Good afternoon, Sailors!
Well... we did it! It feels surreal right now, but it’s official! Storm Song is listed as the #2 finish of the Geek & Sundry fantasy contest.y The last 3 ’months have been incredibly intense and stressful, but so so so worth it.
I’ll be keeping you guys updated on what’s what as this progresses.
Thank you again. I’ll update again when I can be more coherent and not just a bundle of overwhelming emotions
Until then!
- Allison
Friends, drag fans and zombie enthusiast
Only 24 hours left in the Crypt TV horror contest and our girl Bad Medicine is holding on to the second place by as string of her torn gown.
The next day will be nerve-wracking for yours truly. As I told you before, I lost my first Inkshares contest by one book; since then I’m totally traumatized.
So, if you haven’t gotten your copy of Bad Medicine: Slay it, Queen! Please, pre-order today. Do a queen a favor, put my mind at ease.
And now, the final drawing in our contest to become a drag character in the book:
The new queen joining the cast is Miss Ms. Dinah Myte (AKA Mister P.H. James)
Ms. Dinah Myte is a former U.S. Army Specialist who found a cure to his PTSD in drag.
Congratulations to all the winners!
That’s it for today. Short and sweet.
On my end, I’ll continue pushing until the last minute of this contest.
Happy Halloween!
Campaign Week 1
Day seven of the campaign and the crowdfunding competition is now drawing to a close.
It has been an intense week.
The support from my friends, family, and the community has been astounding. In seven short days, you have all ordered 125 copies of Human Resources! That is crazy — Human Resources is now 50% of the way to guaranteed publication on the Quill imprint!* What’s more, that has been enough to push the book into first place in The Launchpad Manuscript crowdfunding competition!
Unfortunately, second place has not been idle — they have been working hard to erode my lead in the competition, so we can’t slack off now! If you haven’t yet ordered a copy, it would be great if you considered doing so. Other things that are incredibly helpful are all the posts people have been making on social media, and the fantastic reviews / recommendations people have been leaving on Inkshares. Please keep it up!
I’m working on some special campaign content for the coming week -- keep an eye out for the next update :)
* If you would like to know what the Quill imprint is, and how it differs from the full Inkshares publishing service, I talk about it on my blog here.
Judges’ Top 50
Today the The Tracking Board announced the second round finalists from the formal judges stream — the Top 50. Guess what? That’s right, Human Resources made the cut!
Some more information about Inkshares
I know a number of you haven’t encountered Inkshares before, and some of you haven’t heard me speak about it before. I want to take the opportunity to familiarise everyone with the Inkshares model (my apologies for those this is old news to).
Inkshares is a book publishing company that selects the books it publishes through crowdfunding. The books not yet published on this site (i.e. Human Resources) are author drafts — they have not gone through a publisher’s editing process. When projects successfully fund, that means there is a delay before books are available for those who pre-ordered. Once a book is funded, before you receive your copy, the following must happen:
There is more information available on the Inkshares FAQ and on their “How it Works” page.
The short version:
Thank you again for your support,
Robert
https://www.inkshares.com/books/human-resources
Good lord...I don’t even have words...
We did it. We finally did it.
After campaigning day and night since March...after losing literally hundreds of orders in the credit abuse scandall....after extending the campaign a whole two extra months...We’ve done it. We’ve reached the full publishing goal of 750 copies.
Tantalus Depths is a book now. It’s an honest to God book with a full publication deal. It’s happening.
It took 461 people and six syndicates to make this happen. Of particular note is the Idosyncraticate Syndicate, which swooped in out of absolutely nowhere and pushed us over the final line. Thank you all, from the depths of my heart. I love you all for this.
I’ll have more words soon, when I can process them. For now, I can only say: thank you.
My life changed forever today. I owe that to you.
Dear Friends
I have news to share with you. The most important one is a slight change of plans in the release of The Catcher’s Trap. We have decided to delay the release of the e-book, so it is out closer to the book official publication day. The Catcher’s Trap e-book will be available on October 21.
Originally, we were planning on releasing the e-book on October 8th, but it doesn’t make sense to release the novel an entire month before the physical book, when trying to maximize the marketing efforts. You have already waited over a year, and I thank you for your patience. The book will be in your hands before you know it, and hopefully, you’ll love it.
I also want to share with you my interview with WNPR. I was featured as part of a new series of immigrant stories, where I talked about coming to the U.S. my struggles as an immigrant and the story behind my first novel The Catcher’s Trap. If you want to learn more about yours truly, click the link below.
Finally, I want to ask for your support once again. You are the people who made The Catcher’s Trap happen, and I appeal once again to your big heart to help me win the CrypTV horror contest. I’m currently in second place, and I need your support to make it to number one.
Please get a copy of Bad Medicine: Slay it, Queen! You won’t regret it
Have a fantastic week!