Dearest Allies and Confederates,

With a mere three-plus days left. Disintegration is only ten new readers from 16th place. We can make fifteen by the end of this if those if you following, but who haven't ordered, do so now.

We can go even farther if all of you who have already contributed can get one person in your life to follow suit. Please, convince your wife, your husband, boyfriend, girlfriend, best friend to get their two credits and place a pre-order.

The top-15 is well within reach. The top-10 is, too. I just need your help. Get that one other person on board.

Let's finish strong.

POST-MORTEM, DAY TWO

Managing a campaign like the one you need to succeed in something like the Inkshares/Nerdist writing contest is incredibly involved and time-consuming. If you’re going to attempt it, you should be planning what you will do several months in advance.

I learned about the contest two days after it started, and entered on an impulse. All of the organizing I was able to do was, therefore, done on the fly, on an ad hoc basis, which is the polar opposite of ideal. Had I had the luxury of time, I could have built relationships with people who might have been able to help me instead of just asking for help and hoping for the best. I could also have built a better premium structure. And had the cover of the book completed before the contest started. And so on, and so on.

One other advantage of starting at least a couple of months in advance, is that you will get a good idea of whether or not you have the support to make trying something like this worthwhile. If you’re realistic about the responses you get in the pre-planning phase, you could save yourself some embarrassment.

I don't believe I am insane, but if I am, I am certainly no more so than you, Romero Russo. 

 

The time has come for me to take the time to get rid of all the clutter.  I'm about to start taking down Chapters 3, 7, 10, and 11 so that the book will actual read the correct order.  After that I'll return to trying to pitch for a while, and then finally post up more of Chapter 2 sometime before I go to sleep tomorrow morning.

That's all I've got this time, folks.  Thanks again.

We're close to the end, and ALL the authors are begging for their followers who haven't pre-ordered and their wonderful Readers who have to invite their friends and family members (and letter carriers!) to pre-order now. Some of the authors promise premiums to induce you to pre-order their books.

We need that kind of help from our Readers and followers, too, but we don't have anything to offer you except the chance to bring a well-written, exciting young adult story that even adults will love to an audience that needs proof that they belong. Geeky kids, gay kids, disabled kids, minority kids. Aliens. Kids who need a book like ENHANCED.

The best part is that ENHANCED's heroes are everybody's heroes. They're fighting against exclusion. Of anyone. For any reason.

So are we. That's why we want you to take a look at some authors whose work we believe deserves more support than they've gotten. Even if it's at our own expense -- although we hope you will support us as well.

Tonight, please take a look at Jamie Brindle's two entries, both exceptionally well written and nothing alike. First, Presenting Complaints, an hilarious Pythonesque romp through a hospital in England's National Health Service and Story, easily the most lyrically compelling adult fairy tale you will ever read.

Thank you. Thank you very much.