Hello readers/followers/people who got lost and aren’t sure how they got here,

Just wanted to update you on what is going on in the world of Fae Child, and in my world. I’m surrounded by a pile of clean laundry (which I’ve actually managed to fold), it’s going to be a scorcher today and I’ve got to go to work later. On a Saturday. But for now it’s quiet up here in my room, the internet is working and here we are.

We’ve got 22 orders!

I can’t really believe I’ve gotten that many, but the fact is in order to get close to the top ten of the Geek & Sundry contest Fae Child is going to need more. A lot more. I’ve messaged everyone in my social media circles but I just don’t have that big of a network. I need your help! Do you know someone who likes fantasy novels, or books in general, who might enjoy supporting a new author? Email them the link to this book! Here it is: http://inkshares.com/books/fae-child You can also hit the ’recommend’ links up at the top of the project page, this will attach a unique referral code and I’ll be able to track who’s referred who when more orders come in.

So far my top referrer is Kyle T. Cowan, who generously recommended my book to his followers. Check out his novel Sunshine is Forever - "A fiction novel for anyone who’s ever been depressed, or knows someone who suffers from depression. Sunshine is Forever is full of life lessons, but it is ultimately a story about a teenager learning to take responsibility for his mistakes." SiF (can I abbreviate it? I’m gonna do it!) is racking up the preorders, so read a bit of it and see what you’re missing.

Back to my book - I have been writing every day. Every successful writer will always say the secret is to WRITE ALL THE TIME. So I am. Once we reach 30 preorders I’ll drop another sample chapter on you from the first draft. I also have a new cover in the works, thanks to my friend Christin Gattuso, who is way more talented than I am.

Thank you again, sorry this rambled on so long. I feel like I’m doing this -

- just insert ’MY BOOK’ instead of ’me’. ;)

~ Jane-Holly

Hello Machiners! And a happy Saturday to all of you!

So have you seen it yet?? 

You must have. After all it’s been up on the Inkshares homepage for The Last Machine for more than a week.... And I know each of you must be checking in over at Inkshares.com almost daily as you eagerly anticipate any updates on when Jonathan, the last machine, will finally arrive on your doorstep (as a book, not a 9 foot tall robot)!

It’s going to be a bit longer, Inkshares has decided April 2017 is more conducive to a successful publication date than February. So Spring 2017 it is!! And back we all go to our thumb twiddling...

And now, without further ado, for those of you who don’t frequent Inkshares as often as you should, the final high resolution cover art!!!

Awesome, isn’t it?! Many thanks to artist Dan Stiles for this tremendous result. It’s going to absolutely POP on the bookstore shelves!

Lastly, Jonathan and Nikolai are officially back in action, together, billions of years earlier in a new short story called "The Creator and The Machine" to be published in the Nerdist contest winning video games anthology Too Many Controllers!!! I may have BURIED the LEAD here. Go check it out and grab a copy of this epic book full of work by exciting Inkshares authors!

And believe me, there are a ton of great books funding right now on Inkshares that deserve your attention; in particular there is a Geek & Sundry sponsored FANTASY contest going on right now. Lots of cool potential books to peruse! 

Have a great weekend!

The time has come!

We have until August 28th to get our votes in for my debut book, The Life Engineered, to maybe-perhaps-but-probably-not win a Dragon Award at Dragon Con!

The Life Engineered was, alongside books by Ann Leckie and Kim Stanley Robinson, in the science fiction category of the very first Dragon Awards. It’s a public vote so I ask of you; please vote for my robot book.

Sign up here and fill out the form. You’ll get a confirmation email and a few days after you prove you’re not a robot (discrimination, I know) you’ll get a survey ballot. Make sure you vote for The Life Engineered (and also my fellow Sword & Laser Collection authors’ books Asteroid Made of Dragons and Unattractive Vampire) and we’ll be all set.

Haven’t read The Life Engineered? Well, click on the name of the book and get yourself a digital copy for 0.99$.

I have some incredible news coming for A God in the Shed, so don’t worry, I haven’t forgotten what you all came here for. For now though: vote vote vote!

Cheers,

JF

I was going to write an update in actual words, but then this happened.

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