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 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

Greetings Jackolytes,

Fantastic news! I recently received an email telling me the weight of the Inkshares CEO Syndicate was being thrown behind Sync City - to this syndicate, a heartfelt thank you! Personally, the CEO Syndicate support is tremendously gratifying, but the real part of me knows this would not have been possible without the initial support of more than 100+ readers. You people put the crowd into crowdfunding and your support has been invaluable - a heartfelt thank you to you all as well. There have also been a number of people who have jumped on the back of the Jack Trevayne ride and pushed me along.

To Joe Asphahani, author of world building The Animal in Man www.inkshares.com/books/the-animal-in-man-7699 thanks for kicking me in the ass, getting me moving and offering me encouragement.

To Billy O’Keefe, author of the hilarious These Are My friends on Politics www.inkshares.com/books/these-are-my-friends-on-politics-0985?referral code=fd744cal   thanks for showing me the crowdfunding ropes and putting up with my emails.

To Mike Donald, author of the Jack the Ripper-based Louisiana Blood www.inkshares.com/books/louisiana-blood-a-chandler-travis-and-duke-lanoix-mystery?referral code+2c27906f thanks for the positive emails and recommendations.

To Mike Haase, author of the exciting space opera The Madness of Mr. Butler www.inkshares.com/books/the-madness-of-mr-butler?referralcode code=26dce7a3 and William Schiele, author of the thrilling Tears of the Assassin www.inkshares.com/books/tears-of-the-assassin?referral code=f7d54200 thank you for your ongoing support.

If you are looking for a good read, then follow the above links, these authors know how to write!

Finally, the job is far from done. Jack is astride his ride and revving, but more pre-orders are needed. If you can bring others on board: friends, family, co-workers, that would be great. Feel free to click on the following link and re-pre-order or, better yet, bring some new folks into the Sync City  fold: www.inkshares.com/books/sync-city?referral  code=9f560b73  And if you are following me, but have yet to pre-order, it would be fantastic if you could do so. If you have any questions regarding Sync City, drop me an email at blooryan@gmail.com

Thanks again.

Peter

IT’S OVER 100!

We crossed the 100 mark today, folks, and the orders are still streaming in. This is fantastic progress, and I could only be slightly happier with the results. 

The reality is that we are still 50 unique pre-orders away from third place. Because this is a contest, and as we gain support, so do other people. We’ve had 10 every day for a few days now because you’re amazing. Help me make 10 happen in total today for another sample excerpt tomorrow.

So now, as time is quickly running out, I need to know: are you in my crew? We have 5 days left, which makes this mission critical. Today will you commit to sending the order link and a personal recommendation to one more person?

Now, onto so much news!

First! It’s just been confirmed that The Traveller’s Cup will be mentioned on the Sci-Fi Geeks Club Tonight! Thanks to my friend and promo pal JF Dubeau (author of The Life Engineered, which you should immediately check out), we’ve managed to get the folks at Galactic Netcast to feature this humble space book. You can check that out tonight at 9:45pm EST right here: http://gncasts.com/category/thescifigeeksclub/

For a Spacey Special Offer: The person who orders the 125th copy will receive a super space collection of three short stories in the same universe after the release. These will be first-edition, otherwise unpublished stories!

Of course, other prizes are still available. If you refer three people to pre-order this week you’ll get: 

•  A signed first-edition draft version of the book complete with random scribbles of frustration
  
  
• A collection of sketches of characters and setting, 10 in total, as a bound art-book
  
  
• A pack of 10 Traveller’s Cup bookmarks

• A custom Traveller’s Cup mug so you can enjoy your hot caffeinated beverage of choice with your new book

All of these items will be delivered physically to you after the release date, complete with a spacey thank you note. If you refer by word of mouth, that counts too. Just send me an email or message telling me how you know the person. 

Your next hard-earned sample excerpt will be available tonight, so stay tuned for that! If you liked the last one, or if you didn’t, please leave a comment or a review on the main page. Since the book isn’t yet published, I still have time to make changes. That’s the beauty of crowd-funding a novel; we’re on this ship together!

And with that I leave you the doodle of the day. 

"Space crew, what does the Inkshares say about our pre-order count?"
"...It’s over 100?"

Your slightly overzealous space zealot,
-AC