Last Day for Thank-You Page Credits! ⌚
3 months ago
– Mon, Mar 23, 2026 at 11:37:28 AM
Hello again, folks!
Here's a quick reminder that today is your last day to complete your backer survey and get your name on the thank-you page in the book! ⌚
The good news is that a whopping 86% of you have already filled out your surveys! High fives! 🙏
The bad news is that that means there are 43 people who haven't! 😬
Don't worry—you can still fill out your survey anytime. But if we don't have your completed survey by the end of the day today, we won't have time to get it included on the book's thank-you page, since we've got to send this chonky behbeh off to the printer ASAP!
If you haven't completed your survey yet, there are two ways you can do it:
We know that a few people have had issues signing in to their BackerKit survey because of crossed wires with email addresses. If that's you, feel free to send us a message through BackerKit or Kickstarter, and we'll do everything we can to work out those kinks so you can get to your survey.
Thanks again for supporting autistic-led creativity!
Your friends at Oneshi Press,
Jayel & Lynsey 🧔👩🦰
PS - Check Out Our New Project!
Have you taken a few minutes to check out our newest Kickstarter project, The Loose Ends Anthology?
This mega-anthology combines the work of 36 diverse creators from around the world, who tell 23 stories about resolutions—those we achieve and those that may never come.
A Progress Update on "Growing Up on the Spectrum"
3 months ago
– Thu, Mar 19, 2026 at 12:49:17 PM
Hi, folks!
We're just popping in to say a few things.
1) You're Awesome
How did you get so fabulous? 🤩 Honestly, we're in awe.
2) Here's a Progress Update on Growing Up on the Spectrum!
We're hard at work behind the scenes getting your rewards for Growing Up on the Spectrum ready! 💪
We've just finished proofreading the book, and Tess is finishing up some of the bonus pages that you unlocked during the campaign! 📝
When those are done and we do our final check of the pages, we'll create a specialized script to use in recording the audiobook. After that, we'll make another version of the script to use for the animatic. 😌
So, while we're busy with all, that, here's your reminder…
3) Backer Surveys Are Due on Monday, March 23!
If you'd like to see your name on the thank-you page in the book, then we need your Backer Survey completed by next Monday, March 23.
If you haven't taken your survey yet, there are two ways you can do it:
Backer Surveys take just a few minutes to complete, and they're where you give us your address, so we can ship all your rewards to the right place.
4) You're Invited to Our Next Project!
We just launched our fifteenth (!!!)anthology of short comics from diverse international creators—the Loose Ends Anthology!
We're so very proud of this collection of 23 short comics, and we think you'll like it, too.
So click here to visit the campaign, check out the art and rewards, and watch that campaign video! 📽️ (Make sure you stick around for the bloopers at the end.)
Then, come celebrate the launch with us tonight! 🎉
Join Lynsey G and Jayel Draco for a live-streamed launch party to celebrate, chat live with us and the creators whose work appears in the anthology...and win fabulous prizes! 🎁
Stop in from 5:00 - 7:00 pm Mountain Time on Thursday, March 19 📅 at the Oneshi Press Twitch channel!
Your friends at Oneshi Press,
Jayel & Lynsey 🧔👩🦰
Surveys Are Out! Let's Go!
3 months ago
– Thu, Mar 05, 2026 at 09:12:02 AM
We've got great news! (And couldn't we all use some great news?)
We just sent out backer surveys! 🥳
We partner with BackerKit to send out surveys to all of our backers. They'll be emailing every single backer of Bloom Squad within the next 24 hours with a backer survey...and we need all of our backers to complete them!
🤔 What The Heck Is a Backer Survey? ❓
This is not just a feedback form, where you get to tell us what a great job we did (or didn't do). Backer surveys are an absolutely essential tool we use to collect the information we need to fulfill your rewards! 🔨
That includes: your up-to-date contact information, preferred mailing address, final reward choices, and any other vital info we need to send you your goodies. 📦
Plus, it's where you tell us what name you'd like us to say "thanks" to in Growing Up on the Spectrum and online.
🎁 We want to make sure every last one of you gets your well-earned rewards!
So here’s the deal:
- 📅 Surveys are going out over the next 24 hours.
- 📨 Personalized links to your survey will arrive via email from BackerKit, a third-party service we use to facilitate backer surveys.
- 🔍 Check your inbox, promotions tab, and spam folder, just in case it went to the wrong place.
- ❓If you don’t receive a survey by Sunday—please tell us! We'll make sure you get your survey.
- If for any reason you don't get that email, you can click the link below to find it! 👇
And—bonus—we've got a handy add-ons store on BackerKit, so you can grab any extra rewards you like on your way out!
About the Add-Ons Store 🛒
BackerKit is a great tool for us to collect and securely store your information so we can fulfill your rewards.
But it's also a handy way to offer you lots of amazing items, including the entire Oneshi Press back catalogue and all the merch we have available! So, if you'd like to explore our other comics, anthologies, books, stickers, art, and more, now's your chance! They're all available through BackerKit.
The Add-Ons Store is especially handy for people who backed at the digital-only level during the campaign, because BackerKit allows you to add physical items to your rewards.
We're also able to offer backers a $5 donation in your name to the Glioblastoma Research Organization via BackerKit! (Due to rules around donations through Kickstarter, we weren't able to make that an add-on using that platform.) So, if you'd like to help a good cause to fight an actual disease (which autism is not!), now's your chance!
