Jamison Stone · Author · edited over 9 years ago · 1 like
A very good friend (@Paul Inman ) said, "This look like a wild ride!" And damn, is he right! Looking forward to seeing where The Knightmares takes me @G. A. Finocchiaro !

Hello Knightmares! 

Two updates in a week!? Yes, because we just crossed the 100 pre-order threshold!

(...huge Bill and Ted fan, so I had to.)

Big thanks to all those who ordered over the last few days, especially my third Super Reader, Rosario Licciardello. Thank you thank you thank you!

In the process of hitting 100 pre-orders, we blew right on by 90, and as promised, for every 30 pre-orders a new chapter would be released. So head on over to my chapter samples and check out Chapter 6 - Twisted Love. 

As always, comments are welcome.

DON’T FORGET: If you get two or more friends to purchase a copy of THE KNIGHTMARES, I will throw in a FREE t-shirt! 

Check out the design below!



And lastly, for those of you on Facebook, please add my fanpage!

https://www.facebook.com/GAFinocc/
and follow @the_knightmares on Instagram.




Hello my Knightmares!

Thank you, so very much, to all those who purchased over the weekend. We started the weekend in the low 60s and finished in the low 80s. I can’t thank those who purchased enough. I feel reinvigorated to keep pushing.

And a special thanks for my second SUPER READER, Mr. John Abbott. Thanks, my friend, I appreciate it so much. (For those of you who do not know, a Super Reader is someone who purchases 3 or more books–you can buy up to 10 books per person. When you buy 3 or more, you get your name printed in the back of the book as a special supporter of the project.)

With this push, I have come up with an idea. I have realized that to be successful in this campaign, I cannot bear the burden of selling alone. To respond to this realization, I have come up with a new referral program!

If you refer 2 or more people to buy a book, you will receive a FREE t-shirt!

If everyone who has bought a book so far were to refer at least 2 people, we would be within a half dozen books left before we hit the 250 pre-order goal. Now, I fully realize this is wishful thinking, but I do believe many of you know at least 1 or 2 people who might appreciate this kind of book. So please, give it a try and earn yourself a free t-shirt!

NOTE: If you refer people, please make sure to contact me and let me know who you referred. I cannot keep track on my end.

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What does this proposed T-shirt look like, you say? I’m glad you asked. Please vote on the two below designs!

Design 1:

Front

Back

OR Design 2:

Front

Back

VOTE NOW!

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THE KNIGHTMARES excerpt:

“Have you never learned to defend yourself?” Thomas whispered.

“In my day,” said Gene, emoting his best grandpa impression, “we didn’t need to learn to defend ourselves. When we battled and lost, we hit the reset button. Or we used the Contra-code and got thirty extra lives.”

“Brilliant. Was every man in your day no more equipped for the world than a stuffy affluent english woman?” Thomas growled.

Hello my Knightmares!

A few things to update you on. Firstly, thank you to EVERYONE who has recently ordered. I’m behind on sending out my thank you messages, but will do that today. I have had this dream of being published for the last 21 years. 

One might ask why I didn’t pursue it until now. The answer is simple; I never thought I was good enough. I kept a lot of my work to myself, and most of that was done during late night writing sessions after I put in a full day of work at my day job. 

Being a writer is tough. It’s so subjective and extremely difficult to break through the noise. Getting published is a full time job all to itself. You can either go the traditional route or independently publish. I chose Inkshares because it was somewhere in between. Crowd-funding is difficult! I have probably emailed everyone I know 2 or 3 times. I have sent Facebook messages, posted to Facebook and a Facebook fanpage. I have paid for ads, posted to Reddit, Instagram, LinkedIn and more. I have even created a website dedicated to this project and all that it can be.

With that said, I am still struggling to get pre-orders. 

I get it. I really do. It feels like an odd investment versus something that’s actually going to be in your hands within a week or two when the mailman strolls up with a package under his arm for you. And yeah, some people prefer non-fiction or picture books or self help or chick-lit or anything but fantasy/sci-fi/horror...but I promise you there is a little something for everyone in this book. 

