Aug 25, 2015

Dear Friends

It has been an excited 24 hours. The Catcher’s Trap is number 4 in the leading board, and that is all thanks to you. Quoting the amazing Sandra Bernhard  “Without you I'm nothing!”  

I am humbled by your support and by the messages that many of you have sent me. Of course it is still early in the game; the competition is fierce, and I am sure every reader will count at the end.

I have read many of the excerpts available from the other authors in the top 10, and there is so much talent there. I wish Nerdist and Inkshares would pull an Oprah and say “you get a book, and you get a book and you get a book.” :-)  but that won’t happen so we have to keep hassling.

I am thankful for all the love, but I know that writing is the most important part of this process. Believe me, I have not stopped working on my book; I am so close to the finish line I can hear the cheers from the crowd.  But I know many edits and many drafts will come before I’m ready to share a final product with the world.

You have done a lot already, I know, but I have to push my luck and keep asking you for more. Please ask  a friend to pre-order The Catcher's Trap. In the last week I have learned that sharing the link on social media gives me great exposure and drives a lot of traffic to my page, but it doesn’t translate into orders; what seems to work is a personal ask. If you believe in my work, or if you are one of those friends who ordered just because you think I am charming (I take it and thank you) I ask you to please ask one friend to pre-order; we can win this!

Honestly, I wish I could send a fraction of my excitement your way; I can assure you it would paint your day with rainbows.

Ricardo.