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Hello Readers!

I wanted to drop in and give a quick update on Welcome to Deadland! I've had the pleasure of meeting my Production Editor from Girl Friday Productions, as well as my Developmental Editor. We're diving in headfirst, and the next few months are going to be a whirlwind of hard work and collaboration until Deadland is poked and prodded into perfect shape. Stay on the lookout for updates as we continue to progress further toward the finish line!

As some of you already know, Inkshares and Sword & Laser are currently hosting another contest, and I highly recommend The Animal in Man by Joseph Asphahani. I've placed my pre-order and I encourage my readers to check it out and do the same. 

Also:

Get ready for the inaugural Inkshares Review-a-Thon, an independent event, organized by Inkshares authors! 

 On December 19th, all authors and readers are invited to leave reviews on currently funding Inkshares books using the Inkshares “leave a review” option. 

 Throughout the day we’ll be hanging out on Twitter in the #InksharesReviews tag as we share our favorite book projects, answer author Q&As, debate the merits of astronauts with swords versus cavemen with lasers, and much, much more! 

 From 6 - 8pm ET, JF Dubeau and Paul ‘such a nerd’ Inman will be hosting a Google+ Hangout livestream filled with author interviews, review readings, and live announcements of prize winners! 

Everyone who leaves a review on December 19th by 6pm ET will be eligible to win fantastic general prizes: 

 -Sword & Laser Contest Winners Package - print copies of the six winning books from the Sword & Laser Inkshares contest! 

-Nerdist Contest Winners Package - print copies of the five winning books from the Nerdist Inkshares contest! 

-An immediate pre-order of the book of their choice for five winners! 

-$30 in Inkshares credits! 

Readers: Peruse the “currently funding” books on Inkshares and leave as many reviews as you want. You could even start up a “must-have” list of books to order in case you win a free pre-order or the $30 in credits! 

Authors: Join our review exchange to leave three reviews in exchange for two guaranteed reviews on your Inkshares project and a chance at author-exclusive prizes!

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    Tony Valdez liked an update for The Last Machine in the Solar System

    Good evening Machiners!

    I hope you are all strong in body and mind. Here is wishing you a fantastic holiday season and New Years!

    I don't want to take up too much time this evening. For many of us, tomorrow is a big day (more on that in just a moment). But here are a couple of quick hits...

    First, if you haven't seen the new video trailer for The Last Machine yet, the handiwork of fellow Inkshares author Yicheng Liu, go check it out! It's like an early New Years gift.

    Second my apologies for being a little slow on the 50th reader raffle. I blame my wonderful readers for the wave of support, which is humbling. We blew right by 50 readers and then past 60. So thank you very very much! Therefore, without further ado, I'd like to announce Paul Robinson as the winner of the raffle for the super early edition of Rudyard Kipling's Mine Own People. Go check out Paul's science fiction book Ghosts of War, a planet hopping tale of revenge and retribution!

    The new plan is to have special raffle giveaways at 75 and 100 readers! I know we can do this. You all continue to prove it to me each day. Updates to come on just what those raffles will entail...

    OK, and now for the section of this update dedicated to tomorrow's epic Review-a-Thon - Inkshares' first annual! Full details below. 

    But first, and importantly, for anybody who pre-orders tomorrow, Saturday 12/19, whether you are pre-ordering for the first time or have before, you will receive a signed copy of the book cover art. It will be signed by myself and the magnificent artist who created it, Jack Katz, author of The First Kingdom.

    Looking forward to an awesome day!

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    On December 19th, all authors and readers are invited to leave reviews on currently funding Inkshares books using the Inkshares “leave a review” option. 

    Throughout the day we’ll be hanging out on Twitter in the #InksharesReviews tag as we share our favorite book projects, answer author Q&As, debate the merits of astronauts with swords versus cavemen with lasers, and much, much more! 

    From 6 - 8pm ET, JF Dubeau and Paul ‘such a nerd’ Inman will be hosting a Google+ Hangout lifestream filled with author interviews, review readings, and live announcements of prize winners! 

    Prizes?!?! 

     Everyone who leaves a review on December 19th by 6pm ET will be eligible to win one of our fantastic general prizes: 

    • Sword & Laser Contest Winners Package - print copies of the six winning books from the Sword & Laser Inkshares contest! 
    • Nerdiest Contest Winners Package - print copies of the five winning books from the Nerdist Inkshares contest! 
    • An immediate pre-order of the book of their choice for five winners! 
    • $30 in Inkshares credits! 

    Readers: Peruse the “currently funding” books on Inkshares and leave as many reviews as you want. You could even start up a “must-have” list of books to order in case you win a free pre-order or the $30 in credits!

