Good morning! (Or afternoon, as the case may be). I hope this finds you well and you are enjoying the Holiday Season, however you chose to observe it.
If you are receiving this update, it means that you kindly came and followed The Crucible Tree in recent weeks as part of the new contest by my publisher, Inkshares. Thank you very much for doing so.
As we look to the release next summer of my first book, Bane of All Things, doing well in this contest is an excellent way to drive some vital publicity. The contest currently has 200+ entries, drawing thousands of new visitors to Inkshares’ website. These are all potential buyers for Bane of All Things. For Inkshares to agree to publish a second book, sales of the first must of course be strong.
So, if you haven’t already and have a little time during this holiday season, it would be awesome if you could read my sample chapters for The Crucible Tree and post a short review or recommendation. This activity also helps to boost me up the contest standings. And if you could muster anyone else in your household to join the cause, too, that would be fantastic!
Best wishes and a Happy New Year!
Hello Friends, Followers and Readers of WILD CONVICTION!
I hope you all are doing well.
I just turned in final grades for my classes this semester!
Whenever you have a moment, please visit my Wild Conviction page and read the comments under the tabs DISCUSSION and REVIEWS. They are written by you, my readers and supporters, and they all great!
Your posted comments and reviews create excitement about the novel!
And posting comments under Discussion and Reviews helps with the contest; the more engagement the novel gets, the more chances it has for winning the contest and thus getting published by Inkshares.
Ways to show engagement with the novel to show continued support and help me achieve my dream of publication of WILD CONVICTION are:
1. Log in to Inkshares. (You have an account if you pre-ordered or created an account to comment.) Here’s the link:
https://www.inkshares.com/books/wild-conviction
The above link will take you to the page for WILD CONVICTION.
2. Then, do one or more of these options. You’ll see these buttons on the page:
*FOLLOW (if you haven’t already done so)
*SHARE
*READ chapter or chapters that are posted
*Comment (can be brief) by clicking the DISCUSSION tab
*RECOMMEND by clicking on the REVIEWS tab, then go to Recommend
*Comment (can be brief) and Recommend by clicking on the REVIEWS tab, then go to Recommend; there’s an option to comment when you Recommend
*Pre-order if you wish. (Thanks for the many pre-orders the novel has already received!)
Any of the above options are greatly appreciated!!
Thank you for the wonderful comments and reviews that you have posted and for all of your support!!
Also, I made just a few edits to the chapters posted.
Remember, if you pre-order, I will send you the "actual" letter from GrandMama to Twilight, if you would like it. (It’s cool--has the actual wax seal, etc.)
It is also Chapter 3, which I am not posting. For those of you who haven’t yet received the letter, I will be getting those in the mail to you soon. Sorry for the delay.
Thank you so much again, everyone!! Wonderful wishes and blessings to you! Mary
Howdy! How is this holiday season shaping up for you and yours?
In our house, circumstances have prompted gift shopping to be already done in record time, pending a few more doorstep deliveries. (A gift for my wife has a delivery window as late as Dec. 23 – should I worry?)
I want to thank everyone who has so far taken the time to support me in Inkshare’s new All-Genre Manuscript Contest, which I introduced in my last update.
If you haven’t done so, please do! I am competing against 100+ other entries and it’s getting interesting.
My contest entry is The Crucible Tree, book 2 in what I plan to be a four-book series. You can check it out at https://www.inkshares.com/books/the-crucible-tree
Remember, this contest is not a pre-order campaign like before with Bane of All Things. It is the first time that Inkshares is running a contest that is scored on social engagement metrics only.
All you need to do is:
1. Visit the above link
2. Sign in to Inkshares as you did before (You may need a password reset – easy to do)
3. Then click to Follow The Crucible Tree (It may not stick if you click Follow then sign in, without clicking Follow again)
4. You can also help boost me up the contest standings if you read my sample chapters and post a Review
This contest is an opportunity to promote my work ahead of next summer’s release of Bane of All Things. New authors can easily become one-book wonders if their first book doesn’t sell well. Anything you can do now to support me in this contest could help me be more successful down the road.
(FYI: If you visit the Leaderboard for this contest and wonder, “Why in heck is The Crucible Tree so far down the list?”, be aware that the public ranking algorithm doesn’t reflect the actual metrics that matter in this particular contest.)
On the cancer front, I have just passed the halfway point in my one year of gene therapy. Been a few bumps along the way, but I appear to have achieved a ceasefire with the couple of side effects that were troublesome. Onward and upward!
Again, thank you for all your patience and support. Have a great holiday season and keep safe.
Cheers
Leo
