Thomas J. Arnold liked an update for She Is the End

My campaign ENDS TODAY!!!

If you want a copy signed by me, this is the last day to pre-order it.

ALSO, I decided that anyone who pre-orders today will become a character in the book. You! In the book! So, order now!

I'm excited and scared, guys. I need to mold this manuscript into the most beautiful thing I've ever created (besides my children), and then we'll get the book into your hands a quickly and smoothly as possible.

And if you're excited about She Is the End, you can now go follow the draft for the sequel...

She, the Defiant!

Yay!!!

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    Thomas J. Arnold sent an update for Exile, Magus

    Well, its Tuesday again and unfortunately I don't have a blog post to announce, but I did come up with an idea late last night so I won't disappoint next week. As for Exile, Magus' funding status: we're at 68 orders, 265 followers, and only 17 days left to hit the funding goal, so for all of you who haven't ordered you should not delay much longer(or at all) and go ahead and hit the order button. My thanks to all of you who have ordered, will ordered, and have supported in other ways such as recommending to others.

    Beyond that I thought I would use the bulk of my Tuesday update to give another nod to a book which all of you fans of epic fantasy will enjoy. With only 12 days remaining and 95 copies left to order, this book needs your help!

    Storm of Fury by Andrew Wood is an epic fantasy novel set in a war-torn land besieged by its own god. While avoiding a seemingly endless web of political schemes and plots, a young man must overcome his own lack of skill to confront his deity.

    To find out more about this project, visit Storm of Fury’s homepage here: https://www.inkshares.com/projects/storm-of-fury

    OR, read more about it now: 

    If there was one thing in certain in life, it was that man was a sinful creature. It his nature, it permeates his mind and perhaps even his very soul. It is whispered that once, long ago, man could simply ask for forgiveness, and it would be granted freely. But not anymore…

    The great, almighty god Na’lek has scorned his creation, angered by their constant failings and unholy acts. Now, his divine rage is made manifest as an immense, supernatural storm. This is the Fury, and its sole purpose is to eradicate mankind.

    This eternal war, god against man, has continued for countless years. The Fury has assailed men for so long that even the storm’s origins have grown vague in the minds of the people. This was the era that Kaven was born into.

    After nearly two decades of proving himself over and over to be a failure in all he does, Kaven is presented with an opportunity. While the world falls apart around him, Kaven is tasked to go out into the Fury and beg for mankind’s forgiveness, one last time.

    But if Kaven can survive the perils within the storm, the anger of his god and the treachery of his fellow man, the secrets that he uncovers may be far too much for him to bear…

    Want to hear more? Check out the homepage and read the first three chapters for free!

    And take a look at what John Robin and myself had to say about Storm of Fury: "The world Andrew Wood takes us to with this story is superb and believable. It's a tough act to establish a storm as an antagonist, but Wood does a great job of creating real extensions of this storm that give it a tangible, menacing presence, a la George R. R. Martin's White Walkers or Jordan's Myrdraal. In fact, the mood and tone very much conjured the familiar world of Wheel of Time, where instead of a dark one we have a menacing storm that is just as terrifying. This is fine epic fantasy and I very much hope to see this book in print so I can read it in its entirety." -John Robin, author of Blood Dawn

    "A wonderfully immersive example of what epic fantasy should be. Whether describing the fury of a divinely created storm, the horror of monsters and titans, or the love of pastries shared by father and son soldiers it does so in a fast paced but highly detailed way. It will leave you wanting to know more about what are both highly developed characters and a highly detailed world. I can't wait to read the entire book." -Thomas J. Arnold, author of Exile, Magus

    Go ahead, take a look and buy a book!

    BUT HURRY! The book’s campaign ends on JANUARY 17TH ORDER YOUR COPY NOW!

    https://www.inkshares.com/projects/storm-of-fury

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      Thomas J. Arnold liked an update for The Knight Proper

      Knights, Gravewalkers, Minstrels and mouldering corpses lying in the mud, tis’ high time we delivered an update worthy of your purview!

      We’ve fought, clawed and scraped our way into 5th place, this parade of champions known as “The Sword and Laser Contest”, this morbid celebration concerning implements of death, but also of fantastic writers and their accompanying books – and we duly tip our hat to them.  

