Aloha All,

Hope you have been enjoying your summer as much as possible and have been reading some good books!

With Lost in the Fog a little more than a month away from being published, I want to make sure everyone who graciously pre-ordered the book (thank you, thank you, thank you!!!) receives their copy.  If you still have the same address as when you bought Lost in the Fog it shall arrive at your doorstep or mailbox on or around September 21st.  But if you’ve moved since then ... 

Please go to https://www.inkshares.com/

Sign into your account (if you don’t remember your password you can reset it).  Click the "Account" button on the top right, and select "Address." You can then verify and/or update your mailing address. Once you do that, you should be all set, and Lost in the Fog will be sent to you!

If you changed email accounts or in any way cannot log-in, please contact Inkshares at hello@inkshares.com.  They are really amazing and will help you.  But if for some reason you are experiencing difficulties, please let me know and I will assist. 

Mahalo again for your support, and here’s a 3D mock-up of the book!

https://getlostinthefog.com

https://www.instagram.com/mikeozzie

Hey everyone,

I hope your summer is going well and that you’re able to take some time to relax, eat some good food, and read some good books. I finished Stephen King’s If It Bleeds and am now about halfway through Michael Crichton’s The Lost World. So far, it’s even better than Jurassic Park.

I just wanted to drop in to say that Adam has finished reading Showtime and is pleased with the amount of developmental revisions that I’ve done with Sarah. Because of this, I’m thrilled to say we’re finished with macro-level editing (plot, character development, pacing, etc.) and moving on to the next stage of production: line and copy edits!

“More editing?” you might say. “What’s the difference between line and copy editing? Isn’t all editing the same?”

I’m glad you asked, because no, it’s not!

Line editing involves combing through the manuscript at the sentence level, focusing on the use of language—Is it clear? Is it easy to read? Does your diction convey what you originally meant? Good stuff like that to hone and polish the prose.

Copy editing, on the other hand, covers the mechanics of writing like spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

I’m not sure when I’ll have a new line edited draft to look through (I’ll send out another update when I do), but I’m optimistic that these next two stages will take less time than the previous rounds of developmental edits since we’re funneling down into the smaller pieces of editing now.

Showtime’s release date (like all Inkshares books in production right now) is still uncertain, but we’re looking at fall of 2021, which is pretty much what I expected when Showtime was greenlit for publication last summer. Regardless of the publisher, it takes around two years for a book to get from manuscript to finish product. Fall of 2021 puts it around that mark. If it weren’t for COVID, it would undoubtedly be released into the wild earlier. Oh well, that just gives us time to cast the movie. Any takers? ;)

Thanks again for your support, and enjoy your afternoon!

Ricky

Hello Readers and Supporters of WILD CONVICTION!

Exciting news! WILD CONVICTION was selected as the STAFF SYNDICATE PICK for July! This is such an honor and so thrilling! 

Thank you to Inkshares, to the Staff Syndicate Lead Avalon Marissa Radys, and to the members of the Staff Syndicate!

Also, I was interviewed about WILD CONVICTION on KUNM radio’s Women’s Focus last Saturday, July 18.

And, I am getting super comments about GrandMama’s letter from so many of you! Thank you!! If you haven’t gotten your letter yet, it will be in the mail soon!

Finally, if you know anyone who might enjoy receiving the letter with gifts, please tell them to pre-order. Everyone who pre-orders gets the "actual" letter with gifts from GrandMama. 

One of my friends suggested that ordering a copy of my novel could be a gift to someone else, including teenage women and men. (She mentioned how the letter states: "Sixteen is power.") So, the gift recipient would soon receive something tangible and important--the letter with the mysterious gifts tucked inside--and later, the novel when it is published.

Thank you all again for your support! Best wishes! Mary 

Hello Wild Conviction readers and supporters!  Here’s an update:

As you know, Chapters 1 and 2 have been posted on my Inkshares page. You might want to read them again if you haven’t in awhile, as I have made some important terminology changes, which you will also see in GrandMama’s letter.

I have been sending out this “actual” mysterious letter from GrandMama that holds two life-threatening secrets and actual physical gifts, and with a wax seal. The contents of this letter is Chapter 3. If you haven’t yet received your letter, you will soon!

