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Girl Genius Exorcism Engines Update for October 2023
11 months ago – Tue, Oct 31, 2023 at 05:28:14 PM

Happy Halloween!

A bit of good news: All the shipments for the USA have gone out!

I'm working steadily on the remaining International shipments, I’m so sorry it’s taking so long. I’ll get you all your books.

Shipstation told me they’d fixed the label problem, but it turned out to be more complicated than they or I thought. It’s been a huge hassle but it should all be sorted out now. I hope. I'll keep you up to date as I work.

Thank you for your patience!

--Kaja

End September 2023 Girl Genius Update
12 months ago – Fri, Sep 29, 2023 at 05:04:00 PM

Hello again!

First of all: International backers: If you need us to update your address, please let us know through our contact form. I’ve already exported the addresses from BackerKit to my shipping software, so changes in BackerKit will no longer affect where a shipment is sent. So we need to be told through the form.

Some International backers got an email yesterday from BackerKit saying "last call to update" for addresses. I pushed a button I shouldn’t have, I'm sorry about that. Please use the form rather than BackerKit! I’m very sorry for the inconvenience and for how long this is taking me.

It will take me a while to work through the rest of the International packing, so if you need an address change, let me know! It might not be too late.

Shipstation fixed the problem with International labels, so now I can print them again. They're great!

As for shipments within the USA: all but 27 of those have gone out! That last 27 is waiting for some boxes from the TopatoCo warehouse to arrive here at our Studio. When they get here, sometime next week I’m told, I’ll be able to finish all the USA shipments.

I am currently sending out emails to fulfillment helpers and planning our next campaign so I don’t have to do the whole thing myself. I know that’s what I said last time, but things didn’t work out for me then. Maybe if I plan ahead more I can make it work this time. Argh.

Ok, back to work for me. Oh, I made a new SquareSpace commerce site to sell our original art, it's at girlgeniusart.com. I've been listing things there when I need a break from packing.

Thanks, everybody!

—Kaja

Mid-September 2023 Girl Genius Shipping Update
12 months ago – Tue, Sep 19, 2023 at 01:59:24 PM

BACKERS OUTSIDE THE USA: please make sure I have your proper address! I know it’s been a while, and people do move around. I’m very sorry. The early part of this year wasn’t kind to me and I’m doing my best to get everyone’s rewards out.

Also, I have a new wallpaper featuring the Castle and the Train playing the new game!

As usual, it's in various sizes for you to download:

Tiny Gamers:

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and for devices and phones:

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Or, you can download a zipped archive file of all of them!

I made this to post on our Patreon, but I like to share things like this here as well, since you’re also important supporters of the Studio and I appreciate you!

My newest hassle: International stuff stalled because Shipstation is giving me an error when I try to buy postage. I’m talking to them now to get it fixed. Don’t worry, we’ll get it sorted out, but it means I had to set the remaining International packing aside and work directly on finishing all the USA stuff. I’m almost done with that, it should only take a few more days of intense work to get the rest of it out. I’ll post another update when it’s done!

Ok, I’m off to keep packing. I really want those USA shipments out. I’m in the middle of a group of BIG packages and they take a long time to assemble. I kind of wanted to post a picture of me working at the packing table, but my hair’s all wet and up in a scarf and I look…uh… not great. So I’ll stick with the picture of cute little clanks playing games.

Thanks, everybody!

—Kaja

Girl Genius Exorcism Engines Update for August 2023
about 1 year ago – Thu, Aug 31, 2023 at 08:22:31 PM

Well. I still have some stuff to ship. This month there’s been a lot going on, I’ve been working every minute except for the time we took out to fly off and get our youngest kid settled at college. Which was exhausting and terrifying all wrapped into one fun package.

I’ll be working PAX this weekend. The Girl Genius AiCH video game from Rain Games launches on September 5, and we’ll be promoting it doing a launch event stream. I don’t actually know what time that’ll be yet, but I’ll post it when I know. I’m ProfessoressaFoglio on Twitch, and I have my schedule up so I’ll add it there. Then I’ll be back to finishing up the shipping, and I don’t think there’s anything else that will get in the way of that. Until the Holidays roll around. Ugh, I HAVE to be done with this by THEN. 

Thank you all for your patience with me, I’m so sorry this is taking so long. I’ll post a longer update next time, but I am wiped out and have to get up early. Thanks again!

—Kaja

July Girl Genius Exorcism Engines Status Update!
about 1 year ago – Sun, Jul 30, 2023 at 04:26:24 PM

Hello, and welcome to the end of July!

USA BACKERS:

I was hoping that I’d be able to say that the last of the USA shipments would all go out this coming week, but it turns out that I didn’t have all the books I need here. This was not a happy discovery. I now have to wait for another shipment from our TopatoCo warehouse, which is on the other side of the US. So it will take a little longer. Still, the end is in sight, and I do have a pile of boxes that will go out on Monday.  I AM almost done with the domestic shipments, and that feels good.

BACKERS OUTSIDE THE US:

Many of my International shipments have already gone out, all the full sets, for instance, and some others, but the remainder of those are still awaiting my attention. Everyone should be getting an email with a tracking number when their packages ship, so if you haven’t got one, I probably haven’t got your package sent yet. I am sorry about that.

THAT WALLPAPER I MENTIONED:

I believe I promised everyone here the dragon’s lair wallpaper when I got it done for Patreon, so here it is!

Wallpapers of the above artwork for you to download:
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and for devices and phones:

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Or, you can download a zipped archive file of all of them.

In about a week I'll be traveling out of state for a few days to get my youngest kid settled at college. It's very much an exciting and scary time for all of us. I'll have as much shipped as I can before I go, and I'll probably have another update for you before the end of August. See you then, and thank you all so much for your patience with me. This hasn't been an easy year and I'm sorry it's affected my shipping. I feel terrible about it all.

Thanks everybody!

--Kaja