It still hasn’t quite sunk in yet, but as of today I am a published author.
Almost a year after I first started pestering people with buymybookbuymybookifyou’rereallymyfriendyou’llbymybook harassment, it’s finally out. If you’re reading this, you’ve already gotten your copy (I hope!), but now they’re available online at Amazon, B&N and others, and at dozens of independent bookstores all around the country.
Thank you so much.
The amount of effort that goes into publishing a book is truly awe inspiring. My editors Kiele Raymond and Michael Trudeau transformed some mediocre writing into the polished manuscript you received this past month. I’m beyond over-the-moon about the cover Elyse Lyons produced for me, and Emily Zach and the rest of the production team at Girl Friday was professional 100%.
Meanwhile, at Inkshares, my marketing manager Avalon has been working overtime getting me interviews, reviews, and my books in stores, while newly appointed CEO Adam Gomolin has been in overdrive on the derivative properties side.
And then there are the Nerdist folks, who not only sponsored the contest in the first place, making this whole thing possible, but who also treated me like a real Author when I visited them at Comic Con in San Diego.
Thank you all for your tireless work to make this project as successful as possible.
Now, some news:
Monday night I was featured on The 207, a Portland and Bangor local features show on NBC. The boys from Bull Moose were extremely kind in their promotion of my novel.
Today I woke up to a Bangor Daily News review, which was similarly positive.
I’m also looking at scheduling book signing events around the Bangor area over the next several weeks. Check out my Facebook page to stay current!
Lastly, in case you missed it, I’ve got a Comic Con recap on my blog, which you can find here.
So that’s pretty much it.
I can say thank you enough
Dave
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Dear Readers and Friends:
News & Updates:
1) Travis Lee, who wrote a very insightful review of #upMdownC on his blog, is funding his Sci-Fi novella, Kale & Jason, on Inkshares. Head on over to his project page and check it out if you’re interested. Great to see the Inkshares community expanding!
2) The Anthill, a writers’ colony in Beijing, published an excerpt from my second novel. I’m only about a quarter of the way in, but I’ve been writing non-stop now that summer break is here, and I’m very excited about where it’s headed.
3) Alec Ash, who is the founder and non-fiction editor at The Anthill, had some nice things to say about #upMdownC. He is the guy who penned that hatchet job on Shanghai Cocktales that I referenced in a previous backer update. Alec recently published his own debut - albeit non-fiction - titled Wish Lanterns: Young Lives in New China. I can’t wait to read it.
4) Jeremiah Jenne, a writer, historian and podcast host in Beijing, wrote a review of UMDC on Here! Dongguan.
5) I submitted a post to The Asian Books Blog about UMDC and the crowdfunding process.
6) UMDC will be represented by Foreword Reviews at the Beijing Book Fair next month! The hope is that the novel will garner some interest from Chinese publishers. I made a sell sheet for the exhibition (see below) if you know of any places near you where you might be able to put one up. Just let me know, and I’ll send you a copy!
7) I received a couple of other reviews, too - one that was requested, one that wasn’t! Lately, it’s begun to feel like the book is "taking off" (i.e. getting noticed organically). Hopefully, the momentum keeps up. Comments, shares, retweets and likes all really help! Thanks :)
The Face at the End of the World
The boys gathered to see the end of the world.
It was a four hour walk from Kale’s house to the blighted lands. Uncle Jon had warned him about the creatures in the forests: treespiders, serpents, riverdemons. But Kale was now fourteen, a man, and he was not going let child’s tales stop him.
Uncle Jon and Kale’s father had traveled from one end of the world to the other, across all eleven realms over which eleven great wizards held d. . .
News & Updates:
1) Travis Lee, who wrote a very insightful review of #upMdownC on his blog, is funding his Sci-Fi novella, Kale & Jason, on Inkshares. Head on over to his project page and check it out if you’re interested. Great to see the Inkshares community expanding!
2) The Anthill, a writers’ colony in Beijing, published an excerpt from my second novel. I’m only about a quarter of the way in, but I’ve been writing non-stop now that summer break is here, and I’m very excited about where it’s headed.
3) Alec Ash, who is the founder and non-fiction editor at The Anthill, had some nice things to say about #upMdownC. He is the guy who penned that hatchet job on Shanghai Cocktales that I referenced in a previous backer update. Alec recently published his own debut - albeit non-fiction - titled Wish Lanterns: Young Lives in New China. I can’t wait to read it.
4) Jeremiah Jenne, a writer, historian and podcast host in Beijing, wrote a review of UMDC on Here! Dongguan.
5) I submitted a post to The Asian Books Blog about UMDC and the crowdfunding process.
6) UMDC will be represented by Foreword Reviews at the Beijing Book Fair next month! The hope is that the novel will garner some interest from Chinese publishers. I made a sell sheet for the exhibition (see below) if you know of any places near you where you might be able to put one up. Just let me know, and I’ll send you a copy!
7) I received a couple of other reviews, too - one that was requested, one that wasn’t! Lately, it’s begun to feel like the book is "taking off" (i.e. getting noticed organically). Hopefully, the momentum keeps up. Comments, shares, retweets and likes all really help! Thanks :)
