Oct 7, 2016

Referral giveaway update time, just as a reminder that it is still going on.

To sum up for those of you who haven’t read about it a previous update(about a month or so I think):  if Exile, Magus reaches funded status, then I will go through the list of those who have referred the book.  Anyone who has also ordered at least 1 copy of Magus themselves(ebook or physical) will have 3 added to their effective total.

The 10 people with the highest  effective totals will then be contacted to claim an item from the giveaway pool in order from highest to lowest referrals.  In the case of a tie the person who ordered their copy of Magus first will be chosen.  Currently I’m in the lead of referrals, but since I’m obviously not eligible that doesn’t matter.  First place is only ahead by 1 referral, and 2nd place is something like a 20 way tie last I checked, so it would be easy for anyone to move up the ranks as it were.

Any items in the giveaway pool after the referral portion is decided will then move to a giveaway pool just for those of you who were kind enough to order the book.  As I’m trying to add as many items for giveaway as I can, I’m not sure how many items will be left over.  If Magus funds I’ll divide everyone who has ordered up as evenly as possible chronologically and roll off(because I love rolling dice) for the remaining prizes.  So, for example, if we only hit 250 orders and there were 10 items left over from the referral giveaway, then there would be 10 lists of 25 orders each which I would roll on.

The items currently available for giveaway are:  

• 1 signed copy of Oliver Tooley’s "Children of the Wise Oak" (2 available)
  
• 1 signed print of the Exile, Magus cover art (Calden family crest) by Rachel Donne (3 available)
• 1 signed print of the title art for Part 4 - Llanchland (Buscidia vs. the Cog Monster) by Lizzy Perez (3 available)
• 1 signed print of the title art for Part 11 - Ansvari (Talari calling wind spirits) by Lho Brockhoff (3 will be available, currently on order awaiting shipment from artist)
• up to 10 wild cards; this is intended as a you name something that we can both agree on.  Some acceptable examples of the top of my head are:  you get to name a river, lake, mountain range, town/city, or other such location within the world of Exile, Magus;  I write a piece of short fiction for you;  I design a one-shot adventure for a tabletop RPG for you.  Really though, anything you can name that I’m reasonably capable of doing would be acceptable in this category.

So as it currently stands there are 21 items available which means 11 would be left over after the referral contest.  I’m hoping to scrape together enough money to fund at least 1 more piece of art before this campaign is over, and since I make it a point to get 3 signed prints with each commission that would up the total pool to 24.

As a reminder though, Magus does need to fund before these giveaways happen.  As much as I wish I could just do giveaways without regards to funding status, I can’t for practical reasons.  Put simply, I plan to get this book out, and while I really do hope this can be done through Inkshares, if it can’t then I’ll likely be going the self-publishing route.  If I go the self-publishing route I’ll like have to crowdfund at least a portion of that, and I’ll need the items currently available as part of any crowdfunding effort since my budget couldn’t really support giving them away twice.

The art mentioned above is all viewable on my page, but I’ll also be posting it below.  You can check out a bit about "Children of the Wise Oak" on its Amazon page here.

Thanks to everyone for your time and support!  Enjoy your weekend, and the art to follow!

Calden Family Crest

Buscidia vs. the Cog Monster

Talari calling wind spirits