Chapter 11 of BLACKSTONE now live. This covers pages 130-136.
Hello, everyone. Hope you’re having a great start to the week!
The last seven days have been brilliant for Witherfist, as we reached and surpassed 25% funding. I hope that the rest of this month will see our readership continue to grow.
The book now has 138 followers. If you’re one of that number and you’re unsure about preordering, head over to the project page and have a read through the first three chapters.
Once you’ve done that, why not check out some other great projects on Inkshares:
~ Jenny
Hi everyone! Happy Fall!
Long time, no chat, huh? It’s been about a month and a half since It’s All Fun and Games went live, and I’ve got all sorts of news to share.
The first thing is that I was fortunate enough to receive some pretty cool media attention to coincide with the release. I had a nice sit-down with John Holyoke from the Bangor Daily News, and I was featured both in their online paper and on the front page of the Lifestyle section. IAFAG also was in a segment on the 207, a statewide public interest show that airs nightly in Bangor and Portland. It was fun hearing people tell me that they’d seen or read about me. Look out Kardashians, I’m coming for you.
I’ve also been out and about for a couple public appearances. I had my first public book signing at The Briar Patch in downtown Bangor. If you live locally, make sure you stop on by – it’s a wonderful store filled with books, games, and other things that the little people in your life will enjoy. And then at the end of August I was the featured presenter the Orono-Old Town Kiwanis (which, having just recently seen Calendar Girls at Penobscot Theatre Company (Season Tickets Still Available!), makes me chuckle at the role of “featured presenter”), where I talked about NANOWRIMO, Inkshares, and all the nuggets of stuff that go into making the sausage we call a novel.
I had the horrifying experience of being asked by my award winning voice actor, Cassandra Lee Morris, how to pronounce a few words and realizing that I never really thought about how those combinations of letters would actually sound. Garbaldar is a tricky one to roll off the tongue, and don’t even ask me how to pronounce Gahrauah. I actually just punted and told her to make something up. Memo to me – read all future novels aloud before sending them for publishing and make sure the names are actually pronounceable. If you’d like to read more about Cassandra, you can visit her web page here. She’s pretty impressive, that’s for sure!
Sales have remained steady, though they have tapered off somewhat. Word of mouth is a wonderful thing, so if you know anyone who might be interested in It’s All Fun and Games, have them swing by their Friendly Local bookstore or Amazon and pick up a copy. Or grab it on an e-reader, or in a week or two the ebook!
Also, if you’ve read the book, please swing by Amazon, Goodreads, and (if you have an account) Barnes And Noble and leave a review. They don’t need to be long – “I really liked it” is plenty! I’m currently sitting at 51 reviews on Amazon, but there were 578 people who preordered the book. It’ll take just a few moments of your time, and can make a huge difference. We haven’t yet broken into B&N’s retail stores (which would be instantly several thousand copies sold), but a couple hundred reviews on Amazon and Goodreads would make a pretty convincing argument.
In fact, go do it now. I’ll wait.
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See? That wasn’t so hard, was it? And now you have a warm fuzzy cause you know you did me a solid. Speaking of which, I’ve had a number of people tell me that they’ve let the book around their office or circle of friends. That’s great, and I hope your friends all enjoyed the book too. Please ask all those folks to leave me a review as well. 3 minutes of clicking and typing is a great price to pay for a novel.
So, I think that’s all the news that’s news. You may or may not have received an email from Inkshares regarding new contests. There are three right now. Of perhaps the most immediate interest to backers of It’s All Fun and Games are the Geek and Sundry Fantasy Contest and the Crypt TV Horror Contest. If you’ve got any interest in helping another author fund their novel, here are some suggestions of books written by some of the buddies I’ve met throughout my own contest process –
Phew! That was long! Thank you again for all your support, and I promise not to wait so long between mailings next time!
Good morning readers!!
I hope you all head a wonderful weekend! I took a break from the computer and campaigning just to clear my head. Sometimes you’ve got to do that. I came back feeling invigorated and excited about all of the creative projects going on in my life right now, from book covers for fellow authors to beginning the final round of edits for The Living God.
Right now The Living God stands at 173 orders, 77 away from making Quill Publishing. Not bad!! So what is the difference between the 250 Quill goal and the 750 goal? The Quill goal means that the book will get published, but not for mass distribution. In order to get mass distribution into bookstores everywhere and all the marketing services that the book would need, we would have to reach 750 pre-orders. That’s a hefty task.
As amazing as winning the Geek & Sundry contest would be, as amazing as getting 750 pre-orders would be, if we can make Quill, I’ll be ridiculously happy. Getting The Living God into the hands of people, regardless if it can reach everyone through mass distribution, is the ultimate goal. We might not be on Inkshares Ideal Rate of funding, but we are rocking this campaign! You guys are fantastic supporters and I would not have gotten this far without you. Let’s keep going!
The book cover promotion is still going! If you pre-order The Living God you can get a book cover designed for you or a friend for as little as $10. That’s a $150-$200 value. As most of you know, I’m a professional publication designer, so you’ll be getting it from someone who knows exactly what a cover needs to make it successful!
This week I’m going to highlight Madam Ophelia, the resident Healer in King Yarin’s employement. I’ve posted Chapter 5 so you could get a short introduction to her. Below you can find a her small bio.
Madam Ophelia is a Healer at the capitol in Andrian. Healers are typically female and gifted with the ability to mend wounds, but hold no other elemental magic. They also cannot heal their own injuries. Madam Ophelia, like many Healers, believes in the Grand Feminine, a woman of power who will forge a path for the domination of male leaders and usher in prosperity and peace. She believes that Saran is the Grand Feminine that they have longed for and will do anything and risk everything to see her crowned Queen. Madam Ophelia helped bring Saran into the world and watched over her after her mother passed. Every step the Healer has ever taken has been to see Saran progress towards the destiny she believes awaits the princess, whether Saran is willing to accept it or not. Her actions have always been for her self-percieved greater good. She is one of Saran’s strongest allys.
Good morning/afternoon/evening!
Chapter Ten of BLACKSTONE is now live. This covers pages 117-129.
Journey Over Destination
’Destination: journey’s end,’ - This isn’t a definition, but a synonym. One I found too coinciding not to quote.
Everybody is sending out reader updates today and I don’t want to be left out!
Eric Landreneau (author of Beneath White Clouds) reviewed Monkey Business. So check that out here if you’re interested!
And if you guys would consider following my new project Black Cloud, I would be very grateful!
And now just for funsies here are some ridiculous Monkey Business videos. The prices are wrong but who cares? There are sock puppet monkeys. Happy Sunday!
In the mood for something a little more Rockin’?
Or do you just wanna make love down by the fire?
Bye bye!