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QUILL ACHIEVED, SPACE CREW.
We hit 250 last night, which means this book is going to be published. Let’s take a moment to breathe. This was made possible by all of you (our relentless Crew), with the last Quill order going to our honourary Quill Captain, Micah Baker.
If you want to pick up his intriguing book, which is a sinister sort of space opera, you can do that here.
So What Happens Now?
First, the good.
And the reality: 
So while we hit a major milestone, you can’t expect the ship to stop here.
If you’re a member of this Crew, I need you to make it your personal responsibility to help me boost this to 750. Tell a friend. Order a copy for your mom. You can make a huge difference.
Your Cautiously Celebratory Space Captain,
-AC
Hello there wonderful followers.
We have broke the 200 orders mark and you know what that means. We have another 50 Point Raffle!! WOOT WOOT!! Thank you all for your awesome support. You’re all the reason this campaign has climbed this far. Pat yourself on the back. Good job.
Without further a due the winner of this 50 Point Raffle is...
Paul Robinson!! Congratulations!!
Your super soft Beyond the Code blanket will be making it’s way to you shortly.
We only have 50 orders to go in 20 days. We can do this!! So please put your order in if you haven’t already. You’ll get your hands on a super cool action adventure novel, your name entered into the next 50 Point Raffle and good karma in helping someone’s dream come true.
Hop on-board the Beyond the Code train and see what people are talking about.
Kelsey Rae Barthel
Just a quick one. Work continues on the polishing of Exile, Magus as well as the continue development/growth of material beyond the book. There is some news looming on the horizon, but nothing to announce yet though I will be giving a bit more detailed rundown in the next newsletter which will be sent out 5/1.
There are other things beyond Exile, Magus I want to talk about though. While my focus tends to be sci-fi/fantasy I do also enjoy more mainstream fiction as well, which unfortunately isn’t currently represented as heavily on Inkshares. This made me quite happy to hear that For the Love of Fiction Syndicate has been founded with a focus on more mainstream fiction. More specifically they describe themselves as focusing on fiction, realistic fiction, chick lit, young adult, romance, memoir, and narrative non-fiction. Hopefully this interests some of you, and you’ll join them in trying to grow the presence of these genres on Inkshares.
Finally, I want to talk about "Scribbles: A Collection of Words" by Tabi Card. Its down to the final 6 days of its funding period and in need of your help to meet the Quill goal. The samples posted make it clear that this will be a wonderful collection of short stories which I want in my hands, so I’m hoping you’ll all order copies now so we can make this happen. She’s also running giveaways for art prints as detailed on the book’s page, and a promotion giving away a signed copy of her story "Five Minutes" to everyone who orders. She can tell you about it better than I can in the video on her book page which you can also check out here.
That’s all I’ve got for this week, so as always I wish you all a good day(s). Keep reading and enjoying!
Hello Champions,
Just a quick note to let you know I’m still writing! I usually write with a soundtrack playing in the background so I thought I’d share what Champions of the Third Planet sounds like to me.
First, this track from Two Steps From Hell, which was used in the Star Trek trailer a few years back. I picture a lot of the moments from the beginning of the story here, with the kids discovering the Orb. Milo says, "I found something in the woods" around the :38 mark and the Orb takes off around 1:02: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxkJvYGP2qE
This track is from one of my favorite bands, the Dandy Warhols. It seems to get used a lot in movies and trailers. It’s pretty high energy and a lot of the very original images for Champions came to me with this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuFtfhOipNQ
Whenever I’m thinking about the kids on the Dead Planet in their quieter, melancholy moments -- hanging around, missing home -- I think of this part of John William’s score from Star Wars, where Luke is looking up at the binary suns: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Gt8D8SXD_8
This track from Mad Max: Fury Road is something I’ve been using for a huge set piece late in the book that I can’t tell you about yet, but I love the furious intensity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Gt8D8SXD_8
I don’t know if any of this music makes sense to you in terms of the book, but it’s all awesome and it all speaks to me for this story, which I guess is what counts.
Back to work!
--Chris
Hello and hope you are all having a great weekend!
Friday I posted about having 98 pre-orders and later that day we hit the big 100! We are currently at 42% of our light-publishing goal and 14% of full-publishing.
I’m thrilled to be past the 100 mark and want to once again, and at the risk of sounding like a broken record, thank you all for your support and for pre-ordering!
The mugs were all drawn and the winners will be e-mailed shortly!
We’re still a long way to go from hitting all of our goals, please keep sharing, recommending and spreading the word any and every way you can. You’ve been an amazing help and let’s keep this going!
Enjoy your Sunday!
James