Woot! Woot! We just hit 240 orders!  Thank you all for pushing it this far.  Why don’t we close the funding to Quill today...we only need 10 more orders to reach Quill and then I can focus on the editing and stop pestering you guys :)  You’ll gain more chances in the raffle and get the bonus script gift, so it’s all good.  

As an added bonus I’ll be sending another chapter to the final 10 pre-orderers...so let’s do this today and make it Quill sunday!  

Thank you in particular to both of the syndicates that have been singing my praises.  The Idiosyncraticate Syndicate  and The Thriller Night syndicate  why not join up with either or both of these fine establishments, they’re a great pair of organisations to have behind you if you want to get published.  Okay, back to editing and see you on the other side of the Quill border soon!  Hit HERE to pre-order LOUISIANA BLOOD.

Hello all of my 220 slice and dicers...just a brief update. 

I’m at 234 pre-orders...so I only have a few days to scoop up the last 16 pre-orders to get over the Quill line.  So far I have nearly 100 of you entered into the $100 raffle...no that doesn’t mean one lucky winner will take home a $1.  One lucky winner will take home $100.  

Now simple maths dictates that if you pre-ordered more than one you will have double or more  chances of being picked.  But whatever you choose to throw your $10s at, I’d like to thank all of you for supporting me during the last three months. 

I’d especially like to give a big shout out to some of the many generous authors that have helped guide me through the treacherous waters of  crowd funding.  

Peter Ryan, the author of SYNC CITY, a great thriller and worth checking out.  Joni Dee, author of AND THE WOLF SHALL DWELL, a wonderful thriller, also Billy O’ Keefe author of  THESE ARE MY FRIENDS ON POLITICS a wickedly funny children’s book.  Christopher Huang’s MURDER AT THE VETERAN’S CLUB a lovely period detective novel and Kelsey Rae’s BEYOND THE CODE, an adventure in the fantasy genre ...

And last but not least the two great syndicates that helped raise my profile by picking me as their book of the month...THE IDIOSYNCRATICATE SYNDICATE  and the THRILLER NIGHT SYNDICATE check them out.  When I’m fully funded I will post a more effusive list of the wonderful people that have also helped me along the way.

Anyway, enough hyperbole...if you have some credits, or are feeling generous, why not throw a few dollars at the Louisiana Blood stagecoach and spur those horses over the Quill border.  Saddle up HERE!  

                                      Happy Weekend spring heeled Ripper fans! 

Okay, I’ve reached 225 pre-orders, which means I’m only 25 from being at the Quill border and finally getting published.

 I have over 200 followers now, some of you have been very kind and purchased a copy of Louisiana Blood…others are supporting me through some kind of astral projection that keeps me motivated.  Now much as I love cosmic love, I’m still very keen prise a few more pre-orders from you and close my funding. This will allow me to just focus on editing before I hand over my manuscript to the powers that be on INKSHARES.

The next 25 pre-orders get not only an entry into the $100 raffle but also a copy of the script that inspired the book.

 Why don’t I give you a mug,  a hand embroidered snuggle blanket, a Ferrari or an evening out with Brad Pitt or Kim Kardashian? 

 I’ll tell you why…because my gratitude is worth far more to your Karma than mere earthly spoils.

 I’m not going to insult your intelligence with tawdry trifles that will be consigned to a garage sale in the near future…whereas my gratitude will burn like an eternal flame forever…well, as long as I can tap at a keyboard J

 Anyway, I’m hoping that at least 25 of you with a sense of humour and a grasp of irony will splurge out and close the funding…if not for my sake, for all my friends who are now hiding from me whenever I see them in the street J

 I have been heavily supported by some authors who I have become friends with on the INKSHARES site and if you are in the reading frame of mind you can do worse than checking out their books after you have pre-ordered LOUISIANA BLOOD.

Check out Peter Ryan’s SYNC CITY and Joni Dee’s THE WOLF SHALL DWELL, both of them are fantastic examples of the thriller and mystery genre!

