Howdy Team Pirates!
I hope you had an amazing weekend!!
I just wanted to write to say, THANK YOU ALL for your ongoing support of the book. It means so much to me, my family, and my friends. Your interest, support, feedback, and your encouragement is the best part of this process, although I do love the writing part! Again, I thank you all. I feel beyond humbled.
I’ve posted Chapter 5, as I wanted to introduce you all to Sean Oliphant. He is based on an old paleo boss of mine. 10 points to anyone who guesses who!
I’ll leave you with a reminder of, arguably, the most selfless act ever committed. Not really, but still.
Greetings followers of the Space Sloth,
We have reached the T-90 day mark and the start of the summer push for support. My plan was to have all the grading and semester work done by now but I have about two more days of grading left. Multiple choice tests always seem like such a good idea at the END of the semester. Please be patient as I resist the urge to have a nervous breakdown.
Writing "Fortunes of the Space Sloth" has been an adventure. The story reveals new pieces of itself to me every day and I’m eager to share more. I just know you’ve been dying to get answers to questions like...
Who is Buttercup? And what is her real name? Why is she running around with a nuclear weapon as an accessory?
What was Sebastian’s upbringing like? How is Spacer culture organized? And why IS he such as ass?
And why should they really be keeping a closer eye on Jocko?
These questions, and many others, will be answered in Fortunes of the Space Sloth! (insert your own echo effect fade out)
PT
I interrupt the regularly scheduled writing frenzy to share with you, dear readers, this precious little bit of my real life.
No secret to those who know us, Princess Gail and I love birding. We spent most of this last week with old friends and new at the New River Birding and Nature Festival in the New River Gorge area of West Virginia. We are in the midst of the spring migration, and we were all there to see as many of our feathered friends as possible, as they make their way to their northern breeding habitats. Despite a few days of cold and wet weather, Gail and I managed to see 80 species. Our group as a whole saw 135 species, and we had a whole lotta fun before, during and after!
For me, the highlight of the trip was a prolonged view of the Swainson’s Warbler, one of the most secretive and elusive birds in all of North America. It was a special treat to see him in beautiful breeding plumage and singing loudly. I’ll remember those moments always! Here is a picture I took of this lovely individual, for your viewing pleasure.
I return you now, to your regularly scheduled frenzy!
Peace!
Ferd. :-)
There’s been a pleasant flood of new followers here and some purchases (!) so I just wanted to say welcome to all the new people and ’yo’ to all the old people.
I have a question for Inkshares and the Inkshares community about co-authorship and how it’s represented/integrated into the Inkshares site.
First off I have been really loving the updates to the Inkshares online platform, including these forums! Thanks so much @Thad @Jeremy Thomas Inkshares is looking/feeling really great and the new additions have deeply enhanced the online experience! In that vein of improvement, I offer the following observation and question:
So far, (and please correct me if I am wrong) I seems that only one Inkshares account can be the "author" of a book project, but as we know many books have two or more authors. While RUNE OF THE APPRENTICE only has one author (me!) I have co-written another book which am very excited to begin funding on Inkshares in the next month or so. (I will spare you the details because promoting that book is not the purpose of this post.)
The briefest of backgrounds:
Current workarounds:
Some people have created a joint account like:
@Nick Scott and Noa Gavin , @Adam Greven and Matt Deller , @S.T. Ranscht and Robert P. Beus , @Jesse and Sylvia Medlong , @Abigail Burton and Autumn Gass , @Julian Green and Finn Mcrae , @David Michael Slater-author and Andy Catling-illustrator etc.
While others have their book listed under a solo author’s account like @Paul Inman and Patrick Ryerson (can’t link him because I can’t find his account), @Alexander Barnes and Christopher Preiman (Again, cant link because I can’t find account.) @Richard Saunders and Mykle Walsh. I’m sure there are others here I am missing--I know of at least two, but can’t remember their names.
And others who have a brand associated with their book like @HERB , @Papercuts J.P. and @Little Fiction | Big Truths
The plot thickens:
For me, one of the most exciting aspects of Inkshares is the interconnection of the community felt and performed through the meta Inkshares website. It saddens me that this new project will miss out, in part, on one of the most innovative aspects of publishing with Inkshares--the online interconnection and social community of our growing user base. While co-authored books are certainly a minority here, I feel that as Inkshares attracts new authors, there will be more and more experiencing a similar disconnection between their co-authored works.
What are other’s thoughts on this? Please chime in, I’d love to hear what everyone else thinks, both on the "official Inkshares team" and users (authors/readers!)
TL;DR
Should Inkshares have an integrated co-author function for book projects?
P.S.