Well 69 days left in the campaign and I’ve got all of 5 orders. Well 1 to my brother and my sister was gracious enough to order 3, and 1 to Eric H. Heisner ( thanks Eric!). Seriously, go check out his book Wings Of The Pirate the whole idea evokes memories of Crimson Skies for me I don’t know why, maybe it’s the air pirates.

Anyway, even though Battle Flag: The Road To Hell is "finished" I’m halfway through a final polish run to fix some spelling errors, that I saw in the sample chapters, and generally streamline and clarify a few things. Not much is being added nor deleted at this point I’m just working to get the flow right.

But that means if you have any complaints about my work now is the time to let me know. While I’m in the Battle Flag headspace and thinking about how to adjust anything that might be wrong. I’m not exactly the best critic of my work, it’s kind of like having a kid. I mean I could have the most misshapen, ugly, child in existence but she’ll always be the prettiest girl in the world to me.

Anyway that’s the latest for Battle Flag, I know it’s not much but there it is, and remember it’s never too early to order! And if you don’t want to order, that’s cool do what you like, maybe if you know someone who might like it you could steer them my way. After all I could use all the help I can get.

P.S.

In the next couple days I’m going to bring up a Young Adult project to draft stage so keep an eye out.

To be honest, I feel a little discouraged tonight. 

It would be really nice to get some feedback, even in the form of harsh criticism. I’m new to the whole Inkshares site and I don’t even know if I’m doing this project right. As in, I’m certain and confident in my story, but I have zero marketing skills and I just don’t know how do I sell this idea of a beautiful universe to everyone.  And does it annoy you followers when I send you the chapters? Or is it the correct thing to do? How about the e-mails?

The world I’m building here is... pure fantasy. For example, everyone understands the concept of consent, "the villains" too. I’ve grown to hate fantasy that glorifies sexual violence, abusive relationships, violence for the sake of violence, I’m disgusted by that. I wish fantasy would represent miracles, wonders, legends, all that which made us giddy when we were children! Where is that fantasy? I found it nowhere, so I begun creating it. How lovely would it be to feel that childlike wonder instead of the gut-turning grit and hearts made of stone or plastic we are being force fed by every popular tv-show.

I want my fantasy to be a delight. Something that makes you feel excited in a good way.

For the next 5 days I will be releasing sketches and concept art instead of chapters. I hope it works. As always, thank you all so much for your support. I wish you all the good in the world. May you sleep soundly tonight and dream of wonderful things.

-H.A.

Hello! The long campaign is coming to a close--just 28 days left. I am back in the US again and will be able to actively promote the project once more, but I need your help. Illegal has already surpassed the minimum funding goal and will be published but it still has a long way to go to reach the maximum goal of 750 orders (we sit at 426 as of this writing). The full goal will mean better editing and wider exposure. My ultimate goal, my dream, is to get the best version of this into as many hands as possible. Another 324 orders in less than a month is very ambitious but it is possible. Buy another copy for a friend, share on social media, anything to help me climb this mountain.  I’m doing the last major self-edit to the project this week and will share another sample once we pass 500 orders. 

Thank you, everyone, who has helped me get this far. The vast majority of books here never meet the minimum requirement and never get published and it warms me to have already gotten so much support to get this story out into the world. Onward!