For those of you who want a bit more after receiving the letter, I have posted two more chapters, Chapters 4 and 5.

I still need many more orders, so I am doing what I can to get that support! Thank you again for your support!

If you can continue your support by encouraging your friends to pre-order my novel, I would be most grateful. Tell them that if they don’t have wild conviction, it’s time!

Also, I welcome your comments in the Discussion or in the Reviews.

In hopes of capturing your attention:

Chapter One, An Exchange: A mysterious birthday letter sets Twilight forth into discovery about herself. She meets a young man who offers her an interesting exchange.

Chapter Two, The Canon Effect: Twilight accompanies the young man to see someone she doesn’t want to see.

 Chapter Three, GrandMama’s Letter. This chapter IS GrandMama’s letter with the secrets. Look for one drop of blood and for information about the doe and the tree.

Chapter Four, The Plea. Look for a famous literary figure (before he was famous), who really was in Memphis at that time to see his brother who’d been injured in the explosion of the Pennsylania steamer on the Mississippi River, then taken to Memphis.

Chapter Five, Hypocrisy’s Hints: Look for the leap to how Twilight begins to face her hypocrisy.

Thanks again!  Mary 

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Best wishes!

Katherine

Hooray! I’ve just sent off my most recent draft!

I have spent the last three months working and tweaking this draft based on the editorial letter I received in February.

I don’t know about you, but March was lost for me. It took me a minute to pull myself away from the news and will some semblance of normalcy back into my life. And I’m not alone, almost overnight, every one of us had to re-make lives we had grown accustomed to.

The idea of sitting down to wax on poetically (or not so poetically) about a world I made up with imaginary characters seemed absurd as large chunks of the real world broke off and fell away from the assumed normal. It took me until April to rally. (and really, how much can one person drink and watch the news?) I turned off the TV, put timers on my apps, and got down to the business shaping this fourth draft. And here we are!

I expect have some feedback by the end of the summer. I’ll keep you posted when I do. 

This is a weird time. Take care of yourself and those around you.

Gratefully,

Meghan Godwin

Aloha All,

Just a quick update here on Lost in the Fog’s official publication date as well as a sneak peek at the front and back of the cover!

While we all wanted August, the good folks at Inkshares are still not yet back in the office due to the pandemic.  Avalon, the extremely hardworking and amazing Director of Marketing & Publishing Operations, selected a new date to ensure there is enough time to properly handle everything on their end.  

Lost in the Fog will be released September 21, 2020!

It’s been a long journey, and I thank you all once again for your tremendous support.  I’ll be back in touch as the date gets closer, but in the meantime here’s an exclusive, first look at the cover.  I am so happy with the work from the talented artists Xavier and Rafael from CoverKitchen!  I hope you enjoy it too.  Mahalo! 

-Michael

Howdy! And my sincerest best wishes for you and yours through whatever hand this mad time may have dealt you.

Just a quick update. Earlier this week, I received my third editorial letter for Bane of All Things from my awesome editor, Sarah Nivala. Sarah is quite happy with where we are with the current draft and so am I.

Through two rounds of developmental editing that enriched description, provided more context for readers to be better be able to get a handle on the complexity of this story, and to make my characters and their interactions with each other more engaging, BoAT has gotten a little thicker -- from 129,000 words as first submitted to Inkshares, to 158,000.

Formatted as a trade paperback, this equates to about 500 pages. That’s still relatively lean compared to many of the epic fantasy titles out there these days that are bending bookshelves, but Sarah has offered some great ideas on how to tighten up the story. (Hint: Chapter Four may be the new Chapter One).

Over the next month, I will be working on those revisions, and then BoAT will be handed off to Inkshares CEO Adam Gomolin for his thoughts.

At present, we still don’t have a publication date. Due to the impact of pandemic lockdown measures on bookstores and the kind of public gathering launch events that are key to a successful kick-off for a new book, Inkshares is not releasing any new titles until 2021.

As soon as I have insight on when BoAT may finally be in your hands, you will, too.

On the cancer front, I have continued to be in good health since my last update. Today marks five weeks into my one year of gene therapy medication that promises to beat this thing forever. I am glad to say that the side effects of the meds have so far been less severe than I had feared they might be.

Stay tuned, stay safe, and thank you again for your continued faith and patience.

Cheers

Leo