Hello Cape’s Side Bayers!

Happy Saturday to all!

It has been quite an eventful week. 22 Days remain in the campaign. I decided to post the FRIDAY NIGHT chapter. It is still a rough draft of the chapter, so please keep that in mind. I hope you enjoy it. The SciFi elements are beginning to creep in and they really take flight in the following chapter: Monday Morning.  

You can read Friday Night in its entirety here: https://www.inkshares.com/books/cape-s-side-bay/book_segments/friday-night

So, 22 days to go, and just over 100 orders left! I hope we can make full publishing in time. I am confident we will, but time will tell.  If there’s anything you need to hear from me to convince you to order a copy, don’t hesitate to ask! I have answers. 

Once again thank you for all of the support you have shown, it’s been incredible and I feel blessed! 

I cannot wait to see how far we can take Cape’s Side Bay! Please, order today and let’s hit full publishing by September 4th!

Thanks for the time and enjoy your day!

https://www.inkshares.com/books/cape-s-side-bay

James

Hello Cape’s Side Bayers!

 Hope you’re having a wonderful day!

 Yesterday I was greeted with some wonderful news! Cape’s Side Bay has been selected for the GREAT SCI FI syndicate pick for August! It always means a lot when your fellow authors, and people you respect, support your work, and believe in what you are doing. A big BIG thank you to the Great Sci Fi Syndicate, you’ve given me and Cape’s Side Bay a huge boost, and I am extremely grateful! I’ve attached below the reasoning and the shiny new button you can see on Cape’s Side Bay’s main page!

Also, if you are into science fiction I definitely recommend you check out this syndicate! Matthew Isaac Sobin does a great job as the head of it, he finds fantastic science fiction books each month, and it was a pleasant surprise when he informed me that Cape’s Side Bay would be August’s selection.

Just over 100 orders to go! The home stretch continues. 

Please, as always, recommend, share, and order! Cape’s Side Bay is oh so close to becoming a reality. Let’s get it there!

https://www.inkshares.com/books/cape-s-side-bay

All the best,

James

Hello Cape’s Side Bayers!

When I first started writing Cape’s Side Bay it was called The Woods or something like that, and it was a screenplay. I realized that I would never be able to raise a budget for such a film, and so I reworked it as a novel and gave it the title: Cape’s Side Bay.

I had no idea what I would do with it once it was written. I had never written a novel before. Then I was on twitter one day and saw something about a book called Abomination by Gary Whitta. I was intrigued, and so I looked for the book on Amazon, but it wasn’t there. I googled it and it took me to this site called Inkshares. I signed up, bought the book, then over the next couple of months got to know the site better and ordered some books I otherwise never would have found.

I decided in July 2015 that Inkshares would be the perfect place to publish Cape’s Side Bay.  Over the next six months I stayed onboard, writing and rewriting the manuscript, and watching other campaigns unfold on the site. What books succeeded, which didn’t (I was guilty of being gun shy on more than a few books, regrettably).  

I’m glad I dove into this wonderful world of Inkshares. I’ve come across some fantastic books, and better people. I look forward to sticking around long after my books campaign has come and gone, and the book is published (fingers crossed full-publishing).

26 days remain in this campaign. As I said before, I am exhausted, but I wouldn’t change it for anything!

I want to just send a couple notes to a few of my fellow authors on this site who have been extremely supportive and have some books you NEED to check out!

The Knightmares, by  G. A. Finocchiaro. I absolutely love this book, and think you will as well!  52 days left and almost at Quill! You don’t have to take my word for it, check out his guest post at Apotheosis Studios:  http://apotheosisstudios.com/blog/2016/8/5/the-knightmares-guest-post-by-inkshares-author-hopeful-g-a-finocchiaro

Squids In, by Matthew Poat. Yes, it’s a ridiculous premise. Yes, it’s awesome! Check this one out, and don’t be afraid of it! Squids don’t bite (not that I know of) and this one is well worth your time! 31 days left to order! Don’t wait!

SideScroller, by Andrew Fantasia. I’ve known Andrew for around 10 years, so maybe I’m a bit biased, but I’m not. This is another Video Game book, and its a doozy. Andrew’s an exceptionally talented writer, I’ve read a bunch of his other work, and he will always have my support. He has 21 days left with over 100 orders needed to hit Quill!

That’s all for me. Enjoy your day and take care!

James

https://www.inkshares.com/books/cape-s-side-bay

28 days! 

Hello Cape’s Side Bayers!

Hope you’re all enjoy this Sunday, and wherever you are the weather is cooperating with whatever plans you may have!

We’re currently down to less than 130 orders to go and it’s time to ramp things up!

I’ve been going back and touching up the manuscript and as I’ve been saying since late January when I first set up the Cape’s Side Bay page here on inkshares: I love it! I cannot wait for you all to read it, the few people who have read it in its entirety have all given me feedback, it’s been positive, just some things to clean up, touch up, and add on! 

I love writing and I hope you love reading what I’ve written.

So please, as always, if you have no tyet pre-ordered Cape’s Side Bay let me know what I need to do to get you there! And if you have and what to pre-order again, I won’t argue! Or if you just want to review, recommend, and/or share, that would also put a smile on my face.

Thank you all and enjoy the remainder of the weekend!

James

Hello Cape’s Side Bayers!

Here we go! One month left in the campaign, 146 orders until we reach 750. It has been a long exhausting road, and the light is finally visible at the end of the tunnel! 

