Dude! Big Congo rats!
Greetings Jackolytes,
I trust all is well. The purpose of this update is to give a shout out to a good mate of mine, André Brun. He’s currently neck deep in a thrilling horror story contest and could use some help. Right now he’s sitting fourth and needs a boost to jump into at least third position. André is a top quality man and his book, Arcadia, is a top quality read. I encourage you to follow this link and pre-order. Arcadia is a book Jack Trevayne would definitely want you to read!
Cheers,
Peter
This isn’t super short, but it IS an important announcement.
Thank you to everyone who clicked follow here and there for Blurred Weaponry. Unfortunately, due to budget constraints, I have to remove myself from Inkshares as a writer and release projects independently for now. The reason is simple: I’m god-awful at this. I can’t sell myself or my work for the life of me, and couldn’t even give the book away and have people take it. I was planning on spending a couple thousand dollars just for this first novel in advertising with the HOPES of getting the measly 250 copies ordered for Quill, but what if I didn’t make it because I’m terrible at hammering home sales? That thought, and potential extreme loss of cash, drove me away from pretending to be salesman.
[Blah blah blah, deleted second paragraph full of justifications because who cares, and now moving on…]
In any case, I’ll still be on Inkshares. I’ll be writing a review here and there, about every ten days (I’ll be doing one later tonight), supporting a syndicate, sharing via twitter, and liking pages / posting comments on Facebook. I like this platform, and love the chance it gives to authors who are better at being salesfolk than I can ever be, so I’m not really going anywhere (honestly, I’ll be way more active thanks to reviews than I ever was while updating since I never had anything to say).
On a final note, Blurred Weaponry will be out in like 3 weeks. I’ll have a very temporary download link up (I mean, seriously, 24 hours at most) for free copies to Inkshares followers / authors if they DM me on twitter when I announce that. My next update will be about then, and should also include the reviews I’ve done (if they were accepted ^_^) and links to those projects.
May the words be with you. Also, the force. That’s fairly important, sometimes. Peace out,
-MAV
Huge news!
Just one day after receiving the Rite of Passage Syndicate pick, we’ve been given the tremendous honor of being named as the Staff Syndicate’s October pick! The Staff Syndicate is the second-larges syndicate on Inkshares, and thanks to them, we are currently now only TWENTY-EIGHT orders away from full publishing!
Guys...we could finish it today. Campaigns tend to build up a lot of momentum once they get this close to a publishing goal. Now is the time! Pour everything you have into getting the word out, because we are SO close.
So there is some news to share, first on my other books. 
Rise is going to be an audio-book! The deal is for Rise and a sequel, in this case Fall. I can’t wait to get my hands on this. Definitely will be listening to that on some runs.
In other news, Rise is closing in on 2000 copies sold. And most of that buzz pushing the sales is coming from you. Thank you so much! If you’re reading your copy now, I’d appreciate a "Reading" mark on Goodreads. And a review when you’re finished would be awesome.
In Fall news, I’m editing act 3 before sending it off to my editor. After that, I got back and do a rework based on the edits I already have for acts 1 and 2. If you haven’t pre-ordered your copy, the sooner you do the sooner we can get it into production and in your hands.
As for After Man, I’ve completed the rewrite of Act 1 and boy does it have a slam bang finish. I began work on Act 2, but with the news about Rise, I decided it was time to finish the edit of Fall. I still write at least 100 words a day on After Man. I have no updates on a release because Inkshares right now has a good problem to have: a lot of books in the queue to publish.
Thanks for all your help. You are all awesome!
So there is some news to share. Rise is going to be an audio-book! The deal is for Rise and a sequel, in this case Fall. I can’t wait to get my hands on this. Definitely will be listening to that on some runs.
In other news, Rise is closing in on 2000 copies sold. And most of that buzz pushing the sales is coming from you. Thank you so much! If you’re reading your copy now, I’d appreciate a "Reading" mark on Goodreads. And a review when you’re finished would be awesome.
In Fall news, I’m editing act 3 before sending it off to my editor. After that, I got back and do a rework based on the edits I already have for acts 1 and 2. If you haven’t pre-ordered your copy, the sooner you do the sooner we can get it into production and in your hands.
You are all awesome!
So there is some news to share. Rise is going to be an audio-book! The deal is for Rise and a sequel, in this case Fall. I can’t wait to get my hands on this. Definitely will be listening to that on some runs.
In other news, Rise is closing in on 2000 copies sold. And most of that buzz pushing the sales is coming from you. Thank you so much! If you’re reading your copy now, I’d appreciate a "Reading" mark on Goodreads. And a review when you’re finished would be awesome.
In Fall news, I’m editing act 3 before sending it off to my editor. After that, I got back and do a rework based on the edits I already have for acts 1 and 2. If you haven’t pre-ordered your copy, the sooner you do the sooner we can get it into production and in your hands.
You are all awesome!
Brian and Michelle Guthrie
liked the forum thread, If you want to contribute thoughts about Blink, we'll be keeping an eye on this thread.
Elan Samuel
Hello dear readers,
A lot has been going on and that’s kind of why I’ve been rather discreet in my communications. Also, I bet with three contests currently vying for attention, you get enough emails already. So what could possibly have taken up so much of my time?
Let’s start with how I had to do revisions to the manuscript for A God in the Shed. I had already handed it in but after a meeting at WeedRoad Pictures in L.A. a few weeks ago, several ideas to further improve the story demanded to be put to the page.
WeedRoad Pictures? What the hell is that? Well, that’s the second bit of paralyzing news. A God in the Shed has been optioned by Skydance Productions through the help of Akiva Goldsman from WeedRoad (props to Greg Lessans and Alexandra Neil for their part. Amazing people). I can’t do this news justice but you can read the article by The Tracking Board if you want to know more.
So what does this mean? The short answer? I don’t know! It doesn’t mean that A God in the Shed is going to be a television show but rather that there are efforts behind making that happen. Needless to say that the book is in the hands of some incredibly talented and hard working people. I’m still reeling from the news and gathering the details myself, but as far as excuses for my silence, I think that’s the best I can do right now.
What’s next?
Let me finish this with a heartfelt ‘thank you’ to Adam Gomolin and Brooklyn Weaver who worked like tireless maniacs to make this happen, along with the rest of the Inkshares crew for their support and of course, you guys, the readers, without whom none of this would be possible.
On to the next step!
JF
