12/21/17

Hello everyone.

I wanted to send one quick update out before the end of the year. First, I’d like to wish each and every one of you a very happy holiday, and a wonderful, safe and happy New Year! After tonight the days start getting longer again!

In my last update, I mentioned that I turned the updated, post-development-edit "Shadow King" manuscript back in to Inkshares. I don’t have a kick-off date yet but did hear a whisper of February. Now, that’s not set in stone, so I’m trying to keep my expectations grounded. As soon as I know something about a kick-off, I’ll be sure to let all of you know.

Also, my funding campaign for "The Devil You Don’t" is starting to wind down (December 31 is the last day for pre-orders), and many of you have thrown your support behind that effort as well -- thank you for that! It definitely gets you on Santa’s Nice List!

I’m really hopeful we’ll make the goal... after taking into consideration several orders that are pending but haven’t been put in the system yet, realistically I only need about 10 orders to get Devil over the finish line. If you haven’t checked it out yet, please visit "The Devil You Don’t" Inkshares page!

Have a happy, happy, merry, merry!

All the best,
Susan

Greetings wonderful followers, 

I have some good news. I have received the final approval for the full cover and now Beyond the Code is finally going to the printers. It’s been a long road and now we are closer then ever to making Beyond the Code a real book. Thank you all for sticking with me on the journey. I hope you all love the finished product. 

Kelsey Rae Barthel

Greetings Jackolytes,

 

Good News Air Pirates!!

I just received the first copyedit back from the assigned editor at Inkshares.  Things are looking good.  I have to dig into the manuscript and clean things up over the next 2 weeks of the Holiday season but it’s a job that is worthwhile in making a better book for everyone.  We’re looking at a release date of May 2018 which is a great time to launch a female Indiana Jones type seaplane adventure in the South Pacific.  I’ll keep you all updated as things finally start to develop.  

Also check out my author page on Amazon.com for my Western novels and the new release of "Africa Tusk" - set in contemporary East Africa, one man defends the endangered population of elephants despite poachers and the influx of modern technology ...

Thank you all for your support!

Your dedicated Air Pirate Captain,

Eric H. Heisner

www.leandogproductions.com

Readers! Thank you so much for your support. I’m so thrilled that TWO syndicates backed my book this month! Thank you so much to the Great Sci-Fi for the 21st Century and Beyond Syndicate and the Staff Syndicate. I can’t even tell you how excited and grateful I am.

I sent out press releases about the Holton award this week, so there should be some media coverage coming! Check out my Facebook page if you haven’t already: facebook.com/caridubielauthor 

I’m also doing a giveaway that ends TODAY. You can still complete the reading survey and sign up for my email newsletter here: https://goo.gl/forms/VSrK7qmfa4tBZ5GH2

I have 214 responses so far! I am a huge data fan, so I’m really excited to go through all of those and share the results with my readers. If you want to sign up for the newsletter without doing the survey, you can do that too. Click here to sign up: https://mailchi.mp/4c50d1186a0b/signup

Happy weekend to everyone! I hope it’s a calm, peaceful one. It’s a non-working one for me, so I’m happy. Got some family time planned, as well as some reading and writing time. The only thing that would make it better is if I could get a babysitter so I could go see Star Wars...

My first article on how to gain readers on social media is now on my blog. Check it out at https://deborahmunroauthor.com/2017/12/gain-readers-with-social-media/.

In addition, my first interview with avid readers, many of whom are fellow authors, is also available. This one is with Mike Rich, author of Skavenger’s Hunt (available on Inkshares.com and Amazon.com). Mike is the screenwriter for several popular movies, including Finding Forrester, The Rookie, and Cars 3. To read his insights, go to https://deborahmunroauthor.com/2017/12/interviews-with-avid-readers-mike-rich/

Feel free to subscribe to my website or just my blog, and also follow me on Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook if so inclined. You’ll be the first to know about new content! :)

Cheers, Debbie

Hello Knightmares!

It has been a while, but that’s because I have good news! The Knightmares manuscript has been trimmed down to a lean 134,000 words, and has had changes made that I feel improve the story dramatically.

The manuscript has been turned into the team at Inkshares, and I now await my turn to move into the actual editing process, which I don’t anticipate being too long of a wait. I have put in over 200 hours of work into this project since early September, and am excited to finally get this out into the world so I can concentrate on everything from my next story, the long anticipated book of short stories called Grace Falls and my next full length novel, Vexed, as well as marketing and promotion for The Knightmares.

Exciting times ahead!

Also...the cover is done...
Check out this beauty, eh?

Hope you like!
Talk soon, friends!

Readers! The big news is out! HOW TO REMEMBER won the 2017 Hugh Holton award from the Midwest Chapter of the Mystery Writers of America. See the press release here. I’m so excited! VALIDATION!

So, now is a great time to pre-order if you haven’t already. And even if you have, I’d love it if you could help me spread the word. I’ve been networking with so many wonderful Inkshares authors, and I want to be a part of the "official" club. I’m getting ready for a developmental review (not a full edit, but I’m so excited to be working with the writing coach I’ve chosen). We can do this - get HOW TO REMEMBER on the shelves. I have all of you to thank for the support I’ve received so far. I hope you all have a wonderful night!