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The Seclusion
Sixty years after The Seclusion, in which America sealed itself off from the outside world, Patch Collins navigates the panoptic nightmare of a total surveillance state.
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Jacqui Castle
Freelance writer & novelist - fueled by tea, politics, and a captivating story-line.
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A. C. Schulties liked an update for The Seclusion

Hi everyone! This note is going out through Inkshares, specifically to backers and followers of my novel The Seclusion. 

Thanks to you, The Seclusion, which has been out less than a year, has sold over 3,400 copies, is available in bookstores and libraries across the world, and was recently named a Foreword Indies Award Winner in Sci-Fi. 

Pretty awesome for a crowdfunded book, yes?

Some of you are on my general mailing list, but I know that emails from third parties often get lost in the shuffle. I wanted to let all of you know that the campaign for The Seclusion Part 2 is live and more than a third of the way to its goal of 750 preorders!!!


If you have already supported - THANK YOU. If you haven’t, your support would mean the world to me and is instrumental in making the sequel a reality. Patch’s story isn’t over, and the conclusion is one I’m eager to share with you. So, please take the time to check out the campaign page. 

If everyone who preordered The Seclusion participates in this campaign as well, we will reach the goal in no time and be well on the way to getting book two into your hands! 

I have some great perks I’m offering to liven things up this go-around - including a free copy of book one(to keep or pass to a friend), opportunities to take part in behind-the-scenes polls on story development, and cross promotion on my twitter account and in my newsletter for other authors and artists!

If you haven’t checked out the campaign page yet, please do. If you have already preordered, can you let a SciFi, Dystopian-loving friend know? Each time someone refers a supporter, they are entered into a raffle for a $100 Airbnb gift card(unlimited entries). 

So, one last time, please head on over and give it a looksie. 

Thank you again for your continued support, and always know you can reach out to me directly - JacquiCastle@gmail.com


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    Hi Alex, my current WIP is 1st person present tense, and I adopted it for the immediacy, like you, as well as the challenge of building a narrative from the protag’s POV. It was tough because I kept falling into past tense until I didn’t. For inspiration, I read The Hunger Games series which is all 1st person present tense and came to appreciate the stories more. It’s my opinion that jumping back and forth would be troublesome, and a breach of the writer’s presence into the story...unless, potentially, a plot device?
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      Hi everyone!
      I uploaded a few chapters of my WIP novel KZAR I: Jupiters a few months ago, and its a story I wrote in present tense. I like the immediacy of present tense and writing the story in that tense just felt appropriate. But I wanted to experiment with past tense as it’s the more popular one. So I wrote a short story that I recently uploaded. 

      I’m curious; can you go back and forth, reading different tenses with ease? Do you pass on stories written in a particular tense? 

      Happy writing!
      Alex
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      Dear Followers and Supporters -

      I have been radio silent for quite some time, but I do have news to announce regarding the status of Fae Child. 

      Since the book funded in March 2017, I finished the first draft in July of that year. After that my family and I had several life changes that stole my energy and attention, including becoming small business owners and having a fourth child. The THIRD draft of the book is now underway with a few small tweaks to accomplish before I send the manuscript in to Inkshares.

      At that point I will find out when they anticipate the book being published - there would be a copy edit to do and a few other miscellaneous things.

      I have a cover for the book well underway with a talented artist, Aliana Wong ( www.alianawong.com ) and I have updated the cover on the Inkshares site to reflect the in progress work. I am in love with it already.

      I also have had a short story accepted into an anthology which should be published later this year. Here is the link to the announcement: https://writingbloc.com/announcement-of-the-stories-and-authors-for-the-upcoming-deception-anthology/

      That is all for now! I will send out another update when I am sending it off to Inkshares. 

      Thank you all for your support and your patience,

      Jane-Holly

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