You all have no idea what this means to me...I just passed quill, so no matter what happens in the contest, I’m a published author. I am literally crying right now. Perfect strangers are going to be holding and reading my book...

...unreal. I am uncontrollably happy right now. Thank you for all of your support. 

I will not disappoint. I promise you that. I will uphold my end of the promise of becoming a published author.

I love you all. Truly.

-Michael

DOODLE. Sorry for the spam and the delay. This one has the doodle proper. Apparently GIFs don’t work in these newsletters.

Two big notes this week.

1. Journey received a nice write up in The Portsmouth Review (Click Here)

2. I have an author appearance at Barnes & Noble in Burlington, Massachusetts tomorrow [Saturday March 12] from noon to 3 PM. Stop by and say hello if you are in the area.

I need 100 reviews on Amazon.com. Making slow progress toward that goal. Help!  

Just takes a couple minutes to click on the Stars and say a few words such as "Best book ever!" or "Totally boring!"  (Click Here for Journey’s Amazon page)

Amazon promotes books that receive a decent amount of good reviews. Those reviews are the Key to a new author getting noticed. I can’t emphasize enough how important this is.

Have a great weekend!

Greetings, Space Fiends! 

Hold position for your daily update. I know I contacted some of you already today, so I hope you’ll forgive a blast message filled with good news!

First, We’ve Been Granted the Syndicate Award! I’m so pumped! To loop you in on what that is, one of Inkshares highest selling authors of all time, Gary Whitta, has selected The Traveller’s Cup as the first ever receiver of the award. And he comes with a team full of backers, which as significantly boosted our pre-orders. If you haven’t already you need to check out his book, Abomination, which sold over 9000 copies!

Our Position is Moving! We’re only about 20 orders away from bumping into 5th, and the road between 3rd-5th looks a lot smoother. I can’t thank you guys enough.

The Sci-Fi Geeks Club Podcast went live last night, and we’re now in the intro ad! The initial plan was for us to be somewhere in the midst of the contest, but I’m very pumped to be given the lead-in spot. Give it a listen here if you’re the podcasting type. 

It’s a bit crazy how I can start a day stressing about how far there is to go and end it with such celebration. You guys are all amazing supporters of me and this book, and I’m doing everything I can get to make sure it ends up in your hands. 

Sample Chapter Coming Tonight, as usual, and there will most definitely be one tomorrow, since we’ve already zoomed past today’s 10 orders. 

Here’s the Doodle of the Day! 

Your Captain Who-Isn’t-Crying-I-Promise,
-AC

Hello everyone,

Hello readers and followers!

I’d like you all to meet Penny Thorne, the badass secret agent protagonist of "To Live and Die in Avalon"!

Professional illustrator Nathan Anderson created this wonderful depiction of Penny and if I’m being honest, I got a little teary-eyed when I saw the finished product! As previously promised, I will be producing three high-quality prints of the above image for the top three referrers. So, if you want to help spread the word, become a part of my "street team" as it were all over the world, then get out there and tell everyone how awesome my book is and get them to pre-order! Remember to use the refer via email link on the project page so I can track the referrals!

The cover art magnets also arrived today! (best day ever, right?) I will be emailing everyone who has already pre-ordered for shipping info. I’ll be sending out a mass email, so please hit "Reply" and not "Reply to all", unless you want everyone to know where you live. If you haven’t pre-ordered and would like a magnet, then get ’em while they’re hot! I only had 250 made, so help me get into Quill, get a piece of literary history and then spread the word so you can have Penny framed and up on your wall!

I also want to say a special thank you to some of my fellow Inkshares authors for their kind words and support: Joseph Asphahani, Michael Haase, Billy O’Keefe, RH Webster, Peter Ryan and John Robin, just to name a few. Here are links to their works, if you haven’t supported them yet:

https://www.inkshares.com/books/the-animal-in-man-7699

https://www.inkshares.com/books/the-madness-of-mr-butler

https://www.inkshares.com/books/lucky

https://www.inkshares.com/books/sync-city

https://www.inkshares.com/books/these-are-my-friends-on-politics-0985

https://www.inkshares.com/books/blood-dawn

And here’s a link to Nathan Anderson’s website. I may get him to draw a few more of the characters. A portrait of the eccentric holographic A.I. LOLA would be pretty sweet, methinks.

http://www.nathanandersonart.com/

Thanks again for all the support everyone!

-Jason