    Authors: Join our review exchange to leave three reviews in exchange for two guaranteed reviews on your Inkshares project and a chance at author-exclusive prizes! 

    Email Cara Weston at cara.c.weston@gmail.com with questions, or simply to learn more.

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      Tony Valdez liked an update for Wicked Boys
      Hello All. I will be making my rounds of my fellow Inkshare authors tomorrow and hopefully kicking out a few reviews when I can. In the mean time, let me tell you a little about The Garden of Oroborous and tomorrow's contest.

      If enjoy character driven narratives, I think you will find The Garden of Oroborous to your liking. A captain in a future history has the unenviable task of teaching a coalition of mankind's alien allies about the human concept of war. At the time Jennifer Rodriguez is questioning her own devotion to the human art of war and wondering if she will have a republic to come back to.

      Check it out here: https://www.inkshares.com/projects/the-garden-of-oroborous to have a look. I will be doing some rewrite of Chapter 1 (in about five minutes) as well as putting chapter 2 up tonight.

      The Contest
      The those who Pre Order over this weekend you will receive a personalized Certificate of Commendation from the Solar Republic Navy, signed by Captain Jennifer Rodriguez (the protagonist) and myself.

      For those who review.. the first five reviewers will have a dreadnought class vessel named after them and mentioned in the novel. You will also get a certificate declaring the name of this vessel and none of these will be destroyed in the novel.

      To my fellow authors: if I do not get to your book tomorrow, know that I will do so this week and write a review that will, I hope, be constructive and encourage people to support you.
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        Hello All. I will be making my rounds of my fellow Inkshare authors tomorrow and hopefully kicking out a few reviews when I can. In the mean time, let me tell you a little about The Garden of Oroborous and tomorrow's contest.

        If enjoy character driven narratives, I think you will find The Garden of Oroborous to your liking. A captain in a future history has the unenviable task of teaching a coalition of mankind's alien allies about the human concept of war. At the time Jennifer Rodriguez is questioning her own devotion to the human art of war and wondering if she will have a republic to come back to.

        Check it out here: https://www.inkshares.com/projects/the-garden-of-oroborous to have a look. I will be doing some rewrite of Chapter 1 (in about five minutes) as well as putting chapter 2 up tonight.

        The Contest
        The those who Pre Order over this weekend you will receive a personalized Certificate of Commendation from the Solar Republic Navy, signed by Captain Jennifer Rodriguez (the protagonist) and myself.

        For those who review.. the first five reviewers will have a dreadnought class vessel named after them and mentioned in the novel. You will also get a certificate declaring the name of this vessel and none of these will be destroyed in the novel.

        To my fellow authors: if I do not get to your book tomorrow, know that I will do so this week and write a review that will, I hope, be constructive and encourage people to support you.
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          Tony Valdez liked an update for Sweet Torture

          Hello everyone! Happy Friday!

          So… I know… once again a lack of updates. Sadly, I had a lot of really bad personal stuff happen all at once, so my writing sort of went to the wayside… With the holidays almost over, though, and things settling down in my personal life, hopeful I can get back to campaigning. I need to take a page from Tony Valdez's book, because he is really good at it! Go check out his book (Dax Sheppard)… He is so close to meeting his goal and his book is pretty awesome (as a personal friend of his, I have basically read the whole thing and I loved it!) 

          So anyways, if you have not heard about the review-a-thon tomorrow, here is some info about it:

          On December 19th, all authors and readers are invited to leave reviews on currently funding Inkshares books using the Inkshares "leave a review" option. 

           Throughout the day we'll be hanging out on Twitter in the #InksharesReviews tag as we share our favorite book projects, answer author Q&As, debate the merits of astronauts with swords versus cavemen with lasers, and more! 

          Then, from 3 - 5pm PST (6 - 8pm Eastern), JF Dubeau and Paul Inman of the WriteBrain Podcast will be hosting a video livestream filled with author interviews, review readings, and live announcements of prize winners! 

          Prizes?!?! Everyone who leaves a review on December 19th by 3pm PST (6pm Eastern) will be eligible to win one of our fantastic general prizes: 

          Sword & Laser Contest Winners Package - print copies of the six winning books from the Sword & Laser Inkshares contest! 

          Nerdist Contest Winners Package - print copies of the five winning books from the Nerdist Inkshares contest! An immediate pre-order of the book of their choice for five winners! $30 in Inkshares credits! 

          Readers: Peruse the "currently funding" books on Inkshares and leave as many reviews as you want on Dec 19th. You could even start up a "must-have" list of books to order in case you win a free pre-order or the $30 in credits! 

