Ebook is now 2.99.

Hello everyone,

The campaign to get Blue Water published is now officially 24 hours old, and we’re sitting at 3% of our goal in just one short day.  If we keep this pace up, we’ll be doing just fine.

Please pre-order Blue Water and help us spread the news that this book is in the funding stage for the second time.  If you pre-ordered last time, your money has already been refunded and your pre-order cancelled.  You’ll need to pre-order again if you want to get a copy.

Also, while I can send you guys these messages from here, they’re kind of one sided.  I get notifications that you like what I said, and that’s about it.  We have a Facebook page as well, where we can open up more of a dialogue, and you can tell me what it is you’d like to see from the campaign as we go forward.  Follow this link:

http://www.facebook.com/bluewaternovel

I’ll send out regular updates on Inkshares every week so I don’t fill up everyone’s mailbox, but I’ll be updating the Facebook page much more frequently.  So go there and like our page for the latest news.

As always, I thank you all for your interest in Blue Water, and I look forward to hearing what you think when you read it once we get to the finish line.

Thanks,

Joseph

Hello Everyone!

I hope everyone had a great time celebrating Independence day here in the states. Dirt Face is coming along nicely and I just got an email that it was chosen as the Write Out Loud Syndicate pick!!! 

This is exciting news and I am extremely grateful for the backing. The protagonist of Dirt Face is non-gender-specific and in my opinion a hero of life much like all of my personal friends and well all of you! 

If you haven’t yet please read and share Dirt Face. I have published 13 chapters and the end is very important. It has been a dream of mine to get this published. I thank all of you who have supported me so far. To the rest give it a read and order a copy now. 

https://www.inkshares.com/books/dirt-face

Thank you and have a beautiful week! 

My esteemed supporters, this is to inform you of the timeline along which Tears of the Assassin is undergoing the process of production. First, I want to thank each and every one of you for supporting this project.  Your generosity and faith allowed this novel to  be published and for that, I am eternally grateful. Thank you so very much.

Tears of the Assassin will be published afer completing the following steps:

Copyediting (CE): 4 weeks 

Author review: 2 weeks 

CE cleanup: 1 week 

Proofreading: 3 weeks 

Proof resolution and cleanup: 2 weeks 

Cold read: 3 weeks 

Cold read cleanup: 1 week 

Pour: 1 week 

Printing/Ebook conversion: 2 weeks

Author to sign print copies: 1 week

Distribution: 2 weeks

This tentative timeframe of 22 weeks may experience some fluctuations but the completed novel will be available in either late November or early December.  The book will be available before Christmas.  

I look forward to people  enjoying the story over the Holiday Season and your patience is very much appreciated.  Let me remind you that pre-orders are still being accepted on Inkshares and all print copies ordered before the end of October will be signed by me.  So you can get some Christmas shopping done early by purchasing a copy of Tears of the Assassin for all the readers on your Christmas list. 

Click here to order: Tears of the Assassin

Thanks again for your support and I’m so very grateful for your faith in my writing.

Sincerely,

William Schiele  

Hello everyone!!

Can you believe that there are only 11 days left in the Nerdist contest?! I definitely can’t. Well, I am currently sitting in 2nd place and so if you could tell your friends, family, whoever to pre-order a copy that would be awesome! Also, if you haven’t pre-ordered a copy but have been following my project now would be a great time to do so! For those who do pre-order a copy, you will be receiving a FREE short story (yes free!). We are 18 pre-orders away from unlocking the 6th piece of the painting as well :)

As a hardcore gamer girl, winning this contest would mean everything to me and I hope you believe in this project as much as I do. Yes yes, I’m still pursuing my microbiology PhD, but my passion for writing has always been there and I’m more determined than ever to get my first novel published. 

Anyways, Happy 4th, stay safe, enjoy the festivities, and don’t forget about your pets!! ^_^

Best,

Alisa-chan アリサちゃん

A Huge THANK YOU !!

As all of you who already checked your emails have found out - WE DID IT !

I must admit that in every scenario I ran through my head writing this email - it was always close or pretty damn close, but never have I dreamt that we would reach 750 orders, and 11 days ahead of schedule.

What next? Well, the truth of the matter is that I do not know... The book is already available to buy as a regular book on Inkshares, but it will take time for me and whoever will be chosen as my editor, to create a final marketable version. What I do know, is that I will work as hard as I can to make this novel the best & worthy of your support.

I want to thank each and every one of you who pre-ordered. But before I will quickly run through what I’ve learnt during these 4 hectic months and a day,  I wanted to specially thank people who actively helped getting me orders & supported in any way they could: First my wife Yael who not only helped but endured this thing firsthand; my Dad Yosefi, Mom Mira & Sister Michal who actively bugged everyone to a great personal cost of their own; my Aunt Ilana who is by far the top referrer; My mother-in-law Orit; James Rasile & Evan Graham who came close second as referrers; My mom’s friends who helped raise orders as well: Dieda Robins & Judith Lynn, and everyone else who pitched in - I am forever grateful. Finally all my wonderful friends from home and work, who I bugged relentlessly, and they keep answering my calls regardless - you know who you are! 

A special thanks to friends I’ve made along the way who helped with orders or just moral support: Billy O’keef, Peter Ryan, Kelsey Barthel and Rick Heinz - you guys are the best. As well as to all my supporting Goodreads buddies (Vicky, Paula, Diane & Anna Jane) who have been more than kind but actively took a chance on someone who was, until recently, a stranger.

All these people have helped with no personal gain of their own, simply because they like me or my book, and this means a lot.

Regarding the Charity - I want to keep the pledge to Norwood UK a while longer - so any book sold in the course of July, regardless of the referral, will grant 3.5$/2£ for this special cause.

Finally, before i come back with an official schedule (I am just in the dark as you are), I wish to take the time and tell you what I have learned in these educating 4 months and a day:

I learned to write better; I learned to accept criticism; I learned Social Media (is the devil); I learned video making; I learned crowdfunding; I learned that a picture is truly worth a thousand words;
I learned about the kindness of strangers;
I learned about cruelty and jealousy;
I learned that best friends are best friends (and they are always there for you);
I learned that family is family - no matter what you decide to do;
I learned the value of  helping others;
And I learned there’s nothing we can’t do - however far it may seem, if we just set our minds to it.

Oh and these babies will be going out to top referrers, so expect a personal email about it soon ;-)

More in due time...

J Dital