Happy Friday evening friends!

Happy Friday everyone! How is everyone's week going?

Things are moving along slowly but nicely here at Dax HQ. Earlier in the week, I reached out to my fellow authors for some campaign advice. That said, I would like to give a shout-out to the lovely and awesome A.C. Weston and the totally radical Vincent Lim, who responded with some kind words and cool ideas! If you haven't already, you most definitely should check out their own books, She Is The End and The Cora Chronicles: Genesis, ASAP!

So in an effort to light a fire under my campaign, let's put one of those ideas in effect right now, shall we?

CONTEST! Many of you have said you love the cover art on the book. To which I have to sadly inform you that the art is only temporary, as I don't have the exclusive rights to go slapping it on paper and re-selling it. What I CAN do, however, is slap it on some giveaway gifts out of my own pocket! So as of this morning, the next 10 people to order the book will be entered to win a super groovy DAX HARRISON COFFEE MUG!

It holds 11 ounces of your favorite beverage and looks stylish as heck while doing so. Should this prove to be a popular idea, then I may just keep this party going with the next 10, and the next 10, and so on until we hit that magic pre-order goal!

Also, with every purchase of a paperback copy, I will be including a commemorative souvenir postcard as a token of my appreciation!

Don't fret if you already ordered previously. I plan to throw one of these babies in with every paperback. You can use it as a fancy bookmark if you like! Or stick it on your fridge as a decoration. Or actually use it as a postcard and impress your friends and relatives with your good taste in postal stationery!

What do you say, guys and gals? Give that gorgeous pre-order button a click! And tell your friends to do the same!

-Tony

Oops. Apparently Inkshares doesn't let me embed an email link (or I goofed it up). Fellow Inkshares authors, feel free to message me at rockhollywood8@gmail.com.

-Tony :)

Feeling very Lumbergh this morning, appropriately while sipping my morning coffee. Officially past the halfway mark, but there's still a long way to go in a short time. The good news is that Inkshares has pushed the deadline to December 27th. 40 days, 124 books to go. Wish me luck!

To my fellow Inkshares authors: If you have any marketing tips and suggestions for me, I'm all ears. I've bothered all friends & family, online contacts and so on, and littered my surrounding neighborhoods with paper flyers. I haven't been able to find any author/publishing conferences around, and all the local comic cons have come and gone.

I would like to give a nice shout-out to the staff at Comics-N-Stuff at the Chula Vista mall and Mysterious Galaxy independent book store in San Diego, who not only let me post a flyer but were also super interested in the book!

Feel free to message me at rockhollywood8@gmail.com. Thanks guys! :)

-Tony

Happy Friday everyone! Tony here with another DAX HARRISON update. This is an important one.

Inkshares has been paying close attention to the community of authors and readers, and in an effort to help more authors reach their goal, 2 weeks ago they introduced a much more attainable 250 pre-order goal to publish, BUT with the caveat of upping the book price to $20.

As it has proven a bit tougher to convince people to pre-order a $20 book rather than a $10 one, Inkshares has now added another option: ebook only!

Still want to help me get DAX HARRISON published, but don't have a whole $20 to spend? Simply order the ebook for $10! That still counts just as much toward the publishing goal of 250 pre-orders! And if you really, really want that gorgeous signed 1st edition paperback to hold in your hands, then by all means order the $20 version. You'll get the paperback AND the ebook! :)

IMPORTANT NOTICE: These price changes do not affect anyone who has already ordered their copy. Your orders are already locked in and you have nothing to worry about. What you CAN do however is keep spreading the word! As of today, I have 44 days left to reach that 250 mark. That's 128 copies that still need to be sold! It's doable, but not without your help.

If you haven't already shared with your book-loving friends, family members, neighbors, coworkers, teachers, students, favorite barista at your local coffee shop, please do so. I made a handy flyer which I've been putting up in cafes, coffee houses and comic shops in my neck of the woods. Want to put one up at your favorite local cafe? Local book store? Other cool place that sci-fi fans and book readers might take notice? CLICK HERE TO PRINT A FLYER!

ALSO VERY IMPORTANT NOTICE: Don't forget! If you're trying to convince someone to order, here's a great selling point -- Use Inkshares credits and GET THE BOOK FOR FREE!

The good people at Inkshares want to see authors succeed and give readers a good deal. So much so, that they reward you with free money to spend on books! Sign into the website for the first time? Wait a few minutes and you'll see $5 credit added to your Inkshares account. Then earn another $5 for your first review! Just highlight a favorite passage while reading the sample chapters of Dax Harrison and add a comment! You can say whatever you like! "LOL", "This is great writing", "Keep your day job"... Either way, those two simple steps just earned you $10 total to spend toward the book! You could get the ebook for FREE or the paperback for half the price! Help a local author for FREE and get a book too!

