Princes, Princesses, Dukes, and Duchesses, 

I just wanted to say thank you for all the royal support I've gotten over the past 32 hours. It is truly an honour to have you push this title into the top 10. With such tough competition, who would expect a fantasy retelling to stand a chance? So thank you.

Currently at 8 pre-orders, I plan on uploading the latest edit of Chapter 1 at 10 pre-orders. I'm really excited to share more of this story with you. Hopefully, you'd enjoy what's in-store too.

On a side note, have any of you guessed what tale this book retells? Just in case you missed it, there's a clue in the introduction text :)

Hey Everybody, 

The beginning of the Sword & Laser: The Sequel contest has been amazing. I’m thrilled to be competing with so many excellent creative thinkers. To say I’ve been impressed by the community of authors on Inkshares is a mega understatement. Everyone has been so supportive of their fellow authors and competitors, with genuine desire that their neighbors achieve success with a rising tide lifts all boats sentiment. The beauty of the Inkshares model is that there is no reason that we can’t all win in the long run. With crowdfunding, the more traffic we bring to Inkshares, the more of us get published. Such a wonderful concept. So let’s get published! 

 OK, on to the fun… 

I’ve decided to start a raffle to promote The Last Machine in the Solar System. I am cracking open the vault of epic goodness in the spirit of the holiday season, and I hope you all enjoy the first two items that will be raffled as we reach upcoming milestones! 

First, when we reach 30 unique readers, I will raffle off a beautiful signed copy of Haunted Horror #12: The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics! There are a number of colorful stories from the early 1950s in this magazine published in August 2014. The magazine is signed by Jack Katz, the comic book artist and graphic novelist who created The First Kingdom. Jack drew “Bride of Death” (1952) in this Haunted Horror. Check out the images below. 

Then, when we reach 50 unique readers, I will raffle off my copy of Rudyard Kipling’s Mine Own People. Kipling published Mine Own People in 1891, three years before he wrote The Jungle Book. It is possible that the book is First Edition, though I’ve been unable to confirm one way or the other. I have read that books without a date on the title page are sometimes first edition and this book has no date inside (see below pics). But if you win and it turns out not to be first edition - well, all I’m saying is it’s super old and an early edition! I’d say it is in fair condition. After at least 111 years that’s not half bad. The light pencil writing by a former owner says 1904 - though it could be older than that. The book might be worth somewhere in the $25 - $50 range (that’s a rough guess). I hope that whoever wins will love this old book as a treasure and give it a prominent place on their bookshelf. 

Final details: Everybody who pre-orders The Last Machine up to the 30th reader will be entered into the raffle for Haunted Horror. If you order multiple books, you will receive one entry per ebook or paperback pre-ordered. When we get to the 50th unique reader for the Sword & Laser, I will raffle off Mine Own People - everyone who has pre-ordered back to the first person will once again be entered to win and receive one ticket per book ordered. 

Hope everyone has a great holiday season and keep on reading and writing! 

Hi folks!

Our first week on Inkshares and we just wanted to take the time to say thank you for checking us out, in addition to your kind recommendations and reviews. We also had some good news to share in that Matt made this year’s Hit List (http://www.tracking-board.com/the-2015-hit-list/) for his script MOUNTAIN MAN – one of the ideas we had as many of you out there are also screenwriters, was to float the possibility of giving script notes for our community members, in addition to the normal reviews and recommendations. Not sure how we want to go about it yet, but we’ll keep mulling it over. Until then, much appreciation for all your support and keep writing (and reading)!

Cheers, Adam and Matt  

Hello everyone,

Storm of Fury has hit the halfway point!! We've sold 126 copies of my book so far! This is phenomenal, and far more than I ever expected to get. Thank you so much; you guys rock! With a mere 124 copies left to sell, your lifelong dream of getting your hands on a copy of Storm of Fury is so close to a reality!

That being said, only 42 days remain until the campaign ends, so I really need your help! We're not out of the woods yet, which means I have a very special task for everyone. Find someone you know that hasn't purchased the book -be it an uncle, random guy off the street or your twice-removed cousin- and get them to buy a copy! Get them to sign in and leave a brief review, which will award them $10 in credits and they get Storm of Fury for free! We have 129 readers, and I know that everyone has an uncle, so start nagging them. If everyone of my 129 readers gets one person to buy a copy -just one person!- we will be OVER our goal, and Storm of Fury will be guaranteed to be published!

Are you ready? Go!