Oh, hi!

• The most important thing is obviously to thank you folks. I hadn’t realized how much I wanted to revisit this book until I started getting my hands dirty with the campaign and to have enough support that we’ve been in the Top 10 for over a week is humbling. Thank you and please consider pre-ordering other books in the contest.
  
• If you haven’t pre-ordered please consider doing so. It would mean the world to me to get more readers interested in my work.
  
• I have a new Chapter available for you! You can read Chapter 4 of A God in the Shed right here. Since I’ll be rewriting most of the book feel free to leave me comments or suggestions. You can also now leave comments on Chapters 1 through 3.
  
• I’m working on my book trailer but the images are taking longer then anticipated, but I can show you a sample right here:

Greetings friends!

Let me start with the expected words of gratitude:

• If you pre-ordered A God in the Shed, thank you. This means the world to me. Giving a creative the power to build something and have an audience for his work is awesome and the very meaning of the tired old phrase : “Support the arts”

• If you’re still not sure if you want to pre-order, well, no pressure buddy. I’m going to be adding more content and explaining more details about the world and story I want to tell with A God in the Shed. There will be plenty of reasons to support this project within the next few weeks.

• If you’re following this project because you want me to notice your own book that’s being funded, well good news; if I haven’t already pre-ordered your book, chances are I will. I simply got a lot of this kind of followers so it’s taking me some time (and some credits/money) to support my fellow authors. Hopefully i get to throw some support your way before I run out of resources. I hope you’ll consider being more than a follower and also pre-order A God in the Shed. It’s going to be a good book and to be completely honest, I do pay more attention to fellow writers who support my project.

Friends, I do not come here with only words of thanks. I also have news. Nothing earth shattering but a few little things.

First, if you look at the Inkshares page for A God in the Shed, you’ll notice that I’ve reworked the book synopsis, description and even the ‘about the author’ section.

Second and more interesting, I’ve added a link to a PDF sample of the first three chapters. It’s still a bit rough but you’ll get a gist of the tone and feel of the world and characters.

Third and last, I’m working on a book trailer video. If you’ve seen the one I made for The Life Engineered, I’m hoping to do something in the same vein. So look out for that (or wait for me to send an update about it).

One more time, thank you for your support. I don’t know if you realize how important this is to me and how much every little contribution means. You guys are awesome.

JF

Oh, hi again.

Don't worry friends, I'm not going to pester you every day. This is a special occasion. You see, when I'm forced to make an 'elevator pitch' for God in the Shed, I tend to describe it as "Tom Sawyer meets H.P. Lovecraft with a sprinkling of Harry Potter for flavour". Of course I hate that description as I like to think of my work as so much deeper and complex, but at the end of the day it is probably more apt then any essay I might write on the subject.

Anyways, today is Howard Philip Lovecraft's 125th birthday. Obviously he's no longer around to celebrate with us but that shouldn't stop us from honouring his life's work. One way to do that you might do that is by pre-ordering A God in the Shed or if you already have, recommending it to a friend. Sure, this is a shameless plug but I could hardly let such an opportune coincidence slip by unmentioned.

'Lovecraftian'?

So what makes my book 'Lovecraftian' anyways? I could just say 'Old Gods' and be done with it, but it's more than that. Part of the thematic of God in the Shed is the frailty of the human form and mind when confronted with things so far outside our comprehension. It's the mortality pitted against divinity and how only a thin set of incomprehensible rules keep us safe from dark and unfathomable powers.

Thank you for your support,

JF

Let me thank you for your support. Either financial for those who've pre-ordered a copy of A God in the Shed or moral for those who are just following my antics so far. If you're in the later category, I hope to convince you to pre-order.

Let's start with a gift to those who pre-ordered and incentive for the ones still on the fence: Here are the first three chapters from the current draft of A God in the Shed. These follow the chapter currently on Inkshares (it's more of a prologue really) and to be honest will be re-writen almost entirely. Especially the first part of chapter three which just doesn't work.

I hadn't thought of doing another book campaign on Inkshares for a little while. However, after I handed in my final draft for The Life Engineered, I started looking for my next project. I have a few things planned but they're all long term endeavours. I wanted something that would light the proverbial fire under my butt. When the Nerdist contest was announced I looked at my archive of other projects and found A God in the Shed lying there. Staring up at me from my laptop. I took a look at some of the notes and re-read some of the pages and remembered how much I loved this setting and these characters. This is the first book I sent out to get rejected by publishers. I could probably polish it again and try to get an agent, but I think it can find a good home on Inkshares.

So the plan is to get this thing funded. The contest is just an incidental. This is where I become more demanding than I have any right to be. You already support and follow me friends, but can I be so bold as to ask if you'd also help spread the word? I'll figure out a way to repay you. I swear.

Regards,

JF