Rogue time-traveler works to discover more about a developing conspiracy on her home planet while trying to keep Earth safe.
Happy Friday everyone!
Status Report: We are still rocking 7th on the Geek & Sundry Leaderboard with 104 pre-orders! We are also 105 pre-orders away from Quill! Let’s keep this momentum going! We can still make it into the Top 3 with your help. Keep sharing and keep telling people about the book.
The new promotion is still going on for the next 48 people to pre-order The Living God. They will get cover design services.
Speaking of cover designs! Recently, outside of the promotion, I worked with Allison Griner to create a cover for her fantastic book Storm Song. She was the only one in the Top 10 without a designed cover and a book as well written and captivating as Storm Song deserved something beautiful. Like me, Allison is also not already a previously published author with a following. Call those like us underdogs, if you will. I’m happy to see her maintaining her well-deserved residence in the Top 3 and I hope to see her there on November 1st.
Storm Song is the tale of Thoster Chatwyn, a storyteller who never imagined that he’d one day be a part of an adventure like the fantastical ones he wove together. But, adventures are dangerous and when Thoster gets in over his head, he learns the hardships of being a hero, braving dark magic and secrets to become the man he was always meant to be.
Perhaps it is because my father was a ship captain, but I’ve always had a fondness for the sea and ships and Storm Song stirs both that passion and my love of fantasy. Check it out right here! Let’s see if we can keep her in the Top 3!
I had most of this written up last night, but I want to make one addition to this update. I woke this morning to find that Evan Graham, author of Tantalus Depths spoke about The Living God in his reader update. I was really moved and was not expecting that at all. It was such a wonderful surprise.
Evan’s book is a fascinating science fiction read that is definitely up my alley, as well as a lot of people that I know. I highly encourage you to check it out. He is so close to fully funding his book. Right now he is only 197 orders away from 750 pre-orders and getting into book stores across the country. Please consider pre-ordering his book and helping him get to that monumental milestone. He has worked tirelessly and deserves it. Check out his book here.
That’s all the news I have, so on to the entertainment portion!
Saran D’Mor is the daughter of Yarin D’mor, King of Adrid. Her mother died when she was very young, and many speculate that she committed suicide to escape her husband. Saran was raised like a son and taught to fight and lead armies. As such, she lacks the qualities present in most noble women. Saran is passionate about deposing her father and placing someone more worthy on the throne but does not desire that position for herself. She wants to leave the title behind and spend her remaining days living quietly with the two men that she cares for, Keleir, and his brother, Rowe. Saran D’Mor is a Time Mage.
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Happy Friday, Sailors!
I hope that the week has treated you well. Since our last update, a lot has happened in the Storm Song campaign. But it’s all really exciting stuff!
First and foremost, I wanted to let you know that you can get updates about Storm Song out in the world of social media! I’ll provide links at the bottom of this update for Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. You can share news about the book’s campaign and help me get the word out by liking/commenting/sharing to your heart’s content!
Speaking of getting the word out, you should check this out: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2016/09/prweb13660958.htm
A press release came out this week to discuss the buzz surrounding Storm Song! Feel free to pass it around and share with any of your friends who may need a little more oomph behind your very convincing words.
Outside of the news circuit, I wanted to let everyone know that you can check out the main project page for some new information on Thoster, the land of Elysia, and the different types of magic that are explored in Storm Song. I’ve shifted some things around to give you guys more background information instead of teasing at it. I hope you enjoy it!
And last (but certainly not least!) in the news of Storm Song this week, we have a brilliant new cover design up! I’m so excited about it, and just blown away at how lucky I am to have cultivated a unique networking group by entering this contest.
The cover was designed by another Inkshares author in the top 10 of the contest! Kaytalin Platt is an amazing writer and designer with the world’s biggest heart. Like me, she’s never had her own work published, but she has helped several other authors get their own works out into the world. If there was anyone in this thing that I would love to see in the top 3 with me at the end, it would be Kaytalin. The Living God is one of my favorite pieces in this whole thing. Platt’s world is impressively developed, and the concept of her story is so intriguing. Telling the story of a character who is born with magic and has it stripped away as punishment (and all of the consequences that brings her) had me drawn in from the very beginning. I highly encourage you guys to go check out the sample chapters and video up on the project’s page and consider pre ordering.
SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS
As always, I appreciate everything that you guys have done to help me make this dream a reality. We’re still hanging out in the top 3! I’d love to see us more solidly in 2nd place or even to catch up to take 1st again! This update is a little longer than the usual, but there was just so much to talk about! Thanks for reading. Thanks for supporting me. Thanks for sharing this and grabbing the attention of other people in your life that may want to jump in and help me out. You’re all amazing.
- Allison
My third recommendation for the week draws once more from the wellspring that is Geek and Sundry’s fantasy competition.
"Fantasy" being as broad a genre as it is, this contest has brought in more prospective authors than any other Inkshares contest to date, and, predictably, many of the entrants are lackluster. Fantasy is one of those genres where many people are prone to the pitfall of thinking their stories are more original or interesting than they really are, resulting in a wash of samey, uninspired Tolkein/Lewis/Martin clones. In spite of this, however, there are some stories that manage to truly stand out in the crowd for their brilliant premises, artful world-building, and complex characterization. The Living God is a paragon example of these crucial features.
Kaytalin Platt has crafted a brilliantly multifaceted fantasy in The Living God. This is a story that effortlessly blends the best of high fantasy, urban fantasy, and dystopian science fiction into a seamlessly cohesive whole. Three worlds: one a medieval fantasy setting, one a modern Earth setting, and one an Orwellian future setting. Each world is locked away from the others, traverseable only by mages.
One mage, Saran, is tasked with two overwhelming responsibilities: to supplant her father, the mad king of the realm, and to prevent the love of her life from being consumed from within by a primordial abomination from the dawn of the universe. Also, her magic has been stripped from her.
So much speaks to me in this book, and I simply cannot wait to see more. Please give this story a look!
