Ladies and gentle men, I come to you with some good news, nay....great news. 

Ghosts of War is getting published by Inkshares. 

How can this be you ask? Well, today Jeremy Thomas (Inkshares' CEO) announced some changes to the way Inkshares will work going forward and the changes mean only good things for Ghosts of War. 

 You can read the full blog post about the changes here, and I recommend that you do: http://blog.inkshares.com/post/131749557025/inkshares-funding-goal-announcement

 But these are the most important points for right now: 

• Since it is over 250 copies sold, Ghosts of War qualifies for Inkshares' new 'light publishing' option. This is what Inkshares has to say about the new option: 

 Any project that reaches 250 pre-orders will qualify for the “light-publishing” option with a new, yet-to-be-named Inkshares collection. These books will receive a light edit, an ISBN, and limited distribution (including physical and digital on Amazon.com). Backers will receive physical copies printed through our print-on-demand service. We will reserve the right to push any of these books through our full production process, and as with all of our books, the rights will remain non-exclusive if the author wishes to publish elsewhere.   

So that's pretty awesome, but there is a small catch: After October 30th the pre-order prices are going up.

• From then, it'll be $20 for a paperback and $30 for a hardcover.
  
• There will also be a $15 International shipping fee. US shipping will remain free.

Now this bit is all in bold because it's the most important of important things. 

If you pre-order a copy of 'Ghosts of War' before October 30 (or have previously pre-ordered a copy), you will still get it for $9.99 with free shipping. 

Any copies ordered after that will cost more, so if you've been on the fence about it, please, dive in, especially those of you who are in Australia or other non-US countries. Right now is when you can get the best deal.

In closing, I want to thank every one of you who's ordered a copy so far, you got me here and it's because of you that Ghosts of War is getting published. I can't thank you all enough.

I think it's going to take a while to sink in that this is really happening, but until then...we can have a party.

DO YOU HAVE  SYNESTHESIA?

I've gotten a couple of notes about folks here that experience some kind of Synesthesia, so thought I'd give you a little more on its various forms. It's pretty fascinating and they've only just begun to discover the way in which it shows up in folks. (Thus, 'The Hide')

Here goes...

* If you experiences letters or numbers with a specific color, you may have Grapheme-Color Synesthesia. 

* If certain sounds trigger the visualization of colored, generic shapes, often squares, circles, that kind of thing, you may have Sound-to-Color Synesthesia. 

* When a person thinks about numbers and  a number map is involuntarily visualized, they may have Number-Form Synesthesia. 

*  Ordinal-linguistic personification  is when an  individual experiences ordered sequences with various personalities. Ordered sequences may include numbers, letters, months and so on. For example, a person with OLP may look at the letter ‘A’ and think in his mind that ‘A’ is a rude letter. (I discovered all three of my daughters have this while studying up for The Hide).

* Lexical-Gustatory Synesthesia is when people experience a taste or smell with a certain phoneme or word. 

I'd love to know if anyone here has one or more of these. There are a few theories out there that synesthetes tends to be unique thinkers and I can think of no more creative group than this one. 

Hello again,

Let's get this out of the way: I'm sorry for putting out two updates so close to one another. I really don't mean to spam, so I'll make this quick.

I messed up.

I realized a few days ago that every sample for 'A God in the Shed' that I had posted so far except for the prologue was from an earlier draft. This annoys me for a variety of reasons.

1. It makes the book look bad
   
2. It makes me look stupid
3. I had to upload more current material instead
4. All the thoughtful and insightful comments left by everyone are gone

The last one really gets me.

That being said; I've removed all the old material and replaced it with fresh samples. Everything is separated by chapter and goes up to chapter 9 like before. These are still subject to change in the final draft as I'm not 100% satisfied with everything (especially chapter 4. There's something about the flavour of that one that bugs me.) but at least now you have a better idea of the tone I'm going for.

I apologize for the lost comments and notes.

Thank you once more for your support

JF