My apologies for being out of the loop for the past 10 months. It’s amazing how life gets in the way. I swear the biggest obstacle in my life is myself. But finally have some time to reboot The Bully Book 

I’m officially launching my campaign today in hopes to reach the top 3 in the 2017 Inkshares Horror Contest.

Pre-order Incentive for Writers:

For every pre-order, I will be offering a free beta-read / critique of any author’s first 3 chapters. That is at least a $50 value for a minimum of $10. Just post your chapters on Inkshares and provide me with your approval to add thoughts and comments to your project page. (Or if it’s better for you, please send me a MS Word file and I’ll update it with comments and red-lines).

I am also an amateur, so take my critique however you like. No one way is the right or wrong way, but having others’ insight can help jog your brain to come up with new and interesting ways to get your story across.

My schedule for the campaign:

I have a day job from 9am-5pm so will be busy most of the day. However, every night I plan to send out x5 Personal Messages to friends and family for support. I will also allocate time to read and critique x1 Inkshares Project every night, in the order which pre-orders are received. Every weekend, I will plan to post updates with my novel’s status and interesting stories behind what inspired the tale. I’ll also reach out to online communities (subreddits, etc.) who may be interested as well.

Place a pre-order today and receive a free beta-read with comments, feedback, and suggestions on your first 3 chapters on Inkshares.

Nauselbaum,

M.R.R.

Happy Friday!

Hello Followers, 

The Dark Mountain is officially part of the 2017 Inkshares Horror Contest. 

I’m currently away in the mountains with spotty wi-fi and didn’t realize the book was in draft mode. Sorry for the confusion. I’m hard at work on a final version of my book. I waited almost 2 years to have my novel reviewed by Catherine York at critiquemynovel.com...and it was worth the wait. I’ve got several new ideas how to streamline and make the book "work" better...which includes a new opening chapter that combines the best parts of chapters 1 and 2. 

I will get back to campaigning soon, but for now my abilities are limited. I am working with my company on a feature/interview about the project, which should reach over 200,000 employees worldwide. Bear with me as this feature may not go live until Sept/Oct time-frame. Until then I will ring out as many orders as I can from my limited network.

The good thing is this contest features many professional judges that read the works and have the ability to choose novels even if they don’t reach the goal. So all the support you can give will help: follow, post a review, and place a pre-order if you can. All support is welcome!

Nauselbaum,

M.R.R.

Well, I know it’s been a severely long time since I’ve sent a reader update, and I’ve been waiting right along with you guys. I sent in the manuscript of The Sleeping Man shortly after the campaign ended and I’m waiting to hear back. Every now and then Inkshares will ask for something, which I supply, but as of right now, nothing. 

In the meantime, feel free to hit me up in the meantime for reviews on your pieces, beta reading, or whatever I can help with. I also haven’t been just sailing the seven seas, visiting new countries, and trying to maintain some sort of discipline over an energetic six year old. There may or may not be another story in the works for our favorite Dreamwalker.

Thank you for your patience, I know this process is certainly testing mine, but I cannot thank you enough for your support.

Sweet Dreams, 

Stephen

I’ll never get to hold my debut novel for the first time again, and that’s awesome.

Last week I went up to Inkshares headquarters in Oakland to sign all of the preorders. Each preorder has a number signifying that you were one of the first four hundred people to preorder a paperback.

And there’s more good news! The books are shipping today! You’re getting the book before it even comes out because you are awesome!

I hope you are happy with the product! Please be sure to rate the book on Goodreads as soon as you finish. After August 29th I’ll send out another update asking you to review the book on Barnes and Noble and Amazon as well. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33534889-sunshine-is-forever

My next book KARID will go up for preorders soon after Sunshine is Forever is officially released. Be sure to follow the book so you can get a unique signed paperback of KARID, too. Follow here: https://www.inkshares.com/books/karid

Thank you for your continued support,

Kyle T. Cowan