175 PREORDERS!!!
Congratulations to Christopher J Metzger, who by dint of his lucky order number will have his name used as the basis for a character in the book. What say Chris, maybe an alcoholic priapism-goblin or something?
Onwards and upwards, everybody!
Made my deadline. The Haida Gwaii Lesson, draft one, is now in the skilled hands of it's gifted editor Jennifer Sahn, who brought me and the book into Inkshares. Jennifer and I have produced many works together. I write them, she makes them sing. She is one of the few editors I have worked with in my fifty writing career who I ever care to set eyes on again.
It took me about a year to research and write about the five centuries that colonialism took to destroy a few thousand Indigenous cultures around the world. It should take much less time for those communities to recover what they’ve lost. Many of them are working hard on that. Canadian philosopher John Ralston Saul calls it a “comeback.”
The success of the Haida and other Canadian First Nations’ land claims have inspired aboriginal peoples throughout the Americas and beyond. Hopefully this strategic playbook will soon be in print, in many languages, and will smooth the path to sovereignty and land title for millions of people around the world.
Thank you once again for your support.
Hello, Friends!
Things are quiet in the editing front, so I’m using this time to step up my marketing game.
As of today, I can add to my resume “Fancy Website Owner.”
Check it out. It has the story of my life, a moody picture that says “I’m a tortured soul but I still use filters,” and a color scheme that I hope says “this guy is legit.”
While you are there, sign up for the newsletter. I will be sharing updates on the second book, upcoming events and other fun projects I’m currently working on.
As always, if you still have not pre-ordered your copy of The Catcher’s Trap, go ahead and do it; the first edition will be worth millions in the future! (Probably not, but you never know)
Have a fantastic day!
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Dear readers,
I was a guest on the WriteBrain podcast! Episode 12 of JF Dubeau and Paul Inman's popular podcast aired yesterday and for the first time they had a guest. I was honored to be their first.
Come and listen here on JF's site, where we talk about writing, publishing, some of the fun we all have as authors on Inkshares, and even ... murder confessions!
And while you're there, be sure to check out JF's work. You can pre-order The Life Engineered on Amazon right now. (Here's a link for that: http://www.amazon.com/The-Life-Engineered-J-F-Dubeau)
JF is also still funding his book, A God in the Shed, so if you're into a story about an ancient trans-dimensional god in your backyard shed, check it out and please show your support!
Weekly update.
Did another talk-radio interview at a South Dakota station (KORN/KQRN) on Thursday.
But the biggest news of the week was my return visit to the Barnes & Noble in Salem, NH.
A week before Christmas I did a book signing event at this store and the managers told me that it was the most successful author appearance there for all of 2015. At that time my book was set up on a table at the front of the store - so a few days ago I went back to see where Journey had been placed on the shelves for the longer term.
As we all know, the vast majority of books are displayed so that you can only see the spine of the book, so the chances that any individual book will stand out from the rest is minimized.
You can imagine how psyched I was to see that Journey was one of the few to recieve the highly coveted "face-out" status!
That alone is pretty exciting, but in addition to that, by pure coincidence my book just happens to be displayed next to the current best-selling title in the sci-fi / fantasy section!
This happened because books in each genre are shelved in alphabetical order by author last name. So the decision to give my friend Mykl Walsh the cover credit led to an unexpected major benefit. Volume I of my serialized novel, SecretAgentMan is "hidden" inside the short story Journey and there is no mention on the cover that my work is what most of this book actually contains.
If you are ready to review Journey, here are the important links -
http://www.secretagentman.org/PR.pdf (read this document after you have read the book and Before you review it)
http://www.amazon.com/Journey-SecretAgentMan-Mykl-Walsh/dp/1941758479
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25915392-journey
If you've figured out how cool and ridiculously complex this story is yet, feel free to share it here on Inkshares and on your social media feeds!
On Twitter I'm @RFSaunders
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Have a great weekend everyone!
Kind regards,
Rich Saunders
Chapter 1
The sunlight erupted from the day-star Yinna, striking down from behind a passing cloud, and the fox-man pulled his dark hood further down his muzzle. Maxan had been leaning against this wall for nearly an hour, watching the activity in the square, waiting for his mark to show himself among the crowds that gathered. He scanned the endless lines of potentially afflicted Leorans shuffling their feet toward their daily food ration. He reached in his pocket for the apple . . .