Oh, glorious Saturday!

Yesterday was one of the proudest days in my life; Seeking the Elephant was chosen as Break the Bechdel with Strong Female Characters Syndicate’s book of the month for April! I really wasn’t sure what kind of chance we possible had, Seeking the Elephant is a relative newbie to Inkshares, and we’re less than 3 weeks into our pre-order campaign. The was amazing, and I want to thank the Janna Grace & the Syndicate! 

"Molisani’s Seeking the Elephant is not only a wonderful story with ghosts and ancient gods in a post-apocalyptic America, but we explore this world through the eyes of a female character you’ll never forget. She is fully developed, flawed and strong, and will draw you in from the first page."

Now, to celebrate! I promised, earlier in the week that I would write a short-story, set in the universe of Seeking the Elephant, specifically as a thank-you gift for the members of Break the Bechdel with Strong Female Characters Syndicate. Jealous? Well you should have been a member! 

No, I’m not that mean! I will ALSO give this story, once complete, to ANY pre-orders who come in this weekend! I’d love to 8 more sales before Monday so we can hit an even 80 orders! So jump in quick folks! Help us celebrate this wonderful weekend NOW! 

 

Greetings Jackolytes,

Elan Samuel at The Warbler was good enough to include me as a featured author on his well-respected blog. You can check the article at Featured Author: Peter Ryan While you are there take a look and perhaps subscribe – he does great work!

For those of you that are still yet to pre-order, you can help the drive for 300. You can find the Sync City link here. Feel free to share it with others!

Cheers,

Peter

Dear friends,

First of all, let me point you to this article on examiner.com, in which Ms Alicia Smock discusses the Inkshares podcast, "WriteBrain", and some of what constitutes life within the growing Inkshares community. "WriteBrain" had some very good things to say about "Murder at the Veterans’ Club" on their last episode, by the way, and I do encourage people to give it a listen.

As some of you may have figured out by now, I normally send these bulletins out on Sundays. I thought I’d make an exception this week. You see, we’re in a bit of a time crunch. No no, not "Murder at the Veterans’ Club" ... I’m talking about JF Dubeau’s "A God in the Shed". Here’s the press release:

A God in the Shed by J-F Dubeau is a Fantasy/Horror story set in the forgettably small village of St-Ferdinand, in the Eastern Townships of Quebec. The villagers have been hiding terrible secret for generations, but when their mysterious captive escapes but gets inadvertently trapped in the McKenzy’s backyard shed, it’s up to the Venus and her friends to figure out how to dispose of this terrible and malevolent burden; an Old God of hate and death.

You can find out more about this dark and beautiful, read sample chapters, reviews and pre-order you copy of A God in the Shed by visiting: www.inkshares.com/books/a-god-in-the-shed

You can listen to the prologue as read by Ageless author Paul Inman here.

Need more incentive?

• Each pre-order enters you into the "I want to kill a reader" raffle. The winner will have his name and likeness used in the book as a minor character that gets killed off. The author will work with the winner to find the appropriate means of demise to satisfy both the winner and the story.

• Each physical copy of A God in the Shed will be signed and numbered as an exclusive first edition item.

• Free, exclusive A God in the Shed bookmarks will be included with the physical copies and mailed to eBook supporters.

• Orders of three or more copies guarantees your name to appear in the Patrons list printed at the end of the book.

• You get to enjoy the satisfaction and pride at having supported both art and literature.

A God in the Shed is the first part of a trilogy that pushes the line between beauty and horror by telling a story that changes how we look at magic and the world around us. You have a chance of being part of making this book a reality and supporting a new author on his journey.

However, time is running out! The campaign ends April 22nd. Don’t miss out and order today!

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(Dear friends, it might be worth noting that each physical copy of "Murder at the Veterans’ Club" obtained via pre-order is also an exclusive, signed first edition item. Just in case that makes a difference ... but first, let’s get Mr. Dubeau across that finish line.)

Did you enjoy your audio gift of chapters 1-3?

Here’s another gift...

That’s right! Your books have all shipped and are on the way!

I’ll be honest, I need you help. I haven’t done this without you, and we can’t finish strong unless we do it togehter! 

AMAZON REVIEWS ARE OPEN! Please leave a starred and written review of the book as you finish! I am shooting for 50-60 reviews on or before publication date of May 3rd. WE GOT THIS! The more reviews the better the viability for the book!

Goodreads is also open for reviews! Just copy and paste the review from Amazon; I won’t tell. Pinky swear.

I do a podcast with JF Dubeau called WriteBrain. It’s about Inkshares and crowdfunded writing and publishing. Check out this article on Examiner.com we did talking about the podcast! Also go and nominate us (url:www.jfdubeau.com/writebrain/)  for the Podcast Awards (People’s Choice and Arts categories, and nominate up to 20 other of your favorites podcasts)! Nominations close April 30, so hurry!

