Claire Caffarel is my daughter. She doesn’t want email updates. But I will tell her!
Almost a month since the last visit from the Donut Patrol? Let’s fix that! Reading my sample chapters and leaving a review by this Friday, March 22nd gets you entered to win a Dunkin Donuts gift card! It doesn’t have to be long--just a sentence or two about what you thought about what you read. Anyone who pre-orders during this time (either newbies or repeats) will receive a bonus entry.
Chapters 1 through 4 available here: www.inkshares.com/books/showtime
Looking forward to everyone’s feedback! 📖
Ricky
P.S. The results of the "Baltimore’s Best" poll will be released by the Baltimore Sun on April 15th, so stay tuned!
Hey everyone!
We have officially reached a new milestone—200 pre-orders! Thank you, thank you to everyone who has ordered Showtime so far and taken the time to offer support, words of encouragement, spreading the word about the book, or telling me how much you enjoyed the sample chapters. It means a ton, guys and girls.
As we get ready to enter the final month of the pre-order campaign, I hope you’ll consider helping me with a couple more favors.
1. If you have ONE person who you KNOW you could get to pre-order (either through love, guilt, or blackmail), that would be fantastic. It could be a friend, a sibling, your parents, even Cousin Oliver or Great Aunt Suzy. If everyone who has already pre-ordered did that, we could get a huge bump in pre-orders in no time. We can party with donuts to celebrate. J
2. Read Showtime’s sample chapters! Inkshares also tracks the amount of time spent reading them when considering books for publication, so I’d really appreciate you taking a look if you haven’t already. I just posted Chapters 3 & 4 to celebrate the new milestone!
3. Lastly, if you have read the sample chapters (or if you’re one of my beta readers who’ve read the whole book), I would hugely appreciate it if you took a moment to post a review on Showtime’s page. It doesn’t have to be much—just a sentence or two saying what you thought about what you read. Reader engagement through reviews is a big way to show there’s excited, book-loving faces behind each pre-order tally!
It’s easy—just follow THIS LINK and click the “ADD REVIEW” button to the right.
Thanks for your continued support to keep the momentum going! Here’s to another 100!
Ricky
P.S. – Don’t forget to vote for Showtime as “Best Book” in The Baltimore Sun’s “Best of Baltimore” poll by 5:00pm tomorrow! It’s a great way to get Showtime some extra exposure! Remember, you can vote once every day BY CLICKING HERE.
Hey everyone!
Just wanted to take minute and update everyone on our progress. After the official 1-month mark since beginning, we have passed 150+ pre-orders! “Showtime” is still the #1 trending funding title on Inkshares, the #2 spot for amount of followers, and #3 for amount of pre-orders! Thanks to all of you for your orders, continued support, and enthusiasm!
As always, remember to share, tag, and forward to friends and family who you think might be interested in the book, and stay tuned to Facebook on 2/22/19 for the Dunkin’ Donuts gift card(s) giveaway(s)! If you’ve already ordered, you’re already entered (each order=1 entry). If not, there’s still time to be entered!
Thanks again, guys and girls. Here’s to the next milestone!
Ricky
Hey everyone!
Just wanted to update everyone on our progress because, as of last night, we officially hit a milestone: 100 pre-orders! Thank you to everyone who has helped "Showtime" get to this point! As promised, Chapter 2 is now posted! Find out what happens next at: www.inkshares.com/books/showtime.
Also, don’t forget to check out an exclusive article about what inspired "Showtime" in today’s issue of The Dundalk Eagle here (https://www.dundalkeagle.com/dundalk-novelist-launches-campaign-for-publication/article_718d9fa8-6b6a-5847-be66-6507769db4bb.html)!
Here’s to another 100!
Ricky
Hey, everyone! Just wanted to send a quick update and thank-you to everyone for your orders and support because you guys have made "Showtime" the current #1 trending book of ALL the funding projects on Inkshares! Special thanks to our most recent inductees to #TeamShowtime (Melanie Benedetti, Tammy Mergel-Hess, Desiree Nemec, Jorge Correia, Janice Sparks Grahe, Julie Mecler, Julie R. Smith Cutlip, and Joseph Cuocci) for helping to make this exciting news possible tonight! Remember to share, re-post, and tag! Let’s keep it going, #TeamShowtime! 😀🎊🎉
Exciting news!
Showtime has been chosen by Inkshares staff as their Syndicate’s pick for March!
"We’re excited to throw our support behind this project, which has (rightfully so) received strong buzz on Inkshares. SHOWTIME reminds us of the heady thrills of The Twilight Zone and the haunting suspense of King’s CARRIE."
This is a big deal for a couple reasons. One, it resulted in 16 (!) pre-orders from members of the Syndicate; and two, staff support gives Showtime some added Inkshares publicity and oomph as a strong contender for publication.