Thank you everyone that has been following Human Resources here on Inkshares. Today I received some exciting news. Actually, "exciting" doesn’t cut the mustard in this circumstance. 

Today, The Launchpad Manuscript competition announced its Top 75 finalists -- and Human Resources is in the list! I am humbled, excited, and a little intimidated -- but I am strapped in and ready for the ride now taking off.

If you don’t know about the Launchpad Manuscript Competition -- it is one of the "Inkshares" competitions, but a little different to their others. This one is run independently in conjunction with Energy Entertainment and  Scott Free Productions 

(yes, *that* Scott). 

Apart from being a partnership, this competition differs from Inkshares regular fair by having an expert judging phase -- entrants had to submit a traditional synopsis and up to 50 pages of manuscript for industry judges to assess. 

The Top 75 have been selected by that panel.

 You get to pick the winners (hint -- pick me). 

At some point there will be a more traditional Inkshares crowdfunding competition -- I’ll be reaching out to you when that happens. For now, I’m just too excited not to share the news!

Robert

Hello Inkshares!

So after months of tiptoeing around the idea of registering here on Inkshares and posting the first few chapters of my first novel, I finally took the plunge Sunday night, and in just two days I’ve already gotten a far greater response than I’d ever anticipated! So thank you everyone for following! I’m still new here, so please bear with me as I navigate these unfamiliar waters, but I’m looking forward to reading all of your projects out there!

So just a bit about myself: I’m a 37-year old with a Creative Writing degree who somehow ended up with a career in the corporate world, which unfortunately leaves me little time to write. But after a decade or more, I finally decided to dust off the word processor and make the time. And now that I’ve made some progress on my novel, I’ve fallen in love with writing all over again. Land of the Setting Sun has been a labor of love for the past three years -- a lot of research, a lot of outlining, and so many notes! But now I’m thrilled (and a little nervous!) to put it out there for the world to see!

I’m not much of a social media person, which is part of the reason I was a bit reluctant to join Inkshares in the first place (though I’m already glad I did!). And unfortunately, my day job is extremely demanding on my time, so I’m not certain how frequently I’ll be posting updates. But I’ll be reading your comments, and I’m extremely grateful for any feedback that you’re willing to give. So drop me a line, I look forward to hearing from you!

As for the state of the draft: I’ve posted the first four chapters of Land of the Setting Sun (plus the Prologue), because I wanted to really give you all a sense of what to expect from this novel. Chapters 5 through 10 are in varying states of completion, but I’m hoping to have them finished by the end of November. So keep an eye out for future updates, and thanks again for following!