24 days to go! Hope you all are enjoying your ebook of Rise. I’m told next week the physical copies arrive at Inkshares HQ and then they will begin shipping them out to you. So exciting!
To have some fun with all of you reading Rise, I’m going to ask for pictures! Usually authors ask for pictures of their book in the wild (which I will not turn down if you see it). I also am interested in you the reader, though. So, here’s the idea. Send me a picture of you reading the book, either physical or on an e-reader device, in an unusual circumstance or place. I’m going to save all of these and then pick one person to win an as yet undetermined prize. I’m thinking maybe an early draft of Fall to read. We’ll see.
As for the book release party at Dragoncon, it’s going to be Thursday night 1 Sept, location TBD, before Con begins so you don’t have to buy a badge to get in if we have it at one of the hotels (a possibility still in the works). This is just a hangout kind of thing where you can come say hi if you’re able to come that evening, get your copy autographed, and just chit chat about the book or whatever you want to talk about. I may have some hints to share about the sequel, Fall.
Happy weekend, everyone! We’re still doing well in the contest, but need a surge to keep consistent pace and challenge that lead pack. Remember, once we reach 60 backers, I’ll hold a raffle to give away a special limited edition signed artwork. Please help me complete my dream of becoming a writer/illustrator. Either that, or it’s probably off to Arkham Asylum for me. (By the way, my wife urged that I also apologize for misspelling Gryffindor in my last post. Shame on me, and 100 points to Slytherin.)
Meird, Like Weird
Now, just what kind of fantasy is this story? Regarding the world itself, it’s very much a mix of Narnia, Coraline, and Alice in Wonderland. Like those stories, most of the narrative takes place in a fantasy setting once our heroes journey to the dream realm. Without giving too much away, the strange land is known as Meird, the quirky, distorted home of all dreams. 
Once in Meird, our heroes notice some strange absurdities. Like, why is there an ocean in the sky? Or, why does the weather seem like it’s alive? And is that flaming sword hilt significant, or just a party trick? Or is the writer just a hard-core Holy Grail fan?
Back me and find out!
Stay well,
Hello lovely readers! I hope you’re having a relaxing weekend, or at least a productive one :)
I want to thank you all for pre-ordering, following, recommending and reviewing The War of Wind and Moon, Season One - your support means the world! A special thank you to Mike Mongo, author of The Astronaut Instruction Manual, for his boundless enthusiasm, advice and support as I try to work out how to be on the funding side of crowd funding (and for tweets like this one which left me speechless!)
If you followed Wind and Moon before four or five days ago, I’d like to invite you to re-visit the project page to read the slightly re-jigged logline and blurb, thanks to several comments and private messages I received. While all the comments were very supportive of the concept of turning abused children into superheroes, I realized that I’d presented Wind and Moon as a ‘worthy’ concept rather than as a rollicking good story - which it is! The new logline and blurb focus on my protagonist, Mia, and her story, instead. If you were intrigued enough to follow but not pre-order then perhaps this could tempt you to take that next step!
Later next week, I’ll be putting up chapter 10, in which we will see how Mia, Tak and the Kazemotos will deal with Mia’s collapse and spontaneous attainment of super-vigilance. Chapter 8 & 9 were Mia’s ‘radioactive spider-bite’ scenes - the origin story (for Season One is exactly that: a super-hero origin story) moves into the next phase, now!
Enjoy the rest of your weekend, I look forward to updating you again soon!
Wishing you courage and creativity,
Darcy.
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