Sep 30, 2015

My sincere congratulations to the top 5 winners of the Nerdist Collection contest!

I first heard about this contest and, most importantly, Inkshares through Instagram via Nerdist, one day after the first submissions were accepted. 

The second book that I pre-ordered, on Aug. 20th, three days after the contest was off and running, was written by one Zachary Tyler Linville. This book has now become the holder of the number one spot. He may be first, but the top 5 are all winners since Nerdist will make the final call, but all will be published. 

I thought about mentioning some other books, one alongside me in the top 15th (I will finish off 17th) and one almost forgotten among the other 300 submissions.

The Talkers are Talking by Janna Grace:

https://www.inkshares.com/projects/the-talkers-are-talking

This is a story that deals with a concept that seems familiar, but then throws you upside down and shatters your spine. The fact that Grace's Talkers was also a dream has me loving it even more. Grace has the kind of writing that twists up your insides and I can just imagine how nauseous she will make us, of course, in the best and only way possible--gut wrenching and unflinching.

The second is Drift by Danielle Mohr:

https://www.inkshares.com/projects/drift

Her story is one she has been working on for years, which I could relate, and I think her world is fully fleshed out, with a dark disarray in a future of genetics gone rampant, and I am hoping this story gets the audience it deserves. I am excited to walk among the citizens of Freemont and eventually go Rogue in the distant time to come. 

As for me, there are 48 days left and I have sold 183/1,000 pre-orders.

https://www.inkshares.com/projects/u-turn-at-next-synapse

 I have met some amazing authors on Inkshares, and some have already become good friends, a collective of writers working together. Outstanding.  This has been an enriching experience and one I am glad I took on with full bravado; no more fear as an author. If I am unable to get this published with Inkshares, then I will get it done by other means. Before this contest, I would be unsure of my previous statement. 

I have been making some off the wall promotional countdown images, so here is the latest as we wind down into the...

And here are a look at the rest, counting down from 6: 

Thank you all, everyone that has been with me since the beginning to those who are about to take the ride. Be sure to buckle up now, for this road is still halfway from our final destination. Will you take the U-Turn at the Next Synapse if you have not already? And who else can you get behind the driving wheel?