Happy Saturday, everyone!

I have a few updates: First, I want to give a shout out to those who pre-ordered my story. (Check out the awesome works from the Inkshares writers). I appreciate it so much. Thank you! Again please share, follow, and/or pre-order We’re the Whiteheads: https://www.inkshares.com/books/we-re-the-whiteheads. 

Ferd Crôtte, author of Mission 51: https://www.inkshares.com/books/mission-51

A Reader (Corean Burns)

Dean Fearce, author of MINE: https://www.inkshares.com/books/murder-happens          and Ruining Boise with fellow author Michael Welch for the 2018 Mystery and Thriller Contest: https://www.inkshares.com/books/ruining-boise-060666

Anonymous (Boni Burns) 

Frederick Street, author of Ereshk for the 2018 Horror Contest: https://www.inkshares.com/books/ereshk

Woody Burns

Celso Hurtado, author of The Ghost Tracks for the 2018 Horror Contest: https://www.inkshares.com/books/the-ghost-tracks

Second, I plan to update another chapter for We’re the Whiteheads. I should have the chapter posted either today or in the next few days. I’ll also be sending the updated chapter to the story’s followers.

And lastly, I have a short story tilted I Wish it Happened, one of twenty stories featured in the Writing Bloc’s ESCAPE! An Anthology ready for pre-order on Amazon (link here: https://amzn.to/2Kx04Ew ) for $2.99 ebook until the January 1, 2019 release date. The price will then be $5.99. I am so excited, appreciative, and honored to be a part of such talented writers and their amazing stories. If you love to read a blind of genres from science ficion, fantasy, westerns, contemporary to many more, ESCAPE! An Anthology is a reading to enjoy.

Thanks,

Durena Burns

IMPORTANT MESSAGE: Did you receive an email confirmation of your pre-order?

A gentleman by the name of Adam posted to our Facebook Page this morning, excitedly sharing the image of the Inkshares’ website confirming his pre-order.

However, he later realised he hadn’t received an email confirming his pre-order – nor had any payment been taken from his account.

As I know from pre-ordering other authors’ books, a confirmation email arrives pretty swiftly, and payment is taken from your account the same day.

If none of this happened for you, then I’m afraid it means your pre-order wasn’t successful. And that means your interest isn’t yet helping us get closer to the 250 pre-order target – but it could be!

What’s more, I could owe far more to Donate4Refugees than I think.

Please check your emails and/or bank accounts – and if you haven’t received a confirmation or had payment taken, please retry your pre-order via www.bit.ly/ripeforexecution

I’m so very sorry to have to ask this of you. Rest assured I’ll be frantically thinking of how I’ll make it up to you. Certainly a visit to a bookstore near wherever you are once we’ve won the competition will be in order...

Thanks so much, folks! And I’ll be in touch again soon...

Hi folks! 

I originally attempted to post this update from my phone, but Inkshares’ website doesn’t work too well on mobile Chrome. But I wanted to share this update with you as soon as I had a note around lunchtime that Donate4Refugees had only just found and retweeted my "125% donation" offer — a few hours after the deadline! 

So, to be fair to everyone, I’ve extended that deadline. It’s now pre-orders placed between Wednesday and midnight tonight that will be donated on (by me, not Inkshares) to Donate4Refugees at 125% their value. 

But I’ll also use this opportunity to thank everyone who’s helped with the pre-order drive so far, and/or those who’ve joined our readership since Wednesday. For in the last 36hrs alone, we’ve had 8 more pre-orders placed. That’s closer to a publishing contract for me, and £80 on its way to protect those fleeing war and persecution. 

So thank you incredibly much! Please continue to spread the word this afternoon, and I’ll let you know the final donation figure tomorrow... 

Take care, folks! Ciao for niao... 

Today is the 20th of November. In the original scheme of things, the Inkshares Mystery & Thriller contest would have ended on the 24th of November, four days from now; however, the deadline was extended some time back to the 14th of December, which means we have a little more breathing room.

Or, it means other people have the breathing room to catch up to us....

Well, we passed the Hundred Reader mark a few days ago, and just yesterday, we received the backing of the Staff Syndicate. That’s great news. If we can reach 250 readers by the 14th of December, it’s publication and no questions asked. It seems like a big hurdle, but hope springs eternal, and an honest effort could still count for much.

Remember to check your online Inkshares bookshelf, especially if you’ve not received a personal thank you email from me. It would be terrible to miss out on things simply due to "technical difficulties".

For now, though, I have a novel to write. You’re going to love it.