 

 

                    LOUISIANA BLOOD - IS  A STAR IN  THE INKSHARES UNIVERSE!

I’ve just been selected as a staff pick by the Inkshares team!  I’m very proud to wear the gold star on my home page and hope that it will inspire my many blood thirsty eviscerators to take a stab at a pre-order...Spring heeled Jack would love you to join him on his mission...it’s time the world realised that Jack has been given bad press all these years...let the world into Jack’s secret why don’t you...he never existed!  Yes, that’s right, and around forty of my faithful slice and dicers have the power to reveal Jacks real story!  With only 23 days to go I need at least a couple a day...why not "Cut"  to the chase and do that in one blood filled night!   Okay, that’s my latest news and I only have a few more goals to reach...Quill is down to my faithful followers...and making this a best seller is down to me!

                                                                  PRE-ORDER HERE!

Hilarious update Mike. You should write a book ....

It seems the previous post links are a little too bloody for the servers...so please use these.

Hi there knife wielding swamp sucking fans of the greatest conspiracy ever uncovered!  Hot news!  LOUISIANA BLOOD has now been picked by two syndicates as book of the month!

 In March it was selected by The Idiosyncraticate Syndicate, a great bunch of enthusiasts who believe that there is a place for innovative thrillers and mysteries to hold their own against alien zombie monsters on the moon Sci-Fi space operas…join up by signing in HERE!

And now, The Thriller Night Syndicate, supporting works with elements of thriller, mystery, crime and spy fiction has voted Louisiana Blood book of the month for April!  You can join up by going HERE! 

What does this mean? I hear you cry, as you interrupt a pleasent evenings dismemberment…

 Well, it means I’m only a short blood spurt from reaching the Quill publishing goal of 250 pre-orders. 

 I reckon by the time you read this update I will be sidling towards 200…which means I only need 50 or so followers to pre-order.

Now as there are approximately 180 of you, that only means less than a third of you have to put your mojitos down, slither off your recliners, scoop up your Ipads (Other sexy computer tablets are available.) and tap a talon on the book cover below.  

Within seconds you can be back to your mojito and I can be sharpening my book-signing quill.  Don’t forget you’ll also get the Louisiana Blood bonus script AND, an entry into the raffle to win $100!  Hit HERE and help a murderous author out!

What are you waiting for?  Brimming with anticipatory thanks, Mike.

 

                                                                    

 

HAPPY EASTER!  

Due to a server glitch on INKSHARES some of you may be getting this twice, but better safe than sorry!  

Thank you for being one of my faithful followers.   Some of you may not be aware of the benefits of being in my crowd.  

Being in the final 100 pre-orders entitles you to be entered into my $100 raffle which will take place on completion of the funding...also you will get a copy of the original movie script of Louisiana Blood...a rare opportunity to compare the book to the film before the film is even made!   

Just click on the link below to join the contest and pre-order the book.                                                                                

 https://www.inkshares.com/books/louisiana-blood-a-chandler-travis-and-duke-lanoix-mystery?referral_code=2c27906f                                                                                                                   

 

Regards, Mike

 

                                                                                                                 

 

Yippee! Thank all of you who have contributed to the first 50% of my progress towards Quill and getting published!  So, first things first...CHAPTER 10 is on the site.  Secondly...

I have about 150 followers...and over a hundred who haven’t ordered yet are just itching to have a reason to pre-order.  So here’s my offer.  The next fifty pre-orders will go into a RAFFLE.  I will then draw a name out of a virtual hat and award $100 to the winning name!  I know, people offer mugs and scarves and hand knitted blankets...but really, nothing says thank you more than buying what YOU want!  Okay, the raffle is officially open! Hit the picture below or HERE and pre-order now!

Yes Faith, it was part of a $600m film slate, but when that fell apart it was too expensive as a film, so I decided to expand the script and write it as a novel...hoping to re-engineer it back into a movie.  Yes, by all means reach out to the dark side.  It does have everything, love story, horror theme, conspiracy, and action...something for everybody. If you buy a copy you also get an original screenplay as well...just saying :)