      As such, the competition is fierce, but we shall fortify our gullets with our usual wine of ill-repute and ask for your favor, no, not *that* kind of favor, but the one that involves PRE-ORDERS. Steel thyselves and drag out your friends, family and animal companions (at least the ones in possession of e-mail addresses) and grant us victory! Er, with more PRE-ORDERS, that is! We grovel, we beg, we-

      Ok, ok, enough of all that. But yes, the pre-orders. REALLY important.

      We leave you with one last bit of THE KNIGHT PROPER trivia for you…  our rabble-rousing minstrel “Cass”, was originally “Cain”, inspired by a character that Matt had originally written for the game, Neverwinter Nights 2.
      But Adam, sly agitator that is he is, had the great idea to turn “him” into a “her” and Matt cried and wept inconsolably at first, but then came to see that it was indeed for the better… and we think you’ll agree!

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        Thomas J. Arnold liked an update for Ghosts of War

        Hey guys and gals,

        Firstly an apology. I'm not exactly sure where the last 7 weeks have gone to, but things have been a bit all over the place and a lot of stuff has gone by the wayside. As such there hasn't been an update for a while. Well it's now a new year, and with it comes a new focus on getting this book done and out to all of you. So, on with the update.

        Writing update 
        As I said above, a lot of stuff has gone by the wayside lately, finding time for writing has been one of those things. This year I'm attacking writing from the angle of it being a Monday to Friday job, with a minimum of 1,000 a day to be written each weekday. So provided I don't add another couple of chapters, the first draft will be done in the next couple of weeks. This is a handy thing too, because:

        Campaign Update
        As of this writing there are only 5 days left in Ghost of War's funding campaign and we're currently sitting at 292 copies sold which is great. Beyond great in fact. In actuality it's miles beyond what I could have hoped for when I set out to do this.

        I could extend and shoot for 750 copies sold, but with the recent rate of sales (11 copies sold since the 29th of October), the amount of time I'd have to extend wouldn't be worth it. So I'm sticking with the original end date and I'd imagine, with the work left to do on the book, that it will be getting to you in the second half of 2016.

        Other Updates

        Cover Art - Since Ghosts will be a Quill book, I have to provide the cover art. So I'm currently exploring a few other options in case I (or Inkshares) decide that the current cover doesn't work for whatever reason. I'll keep you all posted with progress on that front.

        Sequels - I've been continuing plotting out the sequels to Ghosts over the christmas break (other than Star Wars it's about the only thing I could focus on) and they're starting to take shape. The third book had been especially nebulous for a long time but is really beginning to come together. 


        Well, I think that will do for now. I plan to get back to doing weekly updates, especially now that things will be ramping up a bit. Look for them on or around Sunday's from now on.

        Until next time.

        PS: If you haven't ordered a copy of Ghosts of War yet, there's still time to do so and get yourself a signed first edition copy.
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          Thomas J. Arnold liked an update for Rising Son

          Hello everyone. Since crowdfunding did not work out too well for me, I have started to sell this book on Amazon. Take a look if you're interested:

          http://www.amazon.com/dp/1518617530/

          Thank you for your support.


          Kindest Regards,

          Mitchell Archer

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            Thomas J. Arnold liked an update for Asteroid Made of Dragons

            I sent this out to my blog followers last week - but I thought you guys might enjoy it as well. For new travelers visiting the setting of Asteroid Made of Dragons.

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              Thomas J. Arnold liked an update for Blood Dawn
              Attention, fans of epic fantasy! With only fourteen days remaining and 100 copies left to order, this book needs your help!

              Storm of Fury by Andrew Wood is an epic fantasy novel set in a war-torn land besieged by its own god. While avoiding a seemingly endless web of political schemes and plots, a young man must overcome his own lack of skill to confront his deity.

              To find out more about this project, visit Storm of Fury’s homepage here:
              https://www.inkshares.com/projects/storm-of-fury

              OR, read more about it now:


              If there was one thing in certain in life, it was that man was a sinful creature. It his nature, it permeates his mind and perhaps even his very soul. It is whispered that once, long ago, man could simply ask for forgiveness, and it would be granted freely. But not anymore…

              The great, almighty god Na’lek has scorned his creation, angered by their constant failings and unholy acts. Now, his divine rage is made manifest as an immense, supernatural storm. This is the Fury, and its sole purpose is to eradicate mankind.

