Her goal was to raise $8,500 for her book project, Life Before the Lottery: The 30 x 30 List. She succeeded in overfunding her project with $9,635 raised when her thirty day campaign was over. Her rewards to donors ranged from a “sassy motivation postcard” for $10 to a “professional portrait sitting that included an overnight stay in a B&B” for $1,500—one taker jumped at that; two others nabbed her $1,000 offer.