So the contest ends and I don’t say anything? 

To be honest, I didn’t have much to say. Also, there’s a good chance that you were already receiving a lot of emails from other writers and participants. So instead of adding to the noise, I took a step back and worked on a few other things. What sort of things?

For one, I wrote a blog post about what it’s like to work with Inkshares once a book is funded. I also started preparing work on another book and recorded as short unboxing video so that you could see what books published by Inkshares look like (spoilers: dope as hell. Super legit.). 

We lost the contest, but not the campaign 

Aww… we didn’t get in the top five and grab an easy publishing deal. So what? "Suck it up JF!" I told myself. I didn’t jump in this just to win a contest. I’m here to publish a book and that’s what’s going to happen. Because I have a plan.

1. First, I’m going to get a significant extension on the deadline of this campaign. There are many who want to get my first book, ‘The Life Engineered’ before they commit to pre-ordering a second work of mine. Fine! I’ll extend this campaign until you have ‘The Life Engineered’ in your hands if I have to!
2. I’m going to try to reach readers outside my normal sphere of friends and family. Well I’m going to try. It’s not going to be easy because I don’t exactly know how to do that, but I’m willing to learn.
3. I aim to expand my ‘brand’. Let’s face it, at this stage in the game, I’m not just selling books but I’m also selling myself. Which means putting myself out there. Being more public and more accessible.

In essence, I’m not quiet because I’ve quit. Indeed, this is the calm before the storm. Soon I’m going to have to kick the promotion of ‘The Life Engineered’ into high gear and I want to ride that wave with ‘A God in the Shed’. What does all this mean to you?

If you’ve pre-ordered this book, you’re going to get your copy. It might take a little longer, but you’ll be holding this novel in your hands eventually. This is my way of thanking you for your support; not with simple words but with renewed commitment to get this thing funded. 

 JF

Supporters and followers, here's a breakdown of where we stand and what we need.

There are 65 days left of the 90 days to fund my book, Disintegration. I've sold 330 copies.

That means I'm 33% of the way to the hardcover goal with 72% of the time remaining. You might think, "Great! You're ahead of the game!" and, for now, I am ... but, with no new sign-ups, I'll soon be losing ground.

I don't want to lose ground. I want this book to be published.

I need to sell ten copies every day for the rest of the campaign in order to make it. Ten copies. Each day. Yeah, it's mind-boggling, right? Except ... it doesn't have to be.

Here's why:

You refer someone to sign up, using your own link (generated by clicking the facebook, twitter or email icons), they use the $5 sign up credit and the $5 first-follower credit to get a free copy, and you get a $15 credit for your referral. If I'm your horse in this race, reinvest those credits in my book. Refer two people and that's three more copies from you and two from them! 

Every THREE people (you and your two referrals) is FIVE copies!

At the simplest level, I need 134 of you -- 235 people will get this email -- to refer two people who buy, then you reinvest those credits, and we're done. No more emails of me begging you for help. Instead, you'll have a hardcover novel that YOU were instrumental in having published.

Please. Don't wait for someone else to do it. Find two people you know, give them your referral code, have them get their free copies, and then reinvest your credits in my book. If you need help generating the referral link, email me, give me your phone number, I'll talk you through it.