I am asking you to please, put that aside. 


If everyone who balked at the opportunity to back this project bought just a single e-book for $10, I would already have surpassed my 250 Quill mark and be well on my way to being published. If you really want to support the project but have already purchased, please purchase again! Every order counts. 

Or copy and paste the below message (filling in the appropriate information) into an email and send it to your friends and family who might be interested. 


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[YOUR OWN SALUTATION]
I’m writing to ask you for your help. My good friend has written a book and in order to get published, he needs to hit 250 preorders. There’s only 30 days left and he needs all the orders he can get.

It’s only $10 for an ebook, and $20 for an autographed soft-cover book. 

Any and all help you can give would be greatly appreciated!

The book is a horror-comedy about 9 geek-culture loving, bantering punk kids who are pitted against an evil, sexy succubus from another dimension and her demented plans for resurrecting her long lost love. There are ghosts and pirate treasure and alien gods and alchemy and exorcisms and lots of weird stuff too. Its a fun ride and worth the support to help an indie author achieve his dream.

Please go here buy: https://www.inkshares.com/books/the-knightmares

And while you’re there, check out the trailer and read a sample chapter or two!

Thank you! I really appreciate any help you can give!
[Closing]

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Crowdfunding is about word-of-mouth, and about community. Right now, all of you are forming a community of support for this project. It’ll be worth the investment. The below is an excerpt of the kind of humor and craziness you’ll find within the book. There are scares, genuine laughs and plenty of snark. 

Excerpt from THE KNIGHTMARES:

Neither Gavin nor Thad had ever seen Bob behave this way. Bob was fearless. Bob was stoic. Bob never backed down, not even that time the crazy cashier at the Burger King placed the wrong order and rung him up for a single Whopper, when he explicitly ordered a double. She threatened to stick fries in places on his body that fries should never be placed, and still he didn’t back down until they laid an extra beef patty between his buns. 

So please, everyone try and pitch in if you can. If you can get just 2 people to purchase a book, that would go a long long way to helping me hit the magic 250 number needed to see this book.

An update on the new cover art is coming. 

And remember, every order gets a Knightmares bookmark (I’m playing around with the idea of 11 different bookmarks, one for each character). 

Buy 2 books and get a poster. BUY 3 and get the whole set of 11 bookmarks. 

Refer the most people to my book and win a framed copy of the new cover art, signed and autographed by me and the artist. 

Thank you for reading my update! I appreciate all the support. You guys are awesome! Let’s go hit 250!


Hello fellow Knightmares!

I hope everyone had a great Memorial Day weekend! 

Over the last few days I had a good influx of sales, and I wanted to not only thank all of those who bought a copy of THE KNIGHTMARES, but also those who helped push traffic towards the project. 

AND, on top of all that we just hit 60 sales. Like I promised, for every thirty sales I will post a new chapter. So please check out Chapter 5: Hall of Nightmares that was just posted on the inkshares page.

Other updates of note: I have been meeting with the new cover artist and things are progressing. It’s very tough to try and find some kind of notable imagery that ties the story down into something iconic. We think we’ve found such a scene. If you were a fan of Mary GrandPré who did the original Harry Potter series covers, then you’ll love this. 

And lastly, I am putting the finishing touches on theknightmares.com, which will be the hub for all things about the book. Check it out when you get a chance, but make sure to come back in a few days when it’s done. 

Thanks again to everyone! 

Hey Everybody!

Happy Memorial Day Weekend! But before you go, I have a treat for you!

The brand new trailer/teaser for THE KNIGHTMARES has been uploaded to my inkshares page (or can be viewed here.)

Please, if you haven’t purchased yet, go for it! If you don’t buy, you won’t be seeing this project come to light!

And remember, for every 30 books sold I will release a new chapter to be read on my inkshares page. We are 9 sales away from hitting my next thirty. 

Please share the word, and remember:

If you buy a book you get a free bookmark!

If you buy two or more, you get a free poster of the brand new cover art coming soon!

If you refer more traffic and sales to my inkshares page, you will receive a framed poster of that cover artwork signed by me and the artist!

