Campers!

I bet you’re wondering, what’s going on with Sunshine is Forever? We are now done with Development Edits and Line Edits. The book is in the hands of the Copy Editor, and will be locked and loaded sometime in April. You will receive your book on August 29, 2017!

What happens between now and then? Between now and August we will be gathering endorsements, reviews, and purchase orders from bookstores. Inkshares will also finish the final design aspects of the book. Rest assured, even if the book is locked, there is still a ton of work to do. 

In the meantime, we received our first endorsement over the weekend:

"Deep, truthful, and raw, Sunshine is Forever is a book that every school library should carry. This is my favorite book so far of 2017." — Dave Barrett, author of It’s All Fun and Games, winner of the Nerdist Collection Contest

I will keep you posted with more endorsements as we get them, but the early feedback is very promising. 

Keep spreading the word and asking your friends to preorder a copy! Thank you so much for your support!

Kyle T. Cowan

It has been 4 weeks into the book project.

Bing, bing, bing!

Thank you all very very much for your support and enthusiasm! It has been a very interesting and sometimes unpredictable experience. Often, I got neither help nor interest from people whom I expected to be passionate project supporters. And in many  cases I received tremendous attention and involvement from totally unexpected people.

There was some media exposure last month:
* Article about my book and Inkshares on FinBuzz (in Russian) http://finbuzz.ru/sergej-grechishkin-vspomnil-sovetskoe-detstvo/

*  My article about loving and hating Soviet childhood on Republic.ru (In Russian) https://republic.ru/posts/80271

Also, I was approached by 3 Russian publishing houses, who would be interested in Russian translation and publication. This is early, but nice to know!

Today we already have 555 copies pre-ordered out of 750 target (so 195 still left to go). Now I believe that it can really happen !!!
 
Could you please think about your friends or connections who may be interested in pre-ordering another copy and share it with them!
 
https://www.inkshares.com/books/everything-is-normal-the-life-and-times-of-a-soviet-kid-a33d0d
 
Thank you again and have a great weekend!

Regards
Sergey

It’s weekly update time! Been grappling with the decision of whether or not to accept the Quill light-publishing contract and move on to production, or continue pushing toward the full contract. I’ve come to the conclusion that the differences between the two contracts are just too vast not to continue.

The book is steadily selling copies every day, but not at a rate that will reach 750 in just one month. So, I have extended my campaign through the end of June. I am optimistic that the book can get there. Most who take the time to read the material that is up, feel a connection to the story, and preorder the book.

So, the name of the game now is - reaching a larger audience. Keep in mind that if 750 orders are placed before the campaign end date, that production will begin. So, reaching 750 as soon as possible is the goal! If anyone has any brilliant(or not so brilliant) ideas for spreading the word, I am all ears. If you have not gone through your email list to see if there is anyone you know that would support a book such as this, it would mean the world to me if you could take a few minutes to do that.

In other news, Inigo Online Magazine ran an interview with me earlier this week. Check it out! https://inigoonline.com/2017/03/08/author-of-the-walls-are-closing-in-discusses-her-dystopian-novel/

Update on the book itself: I will be sending the manuscript off to beta readers over the next few weeks so it’s ready to submit to Inkshares the moment the goal is met. News headlines continue to shape the story-line, so I’m continuously combing through the backstory to ensure that the final work is as poignant, yet malleable, as possible. It’s a fine line.

The last couple days I’ve stepped back, intentionally blacked out the number 750 that blinks in the back of my mind, and reflected on the fact that I have sold 335 copies of my first book before it has even been published. This is an amazing feat, and I am incredibly grateful to each and every one of you for the support. THANK YOU.

Until next time,

-Jacqui

Hello!

If you are a new follower, welcome, I’m really glad to have you on-board.

A brief update this week to let you all know that last night I got the first drafts of two different covers back from Damonza.com - a few tweaks needed of course, but I’m really excited by what they’ve come up with.  Because one of them is reeeeaaallly close to what I was envisioning, I’m not going to give you a sneak peak (aaaawww) - but I should be doing the big reveal very soon.

Cheerio
Helen.

Hey Everyone!

Wanted to let everyone know that revisions and developmental edits are in full swing on Weaponized. Right now, I’m in the midst of revising the first act of the book. Hoping to be done by the end of the week. 

The final version of the story will be locked by the end of the month. While the book itself is on track to be in your hands in October.

More updates when I escape this pit of revisions. 

Cheers,

Zac