           Authors: Join our review exchange to leave three reviews in exchange for two guaranteed reviews on your Inkshares project and a chance at author-exclusive prizes! Email AC Weston at cara.c.weston@gmail.com to learn more and get on the list.


          So everyone have fun tomorrow leaving reviews up the wazoo! =D Any reviews on my book would be great and I will do my best to return the favor! I should have an hour or two of free time tomorrow morning, so I will see what I can do!

          As always, thanks everyone for all the support and patience! I love all my followers and am working on Chapter 3, so when I get 10 more followers, I will post the next chapter!

          PS. I have 48 days left! Because of everything that has been happening, I don't know if I am put enough effort to get to my publishing goal, but any little bit helps! So if you like my story so far, spread the word!

          Thanks everyone! Much love and happy holidays!!

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            Tony Valdez liked an update for Blurred Weaponry (Saints of the Void, Book 1)
             

            Hi! Apologies for updating three times in three weeks, but it's back to the forge after this one, so nothing new for a bit. I've got some massive surprises cooking up that may help me get into Quill on time, so I look forward to when I can talk about that a bit more. Let's do this thang.

            1: I bought / supported some books that I recommend over the last week!

            Byron Gillan's projects "Children of the Forest" and "The Darkest Places."

            Tony Valdez's (No relation, hehe) "Dax Harrison."

            Listen... for seriously, BUY DAX HARRISON! Tony's got eight friggin' fraggin' days left and not too many pre-orders remaining. Use cash, credits, credit, throw your first born at your monitor, whatever! (Not the last one, please goodness not the last one). Just buy this thing! He's so close I'm getting shaky on his behalf.

            2: Wow. Taking some time off from writing is weird since I literally get better every day even while obsessively thinking about it. Going back to polish the first three Inkshares-ready parts of Blurred Weaponry has been a trip. All I'm doing is adding spice, but it just feels so GOOD, y'all, to not have much to worry about story and only be adding touches of gleam. Is that a phrase? No? Okay, then, last but not least:

            3: Review-a-thon tomorrow! Control-V! Stolen joke!

            Get ready for the inaugural Inkshares Review-a-Thon, an independent event, organized by Inkshares authors!

            On December 19th (tomorrow), all authors and readers are invited to leave reviews on currently funding Inkshares books using the Inkshares “leave a review” option.

            Throughout the day we’ll be hanging out on Twitter in the #InksharesReviews tag as we share our favorite book projects, answer author Q&As, debate the merits of astronauts with swords versus cavemen with lasers, and much, much more!

            From 6 - 8pm ET, JF Dubeau and Paul ‘such a nerd’ Inman will be hosting a Google+ Hangout livestream filled with author interviews, review readings, and live announcements of prize winners!

            Prizes?!?!

            Everyone who leaves a review on December 19th by 6pm ET will be eligible to win one of our fantastic general prizes:

            • Sword & Laser Contest Winners Package - print copies of the six winning books from the Sword & Laser Inkshares contest!
            • Nerdist Contest Winners Package - print copies of the five winning books from the Nerdist Inkshares contest!
            • An immediate pre-order of the book of their choice for five winners!
            • $30 in Inkshares credits!

            Readers: Peruse the “currently funding” books on Inkshares and leave as many reviews as you want. You could even start up a “must-have” list of books to order in case you win a free pre-order or the $30 in credits!

            Authors: Join our review exchange to leave three reviews in exchange for two guaranteed reviews on your Inkshares project and a chance at author-exclusive prizes!

            Email Cara Weston at cara.c.weston@gmail.com with questions, or simply to learn more.

            It’s gonna be fun.

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              Tony Valdez sent an update for Dax Harrison

              Hi everyone and happy Friday evening! I hope yours is going swell, whether you're waiting in line for Star Wars or hanging at home in your PJs.

              DAX COUNTDOWN: 8 days remaining, 38 orders to publishing!!!

              First off, another quick thank you to everyone (as always). The support from friends, family and my fellow authors has grown even more as the deadline approaches. It's wonderful. You're all wonderful. I am a puddle of fuzzy feelings.

              ...*ahem* I mean, um, manly. Very manly feelings of appreciation. *hearty handshake*

              Now, a couple details I forgot to mention about tomorrow's Review-A-Thon event:
              -JF Dubeau & Paul Inman's livestream event can be viewed at THIS YOUTUBE LINK. Be sure to tune in at 3PM Pacific Time / 6PM Eastern!

              What's on the schedule? Live author interviews, Q & A's, AND (here's the part I forgot to mention before): A live reading from the original screenplay/first draft of DAX HARRISON!

