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Guys! We’re only 21 pre-orders away from being published!!! Anyone whose been interested in grabbing a copy but hasn’t yet THIS is your time to shine! Your pre-order could be the one that gets us passed the line! I’m so excited!!!

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    Joseph Asphahani liked the forum thread, Hitting limits
    I’ve been thinking about how Inkshares and the Geeks & Sundry contest have showed me a whole new world and also some of the limits that I’ve encountered in the last few days.

    1. Anxiety - a big part of crowd-funding is pestering people you know until they buy your book, but personal interactions and especially ASKING PEOPLE FOR STUFF triggers my anxiety. A couple of days ago I was this close to a panic attack. And there’s not really good advice to help with that except to know that it’s normal and will pass.

    2. Language - I’m German and even though I absolutely believe in my ability to craft some good English prose, I’ve encountered a very different but related problem: none of my local social circle speak English well enough to order a book or help me market. There’s also not exactly a sizable English-speaking audience for queer science fiction.

    3. Money - I’m a pastry baker, I get minimum wage and work occasionally gruelling hours. I can’t afford to trade pre-orders with the community here. Even more problematic, I don’t own a credit card and neither do many of the friends who might want to buy a book from me. I have super talented friends but not enough money to pay  them to design a cover or some background art.

    So a couple of days ago I figured I’d absolutely hit my limit of things I could do. I despaired like a romance novel heroine at her worst. Community building is a fight against my own pathologies. Money seems an insurmountable obstacle. I can’t share this burden with my friends and family. But every day I have renewed hope.

    Do you know why? I absolutely believe in my story and my ability to tell it. No matter what happens, that’s not going to change.

    I’d love to get some more insight from all Inkshare veterans though and build some new relationships right here. 
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      Joseph Asphahani liked the forum thread, Co-Authorship on Inkshares
      And this, folks, is why Inkshares is great. Thank you @Jeremy Thomas!

      Everyone, please please continue to chime in, your ongoing feedback will help the Inkshares team know what features are important to the community, so please keep the posts coming! 
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        Joseph Asphahani liked an update for An Unattractive Vampire

        Hey everyone,

        I don’t really have much to say, but this did happen...

        1900 BOOKS SOLD!!!
        Bela is pleased.

        Thank you everyone for all your support. 

        Also, Michael Hasse, soon-to-be published author of The Madness of Mr. Butler, interviewed me for Renderosity Magazine. So if your a fan of long lists and overuse of the verb "decided" head over there and check it out.

        Also for those of you who write (which I know is a good portion) WildClaw Theatre, Chicago’s premiere destination for horror on the stage, is now accepting submissions for their annual radio play festival, Deathscribe. 

         

        Five selected scripts will be performed at the beginning of December with live foley and professional actors, competing for the coveted Bloody Axe Award. Can you scare up a story? Submit and find out. (Or don’t. I have enough competition as it is.)

        That’s all for now. Onward to 2000!

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