Hitting full-publishing is a close reality but not a given. Those of you that have pre-ordered already, thank you very much, but if you could recommend, share, insist on others that would be great. 

The last month will be grueling, I believe we can get there, and I believe in this book and cannot wait for you all to get a chance to read it!

https://www.inkshares.com/books/cape-s-side-bay

That’s all for now. Thanks for taking the time to read it. I’m excited for what’s to come!

James

Hey Cape’s Side Bayers!

We have only 200 pre-orders left until we reach full-publication! I have to say I am grinning non-stop at this. Thank you all for your support of this book, it has been incredible. I can’t wait for you all to read it!

46 days remain in this campaign and I am exhausted, but it’s far from over and 200 orders is still a mountain to climb! 

So please, if you have not yet pre-ordered your copy of Cape’s Side Bay you still have a chance to see your name in the back of the book! And if you have ordered, thank you so much and please continue to spread the word and share this book as much as possible (most of you have and I cannot thank you enough!).

Huge congrats to Joni Dee having And The Wolf Shall Dwell reach full-publishing!

Until next time,

James

I’ve had the opportunity to read Cape’s Side Bay in its entirety, and I’m so pleased with the result. James Rasile skillfully drops you into this very Spielberg-ian world in which you have a dozen characters you genuinely care about in the midst of a life-altering, mysterious situation.

Hello Cape’s Side Bayers!

Hope you’re all doing well! It’s the weekend. Finally!

Few exciting things have happened. First, it’s been two weeks since we crossed the Quill mark of 250 and are now at 46% of our full-publishing mark! That’s a total of 347 orders! Amazing! Thank you all so much.

Now for the awesome part of this update. This morning when I woke up I had several e-mails in my inbox, typical. The one that stood out, however, was the one informing me that Cape’s Side Bay had been selected into the THRILLER NIGHT SYNDICATE! Unbelievable. I cannot thank them enough for selecting this book into their club. It is truly an honour to be acknowledge by your peers. Now the Cape’s Side page has a Eid Mar Roman Coin hovering around!

I’m flattered, honoured, and humbled at the selection.

Now, the long long road to 750 and full-publishing continues. I thank you ALL for your continued support for this book. I really enjoy it and believe you will too!

Please keep sharing, recommending, and pre-ordering (y’know, if you haven’t).

Enjoy your weekend!

James

@James Rasile  Congrats on your desired so 300 ! keep it up!

Hello Cape’s Side faithful!

Wow. Wow. Wow. What a weekend THAT was! We passed the coveted 250 mark of pre-orders, meaning that Cape’s Side Bay WILL be a published book!

But... that is no reason to stop. Light-publishing is an accomplishment and I couldn’t be happier about reaching it and in such a short period of time. 

So now the question becomes, "can we reach 750 and full-publishing?" It will not be easy and will take a lot of work. We’ve all gotten this far, why not take Cape’s Side further? It will be published after all, so why not bring it to its full potential and achieve full-publishing?

We wouldn’t be at 250 without the help of a lot of people. Some iparticular were been critical to the success of Cape’s Side and, frankly, I doubt I would be this far without them.

Last week Ferd Crotte, author of Mission 51 sent out an update informing his followers of Cape’s Side Bay. His book is in the middle of funding and is something you should definitely check out!

Christopher Johnson’s book Seven Days Dead just became a staff pick and is an excellent zombie tale. Trust me it’s on you’re gonna want to read! He also sent an update regarding Cape’s Side.

Evan Graham, who’s book was in the Geek % Sundry contest finishing 5th, Tantalus Depths, is cruising with 84 days left, check it out and bring it to Quill!

Don’t miss out on Project Human by Tabi Card (Cape’s Side Bay cover desinger) big news coming for it soon! She has a few more Cape’s Side "tricks" up her sleeves!

Joni Dee, author of the Wolf Shall Dwell is helping me out with editing the book. The chapters uploaded are all drafts, and hopefully in the coming months I can clean them up and upload them again! 

We’ve received 38 recommendations so far. Unbelievable! I’m so happy that so many of you believe in the book. It’s truly amazing.

I just want to give two final shouts out before this bloated update comes to an end! When I first posted Cape’s Side Bay as a draft from idea I had no idea how things would work out, I had no idea when I was going to go into pre-orders, but I knew I had a book written. After the first weekend I had no idea if anyone would like it, or even care about it!

Stephen Carignan (who I am sure most authors on here are familiar with!) gave Cape’s Side a fantastic review, the first review! It made me feel good about the book, and the future of it. His comments were the type I needed when setting this up. It’s easy to get lost in the shuffle of inkshares, and seeing others acknowledge your work is critical. Stephen has a book taking pre-orders now, The Sleeping Man, and it’s amazing! Check it out you will kick yourself if you don’t!

and

Alexander Barnes, co-author of the Amaranth Chronicles: Deviant Rising, he gave Cape’s Side it’s first comment, and he said he was intrigued... and that was a big deal because, again, it peaked an interest in a reader I had never met. The Amaranth Chronicles is excellent, go for the artwork, stay for the book!

Finally...

It takes a lot of nerve for an individual with no real fanbase to crowd fund, to ask for their money to support a project that they have no reason to believe in. All of these people and MORE (much much more, they will be given their due I promise!) helped get this book this far. 

So there’s a long way to go for full-publishing still, but it’s nice to be where we are!

Keep spreading the word and let’s make this the best version of Cape’s Side Bay that we can!

Talk soon, enjoy your day!

James