Today I want to talk about an awesome Inkshares author.

The last few weeks I've had the opportunity to connect with several great authors, and JF Dubeau is one who has really stood out for his helpfulness and overall know-how. He has helped many authors selflessly while also promoting his great book, A God In the Shed (It's a great book, and you should definitely check out the recording of the Prologue by Paul Inman).

I'm going to talk more about JF Dubeau's work, and his great interview today on my blog (which you can check out here), but first I want to share something else JF did -- something he created for me....

A NEW COVER FOR BLOOD DAWN!

Isn't it amazing? I'm just so grateful for what he's done, for me, and for other Inkshares authors. Actually, on the note of covers, check out the cover JF did for fellow author KE Madsen for her book Silver Eyes (The cover is also clickable so if you enjoy  high fantasy adventure, be sure to check out KE's book):

So, I'm just absolutely buzzing today! JF's amazing cover. Paul Inman's recording of the Blood Dawn opening (Missed it? Check it out here). Yicheng Liu's assistance in creating a trailer for Blood Dawn. This project has come so far in the last month and it's been in the collaborative spirit of authors working together, which I think is the best way to do business. We all have so much work to do to get to our goals, so why not do it as a team and have fun in the process? May it continue.

A few more things about JF Dubeau, because I want you to know more about him so that you can follow him and his work:

First, as I mentioned, JF is a guest on my blog today. He brings his insights to the table on how storytelling is the best source of generating a rich world, and draws on his experience writing A God In the Shed and The Life Engineered. Do be sure to check this interview out:

https://epicfantasywriter.wordpress.com/2015/09/09/world-builders-jf-dubeau/

A quick word also on JF's books.

JF is a winner of the Sword and Laser Collection, with his now-in-production book about our robot descendants trying to avoid the mistakes of humanity, The Life Engineered. Click on the cover to find out more about it:

JF's current book, A God In the Shed, is part of the Nerdist Collection Contest, so I'm sure he'd love your support as backers for this great project! A God In the Shed is about an ancient trans-dimensional god trapped in a backyard shed -- a sort of Stand By Meet with a Great Old One (minus, perhaps, a Tardis). Click the cover to check it out:

So, that's JF Dubeau.

Before I sign off, I want to thank everyone who has stepped up to back Blood Dawn. As I approach 100 readers, I'm just thrilled by the momentum. 2,501 pre-orders is a long way to go, but each and every time I get a pre-order it makes my day.

When I was a teenager, I used to go to the fantasy section of the bookstore and look at all the fat books, full of adventure; flip through and look at the maps or the appendices on magic or houses or kingdom politics; dream that someday I'd have a book up there. Inkshares can make that dream a reality, and it's so exciting to be here now with that opportunity, to connect with so many of you who have told me this is a book you can't wait to read.

We will get there. I've every bit of faith, and have a lot of things planned these next 7 months to make sure this book you believe in becomes a reality, complete with maps, awesome drawings, and a glossy cover. It will be there in Chapters, Indigo, and other bookstores for fantasy lovers, another fat book rife with promises of adventure, suspense, and magic, a portal to a rich world you can enjoy with your morning cup of coffee.

Onward!

Good morning readers, followers, friends and family! 

It's been nearly a month since I posted the first chapter of The Fable Hunt, and I'm so happy to see and hear that you all are excited about my little book. I'm not in the leaderboard of the Nerdist contest (yet) but remain hopeful that I'll sell another couple hundred of books before the contest technically ends Sept. 30th. I hope you'll share your referral link with your friends and family and encourage them to pre-order a copy! 

I'm not really planning on posting a fourth chapter for a while, but I wanted to introduce you early supporters to another fairy in my world. She will make her appearance soon and is very different from little Learid. Here's a snippet:

I hunkered down in front of my laptop to write the carnival article that was now almost due and still had a lot of work to be done on it. It was an hour before I stopped to stretch and jumped out of my skin upon noticing my audience. An unfamiliar fairy was perched on the edge of my almost unused pencil cup, one hand under its chin and a knobby elbow resting on a knobby knee.

This was not the fairy I was familiar with seeing propped against my things. This fairy was lighter in color like a willow branch and with shades of green worked over its skin rather than purple. When its little mouth opened, the voice was soft and feminine in tone if not in meaning.

“Learid told us you were observant. I have been stalking you for twenty minutes, and you did not notice. He was wrong.” She was matter of fact and sharp. Clearly I was not the impressive creature she had expected. 

Again thank you so much for your support! Please continue to share The Fable Hunt and help me get as many pre-orders as possible. 

Rachael

I swear that I will return to talking about robots and post humanism shortly. Forgive my temporary lapse in preoccupation, dear sentients.

Let me address this 'murderous' urge that the header implies. I don't, in actuality, want to kill anyone, but I would like to murder the likeness of one of my readers within the pages of my next book.

'A God in the Shed' is a horror/fantasy story and this means I'm going to be murdering some characters. I decided it would be fun to have one of these victims be one of my supporters. The idea is that everyone who pre-orders my book, 'A God in the Shed' gets a chance to win. Every pre-order that is from a reference wins the referrer an extra chance. The more you promote the book, the better your chances of dying by my pen.

Essentially, the winner, drawn at random, will get to collaborate with me (we'll Skype or something) and we'll come up with a suitable way to include your likeness into the book, as a minor character, which will be gruesomely dispatched.

So please go pre-order 'A God in the Shed' and help me spread the word far and wide so that you can win the chance to 'die'. It's worth noting that you'll also get the opportunity to beta-read the manuscript so you can witness your demise ahead of everyone else.

Click on these buttons to share and have your recommendations be counted.

As always, many thanks for your support.

JF

Hey everyone, some great news, and also some requests for feedback from you.

1. News: LURK has been featured at The Bloody Bookish dark fiction blog! You can read my interview here: 

https://bloodybookish.wordpress.com/2015/09/04/hidden-gems-lurk-on-inkshares/

2. News: LURK's crowdfunding campaign has been extended for another four weeks. Still plenty of time to pre-order if you're on the fence, or know someone who might like the story. 

3. Feedback Request: the first 100 pages are available to read for free online, at the campaign page - about the first 25% of the story. I'm debating whether or not to post more. Would you guys be interested in seeing more? I'm currently putting the finishing touches on the last two sections of the book, so everything up until around the halfway point is already the final version. Of course, I don't want to give everything away, since that would spoil the story ;)  

3.5 Feedback Request: another thing I am considering is rewriting the synopsis. But I'd like some feedback from you guys, first. Was the synopsis a major part of your decision to pre-order the book? If so, what about the synopsis interested you? For those of you who have read the first 100 pages of LURK (or for a very small handful of you, the whole thing), what about the story would you include in the synopsis that is not already there?

I'm sincerely grateful for all of your support. There will be more exciting news in the weeks to come, which I can't wait to share.

Stay creepy,

Adam 

The book itself seems to be a hilarious murder mystery sort of Jasper Fforde, Thursday Next-type thing, which is incredible and insane. Order it yesterday.

The Sleeping Man by Stephen Carignan - The last of the dreamwalkers seeks for answers in the long lost Compendium, but the greatest mystery lies within his own past.

"A thousand paces to wind, not one step more,

Firstly between two trees, dead and dying.

A diurnal wind shall the traveler wait before