Happy Tuesday, y’all!
Recently, Rick Heinz, the author of The Seventh Age: Dawn and all around mensch, wrote an article highlighting five of the underdogs in the Geek & Sundry Fantasy Contest. Yesterday, A Beast Requires returned to the top ten list, with 95 backers and 117 pre-orders, putting the book 45% of the way to that elusive Quill goal. With 57 days left, doubling the number of pre-orders is totally doable, so let that specific type of hustle begin.
I like underdogs. Hells, I write about underdogs, seeing as I am one. When I told people I wanted to be a writer when I was a kid, they laughed. There was no way the kid who couldn’t spell, let alone write, would ever string more than five words together in a coherent thought. I’m a stubborn one. Tell me I can’t do something and I will bust my ass to prove you wrong, then send you a postcard with a crudely drawn middle finger.
I’ve been an underdog most of my life. I lost a lot when I came out, especially my family, and survived for almost two years living out of my car and on people’s couches. When I got sick, they told me it was terminal, and this month now marks my 6th year in remission. Yea, I’m so stubborn I told cancer to fuck off. When I lost my job of ten years, I wasn’t sure if I’d ever recover, I wrote a book. A Beast Requires has taken me four years of blood, sweat, and tears. When you tell people you’re writing a book, they think you’re a fool, that you’ll never finish it, and that there is no way in hell that it will be any good. Well, fuck those people.
Don’t ignore the underdogs. While they face incredible odds, eventually they will be victorious, and they will have done it their way.
57 days. Yea, we’ve got this.
Readers, Supporters, and Sorcerers All --
The time has come. After much discussion, revision, and consultation of star charts, we ... are ... LIVE!
SORCERY FOR BEGINNERS, which has resided on Inkshares in draft mode for nearly a year, is finally accepting pre-orders. I thank you all for your patience, advice, and wonderful reviews. The book is complete, and I look forward to sharing more of it with you over the coming weeks.
One of the reasons I decided to launch now is to take part in the Geek and Sundry Fantasy Contest. I know I’m coming in late, but with your support I know I can sell enough books in the next 30 days to crack the top three. But I need your help! Please, click on that pre-order button, and I promise you won’t be disappointed. We’re even adding in some extra-cool, secret incentives for the very first people who join the campaign.
Thanks again, and beware the Euclideans --
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