Followers of Blood Dawn, I hope you're all having a great New Year. To kick off 2016, I've renovated the Blood Dawn page. Please come and check out some of the surprises there now, including the map.

Check out the infographic below for some of the great reviews Blood Dawn has received -- I'm humbled by the high praise.

If you haven't purchased your copy of Blood Dawn yet, click on the image to visit the Blood Dawn page on Inkshares to pre-order your copy today!

Hello all! Very excited to send another update out, we hit 300 pre-orders this weekend. As momentum going into the final 40 day stretch, this is great news. Another chapter went up today, and if you find it appealing, give a thought to ordering if you haven't, and/or share enthusiasm for the project on your socials. I would be very grateful, hitting 750 preorders is a big step that will improve the quality and reach of the project immensely.

As incentive/thanks, I will be sending updates out with "How-To" screenplay writing tips for the next several weeks. Hopefully they will be useful to aspiring writers, or experienced ones alike. Screenwriting is a unique beast, and one I've specialized in over the years, and I'm excited to share my methods and advice. If you're not a writer, maybe the tips may spark interest in other creative outlets for readers. 

I have more bonus incentives to come as well. Stay tuned for those, and again, thank you for the orders. Dracula will fight one day soon for all of us.

Pat

Gah I was mentioned on the Sword & Laser podcast!  Deus Hex Machina is officially FAMOUS! If you haven't watched the latest episode, they interview the current top three Inkshares finalists, and then mention my book at the end.  Very exciting stuff.  I loved Craig's story about his wife and how he started writing.

We are currently at 94 orders, and the incomparable A.C. Weston has graciously decided to run a little contest in support of DHM. If we get ten more people ordering, up to 104, then she will raffle off an original inked panel she's creating from the DHM graphic novel to one of those ten people.  So awesome, I cannot handle it!  Check out just one of the awesome panels here:

She's just so good, isn't she? I was so honored when she said she wanted to try her hand at a page from the old script. This sort of makes me want to update the script with the changes from the novel and get the whole thing drawn...but novel first! Focus Mandie!

Anyway, if you want a chance be one of the next ten people to order the DHM!  

Lastly, we are halfway to my next novel giveaway raffle, and only 65 orders away from 5th place. I know it seems like a long way to go, but we have a lot of followers so maybe these two contests will pull some lurkers out of the woodwork. I would love nothing more than to end this contest in 5th and maybe even 4th place. I think it's important to have a woman in the top five, don't you?

Alright, I hope I get the chance to do a raffle drawing today, so I'll say see ya later rather than goodbye.  Cheers!

Turns out that link I directed you to, the one I thought led to the Sword and Laser podcast interview with me and Craig Munro and Matt Sobin... yeah, it takes you to Inkshares author Melanie Reed's video for her book "Night Terrors."

Yeah. I'd been watching that earlier on youtube and accidentally copied the wrong link. Brain's not working still, it seems. (This campaign has been exhausting!)

Please check out Melanie's book (if you haven't already via the other link!)

And, of course, please enjoy the Sword and Laser video interview, as I'd intended.

Sorry for the double post, everybody!