Sequel to Rise: Secrets of a shattered world’s past threaten to finish the destruction wrought long ago.
Trekonomics on WIRED (article+podcast)
Dear backers, readers and friends,
I did a long interview with Dave Kirtley, the host of WIRED magazine’s Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy podcast. You can read the accompanying article here (and download the podcast);
http://www.wired.com/2016/05/geeks-guide-star-trek-economics/
There is more press and interviews coming out this week and the next. Stay tuned.
Reminders
Finally, a photo shared by an old friend. Live long and prosper, little one:
Manu
Don’t forget! Tune in between 4 and 6 PM Eastern US time to WRUW-FM for a special exclusive radio interview about Tantalus Depths! You’ll get to hear an interview with me, an exclusive reading of a thusfar unreleased excerpt from the book, and maybe a bit of wacky improv. You can listen to it online from anywhere in the world here at www.wruw.org.
Announcing the Mission 51 Raffle!
Artist Idan Carré has graciously donated an original sketch! This 11” x 12” sketch is a study of Mission 51’s spaceship, Janusia, as she will appear in the book. Isn’t she beautiful!? The winner of the raffle will receive this original sketch, signed by the artist, with a personal dedication to the winner of the raffle! How cool is that!?
To qualify for the raffle you must have placed one of the first 150 pre-orders.
The raffle will include the 96 pre-orders that have already been placed, and additional pre-orders up until the number of pre-orders reaches 150.
At that point, the names of every person placing those pre-orders will be officially randomized via Riffle Raffle to identify the raffle winner! Hooray!! :D
So… I suggest you place your pre-order now to qualify for the raffle! Be among the first 150 pre-orders!
And… you can increase your chances of winning the raffle by placing more pre-orders! :-)
A heartfelt Thank You to Idan Carré for her most generous donation. This truly is a special, one-of-a-kind piece!!
There it is folks. An actual physical copy of Monkey Business sitting on my actual physical counter top. 261 copies are somewhere in the clutches of UPS right now on their way back to Inkshares HQ where those hard working folks will open them up and ship them to all of you who were good enough to back this project.
I’m so happy and proud to be the first book published under the Quill Imprint of Inkshares, especially given the many and great looking books that are soon to follow. I don’t mean to overstate but it feels like an honor and I hope the book can live up.
You should have all received your ebook files. Whether you intend to enjoy Monkey Business on your favorite eReading device or wait until actual paper is in your hands, I just hope you do enjoy it. I hope it makes you laugh. I hope it makes you glad you invested some of your hard earned dollars. If you do enjoy it you could do one more thing for me that is of vital importance.
Please leave a review on Amazon by clicking here!
As many of my fellow authors have pointed out Amazon reviews are very important to gaining visibility and growing audience. And all that marketing stuff.
So please, please, please take a moment to leave a review. Please enjoy the book. Thank you for all of your support and I’ll keep you posted as I’m hoping to do a few interviews, giveaways and other promotional stuff in the future.
One last thing. I think the next Quill novel to be released is going to be Jason Pomerance’s Women Like Us. So please go check that book out. Jason is a hell of a nice guy and happens to be a pretty damn good writer!
That’s all for now. I’ll write you guys more later and ask for more favors.
- Landon
Hey, all you beautiful, sexy people! I’ve got 2 pieces of news for ya.
First off, there’s a new chapter of SideScroller up and ready for your reading pleasure. Now, this one jumps ahead a bit, so if you’re concerned about spoilers, read at your own risk! I selected this particular chapter because it’s a strong emotional moment in the book that really drives home the video game theme.
Second, Inkshares and Nerdist just announced their newest publishing contest, and the theme is: VIDEO GAMES. SideScroller happens to be about...video games. This is what Webster’s Dictionary defines as a "koinky-dink".
The contest starts June 1st, so I’ll be blazing down the campaign trail when it happens, hoping to push SideScroller to the forefront and seize the day. So get ready for a whole lot more pimping out from yours truly. Tell your family, tell your friends, even tell your enemies (assuming your enemies are avid readers), tell Oprah, tell everybody...there’s a whole lot more SideScroller up in here.
The madness begins June 1st. See you there. And thanks again for all of your support!
Cheers,
Andrew Fantasia
The last piece of artwork for Seeking the Elephant just arrived this morning! Its a near-perfect rendition of one of the books opening scenes, and I am absolutely thrilled with the art work!
This Friday, before you begin the long holiday, make sure to PRE-ORDER Seeking the Elephant! You’ll be glad you did, because you’ll get addition reading as a thank-you gift!
