We did it!

Thank you all so very, very much! You have helped to turn a dream of 15+ years into a reality...! By helping Ripe For Execution receive 141 pre-orders, you put it in 3rd place (and, apparently, 4th as well...!) – and Inkshares have already sent me an email to confirm it will now be published...!

What happens now? The publishers would like a few more presentation bits ’n’ pieces, and then I finish editing the remaining parts of the book ready for publication (editing kinda got sidetracked by the whole campaigning for pre-orders thing...). I believe they’ll also be finding a much better book cover than the one I hastily designed one evening in October for this contest, so the hopefully book will stand out on shop shelves even more!

But in amongst all of this, I shall be contacting each of you individually over the coming days to offer a personal thank you, and find out the town/city you’d like me to visit so I can meet you in a nearby bookshop and buy you a beverage of gratitude. It’s still sinking in at the moment, as often happens when you’ve waited for such a day for so long... Thank you many, many times over! You’ve made my decade!

Before I leave you, I’d just like to add that there were some fantastic books in this competition, some of which I pre-ordered myself, which I’m rather sad not to see in 1st or 2nd place – particularly Christopher Huang’s Cat’s Paw, Fiza Hasan’s In Warm Blood, and Fearce & Welch’s Ruining Boise. But they could still become published works if they receive 600–700 more pre-orders over the next month – so if you supported this book as a lover of crime/thriller fiction (like me!), please consider supporting them also. Just click the titles above to visit their pages.

Speak to you again soon! And, again... thank you!

Ciao for niao...

To everyone who’s pre-ordered,

(Yep, this is an automated message I’m afraid – I’d love to send out personal ones, but I need to spend every minute of today trying to gather those last few orders...!)

Thanks again, ever so very much, for supporting Ripe For Execution. You’re part of the reason I’m only 145 points away from publishing my first adult crime novel – and, though it’s now the last day of the competition, this is still possible!

So I can share with you how the story plays out, please do send a personal message to just 2 other people to encourage them to pre-order too. You can let them know how quick and simple the process is, and assure them they’ll get their $10/£8 back if the book doesn’t win.

If those 2 people pre-order today, that should be enough to bag the prize! Here’s the link for easy copy ’n’ pastin’: www.bit.ly/ripeforexecution

I really can’t thank you enough for your support with this – this book has been a labour of love for the last 15+ years! So I very much look forward to sharing the whole book with you soon... $;-)

Speak again soon! Ciao for niao,

Chip

The Horror Contest is down to a matter of hours now! I wanna express my deepest gratitude to you all for ordering, liking, following, reading, and putting up with these stupid messages. Congratulations to every contestant, its been a tough race, we should all be proud for getting out there and going after it. (That goes for the Mystery contestants as well). If you have time left on your pre-order campaigns, then the fight ain’t over ’til its over.

I wanna send a shout-out to the following authors for their feedback, advice, and in general being super cool:

Shane Lindemoen, Mia Carter, Christopher Huang, Celso Hurtado, Patrick R Delaney, Nick Nafpliotus, Tereyn Acevedo, Z.Z Traver, Chip Colquhoun, Tahani Nelson, Leo Valiquette, Michael James Welch, Paul Brad Logan, Dean Fearce, and if I forgot anybody right now, know that you’re awesome.

Thanks to my friends and family who ordered and have been putting up with me hocking Ereshk non-stop for the last couple months. Know that I still got a month to go. Bear with me guys.

And my warmest thanks goes double for Celia, Jena, Chelsea, Jaida, Tereyn, and Josh who is the owner of an exceptional mustache. You’re the best.

Thanks again everyone, good luck!

This is it, folks! We’re nearly there!

Soon the contest will be all over – but there is still time for us to hit the 250 target, and it could be very simple if each of you encourages just one more person to place a pre-order today.

Nothing beats a personal recommendation, so please – directly message a few folks you reckon would support a breakout author’s dream, and/or be interested in an explosive mystery-suspense-thriller.

Believe me, I’m doing the same – aside from important business meetings and the occasional meal, I’m pretty much doing nothing else for the rest of today and tomorrow. But I can’t do this alone – I very much need your help. And you can bet I’ll be hugely grateful to you for it – I’ll never forget the debt I owe you, and I’ll make sure it gets acknowledged in at least one form...!

Thank you again for your support to this point, and for all the support you can offer in these last coupl’a days.

Ciao for niao,

Chip

IN THIS UPDATE:
The terrorist has made his first contact! | Halfway through final week... halfway to target?

Finally, you can read the terrorist’s opening gambit in the final few chapters of Part 9, now available freely online! In these chapters,

Chloe gives Ronan a special cocktail...
7-year-old Lois seems to be alone in the house after dark, though she doesn’t know why...
And Theo gets an unexpected phone call...

Click here to start reading them now!

These will be the last free samples posted online. To find out what happens next, the book must reach 250 pre-orders by the end of Friday.

We’re halfway through the final week now, and just over a third of the way to the target. Can you help us get at least halfway to the target before the end of today? It’s entirely doable – even if each of you find just one other person to place a pre-order today, we’ll be on track!

Please help us get there! And I’ll look forward to sharing more of Ripe For Execution with you soon...