So…let's go! 💪
📅 We need all surveys completed by Monday, March 23! 📅
Any surveys completed after March 23 will still be valid, but we won't be able to get your name in the thank-you section of the book.
Thank you all so much for your support! We can't wait to get these books—and other rad rewards—out to you!
Your friends at Oneshi Press,
Jayel & Lynsey 🧔👩🦰
THANK YOU for an Amazing Campaign! 🙏🎉
4 months ago
– Sun, Feb 15, 2026 at 03:03:07 PM
WOW, folks!
We are nearly speechless.
We've taken a few days to process the absolute amazingness of the experience you all gave us during this campaign. Your support for Tess's project and for the concept of bringing people together to understand one another better has warmed our hearts and re-ignited our passion for publishing.
This—our 25th Kickstarter—is by far the most successful campaign we at Oneshi Press have ever had. An astounding 321 of you pledged $15,088 to bring Growing Up on the Spectrum to life. That's 431% of our initial funding goal!
Your generosity unlocked:
🎁4 BACKER MILESTONES
Every single backer will receive a free digital copy of the below comics with their other digital rewards!
- 150 backers - UNLOCKED! 🔓 - Indie Readmore & the Hive of Scum & Villainy 🐶🤠
- 200 backers - UNLOCKED! 🔓 - Coffee Ghost ☕👻
- 250 backers - UNLOCKED! 🔓 - Legend Catcher #1 🧞🐉
- 300 backers - UNLOCKED! 🔓 - Incredible Adam and a Day with Autism: An Illustrated Story Inspired by Social Narratives
🔒 3 ADD-ON UNLOCKS
When we reached certain funding goals, we unlocked add-ons that are accessible to every backer—and one will go out to every physical backer for free!
- 200% - UNLOCKED! 🔓 -Temporary tattoos as add-ons 🧠🧠
- 250% - UNLOCKED! 🔓 - “In Cahoots” sticker as an add-on 🐱😻
- 300% - UNLOCKED! 🔓 - "Neuro Spice Rack" sticker available as an add-on, and included in every physical reward bundle! 🧂♾️
🤸 3 STRETCH GOALS
Our stretch goals were our pie-in-the-sky dreams to make as many improvements and versions of this book as possible!
- $7,500 - UNLOCKED! 🔓 - More pages to the book (for all backers)! 📃📃
- $10,000 - UNLOCKED! 🔓 - An audiobook version (available as an add-on)! 🔉🎧
- $15,000 - UNLOCKED! 🔓 - A visual, animatic version (available as an add-on)! 🎞️
We hit that last $15K stretch goal—the creation of a visual, animatic version of the book—in the last hour of the Kickstarter! Talk about a great ending to a great campaign!
But, since it happened at the last minute, and we were live-streaming our countdown party at the time, we were not able to make it available to backers before the campaign ended.
Don't worry, though! We'll have it available as an add-on for every backer when we send out Backer Surveys in a few weeks.
And speaking of the next few weeks…
Here's your guide to…
…What Happens Next! 📅
The below schedule is not set in stone, since we can never be certain of how long proofing, printing, shipping, etc. will take. But here are best guesses at what you can expect in the coming weeks and months!
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2/12 - 2/23 - Kickstarter charges credit cards immediately upon the end of the campaign. If there's a problem with the card you have on file, you'll be notified so can update your info and get your rewards! It usually takes about ten days for Kickstarter to follow up with any stragglers and collect all payments.💳
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2/26 - 3/5 - The campaign funds will land in Oneshi Press's account sometime this week. 💰
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3/5 - 3/20 - As soon as the funds from Kickstarter arrive in our account, we'll send out backer surveys to collect shipping addresses and final item counts we need to fulfill your rewards! You'll have about 2 weeks to complete them. 📩
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3/23 - 4/20 - Once surveys are collected, we'll place orders with our manufacturers, then wait for everything to come to us. During this time, we'll also send out digital rewards! 📨
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4/20 - 5/20 - Fulfillment time! We'll pack and ship orders directly from Oneshi Press HQ. 📦
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5/21 - 5/28 - US shipping window. 📫
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5/21 - 6/21 - International shipping window. 📮
We'll stay in touch about changes to this schedule, so you'll know what's happening at every stage of the process! 🦸♂️🦸♀️
Thank you once again for being such an amazing crew for this incredible Kickstarter experience! Your support is bringing this incredible book into the world. 🙏
Your friends at Oneshi Press,
Jayel & Lynsey 🧔👩🦰
We're Live Now! Join Us to Count Down!
4 months ago
– Thu, Feb 12, 2026 at 04:19:22 PM
Welcome to the FINAL HOURS of the campaign, folks! 🥳
Tess, Jayel, and Lynsey are live RIGHT NOW on Twitch, and we'd love to see you join the text chat…and the epic free giveaway! 🎁
We're here for a few hous of shenanigans, laughs, and behind-the-scenes tales about how this amazing project came to be.
Here’s the plan:
- Live art creation
- Unscripted Q&A with viewers
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A big, joyful countdown to the campaign finale
- And of course… an absolutely epic GIVEAWAY!
We’ll give away THREE prize bundles at the end of the evening…and entering is super easy. Just log into Twitch, join us for the stream, and type GIVEAWAY in the chat during the party.
Boom. 💥 You’re entered!
If you don’t have a Twitch account yet, no worries. It’s free and easy to sign up at twitch.tv. Then you’re ready to join the fun!
