Hey everyone!

Well, I’m currently at the DC United game, but I just couldn’t wait to tell everyone that my interview is live on examiner.com at 

http://www.examiner.com/article/inkshares-writer-stephen-carignan-talks-about-his-book-s-campaign

This is an amazing opportunity for more exposure so a huge thank you to Alicia! 

As far as the pre-orders go, we are still crushing it above the line at 121 orders. I really think my suggestion about cornering people on the street is working and I’ve even gone to a new length of matching with people on Tinder and telling them to buy my book, just check my facebook, I can’t show you from my phone.

Thanks to the support so far. Keep sharing, recommending, and ordering (since the copies are signed, get one for someone you don’t like and I’ll write whatever you want).

Sweet dreams, 

Stephen 

P.S. let’s go United!

I am feeling dizzy with gratitude! This was truly a special night. Mission 51 reached a funding milestone in a truly heartwarming way. I simply asked on Facebook, and friends responded. We now sit a 100 pre-orders! I am overjoyed!

Thank you Marie Nall for helping us get there, and Sally Johnson Reed for your friendship and support! You are the greatest! :-)

And a very special thank you to Michael Haase and wife Margie, who took time off from new baby duties, to dial the pre-orders up to 100! Thank you!! :-)

Michael, as you all must know, is the author of The Madness of Mr. Butler, winner of the Nerdist Space Opera Contest (in production), and of An Adventure With Dada which is currently in funding. Please give them both a look and send some love his way! :-)

Hey! It’s exactly 1 year since the end of the first Sword & Laser contest. A year to the day from  when I realized three fundamental truths at the exact same time:

• I love you.

• I have to finish the draft of Asteroid Made of Dragons in 2-3 months. (I only had about 18-20,000 words done at that point.)
  
• This:

A year into this enterprise! Wow! WOW! (wow)

AMOD is out, and we’re starting to leave the initial ’honeymoon’ period and sales spike - what now? What now? What now? I guess I should write something else, huh?

Thank you all again - I know I’ve said it over and over, but ANNIVERSARY OF THANKS.

Don’t forget to put up yer reviews and nominate me for shiny awards.

First, let me start by saying that #Draftfest seems to be kicking along very nicely, and is a ton of fun.  If you haven’t taken part in the reading, commenting, and critiquing... well, you’re missing out.  Not only is it a great chance to find good stories and new authors, there are also lots of prizes to be had!  Here’s the link to the thread with all the info: Quit stalling and be part of this amazing event!

Now for some Clockwork Charlie updates:

I’m writing and editing daily, then editing and writing some more.  It’s going really well, and I am happily surprised pretty much every day at where the story is leading me.  I think readers will certainly enjoy it as well.  Gods and Goddesses, immortals, life consuming monsters, Robotic golems, heroes and villains galore...

I can’t wait to share it all with the world, and you early believers most of all.  Thanks for being a part in these oh so early stages of Clockwork Charlie’s life.  There are thirty-one of you as I write this, and I am amazed.  Each and every one of you is my hero today! 

The novel is nearly finished drafting (well, first-drafting I suppose) and will wind up being well over 100,000 words in it’s first-draft form.  I’m not going to start pre-orders until the first draft is totally finished, and has begun the editing (or really the hacking and slashing) stage.  Even then, I might hold off until the project has a certain number of followers.  Haven’t quite decided yet, in all honesty.

In my next update, I’ll be introducing a couple of key characters.  Until then, I encourage you to check out the Clockwork Charlie Pinterest Page to get an idea of what the world in the novel looks like. It will be updated randomly as things progress and I find images I like.

That’s it for this week. Don’t forget to take part in #Draftfest!

-Ken

BREAK UP. MAKE UP. LEVEL UP.

SideScroller is now live and ready to be pre-ordered! Seeing one of my works published would be a dream come true. 

So let’s slip our quarters into the arcade machine, press Start, and grab this video game contest by the cojones!

Cheers,

Andrew Fantasia