Would just like to announce we’ve received an extension! Our campaign was suppose to end tomorrow but Inkshares was gracious enough to offer a 60 day extension pushing our new Pre-Order deadline out toward the end of July! I don’t think we would have been able to do this without the explosion of pre-orders we had last week. Now we’re a mere 40 Pre-Orders from hitting our publishing goal. I want to thank all of you for your efforts. We’re almost there you guys!!!!

Hi wonderful readers and supporters!

I have been slowly trundling along trying to complete various pieces of artwork to accompany the book and so far so good and hopefully I will have something soon for you to see.

But this update isn’t solely about me or my book, I want to list a few books that really need your help in reaching their quill goals:

Beyond the code - 

is only a few pre-orders away from quill, please help support her in any way by pre-ordering a copy (or two) or just getting the word out there. It all helps one way or the other.

The Amaranth Chronicles: Deviant Rising - 

is another that needs your help, with only 40 pre-orders missing and only a few days left in the campaign to reach is quill goal, I would really love to see this book make it and hopefully you would too! Help by pre-ordering or spreading the word and help make that happen!

Thank you all so much for your support in Soulblade: Forgotten Souls, if you haven’t ordered already please do so and help support my book further by helping to spread the word. I need 176 more pre-orders to make this a reality and I would really wish to see my book (and those above) reach its quill goal.

Don’t forget...

When I reach 100 pre-orders I will upload a new chapter further along in the book to give you a sense of how its been progressing (don’t worry, I’ll try not to give too much away into what is happening within the book).

Greetings you wonderful people, 

HOLY PRE-ORDERS BATMAN!! Look at them all roll in. Thank you all soooooo very much for really getting behind Beyond the Code and helping push it to Quill. I am finding it difficult to truly express how much all your support really means to me. Just WOW!!

But we’re not done yet. We are only a tiny 14 orders away from Quill. It’s literally just around the corner. If you love this book and really want to see it in print pre-order today. Tell your friends, tell your family, tell your enemies, TELL EVERYONE!! A signed first edition book is a great gift or maybe you have some extra credits around and you want some good karma. Any reason is a good one at this point.

Again thank you soo much for all the support in making my dream of Beyond the Code in print. We can do this!

Kelsey Barthel  

Hi, Lucky Readers,

Wow you guys! What an amazing spike in support in the past couple of days. We are even the tiniest smidgen ahead of the "ideal" pre-order rate suggested by Inkshares.

I have written an entire novel but I feel at a loss to properly express my gratitude to all of you who have purchased a copy of this novel and are helping make it such a success. Most sincerely, thank you all.

If you’re on the fence about ordering a copy for yourself, check out some of the reviews on the project page. So many smart people can’t be wrong, right? 

(pictured: being on the fence)

Keep up the sharing and keep up the support! As added incentive, when we get to 325 copies sold, I will update the excerpts and share some of the new material I am working on for the middle of the novel (hint hint).

Happy reading!

- Webster

SO MUCH NEWS, SPACE CREW. 

 

 

Well, this is it. The curtain has fallen on this campaign. The deadline has passed for the minimum of 250 copies sold, and unfortunately, my novel didn’t quite make the cut.

First order of business: all money will be (or already has been) refunded to you. If it isn’t within the next couple of days, please let me know, or contact hello@inkshares.com to get it sorted out. I’ve heard of some backers not getting the e-mail informing them of this yet.

My campaign’s postmortem assessment could yield a host of explanations as to why the campaign failed, but it would be pointless to get lost here trying to sort through all of them. What I accomplished at Inkshares is far beyond what I ever imagined. I’m an introvert with no fanbase or connections in the literary world, and so it was enough for me to push myself outside my comfort zone as much as I did. I met a lot of great people along the way and learned a lot about the business. What’s really important is that I generated some genuine enthusiasm around my novel, which is priceless for future success. To me, this was a victory.

This outcome is okay, because this isn’t the end of the road for this novel. There are plenty of routes to go through traditional or self-publishing, and I will explore them. As I make progress on that front, I will continue to update everyone who backed me here. One huge gain at Inkshares was meeting John Robin, who is a talented writer and all-round great guy in the community (and author of the wonderful fantasy novel, Blood Dawn). I’ve already reached out to him about employing his services to perform heavy edits on my book so that it’s the best version of my novel when it is released.

I will still recommend Inkshares to other authors, because I think it’s a great platform that is supported by an overwhelmingly positive community of like-minded writers. I hope more readers discover Inkshares so that funding is easier for authors who are trying to find their audience. I’ve seen other authors’ dreams come true at Inkshares, and I won’t rule it out for funding future work.

The Inhabitants will remain on my radar as I polish up the first draft. However, I do have some real-life things to tend to. My first child will be born this month, and he will take priority over everything. I will work on the book when time permits, but please understand my time is going to be otherwise consumed.

Oh yeah, and the last and most important part: THANK YOU. Seriously, thank you SO much for supporting me and believing in me. It actually makes me tear up a bit as I type that. I will honestly miss making those awkward raffle videos, because that was my opportunity to give back to you, as hokey as they were.

Thank you to my early adopters. I will never forget who you are. I mean this. You backed me without hesitating, and that means so much to me.

Thank you to everyone who helped blast my novel across social media. You did it at the expense of annoying all your friends and followers, and I am extremely grateful for that.

Thank you fellow Inkshares authors for providing support. And by "support" I mean anything you did to make this whole experience less daunting. You are some wonderfully talented individuals, and it makes me blush to even share the stage with you. I hardly feel worthy.

Thank you to the staff at Inkshares. You’ve created a safe place for authors to display and fund their work. You obviously care about your authors and work tirelessly to create the best books possible when they reach their funding goals. You take a financial hit publishing these books, and it’s a sacrifice that shouldn’t be overlooked. You are doing a huge service to authors by giving them this platform and constantly improving the user experience on your website. Thank you for making this possible!

Goodbye for now, everyone. May your dreams lead you to extraordinary places.

-Michael