I think I'm supposed to be able to hook people quickly, and hopefully that sentence worked (Lord knows that with only one pre-order, I'm probably terrible at hooking people).

First, the gifts. I was a little confused about what price Inkshares would put my book at, and initially wanted to sell it literally as low as possible so I could get people interested, maybe some feedback and reviews so I could get better, and so the sequels would also be as baller as possible. Overnight success is not my goal - I want a lifetime of writing.

With that in mind, the first 20 pre-orders will get a $5 Amazon gift card, which will be an email code given to them after the novel is out. The next 60 will have a one-in-two chance at the $5 gift card code, calculated literally by a roll of eleven or higher roll on a 20-sided dice. It's an investment in myself, and there's going to be different gifts that readers may be able to get very, very soon (some of which may be more worthwhile to some than just a few bucks). Gotta put skin in the game, right?

Second, the big changes that I've made over the past week. The name of the book for one. There's a theme to the people, the system, and the enemies to this first book that I figured worked better as "Blurred Weaponry" than "Atypical," and it sounds more attractive to me, so bonus. 

The Inkshares page is also quite different. There's now a video attached, and a bunch of information about the world. I've worked very hard on this story's universe, and I wanted to show that I'm not joking around at all about my passion for this.

Lastly, my plans for previews. I'll be working on more videos and doing lots of editing, and will have a preview of the first half of the book available quite soon to anyone that follows the project. The full review copy will come later on, of course, and that's for anyone who pre-orders or follows Blurred Weaponry and happens to have a book of their own on Inkshares.

Whew, lots of typing today. Thanks, y'all. Share, like, read, yadda yadda. Peace out!