Fernando Crôtte liked an update for APEX

Dear Readers,

A lot has been happening since my last update. First and foremost, APEX was added to the Crypt TV collection, which means it will be promoted by Inkshares and CryptTV for possible film or TV adaptation, which is really exciting! I personally think APEX would make an excellent movie, but I’m seriously biased.

I have been diligently working on reworking my novel to make it the best book it can be, as that is what matters most. The major portion of that effort is regrouping the point of view in the chapters to preserve the mystery of what our geneticist, Claire, is doing. I have until the end of January to incorporate all my changes before I submit the manuscript to Inkshares for edits.

This past week, I submitted all my author information and creative work for the book cover, etc. The goal is to release the hard copy version of APEX on Halloween, a fitting date for a contemporary sci-fi thriller, don’t you think? At this point, I don’t know when  the ebook will be released, but it’s coming!

I got up at 6am a majority of the days during NaNoWriMo and tried to write for an hour. It was the only guaranteed quiet time I had. Jane-Holly (author of Fae Child) and Regina (author of Mothering: The Game) helped hold me accountable. We had so much fun checking in, we’ve decided to keep at it through December. We also managed to meet in person and have dinner this past week, which was great fun (we all live in Portland, Oregon area). They are even more delightful in person than online.

As January is a busy travel month for me, my goal is to finish most of the rework on my novel by the end of the year. I’ll check in with all of you around then and let you know how I did. Wish me luck!

Thank you again for your support and demonstrated faith in me. Publishing a novel has always been one of my top bucket list things to accomplish, and I couldn’t have done it without you. 

Cheers, Debbie
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    Fernando Crôtte liked an update for Fae Child

     

    Hello Readers and Followers!

    This is just a short update to let you know that I have chosen to extend the Fae Child campaign one more time. Instead of ending on December 31st, I will be on this crowdfunding rollercoaster through the end of February. Fae Child has been getting some good buzz on Inkshares in the syndicates, and I want to be able to capitalize on that and give myself some space after the holidays are over to pull in more orders. We are very close to 100 orders, and it’s just a hop and a skip from that to 250. Okay, okay, it’s a little more than that, but I really think we can do it together, and I really believe in this book. Picture Fae Child as The Little Book That Could, and we’re chug-chugging up Preorder Mountain. Thank you so much for your support, and your patience.

    Jane-Holly

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      A year ago yesterday we started this Campaign. Its been a long uphill battle but in the last year we completely rewrote and edited this story, hit our sales goal and shipped the manuscript off to Inkshares. While we wait to hear of a release date I just wanted to thank everyone whose been a part of this since last year. thank you all so much and check out the Inkshares page. We’ve go ahead and thrown a few new Art piece up there!

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        Fernando Crôtte liked an update for Human Resources

        The final days are upon us — there is less than a week left in the Inkshares / Launch Pad crowdfunding competition. On the 16th December (PST, 17th December in Aus) the competition wraps up and we will know who the winners are. Those winners will receive more than just bragging rights, they will benefit from mass production and additional editing / design / marketing resources.



        If you have been planning to pre-order, but haven’t yet, it would be a great help if you did so before the end of the competition.

        It’s been a long campaign, but the finish line is in sight. Thank you for all your support — the book has 350 followers; received more than 500 shares, likes, and comments on Facebook; been tweeted about countless times; and has received 20 recommendations and 10 great reviews. Every share, recommendation, and review has been an enormous help in getting this far — one final push should get us across the line.

        PS: There is more bonus content planned, but the next two instalments will take a bit of work, and they will come out after the end of the competition.

        Thank you all.

        Robert
        https://www.inkshares.com/books/human-resources

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          Fernando Crôtte liked an update for Kingdom of Dreams

          1. 29 Pre-Orders Away From Publication!
          2. Toys For Tots Update
          3. Revised Chapters

          1. 29 Pre-Orders Away From Publication!

          So with about 21 days left in the year-and our campaign-we are 29 pre-orders away from publication. Please keep the orders coming. We are nearly there!

          2. Toys for Tots Update

          My apologies if my post was a bit confusing regarding how this is going to work: I am going to match the dollar amount of every pre-order until December 20th with a personal donation to Toys For Tots. Remember, Kingdom of Dreams is not a complete book at this stage that will be ready in time for this Christmas. 

          So how will this work? For instance, we’ve gotten 11 pre-orders in so far since I started this incentive (awesome!), so I will match the total of those books along with any additional orders that come in and donate a matching gift to Toys For Tots on 12/20/2016. Make sense? I’ll post the donation on the 20th in one of these updates.

          That said, as a bonus gift for the future, if you’d like me to also donate your book or an extra copy or two to Toys For Tots when it is complete sometime next year, feel free to let me know and it’s a done deal. 

          3. Revised Chapters

          The revised Chapter 1 is up. I’ll be sending this out later today to each of you as well. Chapter 2 soon to follow. Please feel free to read, critique, and review. This is a very helpful exercise for your contribution to the book and also encourages new readers to engage with it. 

          Stay well and stay tuned!

          Kevin


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            Fernando Crôtte liked an update for Sorcery for Beginners

            Friends, Readers, and Sorcerers All,

            Two updates this week. First, we broke 300 copies sold! Y’all got me like:


            Second, SORCERY FOR BEGINNERS has been sent to our editor at Inkshares! It is very official and awesome. We’re talking about cover designs and illustrations and other cool stuff. I am very excited to get the editor’s notes and dive into the final re-write in January. 

            Also, we are super-close to hitting number 3 on The List. Only 19 unique orders left to go. Do you know any friends with 10 year-old kids? People who like reading about magic? Breathing human beings who believe in goodness and light? Share the link to our project and see if they’d like to pick up a pre-order. It’s only $10. That’s less than a movie, and they’ll actually be making dreams come true. 

            Thanks again for all your support -

            mh
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              Fernando Crôtte liked an update for The Walls are Closing In

              Thank you to everyone who has followed The Walls are Closing In.

              The book just hit 50 followers, and has been on the site for less than one week!

              As a thank you, I will be providing a randomly-selected follower with a $50 Etsy Gift Card once The Walls are Closing In reaches 100 followers!

              My hope is to launch my Pre-Order campaign in January, and the manuscript is complete and ready to go.
               

              Don’t worry first 50 followers, you will automatically be entered into the drawing. Recipient will be chosen using a random generator. If you have someone who you think would be interested in The Walls are Closing In, please encourage them to follow!

              Though I know winning fifty dollars to spend on unique hand-made holiday gifts is tempting, please only follow if you are actually interested in the book ;)

              Thank you again for your overwhelming support.

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