We can build this together…
After years of coaching, writing, testing, practicing, and refining this work, our first book is fully refined and ready for publication. And somewhere along the way, I realized that this project could be the beginning of something much bigger.
Rather than release this book as a standalone project, I’m preparing to make it the inaugural publication of Habitus. This new independent publishing company can become home to a growing collection of G3 books, workbooks, planning tools, and other publications. And I don’t want all of those ideas to come from me. I want Habitus to eventually create opportunities for women within The G3 Collective to develop and publish their own work.
We already have the beginnings of something special here: a community where we learn together, practice together, exchange ideas, and help one another evolve. Habitus allows us to turn some of those ideas into things we can hold, use, read, share, and eventually offer to the world.
And I think we can build that together.
I’m inviting a small group of women from The G3 Collective to take this first step with me as the inaugural Founding Patrons of Habitus. Together, we can provide the creative capital for our first publishing slate and begin building the foundation for the books, tools, and voices that can follow.
Those who join me at the beginning will receive limited-edition editions, thoughtful, enduring benefits, and permanent recognition as part of the founding group that helped bring Habitus and The G3 Collection to life.
Our goal is to begin Habitus with a $16,000 inaugural publishing fund, starting with the independent publication of our first book and building a foundation for The G3 Collection of books, workbooks, tools, and ideas that can follow.
I’ll bring the first $8,000, and I’m inviting The G3 Collective to help me match it.
If we raise another $8,000 together through our Founding Patron offerings, we’ll have the creative capital to take this first publication from finished manuscript to finished product and, more importantly, begin building something that can continue well beyond it.
Together, we can fund the editing, design, and production of our first publication, releasing it initially in a digital format, followed by A5 inserts. Hardcover copies will be reserved exclusively for our founding investors, while also beginning to build Habitus as a digital-first, avant-garde publishing company—one designed to operate differently from traditional publishers and to serve as a living home for the work and ideas that grow out of this community.
And this is only the beginning. Anything we raise beyond our initial goal can stay in motion, helping us develop and produce the G3 publications that come next and giving Habitus room to grow alongside us.
Goal: $16,000
Progress: $8,675
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$2,500
Final professional editorial review, proofreading, corrections, and preparation of the final manuscript.
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$2,000
Cover design/refinement, interior typesetting, ebook formatting, ISBNs, proofs, and production files.
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$2,500
Short-run production of the limited signed and numbered hardcover Founding Edition.
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$1,500
Packaging, shipping, digital-copy fulfillment, and other distribution expenses associated with Founding copies.
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$3,000
Initial publicity, marketing assets, promotional materials, advertising, and launch expenses.
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$4,500
Financial runway to support the independent release and compensate the creative work required to bring the finished project to market.
Become one of the inaugural Founding Patrons of Habitus Paper + Publishing and help bring The G3 Founding Collection to life.
Save when you pay in full. Make a one-time payment of $400 via Zelle (payments@ovesen.co) and receive the same complete Founding Patron package at a reduced investment rate.
Your Founding Patron Package Includes:
Private Habitus Founding Patrons Channel
Ongoing access to our private Telegram channel for patron updates, select discussions, and the Habitus projects we’re building together.
Inaugural Founding Patron Status
Permanent recognition as one of the original patrons who helped launch Habitus Paper + Publishing and its inaugural publishing program.
The G3 Founding Collection Acknowledgment
Your name included in the acknowledgments or official credits, where appropriate, across the inaugural G3 publishing collection.
Advance Apple Books Edition ($25 Value)
A complimentary digital edition of our inaugural book, delivered through Apple Books before its public release.
Kindle Edition ($25 Value)
A complimentary Kindle edition provided after the book’s public digital release.
Signed + Numbered Founding Hardcover ($125 Value)
A limited hardcover edition of our inaugural book, personally signed and individually numbered for Founding Patrons.
18 Months of The G3 Collective ($450 Value)
Eighteen months of membership in The G3 Collective.
$625+ in quantifiable value, plus permanent recognition as an Inaugural Founding Patron of Habitus Paper + Publishing.
Become a Founding Patron
For this inaugural publishing round, I’m inviting a small group of women from The G3 Collective to become the first Founding Patrons of Habitus.
Your participation will help bring our first publication to market and establish the foundation for the G3 publications that follow. In return, Founding Patrons will receive a collection of benefits tied not only to our inaugural book, but to the beginning of Habitus itself.
