Ah the penultimate day of the Sword and Laser Contest! 

Barring some sort of late surge by a dark horse candidate, it looks like the Top Three places are set. I congratulate Joseph, Mathew and Craig. It is good to see such excellent work acknowledge.

A Top Ten finish for my novel could happen with seven more preorders (at the time I am writing this). It'd be pretty awesome to poach that tenth spot as the contest comes to a close. So why not make an excellent day even better? Support Transilience and be a part of something great!

Speaking of supporting Transilience, I offer a hearty thank you to Murdstone for his Super Reader pre-order. Many a battle have we shared in the hostile world of Dungeon and Dragons Online. Many a fine ale have we brewed in the bitter cold, the biting rain and the occasional bout of sunshine. Aside: Never ever ever let someone convince you to travel to Sweden for the weather. Unless you are a polar bear. And many a scheme have we hatched in pursuit of a mutual goal to add "Purveyors of Fine Ales and Delicious Food" to our resumes. I am glad your name will be contained within the pages of my novel.

By all accounts a rather short entry for me. I guess I can be succinct when I want to be. :)

Cheers!

Kev

Happy New Year everyone! 

Many of you have already gotten your copy (or copies) or Unscalable. If you haven't, Inkshares is still in the process of shipping out the early backer copies, so it should be arriving shortly!

Although you've already got your copy, the official launch is right around the corner, on January 19th. And in preparation for that launch, it would be incredible if you could leave a review on Amazon! https://www.amazon.com/Unscalable-Charlie-Guo/dp/194175855X/

Having good reviews is a huge driver for continued sales and word of mouth, so please please take a minute to leave one once you've finished reading.

tl;dr: Happy 2016, book launch is this week, spread the word and write an Amazon review!

Cheers,
Charlie

Hello everyone,

I just had my first day of classes yesterday. My day started at 11 and went until 9:15 so I'm still a bit worn out from so much walking from class to class, and I have to do it all again tomorrow but without the last class which I am very thankful for. Despite being very tired I actually got up this morning with a new found inspiration to get my stories done, especially this one. I have written four new chapters for this story just today but I won't upload all of them right now, I'm going to leave time for you guys to read their possible reasons for wanting to rebel against the Inferno and then I'll get into why it's actually happening.

I updated the description of this story and gave a bit of information about where the book came from and why I wrote it. This story can be read on its own but it can also be read as a companion novel to my Lost Princess series. The first book in the series is also up here, it's called Ivy. This is the back story of the three-in-one character in that story and it's also important to Ivy's story as she is the long lost sibling of one of the three.

I have uploaded the first two chapters of the new version of this story. The second chapter has some French in it but it's only basic French and the things that are said are explained by Katherine as she goes through telling how her life is about to end. I will upload the third chapter later tonight to give the third reason for starting the revolution. 

Please read the chapters and let me know what you think. If you like what you read leave a review and recommend the chapters and maybe even pre-order the book. 

Thank you!

Hello all! Very excited to send another update out, we hit 300 pre-orders this weekend. As momentum going into the final 40 day stretch, this is great news. Another chapter went up today, and if you find it appealing, give a thought to ordering if you haven't, and/or share enthusiasm for the project on your socials. I would be very grateful, hitting 750 preorders is a big step that will improve the quality and reach of the project immensely.

As incentive/thanks, I will be sending updates out with "How-To" screenplay writing tips for the next several weeks. Hopefully they will be useful to aspiring writers, or experienced ones alike. Screenwriting is a unique beast, and one I've specialized in over the years, and I'm excited to share my methods and advice. If you're not a writer, maybe the tips may spark interest in other creative outlets for readers. 

I have more bonus incentives to come as well. Stay tuned for those, and again, thank you for the orders. Dracula will fight one day soon for all of us.

Pat

Dear Machiners! 

 I only have time for a very quick update today because the Sword & Laser is in full sprint to the finish mode and I feel like a politician out amongst the people shaking hands on election day. 

This is my only campaign. Almost guaranteed I will not run another crowdfunding campaign, at least one like this, which leverages my extended network to such a great extent. So failure is not an option, especially at this late stage when we have tasted so much success. 

As we know though, nothing is won until the contest is officially over. So I must implore you, if you follow this project and have not yet pre-ordered, please do so. 

At the moment, we may or may not still be in 2nd place. This amazing story has held 2nd place for the last four and a half weeks! To be quite honest, I am a little too competitive to feel very good if we slipped to third at the end. I know getting published is getting published and I will certainly do a dance and feel amazing. But for a moment, I’ll be disappointed about the way the campaign lost steam at the end and was overtaken. 

So let’s not let that happen! 

This is a 2nd place campaign, and it has felt that way for several weeks. The Animal in Man has dominated the competition and my congratulations to the fantastic Joe Asphahani! Craig Munro also has a wonderful project, and I enjoyed learning more about it last night on the Sword & Laser podcast with Tom and Veronica. If you haven't watched the interview yet, you can check it out right here:

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BT-qJERU_s 

Oh, and if you are a fellow Inkshares author following along but haven't pre-ordered, I almost invariably order back. Always happy to swap pre-orders to support my fellow authors! 

On to the finish!

Tuesday update time!  Except its Wednesday because I forgot until late last night that yesterday was Tuesday...  The hecticness has done a number on my ability to remember days apparently.

Only 9 days left to get Exile, Magus into Quill and your hands!  We have continued to make progress with daily sales in the low numbers as well as daily follower gains, but ultimately the sales are not coming in as quickly as they need to be considering the short time remaining.  I'm continuing to push hard, but if we're going to get Exile, Magus out with this campaign then I really need all of you who have followed but haven't ordered yet to please order now.  We're currently at 84 sold between 76 readers, and with 280 followers that means if the 204 of you who haven't ordered were to order then we would be at 288 preorders which is well above the Quill goal.  Help me get this book published and into your hands!