes a village! I could not have embarked on this crazy long process without all of the immense help from New Degree Press, and we need to support all they are doing to make this book a reality.
I would love to sell 150 copies of my book during the Pre-Sale campaign to cover the costs of publishing.
OTHER WAYS YOU CAN HELP:
Some people just can't contribute monetarily, right now. If you can't, please don't stress. I would be honored and grateful if you helped in any of the following ways:
Please share my pre-sale campaign on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn with your friends, family and network. Please use #lovemixtape and tag me as well as my publisher, New Degree Press, so we can help amplify your efforts.
You can easily share my Pre-Sale Campaign Page via Indiegogo at the top of the page.
Please share my book with 5 friends, family members, or co-workers who you think would enjoy it via text or direct message on social media.
Thank you so much for all of your love and support!
warmly,
Julia
RISKS & CHALLENGES:
The biggest challenge with publishing a book is delivering the finished book to the backer, specifically my mailing of the book to you. I have eliminated this risk by including the cost of mailing and shipping the signed copies into each pre-order tier.
The risk of delivering the pre-sale copies of my book is contingent on the publisher we use. I will be working closely with New Degree Press to make sure we ship the pre-order rewards to you as early as possible. We will keep all pre-sale backers up-to-date as to when my book will publish. You will know when the copies of my book you pre-ordered are expected to ship.