I am feeling dizzy with gratitude! This was truly a special night. Mission 51 reached a funding milestone in a truly heartwarming way. I simply asked on Facebook, and friends responded. We now sit a 100 pre-orders! I am overjoyed!
Thank you Marie Nall for helping us get there, and Sally Johnson Reed for your friendship and support! You are the greatest! :-)
And a very special thank you to Michael Haase and wife Margie, who took time off from new baby duties, to dial the pre-orders up to 100! Thank you!! :-)
Michael, as you all must know, is the author of The Madness of Mr. Butler, winner of the Nerdist Space Opera Contest (in production), and of An Adventure With Dada which is currently in funding. Please give them both a look and send some love his way! :-)
Announcing the Mission 51 Raffle!
Artist Idan Carré has graciously donated an original sketch! This 11” x 12” sketch is a study of Mission 51’s spaceship, Janusia, as she will appear in the book. Isn’t she beautiful!? The winner of the raffle will receive this original sketch, signed by the artist, with a personal dedication to the winner of the raffle! How cool is that!?
To qualify for the raffle you must have placed one of the first 150 pre-orders.
The raffle will include the 96 pre-orders that have already been placed, and additional pre-orders up until the number of pre-orders reaches 150.
At that point, the names of every person placing those pre-orders will be officially randomized via Riffle Raffle to identify the raffle winner! Hooray!! :D
So… I suggest you place your pre-order now to qualify for the raffle! Be among the first 150 pre-orders!
And… you can increase your chances of winning the raffle by placing more pre-orders! :-)
A heartfelt Thank You to Idan Carré for her most generous donation. This truly is a special, one-of-a-kind piece!!
The Geek and Sundry Hard Science Contest is over and I want to send HIGH FIVES and "YEAH MAN!s" to winners Tal Klein for The Punch Escrow, Brian Guthrie for After Man, and Erin S. Evan for The Pirates of Montana. Each of you offered beautiful, polished work. You set a fine example and a high bar for the rest of us. A big congratulations from the bottom of my heart!
I also want to thank Jeremy Thomas and the Inkshares team for organizing these contests. I see them as a win-win-win all the way around! We are truly fortunate to share this space with the likes of Chris Hardwick’s Nerdist and Felicia Day’s Geek and Sundry. These awesome people help open this platform to the movers and shakers of popular culture. I’m impressed!
Peace to all!
Ferd. :-)
I recently caught someone skulking about the Inkshares site, sneaking around, as if she could go unnoticed. Well no you didn’t, Felicia Day! So I’ve been "following" her now, to see what the heck she is up to. And now I find out!
wow, Wow, WOW!!! Felicia’s Geek and Sundry is sponsoring the new Inkshares contest, to start April 4 and end on my birthday May 16! Details about the contest will be available on the contest page tomorrow.
Well, just to prove I am an old fanboy of this awesomely awesome goddess, I want to share two pictures from last summer’s San Diego ComicCon. I can hear y’all already, "Awww, luckeeee!"