Speaking of JF, he’s SOOOO close to funding his 2nd book on the Inkshares platform. 

At the time of this update, the project ONLY needs 71 more pre-orders to get FULL FUNDING on Inkshares. I am super jealous, but I think it’s worth your attention and I hope you’ll agree. Check it out:

A God in the Shed by J-F Dubeau is a Fantasy/Horror story set in the forgettably small village of St-Ferdinand, in the Eastern Townships of Quebec. The villagers have been hiding a terrible secret for generations, but when their mysterious captive escapes and gets inadvertently trapped in the McKenzy’s backyard shed, it’s up to Venus and her friends to figure out how to dispose of this terrible and malevolent burden; an Old God of hate and death.

You can find out more about this dark and beautiful book, read sample chapters, reviews and pre-order your copy of A God in the Shed by visiting: www.inkshares.com/books/a-god-in-the-shed

You can listen to the prologue as read by Ageless author Paul Inman (that’s me) here: youtu.be/XJw5oZhqtXo

 Need more incentive?

•Each pre-order enters you into the ‘I want to kill a reader’ raffle. The winner will have his name and likeness used in the book as a minor character that gets killed off. The author will work with the winner to find the appropriate means of demise to satisfy both the winner and the story.

•Each physical copy of A God in the Shed will be signed and numbered as an exclusive first edition item.

•Free, exclusive A God in the Shed bookmarks will be included with the physical copies and mailed to eBook supporters.

•Orders of three or more copies guarantees your name to appear in the Patrons list printed at the end of the book.

•You get to enjoy the satisfaction and pride at having supported both art and literature.

 A God in the Shed is the first part of a trilogy that pushes the line between beauty and horror by telling a story that changes how we look at magic and the world around us. You have a chance of being part of making this book a reality and supporting a new author on his journey.

However, time is running out! The campaign ends April 22nd. Don’t miss out and order today!

www.inkshares.com/books/a-god-in-the-shed

Thanks everyone! We are in the home stretch!

I want to share a special moment! 

As you can see in the screen shot of my project page, Blood Dawn now has 398 pre-orders.

Why am I sharing this and not the moment when I hit 400?

Because I’d like to ask 2 people to please pre-order a copy right now. It would mean so much to me -- in fact, it would make my weekend!

Here is a link to the project page where you can do that:

http://www.inkshares.com/projects/blood-dawn

Thank you to EVERYONE who has shown support and brought us this far. May it continue!

Including today, we have six days left to fund this project.

The next few days are going to be very important. In six days, I celebrate the end of this campaign, whether it is a success or a failure. I’ve already pulled out the bottles of celebratory whisky. The results of the campaign will decide if I’ll be drinking from the first bottle, or the second.

As promised, a long overdue weekend update.

I’m currently working to get the 2nd issue of my newsletter up and ready to send out by 5/1, and was happy to make my self-imposed deadline by sending out the 1st issue on 4/1 complete with a map sketch, bit of talk about the future of Exile, Magus, a dialogue between two characters which shed a bit of light on two ancient civilizations mentioned in Magus - Melexi and Thirosia, and a darkly comedic short story poking fun at a few tropes.  For any of you who are interested in reading that first issue then sign up for the newsletter before 4/30.  On 4/30 I’ll send out the April newsletter again to everyone who has signed up after it was sent out.  On 5/1 I’ll send out the May newsletter of course.

What about the progress of Exile, Magus?  Well, its mainly the super dull background work right now.  Polishing, contacting artists, and so on.  For any of you wondering if I’ll be making another go of trying to fund on Inkshares, yes I will.  I just want to make sure I’ve got a full strategy in place instead of jumping in blind again, so for now I’m focused on the dull background work which is why I’ve been so very quiet as of late.  Don’t worry though, I’m still here and I’m still working.

That’s all I’ve got for today, so thanks for your time, have good weekends everybody, and of course keep reading and enjoying!

Greetings Jackolytes,

Sync City continues to burble along nicely and there’s still time to jump on board before the funding process is done in ten days time. For those of you that are following but have yet to pre-order this is the link for you: Sync City Come on in, the water’s fine!

And speaking of fine, there’s a fine book out there written by a fine man that could do with a nudge in the 250 direction. Mike Donald, a screenwriter by profession, has produced an absolute gem in Louisiana Blood and is 19 days away from his funding period finishing. He needs 29 more pre-orders. 19 days, 29 pre-orders. I can’t think of a better place to put your cash this weekend. Beers may come and go but a book is forever. Hit this link: Louisiana Blood  and bring a damn good book to life.

 Cheers,

 Peter