Thanks Ken and AC! Just updated the introduction and prologue to include the extra information (and a new first chapter that drops us right into the thick of things). Looking forward to hearing what everyone thinks!

The premise got me.  The intro made me want to read this book immediately, and then share it with the family (but not until I’m finished, of course).

I think you shouldn’t worry about doing the formatting yourself. Do not waste your time on it! You can either hire an interior designer after your campaign ends with you in Quill, or Inkshares will do it for you if you make it to full publishing. You can definitely find someone in the community to help you make a mock-up in InDesign or photoshop or whatever, in the meantime. 

First off, thank you for following my project. I’ve been working on this book for over a year and I’m very close to (gulp) starting my pre-order campaign. One of the difficulties with this novel is that I’ve always imagined it being laid out as a "For Dummies" style help guide, with lots of sidebar facts and extra bits of info. Executing this in a basic Word document has been a bit of a ... what’s worse than a nightmare? An every-time-mare? Because that’s what dealing with formatting has been.

Anyway. For the purposes of the Inkshares site, I’ve placed the sidebar info in text boxes, roughly where they would appear. One thing I’d like to ask, O generous and kind supporter -- do you think the whole idea of boxes is too distracting? Should I just leave it as a regular old novel? Or should I stick with the help guide format? Any advice would be much appreciated, and I look forward to checking out your work as well! Thanks again --

mh