James Rasile liked an update for LOUISIANA BLOOD - A Chandler Travis and Duke  Lanoix mystery

Yahoo...finally I discovered Random.Org to solve my raffle picking strategy!  This fine site generates random numbers between 1 and 100 which enabled me to remove the stress of trying to link my Grand Prize Draw to a UK lottery...which sadly only goes up to 60!  

So, after some embarrassingly early selections of family members!!! The winner at number 16 in the last hundred orders is...drum roll...Kyle James.  Contact me through DM or email me at touchwoodpicturesltd.com with a paypal address so I can speed $100 to your in tray.  

Meanwhile, the  first chapter of BRUGES BLOOD the follow up novel to LOUISIANA BLOOD is up for comment on INKSHARES.    Also anybody that has a few credits can grab Louisiana Blood HERE at a reduced price.  Happy weekend! 

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    James Rasile liked an update for Seeking the Elephant

    The short story "The Dread Harvester" has been completed for release, in tandem with fancy cover art! If you’re already a pre-order supporter of Seeking the Elephant, you can DM me for a copy of this story.

    If you have YET to support Seeking the Elephant, then this is the DAY FOR YOU!

    Going forward on all pre-orders:

    • $10 E-Reader orders receive a PDF copy of "The Dread Harvester", with cover art.
    • $20 Reader orders receive a PDF copy of "Alviso," my entry into the 2016 Baen Fantasy Adventure Awards, AND  a PDF copy of "The Dread Harvester", with cover art.

    "The Dread Harvester" short story is both a parallel tale & origin story for the antagonist of Seeking the Elephant, a mysterious woman who controls the empty wreckage of San Francisco after The Collapse. She may be Maggi Lopez’s most dangerous enemy, but how did she come to be that? What history does she share with Maggi? What price would Maggi pay for the mistakes of her youth? Pre-order Seeking the Elephant to get "The Dread Harvester," and find out TODAY!

     


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      James Rasile liked an update for The Seventh Age: Dawn

      So in today’s Seventh Age update I’m going to write about some of the production stuff and projects I’m trying to assemble prior to the book launch on 11/1/2016. 

      After the Editing:

      • Cover Design is still underway. 
      • I keep staring at my actual website and don’t have a friggin’ clue what to do with it.
      • Wrote an actual acknowledgement.
      • Placed my claim that all spiders need to be destroyed. 
      • Anddd.. all the Grand Patrons who ordered the book using handles, character names, or odd-ball emails: I have a particular set of skills, and I will find you. Processed Meatman will be printed in the back of the book. 
      • Actually... Processed Meatman is pretty damn hilarious. It stays. 

      Looking for artists!

      I will pay you for commissions related to the Seventh Age! Email me at CrankyBolt@gmail.com if you are interested in helping with art. My website is in vast need of an overhaul, and I’m trying to collect artwork related to the book so I can flesh some things out, make a better book trailer, and swoon over artistic ability that I have not.

      The Quest to 1000:

      We, and I from the bottom of my heart, I mean we; have almost reached 1000 copies. This is a huge milestone for any first time author. On Inkshares, it also has a special significance. 1000 copies before meant your book qualified for full publishing on it’s own outside of a contest. I think it’s a pretty important statement to make if we can prove that The Seventh Age could make it all the way there before publication on 11/1. 

      I haven’t issued a direct call-to-action for a while and now that the book is actually coming out in a few months I think this milestone is worth it. If you know anyone who would enjoy an unrelenting, action packed urban fantasy tale: Send them here. The #1 way people buy books is by recommendations. 

      Until next week!

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        Who cares? Inkshares has non-exclusive rights. The moment you are published, you can get picked up from different mediums. It doesn’t mean you won’t be fond of Inkshares or even still have an Inkshares imprint on your novel. 

        Some authors are going to toss their hats in with Inkshares and use it for everything. Some are going to get their book printed by Inkshares, and then someone else, and then someone else, and so on, and so forth. 

        Good for both them!

        Crowd Funding isn’t for everyone. Furthermore: Any author can do what they want with their creative content. People can react to what the author did or did not do as well. 

        Inkshares is a platform. One that is getting better with each passing month, and is still a different kind of publisher. You won’t see large 20,000 initial print runs and traditional publishing here because that’s not their model. Inkshares can do more direct publisher to consumer sales and even act as a hub for rights distribution. 

        But if an author came to Inkshares, got published, and then another publishing house also wanted to print that book: It’s perfectly fine AND it’s right there in the terms of service. 

        So you can’t cry spilled milk just because someone else got an offer that may or may not be there. All you can do is be positive about your own work. 

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          James Rasile liked an update for To Live and Die in Avalon

          Hey, everyone!

          I hope your weekend is off to a great start! I still plan on recording a reading of one of the later chapters of the book, but time has not allotted me an opportunity as of yet. Also, I’ve decided to make it audio only, simply because the last two attempts I made at making a video yesterday were unsuccessful (comical, but unsuccessful). The chapter reading will be in lieu of an issue of the Avalon Chronicler, as I have put 200% of my writing effort into completing the first draft of the novel (lots of coffee, lots of the Pandora trip-hop station, lots of all nighters). 

          The big news is that the first draft of the novel is DONE! 

          I’ve walked away from it to let it stew for about a bit before I start revisions and then send the draft out to my first round of beta readers. I’ve started working on something else in the meantime, which I may put up in draft mode, since that’s a feature of Inkshares I didn’t get to take advantage of the first time around. I will keep you all posted on that!

          Still more stuff coming, a website revamp, some original music, perhaps some more artwork and the audio-only chapter reading very soon! 

          Thanks again to all of you who have already pre-ordered a copy and supported me, I’m very excited for you to read the finished product! I have to say, even in this early form, I am really happy with how the book came out. I think it is a fun-filled romp, with a little bit of the introspective questions that classic science fiction often raised. It also came out to be a bit shorter than I originally thought, which I think is a good thing.

          That’s it for today, enjoy your weekend superspies!

          Jason
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