So its been a minute. Been away from Inkshares for the last couple of months, but I’ve been reading everyone’s updates pretty regularly. Looking forward to checking out all the new drafts on here. 

ERESHK is currently due for a full-tilt editing session before I start thinking about what route I want to use to get it into your hands and inside your heads. Its been tough on that front, maybe a lot of you can relate. When you get going on anything creative and then step away from it for a while, getting back into the same headspace you were in when you started can be rough. This year so far has felt more like 10 for me, but I’m starting to get the fire back for this story. More on that soon. 

I’ve recently submitted a short story for the possibility of being included in an upcoming erotic horror anthology, more on that soon. 

Elsewhere, I’ve been working on a new story tentatively titled "THE QUEEN MALIGNANT". Its a more compact, straight-forward and fast pace tale about Darcy, former Peshmerga volunteer turned security consultant for an LA escort service on the hunt for a missing prostitute. Sex dungeons. Snuff films. Black mass rituals. Freaks in rabbit masks. Bullets. Lotta bullets. More on that soon. 

At any rate, I’m looking forward to getting back in the swing of it here, and I’ll hope to have something new to share with you all in the near future. Until next time!  

Hey, folks, some fantastic news to share! The clue is in the screen capture above from my campaign page -- that sticker that reads "Syndicate Pick."

What does this mean? BoAT has been selected as the Staff Syndicate pick for February. It is a huge endorsement for which I am immensely grateful. A sincere thanks to fellow author Chip Colquhoun for putting BoAT forward for consideration. Check out his novel, Ripe for Execution. 

For those of you who don’t know what an Inkshares Syndicate is, this is a group of people who contribute $10 or $20 a month to a pool and then use that to back a title in funding each month with a gift basket of pre-orders. There are and have been many syndicates over the years, for fantasy, science fiction, stories with strong female characters and other themes. The Syndicate that has chosen BoAT as its February pick is the Staff Syndicate. This is, as the name suggests, led by Inkshares staff. Anyone can opt in, including other Inkshares authors. (I am part of this Syndicate myself and cast the deciding vote on the January Syndicate pick.)

What does earning this distinction mean for BoAT and this campaign? Frankly, I don’t know yet, but with only two days left, the answer to that question is going to come soon. So, as I said on Monday, help me finish strong -- keep those pre-orders coming by ordering another copy for a friend or family member, or even better, by prodding those friends or family members to pre-order their own.

And if you have followed BoAT but haven’t pre-ordered yet, please, take the plunge!

Cheers

Leo