Friends, Readers, and Sorcerers All,

Now that that song is stuck in your head, let’s talk turkey. There is indeed only ONE DAY LEFT in the Geek and Sundry Contest. You guys have been champions this last month. You’ve tweeted, you’ve recommended SORCERY FOR BEGINNERS to friends, you’ve purchased 233 pre-orders!! I am humbled and moved by your generosity and support. 

Now, we’re almost at the finish line. We probably won’t win this contest, but the book can still be published. All we need is 250 pre-orders. If we can sell 17 more books in the next day, SORCERY FOR BEGINNERS will be printed and placed in bookstores (hopefully Powell’s!). It will be for sale on Amazon. We can make this happen.

I know I’ve asked a lot of you all over this last month. You have stepped up in amazing fashion, but now I just need to ask you for a little more. If you’re getting this email and you haven’t purchased a pre-order, please consider doing so today. If you have purchased a pre-order, maybe forward this email on to a friend. Maybe share the link on Facebook. Maybe post a link to the book on Twitter. Whatever your social media fancy, we need you now.

And remember, any sales in the next day will also have a $10 contribution made to support breast cancer prevention, in honor of my friend Jeannine.

One day. 17 more pre-orders. If we can make that goal, SORCERY FOR BEGINNERS will become a real, published book. And I will owe it to YOU. Thank you for helping make my 30-year dream come true, and I hope you all have a Happy Halloween!

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Thanks to all who supported my project. The campaign has ended and I hope by now you’ve all received your refund.

As you may have noticed my novel is now titled, The Dark Mountain (formerly known as Wings of the Crallow). A few things inspired this name change, including multiple people asking me “What the heck is a crallow?” I think I was going for a unique title that caught people’s attention, but it ended up being more confusing than anything. The new title now allows me to come up with a more 80’s-style, Stephen King-inspired book cover. I threw something together using the Stranger Things logo-creator I found online. You like?

I still plan to get this book published someday. With the new title, horror genre, and my new sum-it-up line: “Stranger Things meets The Neverending Story,” I plan to make one more go at agents/publishers.

Meanwhile, I’ve also entered The Dark Mountain, into the 2016 Launchpad Contest. There’s still a chance my campaign could make the Top 25. If that happens, you may see it again on Inkshares and I will then have to quickly figure out how to campaign for realsies.

Regardless if I make the Top 25, I’m stoked to check out the books that do and will be looking forward to reading, reviewing, and pre-ordering the ones that catch my eye! Good luck to all and thanks again for giving my crazy, unique novel a shot at making it at Inkshares.

Nauselbaum,

M.R.R.