Choose the Founding level that feels right for you. Every Founding purchase brings us closer to launching our first publication and beginning what I hope will become a much larger body of work.
Featured: Mary Prince was the first Black woman to publish an autobiography of her experience as a slave, born in the colony of Bermuda to an enslaved family of African descent.
Become an inaugural Founding Patron of Habitus Paper + Publishing, help shape our first publication, and begin the new year with a private planning session.
Save when you pay in full. Make a one-time payment of $675 via Zelle (payments@ovesen.co) and receive the same complete Founding Patron + Planning package at a reduced investment rate.
Your Founding Patron + Planning Package Includes:
Private Habitus Founding Patrons Channel
Ongoing access to our private Telegram channel for patron updates, select discussions, and the Habitus projects we’re building together.
Inaugural Founding Patron Status
Permanent recognition as one of the original patrons who helped launch Habitus Paper + Publishing and its inaugural G3 publishing program.
G3 Founding Collection Acknowledgment
Your name included in the acknowledgments or official credits, where appropriate, across the inaugural G3 publishing collection.
Book Naming Panel
Participate in the private process of selecting the inaugural book’s new title and subtitle, including reviewing shortlisted options and providing feedback before the final publishing decision.
Advance Apple Books Edition ($25 Value)
A complimentary digital edition of our inaugural book, delivered through Apple Books before its public release.
Kindle Edition ($25 Value)
A complimentary Kindle edition provided after the book’s public digital release.
Signed + Numbered Founding Hardcover ($125 Value)
A limited hardcover edition of our inaugural book, personally signed and individually numbered for Founding Patrons.
18 Months of The G3 Collective ($450 Value)
Eighteen months of membership in The G3 Collective.
80-Minute New Year Planning Session ($425 Value)
One private 80-minute planning and coaching session focused on establishing your priorities, goals, systems, and direction for the year ahead.
$1,050+ in quantifiable value, plus permanent recognition as an Inaugural Founding Patron of Habitus Paper + Publishing.
Featured: Una Maud Victoria Marson was a Jamaican feminist, activist, and writer who produced poems, plays, and radio programs. She travelled to London in 1932 and became the first Black woman to be employed by the BBC during World War II.
Join the most limited Founding level of Habitus Paper + Publishing, with deeper involvement in our inaugural publishing program and private coaching through the first quarter of the new year.
Save when you pay in full. Make a one-time payment of $1,575 via Zelle (payments@ovesen.co) and receive the same complete Founding Patron + Advisory package at a reduced investment rate.
Your Founding Patron + Advisory Package Includes:
Private Habitus Founding Patrons Channel
Ongoing access to our private Telegram channel for patron updates, select discussions, and the Habitus projects we’re building together.
Inaugural Founding Patron Status
Permanent recognition as one of the original patrons who helped launch Habitus Paper + Publishing and its inaugural G3 publishing program.
G3 Founding Collection Acknowledgment
Your name included in the acknowledgments or official credits, where appropriate, across the inaugural G3 publishing collection.
Book Naming Panel
Participate in the private process of selecting the inaugural book’s new title and subtitle, including reviewing shortlisted options and providing feedback before the final publishing decision.
Habitus Founding Advisory Circle
An invitation to provide feedback on selected early Habitus and G3 publishing ideas and projects during the company’s inaugural period.
First Look at Future Habitus Projects
Early previews of selected forthcoming Habitus and G3 publications before they are introduced more broadly.
Advance Apple Books Edition ($25 Value)
A complimentary digital edition of our inaugural book, delivered through Apple Books before its public release.
Kindle Edition ($25 Value)
A complimentary Kindle edition provided after the book’s public digital release.
Signed + Numbered Founding Hardcover ($125 Value)
A limited hardcover edition of our inaugural book, personally signed and individually numbered for Founding Patrons.
18 Months of The G3 Collective ($450 Value)
Eighteen months of membership in The G3 Collective.
Q1 Private Coaching ($1,275 Value)
Three private 80-minute coaching sessions during the first quarter of the year, providing continued guidance, accountability, and refinement following your New Year planning session.
$1,900+ in quantifiable value, plus permanent Founding Patron recognition and participation in the Habitus Founding Advisory Circle.
Featured: Michelle Carla Cliff was a Jamaican-American author whose notable works included Abeng, No Telephone to Heaven, and Free Enterprise. In addition to novels, Cliff also wrote short stories, prose poems, and literary criticism.