Thanks again to everyone who has supported me! You won’t be disappointed.

Have a safe holiday weekend!

Hello friends!

Firstly, let me say thank you to everyone who has purchased. You all give me hope that I not only belong here, but that I can excel as a fiction writer. 

Secondly, we’re way off pace and a long way away from hitting the magic 250 number I need. I recently invested in Facebook ads, and got plenty of "Likes" but no sales. This has led me to the conclusion that people don’t read the ad, but you know what they will do? They’ll watch video! Video is king, and I am working on a small 30 second teaser trailer for the book. Something that has an equally spooky and fun vibe that matches the tone of THE KNIGHTMARES.

Stay tuned for that.

Also, pretty soon I hope to be posting a nice little update on the status of the new cover art! 

And lastly, don’t forget: For every order you get a free bookmark. More than 1 order earns you a fancy print/poster of the new cover art. And the person who refers the most traffic to my inkshares page will receive an autographed and framed poster, all courtesy of my pocket. 

So please, keep spreading the word! 

Thank you!

There is just 60 days left to pre-order a copy of my book! I have a long way to go still and I need your help!

To help sweeten the deal, everyone who buys a copy will receive a FREE Knightmares Bookmark!

If you buy more than one copy of my book, you’ll get a FREE poster of the new cover art being designed right now by my good friend and amazingly talented artist, Rachel. You couldn’t have a more awesome piece of art hanging on your wall!

And, to the person who gets the most people to visit my inshares.com page, they will receive a FREE framed and autographed version of the new cover art! 

All pretty sweet deals, right? 

So please grab a copy (or two) and help me achieve my dream of being a published author!

Hello to all you Knightmarish fans out there. 

Firstly, thank you to those people who have stepped up and ordered a copy. I wholeheartedly appreciate it. 

Still, I realize I am far behind the pace I need to be in order to hit my goal of 250. Everything changes at 250. A listing on Amazon. An ISBN number. My skills as a marketer will be going into a state of quantum super explosion once that happens. Until then I am at the mercy of crowd-sourcing and trying to find new (and increasingly difficult) ways to increase sales. 

One such way will be kicking off shortly, as my dear friend and amazingly talented artist, Rachel Perciphone, will be starting to put her amazing touch to some new cover art! Check out her Facebook fan page, and I’m sure you’ll be impressed as much as I am over her work. Rachel and I have been discussing this for quite some time now, and she is the ONLY person who has read most of the book in its completion and has given me nothing but high praise, and that’s big coming from someone who is such a huge fan of current authors, movies and TV shows that have also inspired me. 

So, keep your eyes peeled for that as updates will be flying fast and furious (and please, no Tokyo Drift. Ever.).

Now onto my next announcement. As I hope ALL of you have read my introduction to THE KNIGHTMARES, there’s a little thing called SCALES I’d like to discuss. 

Way before there was a "Marvel Cinematic Universe" and the like, I had an idea that all my written works were somehow connected, and not always in obvious ways. Like the balancing plates on a weighing scale, all good and evil must be held in perfect equilibrium. 

What does this all mean, you might ask? (Please ask, because otherwise I just wasted twenty minutes of my time writing all this hornswoggle (Yes, I just used hornswoggle (Yes, I also just used a parenthesis within a parenthesis.).).) It means that I am three-quarters through the first draft of the next story in the SCALES anthology, called VEXED. 

Neat name, huh? It’s got a V and an X. It’s going to blow the box-office away when the movie gets made. 

VEXED has been a very personal story for me to write, which is why it has taken me so long to write it. Trust me, it’ll be worth it, and when the time comes I will start posting it online somewhere. Maybe here, IF WE CAN SELL MORE BOOKS. 

I smell a rally coming on...

As promised! The first interstitial chapter expanding the mythology should be sitting in your inboxes now, as well as the fourth chapter of THE KNIGHTMARES. 

30 pre-orders! Let’s keep this hot streak going! 

30 more pre-orders until I release the next chapter! 

Thank you to all so far who have helped me get one step closer towards my goal!

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