Looking forward to the book!

Today is February 4th, and this is the end of my Inkshares funding campaign. Wow. I still have a couple more hours left, and most of us are busy during the day, so this is a final warcall into the heavens. U-Turn At Next Synapse is at 284 copies, and there has been a lot of support for it in the last few days. The comments, the follows--it overwhelms this strange man typing to you. My goal is to have this book get a perfect score in Bowling before today’s end.

Can we get to 300 copies pre-ordered. Click the FB page above and send some digital love and to all those following, grab a copy before the clock strikes 12. It will not be disappointing I assure you.

Congrats to my fellow Nerdists becoming a part of the growing regime of Quill; Janna Grace and Tony Valdez. Perhaps I will be among those names soon. We shall see.

Checkmate and Rummy my dear Gladiators

4 days left. The book is currently at 277 pre-orders. The only thing I would want is to get to 300 for one reason: to say that my book had a perfect game (Turkey). Let's do it. Tell everyone you can, and if you have not gotten yours yet, well you better get on that.

I finished my edit two days ago,  and I am very happy with the results. To think this was just a NaNoWriMo submission seven years ago...also, whomever gets their order now may be selected to win a custom design shirt I've created. Excited? 4 Days Left. Thank you. 

Checkmate and Rummy my dear Gladiators 

I'm not sure how this would work with Inkshares, but maybe you can find your own professional publisher to work with before you send it over to them? That way you get a full edit and the book is polished completely before they even see it. Again, not sure how that would work for Inkshare's deadlines. I'm paying for my own publishing (and later on, a book cover), but I'm doing so before I put my book back into pre-order. I'd suggest asking about that, for sure.

There are twenty one days left before my original original? funding date ends. For all those reading that are also sprites of inkshares, a lot of deadlines were extended with the whole credits system snafu. Right now, I would like to thank Janna Grace for the kind and empowering words.

And of course, there is her book, which I reviewed as well.

Now, back to this update. Yes, this very one. I am not close to my goal of 750 books, not by an expert marksman's long shot. I do believe I did make Quill's goal, which would mean light publishing, but also light editing. I feel my book needs a lot more than light in the dark forest of edits and context layout so that it can be properly enjoyed, but Quill may be the answer, or...

We can get this book to 750 in a record of 21 days. Can it be done? Of course, but how? Now with every single one of you reading this... "But I already ordered my copy and frankly I am getting sick of your e-mails, and Facebook posts, and enough with the Instagram. Make the book or don't damnit!" you say. A bit harsh, but how bout to spread the word? Tell one coworker, one family member, a neighbor, even a share of my page is a monumental source when it comes to lending a hand. One post by everyone causes a bit of a stir , as simple as turning around a single stirrer in a Venti Mocha, or me alone, which is better summarized as the gravity of the moon pulling at the waves of a turbulent ocean. I'd rather have coffee.

21 days. 479 copies to go. 245 of you that are possibly going to or have read this. Some of you have purchased multiple copies while some have subscribed and followed me with some interest. I thank you all, truly and from the bottom of my lonely heart as of late, so very very much for sitting in the cockpit with me as I take on this great epic adventure. To my family, my friends, my colleagues, my fellow inkshares, and most importantly to the ones who have doubted me and laid my book down and or ripped up my flyers over the year(s), you have given me the drive to prove you all that I have a story to tell and a damn good one at that. 

- Checkmate and Rummy my dear Gladiators

The following is merely an observation that is based on fact:

The pre-order train has been derailed, not completely. The wheels are still on their metal tracks, but sales have ceased. There has not been one pre-order in the last four days. Observation terminated. 

You have come to know me pretty well from my posts, and once again, I have not given up hope. My test t-shirt design will be coming in this week, and I could not be more happy to wear my story proudly. 

I will only give out the shirt to a reader chosen at random when I hit 300 pre-orders and not one order before that. Before what? Well, before, when I said, just look back a couple sentences. 

I will say once again, and I can not say it any less. To every single person who has ordered a book or more, my warmest thank you. I am still delirious on how much love this story of mine has received.

It still needs more though. Please tell everyone you can about U-Turn At Next Synapse. You never know, maybe those first two people could care less, and that fourth person is too busy dealing with their obese cat (The third person ran by too fast for you to get to them)--that fifth person though, they listen. They themselves are a writer perhaps, and they look into Inkshares, pre-order my book, and start the process of pushing their own work they have been holding under their cowl for over a decade. We have to all get to that fifth person, because person four will be dealing with that feline for a while. My god, it looks like a small ottoman...with legs. Wait, ottomans have those.

Checkmate and Rummy Dear Gladiators.

And for all those who are reading this and have not taken the U-Turn yet, then it is time to 

Well, I did it again. I really cannot believe, uggh. I wrote a detailed post on everything and it is GONE. Why? Why? Maybe I should just say good---

The day is approaching, much like Greyhab going after the illusive Moby Tom&Harry. A bit obscure and I feel that I have my phrases off. 

October 30th marks the day where all Inkshares books will cost 20$ to pre-order.

Now, I feel that a lot of you read my synopsis and think, two timelines, yea it sounds cool, but what does that mean. Here, see what I see...

Now there you go. Does that make more sense Jana (Jana is one of a hundred great writers I have met)? Cool. Two different timelines represented in separate fonts and even different perspectives, both written simultaneously.  Would have been a lot easier if I wrote them separately and spliced them together. Tis a bitch that my mind does not work under those parameters. There is something missing on page 4, better fix that. No, you are looking at 94, I go back repetitively. Please do not shake your head John Robin (Oh-ho, the GodKing himself, check out his E P I C!)

Now, for something FUN!

And what exactly is that? I am glad you asked Brien (In this scenario, I am referring to Brien Shores: another Inkshares author, a damn funny one at that). This is what can happen when you toy around with your friend's design studio for their company, CEOtees, at 4:00 AM. This is my story, two timelines with one man racing for his life, and the only constant: the U-turn signs dead ahead.

Thank you everyone for all the help in getting me this far. For all those who are reading this, let's say yo-- you grab another copy or more (Three or more at one time and your name will be printed in the back), each one of you...

If I hit 300+ copies sold before Oct. 30th, one person chosen at RANDOM will win their very own shirt above. Plus, you get to choose your own color! And my buds; the CEO's have dozens to gawk over.

Realize too that you haven't even got to the orange and yellows yet. So many yellows. I will also make sure that the colors of the design match as well to your desired color, and I will send you a print for you to look over before your shirt is made and sent. You have the final say. Not bad, huh?

So, who is up to the challenge? I am looking at you JF (One of a few authors through Inkshares already published, and this is his second)! Who is ready to grab the wheel with both blistered hands and pull that thing hard, and fast. The road up ahead is slippery, and one wrong move can send you off into uncertain fear and paralysis. How bout you follow the green button below and

CoRY!!! 250 PRE-ORDERS! YOU MADE IT, MAN!!! 

Check your email. Come then end of the month, you hit your goal automatically! I look forward to reading your book.