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10/15/17
Hello! Well, we are certainly coming down to the wire in Launchpad and I think I’m going to have grey hair and high blood pressure by the time we’re done.
Right now, less than 20 pre-orders stand between "The Devil You Don’t" and that third place spot! So a HUGE thank you to those of you who have ordered and gotten me this far. WE ARE SO CLOSE!
I am doing my best to network and contact all of my prospects, and hopefully will see more orders come in to propel us up into that third place spot (or better!). Please, if you have not ordered yet, it would be a tremendous boost to have you become an official reader.
The competition will end on October 17 -- That’s in just a few days!
And don’t forget: If I’m in the Top 3 at the end of the competition, I will be doing a "thank you" raffle for everyone who pre-orders a copy, and the prize is a $100 Amazon gift card!
And speaking of raffles. I’m happy to announce that the winners of my first raffle were Tracey Bigelow (gift card) and Trinity McKay (signed copy of "Darkstar Rising"). And I just passed my 100 reader mark, so as promised, I’ve done the second drawing. The lucky winners are Karen Bradbury (gift card) and Jessica Hackett (signed copy of "Darkstar Rising")! Congratulations.
I’ll send another update before the competition ends -- thank you for your support and enthusiasm. You guys are the best readers ever!
All the best,
Susan
Hey, everyone. So strangely, and without any announcement from Inkshares, the contest which was supposed to officially end last night has been extended a week... Yeah, I’m confused, too. This is good news for basically everyone in the competition but the guy in first place, haha. And guess who’s in first place? Thanks to all of you wonderful people, that would be me.
It’s a good problem to have and I am so grateful. But I know my competitors probably feel new life has breathed into them, and are really going to put the push on in this final week. I don’t put it past any of these smart, creative people I am competing with to take 1st Place from me.
And so I urge you one last time to PLEASE share my pre-order page with friends, family and strangers, and ask THEM to share. There’s not much time left and your friend of a friend of a friend could be the pre-order that cements my win! Thank you all SO MUCH again. Here’s something to cut and paste again:
"Please help Paul win this manuscript competition and achieve his lifelong dream of being a published author! Only $10, and every order gets him closer to the win! YOUR order can be the one to make his dream a reality. And if you can’t order, please share this link: https://www.inkshares.com/books/the-shift-the-stoneford-chronicles-424394"
Thank you all again. Hopefully my next update will be good news and not another inexplicable extension! Have a great week, all!
Love,
Paul
Well hello there,
So? How was your summer? Mine was busy. Too busy to run a book funding campaign properly. I started funding Arch-Android (the sequel to The Life Engineered) around the time of Nerdtacular in late June. It got a good start but soon after I got caught up in going to other conventions like Necronomicon and DragonCon along with promoting A God in the Shed after its June 15 release and writing the sequel to A God in the Shed!
Long story short, I dropped the ball.
But I’m back!
Inkshares was good enough to grant an extension to the Arch-Android campaign. Let’s get 750 pre-orders as soon as possible and get this over with. The faster this funds, the faster you can read the final product and I am so eager for you to read this one.
Here’s what you can do to help:
What do you get for helping?
So there you have it. Expect more updates and more previews and information as this campaign progresses. Let me put this bluntly: If everyone who receives this pre-orders a copy, we’re done. The book is funded. How cool is that? The campaign ends on December 7th.
Above: The KOBO Aura ebook reader
Thanks!
Greetings Supporters of Crow’s Gambit!
It has been a busy last month. Since you haven’t heard much from me you probably realize that unfortunately that work hasn’t involved Crow’s Gambit. What’s been keeping me busy? An accreditation visit at work, an industrial advisory board meeting, my other book (Fortunes of the Space Sloth) finished in the Top 25 of the Launchpad competition, completed my first 100K trail run, and we hit a deer with our car (luckily no one was hurt).
10/2/17
We’re heading into the home stretch – as of tomorrow there will only be ONE WEEK left in the Launchpad Competition on Inkshares.
What’s going on with “Devil You Don’t”?
“Devil” has been sticking to fifth place for the moment, but a run into the top three isn’t out of the question, and I need you to make that happen! If you haven’t ordered yet, this would be an awesome time to change that!
I know from last year that crazy things can happen at the end of the competition – let’s make crazy things happen for Devil!
Special thank you to Michael Welch for his recommendation: The promise of this book is what Chuck Palahniuk’s Damned could’ve been if he hadn’t crawled so far up his own ***. Remarkably poised writing, well-imagined characters, and biting humor drove me to buy this book today. Go and do likewise, as Blake says.
Possible order hiccups?
Just a quick detour – if you HAVE ordered a copy of “The Devil You Don’t” and you HAVE NOT received a note from me thanking you profusely, please contact Elena at hello@inkshares.com as soon as possible.
I’ve had two instances in the last week where some wonderful people have ordered, and have gotten a confirmation, but Internet gremlins have hijacked their orders. Elena will be able to get that sorted out for you!
Don’t forget the raffle at 50!
I’ll be raffling off prizes to two lucky readers once we hit the 50 milestone, and we’re almost there. One reader will get a signed copy of my first novel, "Darkstar Rising." The other will win a $25 Amazon gift card!
THANK YOU!!!!
I would be remiss if I didn’t thank all of the great people who are supporting me this year. I know for many of you this is round two as you wait for last year’s book to work its way through production. I wouldn’t be here if not for you—thankyouthankyouthankyou!
Best,
Susan