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Deus Hex Machina was just chosen to be part of the illustrious Sword & Laser Collection here on Inkshares. I would write more about this, but I’m too busy shaking with gratitude.

I am honored beyond words to stand amongst these great writers. Holy cow!


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    We did it! The Punch Escrow is getting published!!

    I’m on a plane and my laptop battery is about to die, so I have to make this quick. You lot have done something which my wife would have heretofore deemed impossible: I am speechless. So, while I do a little happy dance to myself, I wanted to recognize a few people, and then we’ll get on to all the raffle winners and such tonight (alas, victory doesn’t afford me the ability to shrug off my job).

    Rachel Klein: I know it’s not easy being married to me. Thank you for putting up with my creative obsessions. I love you.

    Iris and Violet Klein: My two beautiful muses. You’re too young to understand, but you’ve given my life purpose.

    My extended family. Especially the Brown ladies, who are making me discuss my book at their book club at our next family reunion. Thankfully there are no sex scenes, although the protagonist does get naked once or twice. (’ey lord! Bless his soul!)

    My “staff” (+3 of great friendship, 20% savings throw bonus when asking others for favors) – These folks have gone above and beyond to assist me in various phases of the book. Without them, The Punch Escrow would not be: Peter Birdsall, John Hannon, Joe Santoro, Dave Sontag, Ian Ellison, Russ Mitchell, Dan Salinas, Ben Murphy (kindof), Ryan Potter, Meredith Peruzzi, Acar Altinsel, Robert Kroese

    My Inkshares “mental support” crew: James Rasile, Rick Heinz, Pat Edwards, Peter Bats, and my arch nemesis Brian Guthrie (who, despite the fact we were competitors, was always on hand to help me understand the Inkshares contest process, and teach me promotional tips and tricks).

    Micah Pegman - Won the shirt raffle this week!

    Our top 3 referrers in the past 96 hours (each gets a "teleporting" The Punch Escrow coffee mug):

    Pete Downing

    James Rasile

    Nicola Sarjeant

    Stay tuned for the MAJOR PRIZE announcement. Also, if any of you who participated in the Penguin Magic promotion have not gotten your Tarbell 51 code, please let me know, don’t bother the Inkshares or Penguin Magic support people.

    More soon!

    -Tal

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      I love the Nightwish and often listen to them and other bands in the same genera. It makes the epic space battles in my story feel cosmically biblical lol
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        Hello Inkshare Community! I am a new member here, and I just thought the best way to start off would be introducing myself through the forums, because what’s the point in being timid about it. My name is Christopher Brown, Chris for short. I was raised in the Southeastern part of Pennsylvania, a relatively rural area. My stories were usually a private affair, not really meant for other people. And in all fairness that was partially due to not having the most supportive of environments (but that’s a whole can of worms that you good people don’t need to concern yourself with). In short, after doing some storytelling,  and some light writing I thought that I’d try out Inkshare with the possibility that a hobby might become something that can lead me in cool directions. So lets have a good time, and hopefully I don’t wear thin on you all.

        Thank you, Chris.
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          Craig A. Munro liked the forum thread, Something negative I'm sorry to say
          I’m going to do something I shouldn’t 

          Again.

          and moan

          Again.

          There is a book on here that has made over half the sales needed to be printed by inkshares, and it has me concerned. I’m concerned because it is truly awful, from the writing to the story line, even to the title. 

          I’ll never divulge who I think this is as this would only hurt someone who is trying to make their dream come true. 

          Except everyone reading this, including perhaps the author of the "truly awful" book in question, will have a theory as to whom it is. It isn’t hard to narrow this down if people are so inclined to do so. And even if those guesses are wrong, there’s a strong likelihood that someone, and maybe more than one someone, IS getting hurt from this.

          It’s actually rather unpleasant of me to be so critical, and I was reluctant to say anything. 

          It IS unpleasant, precisely because you haven’t really been critical at all and haven’t said anything at all to the person whose book you’re publicly trashing. You’re just taking a passive-aggressive potshot that helps absolutely no one. If your concern is for their feelings and not your own, why not reach out and offer some constructive criticism? Why do this instead? 

          But it did make me wonder about the value of good writing vs good marketing or simply good networking on inkshares.

          I’m concerned because I do not have the ability to market or network etc, and fear that even half decent writing, with a good story, simply will not do anywhere near as good as someone with rubbish writing, but good skills networking etc.

          I’m pretty sure I’d make 1 sale if I dared put it out there. 

          You would have made at least that many, because I would have bought a copy based on what I’d read on your project page back in January. I don’t think I’m the only one. But every time I’ve seen you on this site since then, you give off the air that you’re just here slumming it with people who are beneath you while you wait for your publisher to have a change of heart and/or competence. And I honestly wonder, for all your talent, whether you care about your own project as much as some of the "truly awful" writers care about theirs. I’d never say you don’t, because I don’t know you, but this is the impression you leave.

          Yes, marketing and networking go a long way on here. I’m lousy at both and hate doing both but I forced myself to deal with my misgivings and figure it all out because I didn’t have a choice if I wanted to make it. And I made it. You can do the same. Exceptions certainly apply, but the good work typically separates itself on here so long as that work’s author is bold enough to audibly stand behind it. But you need to embrace this method of publication and the community it’s created rather than (again, as appearances suggest) regarding it as some second class kindergarten for people who don’t deserve to be published. If you can’t do that, and if you wish to keep rapidly burning bridges instead of building them with the many, many, MANY people in this community who will gladly go to bat for good work, you should just pack up and go somewhere else. The previous pity party bellyaching was merely tiresome, but now it’s getting malicious.
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            I think it’s true that networking will get you a lot further than just a good book on its own. And networking is incredibly hard. But it’s also true that there’s a fit for everyone and something you’d consider bad isn’t the same for someone else.

            Look at it this way: Inkshares is getting the foot in the door so that people will even know your book exists - how it sells after editing and publishing is what really matters. And that’s where skill will shine.
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              @Bryn Hagan It sounds like you would prefer another business model to the one Inkshares employs. You might do better on a site like Unbound where they make merit-based decisions on which books fund there. Inkshares is very similar to Kickstarter or Indiegogo in that the people choose which projects are good. It’s a popular not a merit based decision, and without knowing what project you’re talking about, there must be at least something in that book that people really enjoy, otherwise it would not be funding as well as you say.
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