J. Danielle Dorn sent an update for Devil’s Call

Hey folks,

We’re two orders away from my posting another excerpt from Devil’s Call, and I wanted to take a moment to thank the 19 readers who have been driving the novella’s sales so far. Your recommendations and reviews mean the world to me.

Special shoutout(s) to those of you who joined Inkshares just to support me, and to the following people:

- Peter Ryan, author of Sync City
- Janna Grace, author of The Talkers Are Talking
- Nicola Sarjeant
- Christopher Johnson

Y’all’s referrals have led to preorders, and you have a warm place both in my heart and on my dashboard.

Cheers,
Jamie

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    I’ve been thinking about how Inkshares and the Geeks & Sundry contest have showed me a whole new world and also some of the limits that I’ve encountered in the last few days.

    1. Anxiety - a big part of crowd-funding is pestering people you know until they buy your book, but personal interactions and especially ASKING PEOPLE FOR STUFF triggers my anxiety. A couple of days ago I was this close to a panic attack. And there’s not really good advice to help with that except to know that it’s normal and will pass.

    2. Language - I’m German and even though I absolutely believe in my ability to craft some good English prose, I’ve encountered a very different but related problem: none of my local social circle speak English well enough to order a book or help me market. There’s also not exactly a sizable English-speaking audience for queer science fiction.

    3. Money - I’m a pastry baker, I get minimum wage and work occasionally gruelling hours. I can’t afford to trade pre-orders with the community here. Even more problematic, I don’t own a credit card and neither do many of the friends who might want to buy a book from me. I have super talented friends but not enough money to pay  them to design a cover or some background art.

    So a couple of days ago I figured I’d absolutely hit my limit of things I could do. I despaired like a romance novel heroine at her worst. Community building is a fight against my own pathologies. Money seems an insurmountable obstacle. I can’t share this burden with my friends and family. But every day I have renewed hope.

    Do you know why? I absolutely believe in my story and my ability to tell it. No matter what happens, that’s not going to change.

    I’d love to get some more insight from all Inkshare veterans though and build some new relationships right here. 
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      J. Danielle Dorn liked an update for Beyond The Code

      Greetings you magnificent human beings, 

      Today is the last day of the campaign so I thought I’d take a minute to thank you all for carrying Beyond the Code to Quill. I’ll do my best in forging through the mostly unknown (to me) world of publishing to bring you the best book Beyond the Code can be. 

      The selling campaign of Beyond the Code was started kind of by accident before I was really prepared but I always strived to do the best I could. Thank you for your patience and support as I stumbled like a drunken four year old through the world of crowd funding. Your kindness and pulling together to help me with my dream has touched my heart in a way you couldn’t imagine. 

      We are at 257 orders so I’ll let you what. If we make it to 260 orders by the end of this campaign I will post the next chapter and I’ll do another prize draw to end things off right.

      Thank you all again for bringing me this far. I’ll keep you posted on what comes next. Brave new world. 

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        J. Danielle Dorn liked an update for The Punch Escrow

        IT’S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN!

        International Transport tried getting one last word in to stop the publication of this book, will you let them succeed? I’m doing my part: The top three book referrers this weekend will get the kickass teleporting coffee mug! Winners will be announced Tuesday. Let’s do this!

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