Hey Everybody,

Just a quick update as publishing week continues.

The first of the two podcast interviews is up. Fellow Inkshares authors JF Dubeau and Paul Inman had me on their WriteBrain Podcast. Check it out there or on iTunes. 

Also for anyone in the Chicago area, it’s time to party! I will be at Bucket O Blood Books and Records (3182 N. Elston Ave) tonight starting at 7 PM for my official book launch celebration. So take a break from binge watching Daredevil and eat something. Also, if you know anyone who is in Chicago who doesn’t yet have my book, send them that direction. Bucket O Blood has a Bucket O Copies.

Remember to write those Amazon reviews!!! I can’t stress that enough. Amazon reviews are super important to advertising this little book by a first time author who no one has ever heard of. That’s how people will hear of me or more importantly my book (drinking game...take a drink every time I say book). So please, please PLEASE  place a review on Amazon when you are done reading. Or while reading. Or before reading. I’m not particular. Here I’ll even make it cut and paste easy for you:

I liked this book.

I didn’t like this book.

There. Feel free to post one of these amazing reviews on Amazon.

Before I go I wanted to congratulate the winners of the Nerdist Space Opera Contest Michael Haase, Christopher Leone, and Patrick Edwards. So yeah, those books will be coming down the line, but there are still lots of other worthy stories that didn’t win looking for funding. So continue to check Inkshares to help fill your bookshelves/e-reader space/heart.

Anyway, I have to go deliver more postcards to anyone who will let me (and maybe a few who just won’t notice)...as always thank you.

Happy St. Patrick’s day!  For those of you who are still sober, or don’t partake in the extra activities of todays Irish celebration, an edited chapter 3 will soon be in coming for you’re reading pleasure. 

 In the mean time, here is my on going sculpture project. Call of the Crystals: An Adventure Awaits. 50% done. And below that is a previous one I made of Titan from FFXIV.   

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Can I first say thank you to everyone who back Children of the Wise Oak.
We didn’t hit the publishing goal. I guess I know some of the mistakes I don’t want to make excuses, but there were some aspects that presented more of a challenge than others. 
I’ve read a lot about Inkshares, and other options for self-publishing. Some positive comments and some negative about all options.
I still see Inkshares as the Gold Standard for self-pub but I am going to fall back to Kickstarter in an attempt to get this title published. If it makes it, there will still be heaps of good reasons to try again on Inkshares since I still won’t be in bookstores beyond my home region, apart from Amazon.
The email from Inkshares did say "Feel free to use Inkshares as a communication vehicle, even if you choose to publish elsewhere." which is actually a very mature business position. 
It makes me a whole heap more likely to stick around and recommend Inkshares to others.
So as soon as my Kickstarter project is live I will let you know. 
Thanks for the ride so far everyone. It’s not over yet.