Hello All, 

Hello wonderful people, 

So in between editing like a mad woman and tossing around ideas for a new book cover I did something a little different. I set out a question to my followers whether or not they wanted me to make a video answering questions from them. I put up a poll and posted the question on Twitter and the votes are in. You guys want this video! Just as a fair warning, I have next to no stage presence.

With that well in place I need something from you guys, QUESTIONS! Your questions. You can send them to me through email at Kelsey31@hotmail.com. Or you can direct message me on Inkshares, or contact me on Twitter @BTCInkshares. 

Anything about me or Beyond the Code you’re curious about don’t hesitate to ask. I’ll try and answer all of them without revealing spoils.

I hope to hear from you. 

Kelsey Rae Barthel  

Good evening to all...unless you’re in another time zone then good whatever time for you. 

Things are going good ever since the campaign ended with Beyond the Code on the happy side of Quill. Set aside some quality rest time after the soul strengthening climb and now I’m back to work. I thought it would be prudent to give you guys a run down of what work I’m doing towards the book you all paid good money for. 

I don’t have any real set dates yet but I can give you a summery of my plan of attack. First of all the name of the game is EDIT EDIT EDIT!! I’m going to completely dedicate every free minute I have towards going through the book and using the advise I have received from the campaign to make this book the best I can. 

Second, and this brings me to a question of opinion for all of you, the subject of beta readers. I was thinking about selecting some volunteers to  be Beta readers for Beyond the Code. You may caught a plot hole I didn’t see or have an idea on something that would be totally awesome in the book. What is your opinion on this system. Email me at Kelsey31@hotmail.com. I’d love to hear from you. 

And third, once those things are taken care of I’m going to be giving the cover art a complete make over. I have some ideas for that but nothings concrete yet so I’ll keep them to myself until I figure out which ones are actually doable. 

That’s it for now. I’ll keep all you lovely people up to date on the happenings of Beyond the Code. A reminder to all you followers who haven’t pre-ordered yet, now that Beyond the Code is officially a thing you can get a physical copy for only $14.99. Cool beans. 

Thank you all soo much for following all this time and I will see you later. 

Kelsey Rae Barthel

Hello wonderful people, 

Just a quick update to say that a new shiney and revised chapter 5 is up for you to read. Hope you like it. 

Kelsey Rae Barthel

Hello there all you wonderful people!!

Well I said that if we made 260 orders before the campaign ended I would hold another 50 Point Raffle. Guess what!! You amazing people blew that goal right out of the water so here it is. The winner of the final 50 Point Raffle is...

Sarah Bryant!! Congratulations!! You are the last winner of the 50 Point Raffle. Your super soft Beyond the Code blanket will be sent to you as soon as possible. 

Again thank you all so much for bring this campaign to a successful end. Beyond the Code is going to be published. It still give me goosebumps saying that. 

Thank you all. 

Kelsey Rae Barthel

Greetings you magnificent human beings, 

Today is the last day of the campaign so I thought I’d take a minute to thank you all for carrying Beyond the Code to Quill. I’ll do my best in forging through the mostly unknown (to me) world of publishing to bring you the best book Beyond the Code can be. 

The selling campaign of Beyond the Code was started kind of by accident before I was really prepared but I always strived to do the best I could. Thank you for your patience and support as I stumbled like a drunken four year old through the world of crowd funding. Your kindness and pulling together to help me with my dream has touched my heart in a way you couldn’t imagine. 

We are at 257 orders so I’ll let you what. If we make it to 260 orders by the end of this campaign I will post the next chapter and I’ll do another prize draw to end things off right.

Thank you all again for bringing me this far. I’ll keep you posted on what comes next. Brave new world. 

And a grand hello to all my wonderful followers. We have news. Get comfortable cause this is going to be a long one. 

First of all let’s have the super awesome news. WE’VE DONE IT!! WE’VE MADE QUILL!! THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN!! It’s hard to really express how I’m feeling right now. This is the first full length book I’ve dedicated myself to writing and to see it go so far is nothing less than amazing. But it didn’t make it there on it’s own. It’s because of all of you that my dream is going to become a reality. There are a hand full of amazing people that I want to give a shout out to. They are truly awesome. 

Joni Dee, author of And the Wolf Shall Dwell

Andre Brun, Author of Lies and Deception

Brian Fitzpatrick, author of Mechcraft

Tabi Craft, author of Scribbles

Alexander Barnes, author of The Amaranth Chronicles: Deviant Rising

These fantastic people really made the difference in the last stretch and I can’t thank them enough. You’re all a treasure. I really mean it. 

On to other things. Now that we have hit 250 that means it’s time for another 50 Point RAFFLE!!!! And the winner is...

  Mike Donald!!! You’re the winner to the 50 Point Raffle Quill Edition!! I don’t know what makes this one more special but I’ll think of something. I’ll be contacting you to get your info so I can send your super soft Beyond the Code blanket. 

Thank you all for everything. This whole experience had taught me so much, made me grow as a person, and has brought me alot of great friends. 

QUILL!!!!!!