So the contest ends and I don’t say anything?
To be honest, I didn’t have much to say. Also, there’s a good chance that you were already receiving a lot of emails from other writers and participants. So instead of adding to the noise, I took a step back and worked on a few other things. What sort of things?
For one, I wrote a blog post about what it’s like to work with Inkshares once a book is funded. I also started preparing work on another book and recorded as short unboxing video so that you could see what books published by Inkshares look like (spoilers: dope as hell. Super legit.).
We lost the contest, but not the campaign
Aww… we didn’t get in the top five and grab an easy publishing deal. So what? "Suck it up JF!" I told myself. I didn’t jump in this just to win a contest. I’m here to publish a book and that’s what’s going to happen. Because I have a plan.
In essence, I’m not quiet because I’ve quit. Indeed, this is the calm before the storm. Soon I’m going to have to kick the promotion of ‘The Life Engineered’ into high gear and I want to ride that wave with ‘A God in the Shed’. What does all this mean to you?
If you’ve pre-ordered this book, you’re going to get your copy. It might take a little longer, but you’ll be holding this novel in your hands eventually. This is my way of thanking you for your support; not with simple words but with renewed commitment to get this thing funded.
JF
Dear Supporters! I finally have a very exciting update for you! We are narrowing down the selections for the "Slothlove" cover and here are my top two choices. I would love to get your feedback and opinion on your favorite cover option to help me decide! If you could respond to this update by Monday that would be great. Thanks so much for your continued support! Sam
It has been the BUSIEST week in a very long time.
Congrats are in order for those 5 that won the Inkshares + Nerdist Collection Contest! This was no easy competition, and it certainly took something extra. I encourage you to check out the final leaderboard and investigate some of these projects - especially those that cracked the top twenty and are still looking for supporters to make their goals for publication. If you have credits left over from referring Housewife in Hell, I highly suggest you find some other worthwhile Inkshares projects to spend them on. There are many great writers here to support.
Meanwhile, I've been so busy because I've been launching THIS WEBSITE.
It's been in the works for some time, and seeing as I've been in horror mode for the last month, I think there is no better time than the present to launch a film criticism blog. Especially when I'm watching and critiquing a different horror movie every single night in October. Honestly - I could do two-a-days, but I'm trying to cut back.
If you've been interested in my fiction writing, I think you'll enjoy my blog writing, too. Although horror is the focus this month (and my speciality), I'll be covering every genre in the future. And as is my mission in life, I'm going to strive to make my criticism slightly more exciting than your average academic paper. Expect reviews, expect film literacy lessons, but also expect feminist mis-readings, weird trivia, a lot of Klaus Kinski, and a place where you can go to get the most out of movies. That's my goal, anyway. If you're curious, check out the latest post - I watched Ana Lily Amirpour's A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, and it's so worth your time (Plus, it's streaming on Netflix right now!).
Here's an illustration I did - you'll find more up on blog, too.
As I move on from Inkshares, I'd ask you to continue to support me by following the blog. And as mentioned previously, if you're dedicated to Evelyn's story, I would love to keep you in the loop as I determine how to proceed with it. To that end:
Please send me an email, tweet, comment, or Facebook message if you would like to be included in further Housewife in Hell or One Critical Bitch communications. I'll be putting together an initial mailing list in the next few days, and will be happy to keep you updated.
Thank you again for following me through this contest. It's been fun, but it's time to jump the ship and move on to the next project. I really hope you'll join me.
Best,
Alex
Dear Pre-orderers,
We were really pumped about getting the publishing process started. We were going to have our own editor! We eagerly awaited to hear from this physician of prose, and begin making our book into something suitable for public consumption.
Then we were told the editor's name. Clete. What kind of name is "Clete"? we asked ourselves. Surely no one with that name is suited to be any kind of person that works in the realm of literature.
Then we spoke to him. Clete was the perfect fit. Over the next month or so we sent versions of the manuscript back and forth, and damn it if Clete didn't just get our book and what we were trying to do, but he showed us how to make Practical Applications for Multiverse Theory even better. Thanks, Clete.
So we're sad that our time with Clete is at an end, but we're excited by what that means - WE TURNED IN THE FINAL MANUSCRIPT FOR OUR BOOK. Then we leaned back and put on our sunglasses.
Now the book is being formatted and having some final line-edits done. The cover is being designed. In just days we'll get out first look at our cover design options.
We're hoping for something along these lines:
A quick note - originally the book was slated to be published in hardcover, but after discussions with Inkshares, the book will now be available in paperback and ebook formats. Though we were really looking forward to having a hardback copy of our book, we care much more about getting booksellers to cary the book, which is much more easily done with a paperback book, as it doesn't involve as much risk or cost for said sellers. So, overall it's a good thing.
Of course, none of this will matter when either of us wake up from the dream and realize that this whole, "getting our book published" thing was all just a vivid fantasy.
Until that moment we'll keep you updated.
XOXOXO,
Nick & Noa
