Updates, Faoii! Listen up!

I promised you all that I would do an audio version of Chapter 2 if we made it to 270 pre-orders. We’ve done that, so I’m upholding my end of the bargain. You can listen to it on youtube by clicking HERE.

Other than the audio chapter, I’ve been doing everything in my power to bring you perfection. I want us to take that hill-- I want us to stand at its summit with our war cries on our tongues and our victory in our hearts and for everyone to know that all of this finally came to fruition. That there’s some sort of karmic justice in the universe that repays hard work and determination. That at the end of next week we’ll know that The Last Faoii had finally earned mass publication and that maybe my health would finally improve and my heart wouldn’t be so tired all the time. Because dreams keep us going when other things don’t.

But we’re warriors. We need contingency plans. Realism. I don’t know how to produce miracles-- I don’t know how to inspire you all any more than I’ve already tried to. I was never able to get us featured in the Inkshares blog like many of the other authors we’ve fought (and in some cases, overcome). I was never quite able to get us to 4th place in this contest, much less to the top 3. But that doesn’t mean I’m going to stop trying. You’d think after submitting The Last Faoii to 200 agents during its initial run 18 edits ago, I would be used to rejection-- to falling short. But I don’t, because it’s just not something I do. 

I don’t know how to get us to the top of that hill. But I do know how to give you the best I can, no matter the outcome of the contest. Even if we fail at parts of the war, the victories we have will be perfect. There are no half measures here.

So I’m editing again. I’m going through The Last Faoii a 19th and final time since its completion--looking for any errors, any sentence, any word that doesn’t add to the story. That doesn’t prove to be absolutely worthy of your attention. I’ve sent it out to two more beta readers (numbers 13 and 14 if that matters to you) with instructions to make it perfect. 

If those that are following this army now are the only ones who are ever going to know how hard we fought to win this war-- if we will be the only ones to see the forces that Kaiya overcame just to exist, then I will make sure the reward at the end is worthy of the battle fought. 

Shield up, Faoii. The end is coming and we will not meet it lying down.

-Faoii-Tahani

Friends, Readers, and Sorcerers All,

Good morning! (At least, it’s morning here in Los Angeles. The sun is just peeking over the backyard fence and the kiddos are stirring. This may have to be quick.) 

We here at the Codex Arcanum had a nice surprise last night -- Daniel Hashimoto, one of our first readers and creator of YouTube’s amazing Action Movie Kid -- posted a shout-out video for SORCERY FOR BEGINNERS on his channel! Check it out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjXq49iHNMs&feature=em-subs_digest

It already inspired someone from halfway across the world to pick up a pre-order. If you squint you can even see a couple shots of Yours Truly trying to look like a film director.

Huge thanks to Hashi, Mandy, and their kids for taking time out of their busy schedules to help promote SORCERY FOR BEGINNERS. Take a look at the video, share it with friends on social media, and let’s keep racking up those pre-orders! Once we hit 200, I’m going to post a new chapter, and it’s maybe my favorite in the whole book. Stay tuned for that here:

https://www.inkshares.com/books/sorcery-for-beginners

Also, check out Action Movie Kid if you haven’t already! They have tons of great videos. One of my favorites is a recent one they made about the Tooth Fairy: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8-U4aigvsw

Only FIVE MORE DAYS left in the Geek and Sundry contest. Let’s do this!

mh

All of you have received an email from Inkshares this week informing you of a refund for ILLEGAL. It was sent out in error. I’ve been struggling to figure out what is going on and how this will be fixed and I wish I could write and tell you what will happen but I can’t. Basically the Inkshares team says they don’t know what triggered the mass refund but they can recharge credit cards and get those orders back. However, they do not want to re-issue orders that used credits--when the campaign began the platform gave you credits to encourage participation and they have since discontinued that practice. This seems unfair to me and I’m trying to reach out to them to come up with a better resolution. I don’t know what that will be but I’m also not sure how long it will take to figure out and I know many people were confused and curious about what was happening and I wanted to be transparent and share all I know. As you can imagine this is a very frustrating situation for me and I appreciate your patience and support, probably more now than ever.