Would just like to announce we’ve received an extension! Our campaign was suppose to end tomorrow but Inkshares was gracious enough to offer a 60 day extension pushing our new Pre-Order deadline out toward the end of July! I don’t think we would have been able to do this without the explosion of pre-orders we had last week. Now we’re a mere 40 Pre-Orders from hitting our publishing goal. I want to thank all of you for your efforts. We’re almost there you guys!!!!
Hi wonderful readers and supporters!
I have been slowly trundling along trying to complete various pieces of artwork to accompany the book and so far so good and hopefully I will have something soon for you to see.
But this update isn’t solely about me or my book, I want to list a few books that really need your help in reaching their quill goals:
Beyond the code -
is only a few pre-orders away from quill, please help support her in any way by pre-ordering a copy (or two) or just getting the word out there. It all helps one way or the other.
The Amaranth Chronicles: Deviant Rising -
is another that needs your help, with only 40 pre-orders missing and only a few days left in the campaign to reach is quill goal, I would really love to see this book make it and hopefully you would too! Help by pre-ordering or spreading the word and help make that happen!
Thank you all so much for your support in Soulblade: Forgotten Souls, if you haven’t ordered already please do so and help support my book further by helping to spread the word. I need 176 more pre-orders to make this a reality and I would really wish to see my book (and those above) reach its quill goal.
Don’t forget...
When I reach 100 pre-orders I will upload a new chapter further along in the book to give you a sense of how its been progressing (don’t worry, I’ll try not to give too much away into what is happening within the book).
Happening in just three short weeks, from May 30-June 5, we (Drinkshares: Last Call* and the Inkshares* staff) will be co-hosting an event we have affectionately deemed _“DraftFest”.
The purpose of this week long event is to highlight drafts that show great potential, but have not received the attention they deserve because they are not yet in the sales campaign portion of their project. The goal of this fest is to generate buzz for these projects by following, reviewing, commenting, and recommending these projects on Inkshares, Facebook, and Twitter. All Inkshares authors are welcome to participate by submitting their drafts for review, but we will be making a special effort to bring special attention to new and undiscovered talent, as well as bringing new readers to Inkshares to check out these projects. On Saturday, the last day of the event, DLC will air a special livecast to talk about drafting
Many authors have totally bypassed the draft portion of the project stage, jumping straight to the pre-sales campaign with a manuscript, work in progress, or as little as an idea. While this works well for some, the draft stage of the process is a valuable stage of the publishing process, allowing you to flesh out ideas, get feedback, and most importantly, generate exposure for your project without the stress of having to push sales.
Even if you don’t have a draft, but have an idea for an upcoming project (or, dusting off an old project idea), we encourage you to create a project page and enter your idea for review by our community.
If you would like to enter your draft into our pool of projects to be highlighted, please tweet us @DrinksharesLC with the project title and link to the project page, including #amdrafting. (Hint: If your link is waaaay long, use Bitly to shorten your link to a tweet friendly length :wink: )
If you don’t have a draft or an idea ready to draft, but you would still like to participate, please feel free to take this week to check out the projects and authors on our list and help them by following and giving feedback.
We are lining up several cool prizes which we plan to use as raffle prizes for participants, both readers and writers. If you are interested in donating merch, books, or services as prizes, please tweet@rebekkaleber or DM me on Inkshares.
Please join us May 30-June 5 for what we expect to be a fun, productive, and fulfilling week!