Squids In has been getting a lot of attention and recommendations this weekend. The octopus thinks I’m doing such a good job that he’s decided to leave me to it and is off to play the PS3 for the rest of the day...

Did I ever tell you great peoples how much I appreciate your support!!!!

I believe I did, but I can’t repeat it enough, or say it loud enough!!!

This ride keeps getting better and better and I could NOT have even gotten on it and moved one inch if not for my early Inkshares supporters who pre-ordered the book when it was nothing more than an idea, a hope, a dream and a promise that I didn’t know if I could keep! 

You took a chance on me with your hard earned dollars and I will forever be grateful and will NEVER let you forget it! If you joined up later on, I appreciate you folks too! 

I still need ALL of you to help keep this train moving and on track! We are a long way from the final destination and have a big Hill Climb is in front of us!

All kinds of cool stuff going on. We are on the verge of breaking the 1,000 copies sold or ordered barrier! Currently 982 books have been ordered and left the warehouse.
Let’s get that number to over 1,000 soon!

I have two appearances this month at Barnes & Noble stores! On June 18 at 12 noon EDT, I will be at the Salem, NH store and on June 26, I’ll be signing copies at the Nashua, NH location! Getting booked at Barnes & Noble stores is hard to do and it is a huge accomplishment for any author to get that level of recognition. Only a very small % of writers are granted these opportunities and I am so Grateful and humbled to be trusted with such close access to their customers. If you are in the area, stop by and say hello! Even if you already have a copy of my book.

Cool Contest Announcement! Guess my weight and win prizes! FREE to enter!

On Monday, June 6, I will start a "crash-diet." I will post a video diary every Monday on my FB Author page where I will weigh in.

Every week people can post guesses on what my weight be. The top Three closest guesses will win! If LOTS of people enter the contest, the value and number of prizes will increase!

So please participate and tell your friends and frienemies!

Here is the link to the contest: (click it or copy and paste it into your browser!

https://www.facebook.com/Richard-Saunders-141311636283611/

Hope to see you on Facebook!

p.s. still need reviews on Amazon!!!!

Greetings, loyal and steadfast patrons!

 We have wonderful tidings to share with you…   The Knight Proper, in all its meaty glory, will be available and in your hands by early August! As we get closer, we’ll give you an exact date so that you may load thy larder with enough mead to see you through those dark days until its release – but we’re talking soon, really soon!

 We have a few other exciting announcements to share, the first being that for So Cal residents, we’ll be having a book release/signing event (no mead allowed, sadly), more details coming soon and also, to prove that we REALLY know our Undead around here, here’s the newly-released trailer for Matt’s movie, Manhattan Undying! No knights sadly, a clear oversight on Matt’s part, but we hope you’ll understand.

  That’s all for now, friends, stay tuned!

Readers and followers of The Seventh Age! I bring you:

                                                    ART!

Check out how the cover is coming along. This is a higher resolution image than I’ve usually been sharing. The final artwork for this and the back cover should be done before the end of June. 

After the cover, the first character sketch has come in from my prior request looking for art commissions. The talented artist Lizzy Perez has read the Seventh Age and deemed the character Akira her favorite one. She nailed it! Stay tuned for future updates as Lizzy also has some more artwork and scenes coming in as well. 

The final part of this quick update is: I’m 38 readers / copies away from clearing the major benchmark of 1000. If you know anyone who is interested in urban fantasy, conspiracy, and street-tacos, send them over. I’ll be holding a series of 7 raffles after I hit 1000 for all readers on my dashboard. From reader #1 all the way to the final order. Everyone will be eligible. So if you want to be in: you’ve got 38 spots left. 

Prizes will range from artwork, tarot-decks, occult books, and some other Seventh-Age themed works. More info on that stuff as we get closer to 1k!

38 more! We can do this. 

Hey, happy weekend everyone!

I have an actual update for you on Rise!  I finished the proofread of the manuscript last night a little after midnight my time and sent it back to Girl Friday.  It was a good thing I had that opportunity because I noticed a continuity error that was going to figure large once you start reading Fall.  Needless, to say, I’m very glad to have caught it.  Someone I work with stated the detail I fixed seemed a very minor thing to be focused on.  But, it’s the little details like that I think that matter the most in a grand tale.  Sure, I could have left it and altered the story the rest of the way.  But I couldn’t.  Those details are going to explain a lot when you put them all together later in the series.

So, Rise is back in the production team’s hands for now.  Monday they’ll go over my responses and hopefully start making those changes right off.  Assuming I got it all right, I shouldn’t see Rise again in any form I can touch to alter it.

We’re just over three months from release.  Stay tuned for more news on how you can help make Rise’s release a fireworks show of epic proportions!

So, as I announced earlier today, I’m planning on structuring my reader updates in such a way as to deliver more interesting content in a more regular fashion. So, I’ve decided to take up a sort of content schedule going forward. Here’s what I’m thinking for now (highly subject to change)

• Mondays: Character update. In these updates, I’ll focus specifically on one of the eight characters in Tantalus Depths and tell you a bit more about him/her/it.
  

• Tuesdays: Story update. For these updates, I’ll share a bit more each week about the story itself, shedding light on some of the aspects of Tantalus Depths that don’t give too much away.
  

• Wednesdays: Recommendation update. These updates will have nothing to do with Tantalus Depths at all, but will instead focus on books being funded by other authors on inkshares that I’d like to shine a spotlight on.
  

• Thursdays: Lore update. These mini-updates will focus on elements of the world-building I’ve done for the universe of Tantalus Depths. The things I discuss in these updates may be barely glimpsed in the book itself, and may only even be mentioned, but they nonetheless play an important role in the way this universe functions. 
  

• Fridays: Vlog update. I plan to do a weekly vlog during this campaign where I’ll sit down and talk with my supporters face-to-screen about how things are going with the book, how I’m doing personally, and whatever else should strike me as relevant at the time.
  

• Saturdays and Sundays will be the days when I get the half hour or so of sleep I allow myself every week or two. Other than that, I’ll likely spend them mainly putting together the content I’ll be delivering in the coming week.
  

On top of this regular schedule, I’ll definitely be sending updates about any important news (like I will when we hit that EXTREMELY CLOSE QUILL GOAL).

Hopefully this’ll be fun and engaging for you all. Feel free to share your thoughts on the idea!