Thirty  eight people from THREE CONTINENTS have shown their support with a pre-order of The Defeated.  I could not possibly be more grateful.  But to win this contest we need a little more.  If each one of you convinces just ONE more person to pre-order today, The Defeated will break into the top five!  I implore you all, please spread the word.  Find that one person you know who will love this book, ask them personally, and connect them for a pre-order.  Thank you.

Dear readers,

First off, I want to thank you all for your support. I have gone from seeing a notification email for a pre-order every few days to now having daily emails, often with gmail having to group these emails together in bundles of 3, 4, or even 9. I'm amazed at the momentum picking up, and I owe it all to you for stepping up and believing in this project.

Today I want to announce the start of my a blog series which for the next few months will run biweekly, featuring our own Inkshares fantasy and science fiction authors. (I've connected with so many great authors here that as of today, I'm actually already book up to October 16th!)

World Builders is a series where speculative fiction authors have a chance to talk about the aspect fantasy I love the most -- world building. My first Inkshares guest is C. Brennecke, whose book, Seven Shards: The Color of Wine, you can find out more about by clicking the cover below.

Here is her post. I hope you all enjoy, and please leave comments if you'd like:

https://epicfantasywriter.wordpress.com/2015/08/26/world-builders-c-brennecke/

We will both be around throughout the day to respond to any discussion. Hope to see some of you there!