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Greetings, readers!

Today I'm excited to announce that The Crown of Secrets has started funding again! f BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE!!! If you're Christmas shopping, order by December 24th for some added bonuses! (See below for details.)

I've been continuing to work with the illustrators and will be sharing some brand new art with you in the upcoming weeks, as well as more of the stories. I've also shifted some stories around, so this book will be a large-format hardcover with about 96 full-color pages (it will not include Towers or The Mamo Fragments - more details on that soon).

So the final story list is as follows:

  1. The Crown of Secrets, illustrated by Stephen Rigall
  2. Hunting My Dress, illustrated by Kristin Richland
  3. The Last of the Giants, illustrated by Jake Cochrane
  4. The Tiger and the Rabbit, illustrated by Billie Austin
  5. Tapioca Hunt, illustrated by Jeremiah Christie
  6. Mr Banana's Strange Day, illustrated by Jeremiah Christie
  7. Little Drifters, illustrated by Jake Cochrane
  8. The Evening Day and Grey, illustrated by Kristin Richland
  9. The People of Naphoth Tsur, illustrated by Isidre Mones
  10. The Sea at Night, illustrated by Karen Davie
  11. The Robot and the Goldfish, illustrated by Xiao Ma
  12. Wooden Horse, illustrated by Natalie Slater

Right now the price is super low, so grab it while the grabbing is good. And although obviously the book won't be printed by Christmas, if you need a Christmas present, you can order The Crown of Secrets by December 24th and I'll send you a printable "Future You is getting this book!" certificate and a bonus story that you can give as a gift (or keep for yourself, of course).

As always, your thoughts and feedback are all appreciated. Be well! Keep reading and dreaming and creating!

Jeremiah

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    Good Evening Lovers of the Written Word !

    I'm super excited to check in at the end of week #1 of the Sword & Laser with our 30th pre-order. That's an impressive week, much of which we spent in second or third position. Not bad at all! I cannot thank all of you readers enough for the amazing support.

    Because we have reached our 30th unique reader, as promised, I will be raffling off the signed copy of Haunted Horror #12. I'll send an update tomorrow with the big winner - but for now, I must call it a night and briefly leave you in suspense.... I know, it's shocking. How about that for a proverbial cliffhanger?!

    OK, I'll sign-off for tonight with this: I'm already thinking about something special to raffle away when we reach our 40th reader. I expect I'll announce that tomorrow with the winner of Haunted Horror. Also, don't forget, the super early addition of Kipling's Mine Own People is up for grabs to all supporters when we reach 50.

    Now that you've finished this update, time to put your nose in a book! Until tomorrow...

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      Hey everyone!

      My eyes have long since gone cross-eyed and bloodshot over the past couple days, endlessly staring at the computer and pitching my book to every soul on the internet. So I thought I'd take a quick sanity breather and wish you all a happy middle of the week.

      DAX COUNTDOWN: 17 days, 68 orders to publishing

      I've been surprisingly fairly relaxed as the countdown to the campaign deadline has been steadily approaching. That said, I will now use my aforementioned break time to illustrate my thoughts, in the calm, collected demeanor which those who know me personally are well familiar...

      PANIC! SHEER AND UTTER PANIC!
      IN MUPPETY EXAGGERATION!
      IN "DINOSAURS ARE COMING TO EAT US" PROPORTIONS!
      And so on...
      And so on...
      Almost done...
      Little more muppety...
      A little bit Weasley...
      Just a little bit spongy...
      Last one. This one is actually more my style.

      Ok, moment over. Honestly guys, I'm not that worried. Ok, a little worried. Not THAT worried. But animated GIFs are fun.

      To my other authors here on Inkshares, I applaud you and your efforts. This has been my first crowdfunding experience, and it is a dance, a race, sometimes a slog, but also amazing and rewarding.

      So authors, readers, and assorted random followers who just happened to follow me back: let's all take a collective deep breath...


      Thanks, Sherlock. *over-dramatic-yet-refreshing sigh* All right then, back to the grind.

      And if any of you still need help finding your calm, get a trusty friend to give you the Airplane treatment...


      Or better yet, just go watch Airplane. That movie is amazing and still holds up.

      -Tony
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