Hey folks, Matt here.

So, we just launched our campaign for THE KNIGHT PROPER, and while we’re unfortunately out of Starbucks cards to raffle off, we wanted to throw an extra bonus out there for any fellow Inksharians who pre-order our book. Noticing that a lot of you out there also write screenplays or you’re thinking about writing screenplays, our offer is this…

For this week only, anyone who pre-orders our book will also get notes on their logline, their outline/treatment or the first ten pages of their script – you can also gift this for any of your screenwriting friends if you’d prefer that instead. Now, I’m just one more lousy voice/subjective opinion out there in the wilderness, but I have a produced credit under my belt and I teach the stuff, so hopefully it’s helpful in some small degree.

Just pre-order, then send the first ten pages of your (or your friend's) script (or the logline or treatment) to theknightproper@gmail.com - I should be able to get them back to you within a week, if not sooner. If you have any questions, feel free to email us there as well. Thanks again for all your support and happy holidays! 

I just want to say a big thank you for the pre-orders, and also for the first two reviews. 
I really appreciate the constructive honesty and will take another look at the first couple of pages myself to see if I can speed the pace up a tad.
Definitely will be going over punctuation, spelling and such like, chapter by chapter, and will welcome any corrections spotted while reading. 

Hello hello!

https://vimeo.com/101425922 Just 13 days to fund. The Investigations of the Para-Usual promises to make the ideal Xmas stocking filler. Just 370 days to Xmas (2016). Thank you

Fellow Inksharians, we are throwing our hat into the ring! 

Our deepest appreciation for all of your support and friendship thus far, we now hope you'll consider pre-ordering our book, The Knight Proper. You can catch our promo video on our page or here - also, we'll have a special announcement tomorrow evening for all of the writer-screenwriter hybrids out there, steel thyselves! 

This past week was absolutely packed with things both related and unrelated to Inkshares.

Most of it was unrelated, which slowed work on the novel, but was mostly family-related and took top priority. Thankfully, I was able to pump out some reviews for the Review-a-Thon yesterday, but not nearly as many as I wanted.

A huge thanks to Jamison Stone, Yicheng Liu, Jeyna Grace, Joshua Griffith, Thea Tiffany Alger and Kelly Graniel, Stephen Carignan, Steve Soldwedel, and Jason Pomerance for posting reviews of my novel. All of your lovely words made this writer extremely happy!

As I said on the Facebook Review-a-Thon page, I promise to return the favor by writing reviews for all of your novels, but it takes awhile to read all of your wonderful projects, so please be patient with me. I want to give you the most honest and informed review possible. I already bounced back a couple reviews today, so hopefully that will help out your projects a little.

I'd also like to thank Cara Weston for putting the event together. The whole event generated nothing but positive results, and not only did I walk away from it with a page full of reviews, but I also won a copy of Scrivener software to help me organize my writing better! The event also exposed me to other projects that I'm glad I was able to discover through this experience. There's a lot of amazing stuff out there!

In regards to the novel, I am so happy to have bypassed the 30 pre-order mark! Boom! Thank you so much to all my supporters! You are the fuel to my wordsmithing fire.

I do have many words committed to Chapter 4 already as I've been combing through it again with new ideas. I'm constantly being inspired to explore new routes to the same story as I revisit old drafts of these chapters, and finding new ways to approach the universe I've built in my head. It is gratifying for me to deliver improved material to you and get good feedback in return. For Chapter 4 in particular, I decided to take it down a darker path than originally written. You will see when I post it.

Anyhow, I will update all of you with more as it comes along.

Have a good night, and happy dreaming!

Sunday, which means more of my recommended books to order(after you've ordered my own of course). Going for 5 again tonight, with a reposting of my reviews for the 4 I reviewed during yesterday's Review-a-thon. 

"Cancel the Ark" by Nicholas James West: Opening with a wonderful imagining of prehistory, Nicholas' writing immediately hooks you. From this opening scene we are taken to a future with which the past we have just witnessed is about to catch up in a most perilous manner. With well written characters and an excellent pace, this story never lets the hook release so that you remain eager to see what happens next. 

 "Storm of Fury" by Andrew Wood: A wonderfully immersive example of what epic fantasy should be. Whether describing the fury of a divinely created storm, the horrible nature of monsters and titans, or the love of pastries shared by a father and son who are soldiers by trade, Andrew does so in a fast paced yet highly detailed manner. It will leave you wanting to know more about what are both highly developed characters and a highly detailed world. I can't wait to read the entire book.

"Seven Shards: The Colors of Wine" by C. Brennecke: I can't help but be fascinated by the world presented here. The societal structure and seven cultures seem to have a depth that is only just scratched in the excerpts presented here, a fact which leaves me hungry for more. Add that to this book's diverse cast of well developed characters as well as its excellent narration, and this becomes a must read for me.

"Daughter of the Mara" by Alex Bittner: What if you were freed from a life of instutionalization only to discover that you where what many would consider to be a monster? This is the question which rolls around in my head when I read the excerpts for this book. Beyond that, I'm always excited to see little known demons/dark gods being used in new and interesting ways, which Alex does well with wonderfully horrific descriptions of the nightmares such a thing entails. I can't wait to get even more of a look into the mind of Jay, and find out just where her fate is taking her.

"Captain" by Artie Sievers: Immersion at its finest. To me the hardest of the 5 senses to make a reader experience is smell, but Artie shows with his opening that he is capable of even that. I now feel that I have actually walked amid the bustle and stench that was a port in Hook's time. Add to that his superb characterization and you have another addition to my own must read list.

Unless my count is off you have until 1/10 to order Cancel the Ark, 1/16 for Storm of Fury, 1/23 for Seven Shards: The Colors of Wine, 1/30 for Daughter of the Mara, and 2/3 for Captain. Don't wait until the last minute for any project you're interested in though.

Thanks for your time, and hopefully I can figure out what I plan to post on my blog by Tuesday.  Enjoy your week, only one more update before we're officially at holiday time.

Hey friends!

Did everyone have a great Saturday? I did! I was running back and forth between participating in the Inkshares Review-A-Thon, running errands, and deep cleaning the apartment for an ugly sweater Christmas party!

Needless to say, it was a busy day. But a fun one! And unfortunately, I didn't get to leave nearly as many reviews for my fellow authors as I wanted to, so I will most definitely be making up for that this week.

I DID however join in for JF Dubeau & Paul Inman's livestream broadcast. Many thanks to them, the other participating authors, and a massive thanks to A.C. Weston as well, the overworked mastermind behind this amazing event. You can watch the full video HERE. The Dax Harrison live-reading antics begin around 51:00, but I encourage you to watch the full stream if you have a chance. There are some great interviews with multiple authors and Inkshares co-founder Adam Gomolin!

I have yet to watch the replay of the live-reading myself, but apparently we must have done something right! Dax scored 12 more orders yesterday, and 4 today! I also took the opportunity last night to bug a few folks at the Christmas party. *mwah ha ha ha!*

Let's take a look at the countdown: 6 days left, 22 orders to go!

Oh, we've got this. We've SO got this! There's some more good stuff brewing at Camp Dax for this final week. Stay tuned!

-Tony

P.S.: I know I'm a bit behind on the latest mug giveaways. After this final push, I will get caught up, probably in one big grand finale video. See ya soon! :)