It's just not being prioritized as far as the funding goes. We have to do it on the side.

It becomes more concrete, tangible - the coolest thing is our triple slide.

It's a pretty fat book of directions - it's pretty intimidating.

We've been raising money for two years. We're just so close.

We've sold about 1,400 balloons today.

What is good for you creatively is usually bad commercially. You thrive financially by sticking to a series and not fiddling about too much. You do yourself harm by moving away from the series and the genre. By trying things not based in that particular mode of writing, you will just lose readers.