Anthony Jones III · Author · added over 7 years ago · 2 likes

Hello, rebels!

This update is about two hours or so late, but it’s all fine because I’m here to deliver and you are here to witness it. Now, I made a late update around midnight to say that I uploaded Chapter One: Green Ocean, but I also mentioned the event I attended yesterday, and I must say...it went really well. To explain the event better--it was a show-and-tell type of of event where kids to young adults got on stage and present their talent/performance. It was held in a local park in my city where people usually hold events at. The crowd nearly overwhelmed me haha! I have experience with speaking in front of a good sized crowd because I’ve done speeches and my senior project featured me speaking on camera about the news circulating around my alma mater (I’m feeling old now, but it’s only been a few months! xD). So, I spoke on stage and explained my story about why I write, my books, and encouraging yourself to pursue what you love. Afterwards, I walked around and handed out cards to adults and those around my age while explaining how to contact me, the requirements for getting my book published, and what college I would be enrolling into. I had a great time and it made me much more confident in my abilities as a young individual. I may not have been taught by amazing professors, or taken courses to hone my writing, but I want to take advantage early to build experience. One of the things that matter to me is your passion to continue despite being overlooked. However, I’m sure people understand that already haha!

As the 5th day of the contest opens up, I realize that there’s a long road to the end. I want to pace myself with these other chapters, for I don’t want to expose everything in my arsenal in just one week. I will not be releasing another chapter of the main storyline until the week is up and until I at least get over 10 orders. Notice how I said "main storyline", yeah? Well, strangely enough, I was thinking about different tactics I could use to keep people invested even if chapters aren’t coming in, and I thought about doing something I call the Forgotten Stories. These "stories" are simply telling the background of characters in the book--such as Noctis, Eldo, Aria, Balthier, or characters in the near future. Each member will have their own separate story that takes place before the world changed around them, and I may even consider showing how they lived during the apocalypse years before Tempest started. The actual events won’t be so vivid in the actual story, but merely explained and such instead of having a dedicated chapter to it, so think of this as extra chapters to the story for those who take interest in the characters. I’m currently working on Noctis, so I’d say expect it tomorrow.

Well, thank you for reading today, and remember...stay rebellious! (Our motto xD) Reach out for what you want no matter the challenges.

From yours truly, A.J.III.

Anthony Jones III · Author · added over 7 years ago · 1 like

Hello, rebels!

Forgive me for this late update, but I worked overtime and had to take care of cousins in the evening! So, I apologize, and I’ll make this quick. Chapter One: Green Ocean is now up and ready for your eyes. Please, check it out for me--give it a recommendation and share to bring others in on the project. I will speak about my public speaking tomorrow morning and many other things. Once again, sorry about this and have a good rest or morning if your hours are very different than mine!

From yours truly, A.J.III.

Anthony Jones III · Author · added over 7 years ago

Hello, rebels!

Today is the 4th day of contest and I’m feeling pretty good this morning. Late last night I had got an email confirming my housing at my college, and boy, I’ve been waiting on it for years haha! I’m very thankful because getting an apartment would have put a heavy load on myself, messed up my update schedule because I would need a job offering plenty of hours, and it would take my attention away from writing. The good news doesn’t stop there though! I have an event to attend in a couple hours that will promote my books. I plan to speak in-front of a mixture of crowds about myself, my books, and my future goals. I want to lay it all out so that people know my passion and where I’m coming from. Also, I believe this is a good approach to put myself out there and get supporters in the door.

I said that the next chapter would be up today, and I haven’t forgotten, dear readers. I’m expecting to have it up before I attend the event I’m going to, but in case things don’t go as planned, it’ll be in the evening. So, you can snuggle up in your sheets and read to your pleasure haha! Don’t forget to give the book a recommendation, or at least share it around if you really enjoy it, and it could be the simplest things like--my cover, story, characters, etc. Just let people know!

There are two more things I want to speak about before I end this update. First, I want to give a big thanks to Kaytalin Platt for ordering last night, and for mentioning me in her recent update. I was encouraged by what she said to me and the fact that she’s another writer in the contest. Please, go follow her book called The Living God with me if it’s your type of story! Now, the last thing I want to mention is that with our current followers, we can blow past some of the contestants and get on the leaderboards. I’m aiming to get up there before the week is up, so please, for those who haven’t ordered just yet, consider pre-ordering within the new chapters I have to offer!

Thank you for reading! o/

From yours truly, A.J.III.

Anthony Jones III · Author · added over 7 years ago · 2 likes

Hello, rebels!

As the 3rd day of the Geek & Sundry contest opens, I planned to give the full chapter of Chapter Zero: Lost Souls today, and as promised, it is here! I really hope you guys enjoy it, and the direction I plan to go with it. I plan to upload the next chapter tomorrow to get you guys even more invested, so please bear with me if you get too drawn in and want more haha. If you’re sold already from this full chapter, please make sure to pre-order today, or if you really liked it, give it a recommendation and share it. Thank you reading, and have a good morning/afternoon wherever you are!

From yours truly, A.J.III.

Anthony Jones III · Author · added over 7 years ago

Yo, rebels!

Once again, I appreciate the early support of following, and I would love it even more if you guys could spread the project around so that eyes that haven’t seen it can look into Scarlet! Now, you may be wondering if I’ll update daily and so on, but I will set up a schedule for updates once I’m settled. For now, I’ll just update you guys whenever I come up with new ideas to get people inside, or if I want to share a chapter. Still, the main reason of this update is the rewards for the milestones I hit. For every 50 orders, I will be putting the names of those 50 into a bucket and pull out 3 (The amount pulled out is still being decided). There will be two sample pics of the front below, but also a sample pic of the back, and I’m questioning whether I should use just the picture of the cover, or add the background to it. In the end, whoever the winners are will decide what they want.

There will be other rewards soon, but for now, this is for every 50 pre-orders, and when we reach Quill, the number of winners will more than likely increase. However, I say that there may be winners, but you could also buy one for yourself if you end up not winning. So, the hardcore supporters can get the book and the T-shirt. I’ll leave a link to the different, and expect the full chapter of Chapter Zero: Lost Souls either later tonight or tomorrow morning. Thanks for reading!

http://www.customink.com/designs/scarlettwo/pbw0-00ap-47yu/hotlink?pc=HL-142344&utm_campaign=hotlink_201601&utm_source=hotlink&utm_medium=email&utm_content=editbuylink&cm_mmc=hotlink-_-5-_-Body_txt-_-editbuylink

http://www.customink.com/designs/scarlet/pbw0-00ap-455k/hotlink?pc=HL-142344&utm_campaign=hotlink_201601&utm_source=hotlink&utm_medium=email&utm_content=editbuylink&cm_mmc=hotlink-_-5-_-Body_txt-_-editbuylink

Yours truly, A.J.III.

Anthony Jones III · Author · added over 7 years ago

Hey, rebels.

As promised, the snippet is up and will also be sent to you. Please, read at your earliest convenience, and recommend or share if you liked what you read!

From yours truly, A.J.III.

Anthony Jones III · Author · added over 7 years ago

Hello, rebels!

For those of you here already, I will be uploading a good sized snippet of the first chapter that is gonna be called Chapter Zero: Lost Souls. I really appreciate the early support from you guys, and I’ll make sure to deliver and get you readers on board with pre-ordering for Scarlet. So, cheers and expect this snippet very soon. Make sure to recommend and share if you’ve really enjoyed it!

Yours truly, A.J.III.