Good afternoon, Sailors!

The race for the Geek & Sundry contest is heating up, folks! I need your help now more than ever. If you’ve pre ordered (first of all, thank you!), I need you to find someone else in your social circle to convince to pre order as well. If you haven’t pre ordered, I am asking that you take another look at my project and pre order today! I’m really excited to share Thoster’s story with the world, but the only way I can do that is by building on this fantastic campaign. 

Right now, we’re tied for 2nd place. We need to stay in the top 3 to win. There’s still a lot of time left in this contest, but every day and every pre order is extremely important. 

August was a whirlwind of a month for Storm Song. I’m hoping to make September just as exciting- or even more so! I really need your help to make that a reality, guys. Get the word out. Text your friends. Call your mom. Convince your coworker. There are 137 of you standing behind me right now. If you can each find one person today to convince to spend $10 on this project, we can turn this whole thing around. 

Thank you again, everyone. From the bottom of my heart. Everything you’ve done to help me with this project so far is just above and beyond anything I could have ever imagined. 

- Allison

Good morning, Sailors!

We’re 1/3 of the way through the Geek & Sundry contest, but I hope we’re just getting started! Today marks 3 weeks since I made my way to the 1st place spot. The race is extremely tight, though, so I know we need to keep up our momentum and keep pushing for that next goal.

Speaking of goals - a delightfully Southern friend of mine has thrown down the gauntlet and declared that if we reach 200 unique readers by Sunday, he’ll record himself reading Chapter One. I know I want to hear it. Do you? If so, find a friend, a parent, a sibling, a coworker -- convince them to pre-order and we can hear Thoster’s dialogue with some Memphis drawl.

I wanted to take some time to say thank you to each of you that have pre-ordered. 116 individuals have thrown support behind me and my book. I can’t express enough gratitude for everything you’ve done by ordering and promoting for me. You guys are just the best.

There’s also another 60 or 70 of you that are following along with my project. Hi! I hope you’ve taken some time to look around. There are 5 chapters up for you guys to read and decide if you think Storm Song is a project worth putting your support behind. I hope that you find that it is!

As some of you may have read in the Inkshares blog that I answered a few questions for, the inspiration for Storm Song came from the very first Dungeons & Dragons campaign I ran in college. Thoster was only a half formed thought then, a character that developed as that story did. By the end of the campaign, I knew that I needed to explore his life before he ever met that particular group of adventurers. Storm Song is Thoster’s origin, and it’s a piece of me that has shifted and evolved over the last decade or so. I’m so excited to have the opportunity to share it with all of you!

As always, I’m here if you have any questions for me about the project. You can contact me at asgriner6587@gmail.com.

- Allison

Happy Thursday, sailors! 

Today has some exciting news! The Inkshares blog features some questions answered by the top 10 in the contest. Which means I was asked to chime in with some get-to-know-you style questions!

http://blog.inkshares.com/post/149465633850/top-10-authors-in-geek-sundry-fantasy-contest-on

Check it out!

We’ve still been holding strong at #1. Yesterday marked 2 weeks since Storm Song climbed to that position! I’m still so, so grateful to all of you who have thrown your support behind me.

For those of you following the project who haven’t ordered yet, please take a look at my sample chapters and let me know what you think! Any questions or concerns can be DM’d to me here or emailed to asgriner6587@gmail.com

I’m always happy to hear from you all!

-Allison