Everyone is really respectful and rather great around here! Thanks for the intelligent diatribe! I also would like to say that as I am writing, I am publishing it, so what is being read is the first drafts. Later on when the story plays out, then I will go back, but if I stop now the movie that is playing in my head of Genevra's adventures, I might stop seeing it! Good vibes to all!
Behold! A piece of the map! This is an old map, before the Empire or even the Old Kingdom existed. More on this at eleven.
A call to all DRAGONS, and those waiting to become DRAGONS. I have something new to offer!
Those not familiar, a DRAGON is a reader who pre-orders 7 copies -- 1 for themselves, and 6 for friends who love epic fantasy. DRAGONS get a t-shirt with the Blood Dawn dragon emblem by author and artist AC Weston, as well as a special Dragon name which I add to my world mythology.
I'm on the lookout for more DRAGONS, because backers who buy 7 copies can help get Blood Dawn in the hands of new readers who were not part of the funding campaign.
If you really believe in this project and want to help, consider being a DRAGON backer and help to spread the word about Blood Dawn after it's publication so that we can continue to get the word out to new readers. Here's a link that will let you become a DRAGON right now: https://www.inkshares.com/projects/blood-dawn/orders/card?amount=69.93&quantity=7
Here is something new I will give to 4 lucky DRAGONS:
Those are high-quality laser-etched business card holders, featuring the Blood Dawn dragon emblem made by author AC Weston. I will be giving these out to 4 randomly chosen DRAGONS once Blood Dawn hits 1,000 pre-orders. These are the handiwork of an innovative company called Polar Grinders (although they now specialize in metal herb grinders, I was fortunate to get the last of their business card holders).
Have I convinced you to become a DRAGON yet? Again, here's a link where you can become a DRAGON right now: https://www.inkshares.com/projects/blood-dawn/orders/card?amount=69.93&quantity=7
Regardless of how you show support for this project, please if you haven't backed Blood Dawn yet, go and do so now:
Thanks for your support!
John Robin
DO YOU HAVE SYNESTHESIA?
I've gotten a couple of notes about folks here that experience some kind of Synesthesia, so thought I'd give you a little more on its various forms. It's pretty fascinating and they've only just begun to discover the way in which it shows up in folks. (Thus, 'The Hide')
Here goes...
* If you experiences letters or numbers with a specific color, you may have Grapheme-Color Synesthesia.
* If certain sounds trigger the visualization of colored, generic shapes, often squares, circles, that kind of thing, you may have Sound-to-Color Synesthesia.
* When a person thinks about numbers and a number map is involuntarily visualized, they may have Number-Form Synesthesia.
* Ordinal-linguistic personification is when an individual experiences ordered sequences with various personalities. Ordered sequences may include numbers, letters, months and so on. For example, a person with OLP may look at the letter ‘A’ and think in his mind that ‘A’ is a rude letter. (I discovered all three of my daughters have this while studying up for The Hide).
* Lexical-Gustatory Synesthesia is when people experience a taste or smell with a certain phoneme or word.
I'd love to know if anyone here has one or more of these. There are a few theories out there that synesthetes tends to be unique thinkers and I can think of no more creative group than this one.
Not much to report, so I won't take up much of your time. The orders have slowed to a trickle, so I'm still keeping my focus on figuring out just how to get over this wall and pick up speed once again. Trying to improve my pitches, come up with better marketing tools, and so on.
Other than that I've been focusing on the writing of a gazetteer for the book's world and the drawing of maps to go along with the text. I'll be posting up the next map on Friday, which is another simple one. Hopefully I'll have the map of the empire of Zaltruscas and the Frozen North ready before the end of next week, I just need to come up with a better way to represent forests than my old lollipop way(sticks and circles).
I'll leave you all alone now. Again thanks for reading and supporting.