And finally, if your dear old Granny really wants to help but doesn't know how to do all that silly newfangled computer nonsense, be a dear and order for her. :)

As always, I apologize for my exceedingly long-winded updates. I am trying to be an author here... Haha...

-Tony :)

This is it, readers! The last 24 hours to order your copy of DAX HARRISON at the bargain rate of $9.99! As of tomorrow (10/30) at 12 Noon Pacific Time, the price goes up to $20 (Inkshares's decision, not mine). So now is the time! Get your order in today! What do you get for $9.99 you ask?

DAX HARRISON FLYER!

Would you like to keep helping the cause? Print out this handy dandy book flyer! There's a QR code for all those hip young people to scan with their smartphones that will take them straight to the book page! And of course, some classic tear-away tabs for the less techno-savvy.

Post it in the break room at work! In the laundry room at your apartment complex. At your local public library. At your favorite coffee shop. On your friend's forehead! On the bulletin boards at your school/college. Right at eye-level above the urinals in your local bar/pub! (Please wash your hands after that last one)

You guys are all rock stars. Thanks again!

Whoo-wee, this Inkshares news has me PUMPED. ...It could also partially be the bucket of coffee I've had this morning... :)

-Tony

AHOY THERE, READERS! GOOD MORNING! And what an interesting morning it is!

Apologies for the non-communication as of late. Like many folks who run a campaign such as this, begging every family member, coworker, associate, stranger on the street, etc to buy my book, I had certainly felt a bit discouraged as of late. We've hit 106 pre-orders! Woo hoo! Unfortunately, that is still a long ways off from 1,000 needed for publishing. And the end of the campaign, December 6th, is approaching fast. Things aren't exactly looking swell for Commander Dax Harrison...

Then I received an email this morning from Inkshares, telling me that they are changing their policies to ensure that more great books get published. Guess what? Now I only need to make 250 orders. 250!!!

Officially, it's 750 for the complete package deal. Full professional editing, a trip to the Inkshares office where I could personally sign each first edition for you guys, and so on. However, if I get at least to 250 pre-orders, Inkshares will still publish a limited run of the book, including digital and physical distribution on Amazon. And yes, you will all get your physical copies!

Here's the catch. As of October 30th, at 12:00pm Pacific Time, the price of the book goes up to $20. If you already ordered a copy, you DO NOT have to pay more. But from here on, I'll be convincing people to buy a $20 book instead of a $10 one. So here's what I need from you, dear readers.

Have you not clicked that pre-order button yet? NOW IS THE TIME. If you have any friends, family, coworkers, associates, etc that you have not yet bothered to death about this book, NOW IS THE TIME. From now until noon, October 30th, the price is still $10. Now is the time to convince everyone you know to buy a copy and shoot us up to that 250 mark! Also, have you racked up any credits on your Inkshares account? Now is the time to use them for more copies of the book! It'll make a great Christmas gift, I promise! :)

For those who have already ordered and spread the word, I thank you from the bottom of my heart, mind, and everywhere else. Whatever happens, through Inkshares or not, I promise this book will be published. And I can only hope you appreciate what I deliver. Thank you again, and have an awesome weekend!

-Tony

I did something fun today. I've been pretty off my game this week. Bad head & chest cold, lack of sleep, general rundown vibe and not feeling very creative. Although, I did take a break and go to Knott's Scary Farm the other night! Lots of fun, despite my nonstop phlegm fest. :)

Feeling crummy as I have, I just couldn't focus on writing, even when I actually had quiet time to sit and get it down. SO frustrating! So today I went back to my source. It's no secret that Dax Harrison is based off a film script I wrote. Yes, Dax was meant to be a good old-fashioned summer blockbuster. So much so that as I worked on crafting scenes, I would often imagine music from other films as part of the Dax soundtrack as inspiration.

I can't be the only one who does that, right? Heck, sometimes I hear epic soundtracks in my head while I'm just reading someone else's book. Personally, some pretty intense action tunes were playing in my head while reading Katniss fight her way through The Hunger Games, BEFORE the movies started coming out.

So to reinvigorate my writing vibes, and to share with anyone who's interested, here is the Dax Harrison unofficial soundtrack, made of co-opted music from other films, a TV show, and one terrific game series I just finished replaying. I also made a track listing with custom titles, just to give a few hints (but not too many) about how the story plays out. I hope it's just enough to make you say, "GAH! I can't wait to read it! I'm going to share this with 1000 people right now and tell them to pre-order!" ;)

DAX HARRISION Unofficial Soundtrack - (click to play on YouTube)
1. Prologue - The Battle of Feron
2. Ahead of Schedule
3. Schmoozing at Saleon
4. Enter The Pit
5. Central Station / The Alliance
6. The Gala / Mingling with Dignitaries
7. Escaping the Pit
8. Attack
9. Jump!
10. Rescue Op
11. A Little Traffic Ahead
12. Dax's Last Flight
13. Showdown
14. Truth
15. End Credits / Dax Theme