I owe you so much!  As I write the next book in the Maren Kane series, I've  been thinking about concrete ways to thank you. I also  remain interested in expanding my reader base and, eventually, my sales so that I can cover  the cost  of my writing habit, which includes attending conferences & workshops across the country to connect  with other authors and to  improve my craft. Recently, I traveled  to mystery/thriller events in Raleigh, No Carolina and Nashville, Tennessee where  I was able to read my work to audiences of readers, writers, agents and publishers. I was  surprised and humbled that the most common response to my reading two pages of my work to these audiences was "wow". It has inspired me to want to  do more.

To bring together the  two goals, thanking you and gaining readers, I would like to  offer to each of you a free signed copy  of One  Murder More, which upon your request will be  shipped to whomever you designate.  I will include a  personal, handwritten note indicating that you  have helped to  support me as an author (as a backer or follower) and that  this gift is from you. (If you prefer I send an ebook, plz let me know the recipient's email address and I will send it that way.) Perhaps  there's someone with a birthday  coming up, or who you've wanted to thank for something, even  just for being in your life.  (Those gifts may be the best.)  If you would like  me to  delay shipping until the holidays, please indicate  which holiday you're aiming for  (e.g., Hanukah, Christmas).  In any case, please include with your request the intended recipient's name and  address, sent to me at kris@kriscalvin.com. They will NOT be added to any lists or contacted again by me or by Inkshares after the book is sent.  I have a high school student to help me , so this  will get done! Please note that this offer of a free signed book shipped is limited to two per  backer, capped at the first 25 requests, and expires Dec 31st, as I  will purchase  copies myself and  that's my budget/timeline :) 

It makes me happy as an author to picture cheering someone's day with an unexpected gift of a signed book. I recognize it takes time, on your end, to make the request of me , but like publishing  on Inkshares  this effort will  only  work if you partner in it with me. If this seems a fit I hope to hear from you soon!

Thanks again, for everything.

Kris

Uhhh...spoilers, I guess?

I'm poking and prodding the Inkshares site with new text and layout - please give it a look and let me know what you think! Same goes for my personal site - Spell-sword.com. I'm hoping to be able to show you the fancy-schmancy new cover in the next few days - and with that will come new people curious about the book. This goes along with my Pan-Social Platform Clean-Up Regimen -- time to hide all that moogle fanfiction, I suppose. Please let me know what you think will help other people get interested in AMOD - as I finish up the copy edits in the next few weeks, I need to refocus my attention to the Marketing Cannon. Oh, how it gleams...

I haven't said this explicitly in a while - but thank you. This has been an exciting week - in between stresses of Dev Edits and the oncoming Copy Edits - working on the final cover, starting to lay down early work on the marketing strategy - I feel like a BIG BOY WRITER. And it's all thanks to you.  So thanks, you weirdos.

I MISSED MUSEDAY I'M SORRY

I need to make you a mix for Tom and Hope next; these are characters you haven't met yet. They're Earthan and ridiculously awesome. You're going to love them.

Tom is an alien conspiracy theorist who mostly goes around debunking other people's stupid theories and pissing everyone off, and Hope is a Homeland Security Agent who kicks a LOT of ass (even though she can't stop spilling food on herself).

In the meantime, here's an update snapshot of that poster I'm making:

Just one more character to add... who will it be???

Upcoming events:

Don't forget to come to my reading at the Acadia Cafe this Sunday for the MN Speculative Fiction Writers 2015 Local Author Showcase at 3pm! 

We're going to get a better recording of this reading than the one last week (I'm still debating posting a link to that one; the audio's not great). 

(Ok FINE, if you want to see what was inspiring me yesterday, it's just this song over and over. I listened to it about, oh, 90 times, and now I have a plan for several key scenes in books 2 and 3. Somebody's gonna betraaaaaaaay someoooooone...)

:)