Hey everyone, happy Saturday!
Today’s a big day for me, it’s the friends and family screening party for my first feature. I’m getting anxious, not so much nervous, but anxious. Really looking forward to it!
Before I get into anything on Cape’s Side Bay’s end, I wanted to give a special shout out to Tabi Card for putting together this sweet new cover for Cape’s Side! If you haven’t already please check out her work, Scribbles: A collection of words, which is funding now and Project Human. They’re both great and I think you’ll enjoy them!
And, WOW WOW you guys are the best! Over 31% to light-publication!!! This is incredible! Who knows if we will make it that far, but I’m getting exciting. The campaign is a long long road ahead and your support will continue to be needed to help reach the goal. That being said, you’re all flipping amazing!
And lastly!
MUGS!
As mentioned above and yesterday today is a friends and family screening of my first feature film: Out There. Also as mentioned yesterday we are raffling off some of the mugs (pictured in previous update) from the film!
The first will go to all of you who have already pre-ordered. Then another will be given away to the next 10 pre-orders will be entered into a raffle for 1. And then the next 15 pre-orders will be entered into a raffle for another 1.
Let’s spread the word of Cape’s Side Bay and get it to where it needs to be to become a published novel. Which in ten years you will be able to see someone read and say “hey, flip to the back. See that? That’s my name."
And the contest for tonight is over!
Thanks to everyone for your continued support.
All the best, Alastair
Good evening,
Ever wanted to appear in a book? Now’s your chance.
As of right now, the next person to pre-order 5 copies of The Battle Within will get mentioned as a character in the actual book (although the book is finished, there’s a few perks to being the author!) In other words, $100 will get you immortalized in print - just saying. Once the lucky person pre-orders, I’ll confirm the details with them (ie character name) via e-mail. One caveat - if your name unfortunately happens to be Boaty McBoatface (http://ind.pn/1T3cyTY), I’ll be exercising my editorial powers. Sorry, but not sure that would fit into a novel about PTSD.
Looking forward to seeing who wins and thanks for your support!
Alastair
For those who’ve been following this project over the past few weeks, you might remember an earlier pledge I made to donate $1 per book pre-ordered to Wounded Warriors Canada. Just wanted to clarify that for a couple of reasons I’ve since decided to give the donations to one of several funds associated with Support Our Troops, such as Soldier On.
In no way is this any sort of commentary on Wounded Warriors Canada or the work they do - they’re an incredible non-profit organization that does vital work. That said, Support Our Troops is proving to be a better fit for me and I feel it’s important to recognize that fact, while also doing my part to avoid conflicts of interest between different non-profit organizations. As difficult as it is to choose, the plus side is that it’s a good problem to have multiple stellar organizations acting to support our military members and their families.
Thanks for the support.