20 days remain to get 1000 Faces into the top 3 of the Nerdist contest

The start of a new week. So many new followers for "Enter The Phoenix" I wanted to thank you all for keeping up with my journey and helping where you can with the Nerdist contest for Sci-Fi.

I wanted to give you all an update about the story. Almost 10 years ago I wrote the rough outline on a bus after doing something really stupid. I won’t go into details but I committed a crime. It wasn’t anything serious and no one other than me was hurt (emotionally). I paid for that crime and in many ways still paying for it. I was sad and depressed so I started writing. Much like all my stories it started in an odd place and grew from there.

Originally "Enter The Phoenix" was suppose to take place entirely in space, then when it reached it’s original climax when it was a short story i went further. Then it took another turn involving magic and time travel. Before I knew it it was all over the place. After six months of reworking the story I realized they all worked with the my Villain Autolycus. After those few months I started to rework the story and had to give it a proper start.

What I have posted now is the fourth version of the novel. I do have two others that better clarify what happens. You may be wondering why I don’t post those. Well, they are not typed out so to speak. I work an a typewriter first then I rewrite on the computer. This happens a few times. Not always but still it’s my process.

My main problem is not story format or story telling process, it’s more minor structure and word usage. I like many people suffer from dyslexia I’v managed it before. While I know the difference from "Too" and "To" "There" and "Their" my brain doesn’t always write them down that way when needed. Same with structure as you can tell from my rant. I’ve had three people help me especially when it comes to my short stories. However they don’t feel they can handle a novel.

I hope some of you can look past this and see that I just need help from an editor. That is the real reason I’ve entered into the contest. I may never win, but at least it will get my story out into the world.

So as of now I have the prologue and the first two chapters. I am editing an audio recording for the third because that’s where things start to get interesting. If I do not compete it by Friday I will post the written format that day instead.

Thank you all again for your support in my journey.

Joshua L. Covarrubio

One last call to action...

First, let me thank you all one more time for everything you’ve done to support Space Tripping over the past year & a half. 

Second, for those of you not aware, Dragon Con is one of, if not the largest, Science Fiction & Fantasy conventions in the U.S. And Space Tripping has a shot at getting nominated for "Best Science Fiction" book of 2017. But the only way for that to happen is if enough internet voices cry out in synthesized unity. In plain English? I’m asking you to follow quick & easy steps below. It will take you less than 60 seconds, and would mean so much to me. Thank you so much in advance.

1. Click this link: http://awards.dragoncon.org/

2. Click the "Nominate" tab

3. Enter "Space Tripping" and "Patrick Edwards" under the Best Science Fiction Novel

4. Submit your vote

5. Become my bestest buddy forever. 

XOXO,

P

Short update, I promise...

Whoa... what a trip it’s been.

Before I get into that though, let me give you some good news. Better news than whatever I’ll be prattling on about.

So, have you pre-ordered A God in the Shed from Inkshares? You did? You’re awesome. In fact, you might have already received an email notification that your physical copy has shipped (if you ordered a physical copy that is. And you should have, because ooooh boy. Such lovely books. So, so lovely.). But let’s say you’re not into this ’waiting’ thing? What if you want to start digging into this tale of horror in a small down over this very coming weekend?

Well, you can. By the end of the day, the eBook version of A God in the Shed will be available to download from the site. .mobi and .epub will be available, as always. I sincerely hope you enjoy the book and that if you do, you’ll let me know. Review it on Amazon, on Goodreads. Send me a Tweet @jfdubeau. I want to hear from you guys. 

You’re my very favourite readers.

Which is why I put myself through Hell in order to sign all your copies of A God in the Shed. As promised, I flew myself to San Francisco on a plane leaving Montreal at 5:30AM, signed a bunch of copies as they were being packaged and shipped by the amazing Elena Stofle (with an assist from the dedicated Avalon Radys). Hung out and had dinner with Adam and then, at 11:30PM on the same day, was on a plane back to Montreal.

When I say I’d go to the ends of the Earth for my readers, I do not kid around.

Now please, enjoy the book. We’ve come this far, it’d be ashamed if you didn’t. 

JF

Such a pretty book... (note: Inkshares fed me cheese. They have won my heart once more)

Greetings, Adventurers! 

I’m here with a brief Friday update. Lots of good news today! 

First of all, here’s a link to the Q&A and reading from Wednesday this week. I was so far out of my comfort zone doing this, but it looks like it paid off--we had plateaued at 13 orders for some time, and then, within a 24 hour span from May 31 to June 1, we got 10 orders! Amazing!

We have hit an important milestone as of this morning: we’re already at 10% of our light publishing goal (250 copies). We’re at 3% of the big goal, which is also a start, and I still believe we can get to it as we have a lot of time to do so. I’m going to be spending the next couple of weeks reaching out to different outlets in an attempt to spread the word. As well, Animaritime has offered to hand out some promotional material, and Mushroom and Anchovy will have an advertisement in the convention schedule, as well. 

A little contest update, too: we’re down to 6th place, but we’re very close to getting back to 5th. The contest takes into account unique preorders--i.e., it doesn’t take into account multiple orders from the same account--and we’re only 2 unique preorders away from getting back there. I’m not stressing about it, though--the contest still has a long way to go. 

 As I said in the live vid, at 100 followers or 50 preorders (whichever comes first) I’ll post chapter 4 for your enjoyment. If you liked the silliness of chapters 1-3, you’re going to really have fun with chapter 4. 

 May your adventures be fraught with wonder and just enough peril to keep them interesting, 

 K. M. Cooper