              This eternal war, god against man, has continued for countless years. The Fury has assailed men for so long that even the storm’s origins have grown vague in the minds of the people. This was the era that Kaven was born into.

              After nearly two decades of proving himself over and over to be a failure in all he does, Kaven is presented with an opportunity. While the world falls apart around him, Kaven is tasked to go out into the Fury and beg for mankind’s forgiveness, one last time.

              But if Kaven can survive the perils within the storm, the anger of his god and the treachery of his fellow man, the secrets that he uncovers may be far too much for him to bear…

              Want to hear more? Check out the homepage and read the first three chapters for free!

              And take a look at what some fellow authors had to say about Storm of Fury:

              "The world Andrew Wood takes us to with this story is superb and believable. It's a tough act to establish a storm as an antagonist, but Wood does a great job of creating real extensions of this storm that give it a tangible, menacing presence, a la George R. R. Martin's White Walkers or Jordan's Myrdraal. In fact, the mood and tone very much conjured the familiar world of Wheel of Time, where instead of a dark one we have a menacing storm that is just as terrifying. This is fine epic fantasy and I very much hope to see this book in print so I can read it in its entirety." -John Robin, author of Blood Dawn

              "A wonderfully immersive example of what epic fantasy should be. Whether describing the fury of a divinely created storm, the horror of monsters and titans, or the love of pastries shared by father and son soldiers it does so in a fast paced but highly detailed way. It will leave you wanting to know more about what are both highly developed characters and a highly detailed world. I can't wait to read the entire book." -Thomas J. Arnold, author of Exile, Magus

              Go ahead, take a look and by a book! 

              BUT HURRY! The book’s campaign ends on JANUARY 17TH ORDER YOUR COPY NOW!

              https://www.inkshares.com/projects/storm-of-fury 

              (Authors, please copy and paste this into your updates if you also want to help spread word about this great book to your readers.)
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                Thomas J. Arnold liked an update for The Amaranth Chronicles: Deviant Rising

                Hey everyone! Hope you all had a great New Years! Was I the only Californian that didn't go to Tahoe? My Facebook feed was filled with people hitting the slopes and proposing to their GF/BF's on the frozen lake. Felt like the nerdy kid that wasn't invited too the party... ... ... Who was home writing Science-Fiction...  /sigh

                ANYWAYS! Just wanted to thank everyone whose already grabbed a copy of the book and remind everyone who hasn't yet that there are only 11 days left in the Sword and Laser competition. I'm hoping we can still place in the top ten so we can make our March release date!

                For those of you who haven't seen it yet check out our "Directors" video here:

                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDfRsDTH9EQ

                Now onward too the new year!

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                  Thomas J. Arnold liked an update for Dracula v. Hitler

                  Hello all! Happy New Years, I hope everyone had a relaxing one and have made a list of resolutions that can last beyond next week, ha. 

                   Now that we're clear of the holidays I'm eager to get momentum towards our 750 sales goal for Dracula vs Hitler. Towards that end, I will be releasing an additional chapter at 300 book sales, which we are quite close to. If you are following the book but not yet an orderer, your $10 ebook purchase will definitely help at this point to reach new people and get us to the goal. And if you've ordered, share your order with your online friends, maybe a few would like to read along with you!

                  As a reminder, If we reach 750 sales, a professional editor will work very closely with me to improve the manuscript much more that at the 250 e-book only mark we've hit. I think that definitely is a win for everyone.
                  Appreciate all your support and am eager to get the book polished and released. 

                  Thank you
                  Pat
                   
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                    Thomas J. Arnold liked an update for Women Like Us

                    Hey!  Happy Monday!!  Back to work, eh? Well, just wanted to let you know all slots filled in the Mugs raffle, so as soon as I can get it together to do it I will. Hopefully I'll get it on video for ya!  But if you're still interested in some swag and you haven't pre-ordered -- or you just want to again, I have few slots left in the Beagle Freedom Project Raffle.  Here's what you could win:

                    bfp swag

                    Yep, it's a scarf and cap to keep you warm in this chilly wet weather we're having.  Or maybe where you are you're even having snow.  You want to keep warm, don't ya?  Remember as well I am going to donate 10% of all sales to the Beagle Freedom Project if publish goal met.

                    Anyway, stay tuned for the raffle...

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