Aug 31, 2016

Good morning, Sailors!

We’re 1/3 of the way through the Geek & Sundry contest, but I hope we’re just getting started! Today marks 3 weeks since I made my way to the 1st place spot. The race is extremely tight, though, so I know we need to keep up our momentum and keep pushing for that next goal.

Speaking of goals - a delightfully Southern friend of mine has thrown down the gauntlet and declared that if we reach 200 unique readers by Sunday, he’ll record himself reading Chapter One. I know I want to hear it. Do you? If so, find a friend, a parent, a sibling, a coworker -- convince them to pre-order and we can hear Thoster’s dialogue with some Memphis drawl.

I wanted to take some time to say thank you to each of you that have pre-ordered. 116 individuals have thrown support behind me and my book. I can’t express enough gratitude for everything you’ve done by ordering and promoting for me. You guys are just the best.

There’s also another 60 or 70 of you that are following along with my project. Hi! I hope you’ve taken some time to look around. There are 5 chapters up for you guys to read and decide if you think Storm Song is a project worth putting your support behind. I hope that you find that it is!

As some of you may have read in the Inkshares blog that I answered a few questions for, the inspiration for Storm Song came from the very first Dungeons & Dragons campaign I ran in college. Thoster was only a half formed thought then, a character that developed as that story did. By the end of the campaign, I knew that I needed to explore his life before he ever met that particular group of adventurers. Storm Song is Thoster’s origin, and it’s a piece of me that has shifted and evolved over the last decade or so. I’m so excited to have the opportunity to share it with all of you!

As always, I’m here if you have any questions for me about the project. You can contact me at asgriner6587@gmail.com.

- Allison