              Yes! We are going to read through an action-and-goofs-packed scene from the book! Naturally, we have not rehearsed this in the slightest, and it is sure to be ridiculous, nonsensical, and plenty of fun. Don't miss it!

              The rest of the details for tomorrow's event (including prize giveaways) can be found at my previous update, HERE.

              And finally, I would like to take a minute and shout-out to several of my fellow Inkshares authors, who have not only graciously helped spread the word of Dax at one point or another, but also have amazing projects of their own that deserve your support! Some have already successfully begun production, and many still need your help to get there! Please consider all of these fine folks for your reviews tomorrow, and/or support their projects if you can spare the cash (or if you have some lovely Inkshares credits to use).

              This is by no means a complete list of everyone who has helped me out on this journey, nor a complete list of the amazing books currently funding on Inkshares, but I'll be sure to highlight some more folks another time. :)

              She Is the End - by A.C. Weston
              They stole Relai's crown and used it to kill Milo's family. She wakes up. He's there to kill her.
              A God in the Shed - by JF Dubeau
              So you've inadvertently trapped an ancient trans-dimensional god in your backyard shed; what do you do? That's what Venus McKenzy and her friends would like to know.
              The Life Engineered - by JF Dubeau
              Can our robot descendants avoid repeating the mistakes of humanity?
              Motor City Chronicles - Book One: Transgressions - by Paul Inman
              In the year 2030, the world struggles to find balance after nuclear war. 17 year old orphan, Cam Blackwell, holds an ancient secret that could bring balance to the Earth. But first, he has bigger problems.
              Ageless - by Paul Inman
              A woman faces the ultimate question: Is eternal life a gift or a curse?
               Good Intentions: A Supervillain Story - by Michael Crider
              Shawn tried to be a hero and ended up a bad guy instead. Is he villainous enough to stay alive?
              The Talkers are Talking - by Janna Grace
              Forget about vampires and zombies...at the end of the world, there are cannibals
               The Children of the Forest - by Byron Gillan
              A young warrior princess is mankind's only hope as she embarks on a perilous journey to save her dying world from total ecological-collapse.
               Lola the Buhund and the Empty Sky - by Elbot Carman
              A talking farm dog living in a fantasy world without natural daylight has to uncover where the sun, moon and stars went. Joined in her journey by a carpenter, a musician, and a chicken; Lola has a rough road ahead of her to unravel the truth.
              Exile, Magus - by Thomas J. Arnold
              First in a series following a dwarven magus entering a world he grew up only hearing of. As he strives to find a place amid countless dangers (and at least one too many gnomes) his naivete in life and love may bring more danger than any foe could.
              Women Like Us - by Jason Pomerance
              A down and dirty chef and her starchy ex-mother-in-law must bond when a crisis threatens a member of the family.
              The Animal in Man - by Joseph Asphahani
              An artifact of immense power puts Maxan in the middle of a secret war between mighty guilds. To overcome the resourceful and sinister masters who would use him, use everyone, as puppets, he must decide which nature defines him. Animal, or man?
              Toasted Fiction: A Collection Of Very Short Stories (That Nobody Asked For) - by Christopher Patrick
              A flash fiction collection containing tales of unemployed wizards, modern romance, fire-starting ghosts and God’s difficult second album.
              Blood Dawn - by John Robin
              In Gholheim, where art is illegal, a weaver discovers her skill is a gateway to magic, the key to restoring a god-king's fallen empire. Hope, the very light of the world, depends on her. But will she rise to power before the ambitious destroy her?
              Prophecy of the Stars - by Melissa Berg
              After finding out the truth of her past, Mahren must leave everything behind and embark on a journey through love, betrayal, and sacrifice, while her fate may already be written in the Stars, for the Prophecy states: 'She must die, so all may live'.
              Beyond the Code - by Kelsey Rae Barthel
              Join Aurora and her comrades in their struggle to topple the corrupt Hand Council and change their world as they know it
              Asteroid Made of Dragons - by G. Derek Adams
              A preposterous fantasy crisis with resolutions remarkable and losses lamentable. May contain minotaur tea parties.
              Feyside - by Peter Birdsall
              Escape the steampunk plutocracy of the Trade Baronies. Trek across the unnumbered realms of Faerie. Dare the path through the Thinning to Feyside.
              An Unattractive Vampire - by Jim McDoniel
              A darkly comic urban fantasy of ancient horrors in suburban cities.
              Blurred Weaponry (Saints of the Void, Book 1) - by Michael Valdez
              Get up, go to work, have a life, and worry about nothing. All is well. Let us take your body, use it how we like, let us kill you if we have to, but don’t think on it too much: all is well. Do not bite the hand that feeds, or we will bite back.

              Cheers!
              -Tony
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