It still hasn’t quite sunk in yet, but as of today I am a published author.

Almost a year after I first started pestering people with buymybookbuymybookifyou’rereallymyfriendyou’llbymybook harassment, it’s finally out.  If you’re reading this, you’ve already gotten your copy (I hope!), but now they’re available online at Amazon, B&N and others, and at dozens of independent bookstores all around the country.  

Thank you so much.

The amount of effort that goes into publishing a book is truly awe inspiring.  My editors Kiele Raymond and Michael Trudeau transformed some mediocre writing into the polished manuscript you received this past month.  I’m beyond over-the-moon about the cover Elyse Lyons produced for me, and Emily Zach and the rest of the production team at Girl Friday was professional 100%.

Meanwhile, at Inkshares, my marketing manager Avalon has been working overtime getting me interviews, reviews, and my books in stores, while newly appointed CEO Adam Gomolin has been in overdrive on the derivative properties side.

And then there are the Nerdist folks, who not only sponsored the contest in the first place, making this whole thing possible, but who also treated me like a real Author when I visited them at Comic Con in San Diego.

Thank you all for your tireless work to make this project as successful as possible.

Now, some news:

Monday night I was featured on The 207, a Portland and Bangor local features show on NBC.  The boys from Bull Moose were extremely kind in their promotion of my novel.

Today I woke up to a Bangor Daily News review, which was similarly positive.

I’m also looking at scheduling book signing events around the Bangor area over the next several weeks.  Check out my Facebook page to stay current!

Lastly, in case you missed it, I’ve got a Comic Con recap on my blog, which you can find here.

So that’s pretty much it.  

I can say thank you enough
Dave

PS: Leave reviews!!!!!!!!!!111

Since this morning’s update, we’ve had 3 very positive developments!

1. The Geek & Sundry contest announcement was released and all Fantasy genres are invited to participate - so our project qualifies!

2. They extended the length of the contest to a full three months, giving us plenty of time to campaign and to build out the anthology.

3. A few supporters have PM’d us with a GO sign.

We will wait another day to hear from more of you and hopefully launch the campaign tomorrow if the response continues to be in favor of this project moving forward into a contest campaign.

Cheers,

Mykl and Rich

Greetings Earthlings!

Still looking for more submissions to make this a worthwhile anthology!

Also looking for feedback on the following. 

If today’s contest announcement category fits this project, we’re thinking of entering it.

Good idea? / Bad Idea? Would you support it with a pre-order and encourage your followers to do the same?

If each of you who like and support this project (and / or are planning on submitting an entry), could commit to getting ten of your supporters to pre-order it, we could harness our collective strength to make a credible run at winning or placing in the top three.


Winning an Inkshares contest seems to be one of the best ways to generate Inkshares buzz and sell books. Having a big name partner like Nerdist, Geek & Sundry etc to co-promote our work is a huge advantage that most of us can’t generate on our own.

We will leave the contest decision up to all of you! If we see enough enthusiasm, we’ll jump in (if it fits the contest criteria).

Otherwise, we will continue with the original plan and just keep this in the Draft stage for as long as it takes to compile a Great anthology!

Thanks to everyone who has submitted so far, you are all still in the running, please be patient with the process and keep helping us spread the word!

Regards,

Mykl & Rich

OMG 3 days left!