My publisher, Inkshares, may one day accuse me of misusing this channel to promote the wrong book, but much like a rogue android, I do not respect such bonds!

In short: I’m here to encourage you once more to pre-order my other book currently funding. A God in the Shed is my next project and I’m excited about it and I believe you’ll love it too. While it’s thematically different from The Life Engineered and focuses on completely different subject matter, I’ve been told it’s a pretty damn good book.

"But what about the sequel to The Life Engineered." you ask, Mr. Strawman.

Don’t worry. Arch-Android is moving at steady pace and should be done with the first draft by mid-May. By the end of May I’ll be looking for beta readers and by June or July I should be launching the campaign for it. In fact, the only thing slowing me down is the amount of time I need to invest in getting A God in the Shed funded.

Aside from me holding Arch-Android hostage, why should you support A God in the Shed? Well, it’s a damn good book and the start to an ambitious trilogy of damn good books, but if you’re looking for gimmicks, well I’ve got gimmicks!

1. Each pre-order enters you into the ‘I want to kill a reader’ raffle. The winner will have his name and likeness used in the book as a minor character that gets killed off. The author will work with the winner to find the appropriate means of demise to satisfy both the winner and the story. 
2. Each physical copy of A God in the Shed will be signed and numbered as an exclusive first edition item. 
3. Free, exclusive A God in the Shed bookmarks will be included with the physical copies and mailed to eBook supporters. 
4. Orders of three or more copies guarantees your name to appear in the Patrons list printed at the end of the book. 
5. You get to enjoy the satisfaction and pride at having supported both art and literature.
   

We only have about 9 days left to get over 130 pre-orders, so don’t hesitate any further. Encourage literature, encourage good fiction and most of all encourage A God in the Shed.

End of line.

JF

I wish I had a more clever name for you guys. Something from the book. I could use ’Watchers’ as I’m using with levels of support but I’m planning on changing that name in the manuscript. It’s too obvious and on the nose, but I’m getting off topic before I even get started.

Good news! We’re above 600 pre-orders! In fact, as of this writing we are at 616. We have less than 140 pre-orders to get which feels almost attainable. The bad news is we have less than ten days to do so.

Good news redux! A lot of my writing buddies here on Inkshares have banded together to help me out and they’re doing an amazing job of it. Christopher Huang, Andre Brun and John Robin have been spearheading herculean efforts to help me get to the 750 pre-order goal and it’s been incredible. Please click on their name and check out their books. Each is doing something different and beautiful.

Now, I know a lot of you are still on the fence about pre-ordering or are just hanging out because of whatever reason and I totally respect that, but let me try to get you to support A God in the Shed by reminding you of the incentives. This is what you get if you pre-order this book: 

1. Each pre-order enters you into the ‘I want to kill a reader’ raffle. The winner will have his name and likeness used in the book as a minor character that gets killed off. The author will work with the winner to find the appropriate means of demise to satisfy both the winner and the story. 
2. Each physical copy of A God in the Shed will be signed and numbered as an exclusive first edition item. 
3. Free, exclusive A God in the Shed bookmarks will be included with the physical copies and mailed to eBook supporters. 
4. Orders of three or more copies guarantees your name to appear in the Patrons list printed at the end of the book. 
5. You get to enjoy the satisfaction and pride at having supported both art and literature.
   

Finally, I want to point out that this book is a bit of a proof of concept. I don’t know that many authors have been able to double-dip in the Inkshares pool yet. I want to show that a writer can fund more than one work of literature on the site. That this can be a viable platform for repeat use. This is important because it can demonstrate that Inkshares is a marketplace for books in development. I want readers to shop on Inkshares and encourage books, not just writers.

So pre-order your copy or get someone you know to pre-order a copy. Aside from the (cool) gimmicks above, you’re helping literature break free of the bonds of traditional publishing in a way that self-publishing still hasn’t achieved.

Thank you,

JF