Brought together by the London fire, Tori and Taylor work their way to understand each other in their forced marriage.
B. Swainson
Forever in Flight
Chapter One
“I need your help,” Julia said quietly into the phone. It was important that no one from the staff hear her conversation. “I know Nathan is unhappy, and it is only a matter of time.” The silence coming from the other end of the line was deafening. “Sara, are you there?” She heard a long winded sigh before she heard a reply, “Sorry Jules, I am here.” Sara’s voic. . .
B. Swainson
Forever in Flight
Chapter One
“I need your help,” Julia said quietly into the phone. It was important that no one from the staff hear her conversation. “I know Nathan is unhappy, and it is only a matter of time.” The silence coming from the other end of the line was deafening. “Sara, are you there?” She heard a long winded sigh before she heard a reply, “Sorry Jules, I am here.” Sara’s voic. . .
I REMEMBER IT ALL WITH CLARITY. What, when, how. But I don’t remember the room number. It’s funny, I guess, because it was, it is, the crucial bit. The only piece of information that mattered. Like the details of your credit card on the pre-printed form that you fill in to hire a car. You can give in your driver’s licence, home address, different address for invoice, name, surname, phone number. Yeah. Thing is, if you don’t provide the credit card number, you ain’t getting the ca. . .
I REMEMBER IT ALL WITH CLARITY. What, when, how. But I don’t remember the room number. It’s funny, I guess, because it was, it is, the crucial bit. The only piece of information that mattered. Like the details of your credit card on the pre-printed form that you fill in to hire a car. You can give in your driver’s licence, home address, different address for invoice, name, surname, phone number. Yeah. Thing is, if you don’t provide the credit card number, you ain’t getting the ca. . .
Re: Readers - Yes, we need more readers on the site. Yes, that is the goal that Inkshares is currently focused on. But, we aren’t there yet. That is why it’s in everyone’s best interest that those of us campaigning now should focus on bringing readers in from the outside world.
Support from within the community is awesome, but no one should expect to fund their novel from that alone. We’re just not there yet. If we want to get there, we have to contribute by helping build the reader base. Sure, most of your readers aren’t gonna stick around and buy more books on the site, but a small percentage might, and when all of those small percentages combine, it starts to add up. It’s slow, but it is happening.
Re: Reader royalties - The original idea for Inkshares was that readers would get a share of the profits (hence the "shares" part of the name). However, they hit a legal roadblock and had to move away from that.
Re: Dollars vs Readers - When Inkshares first launched, they did use dollar goals. I’m not sure what their reasoning was, but I’m happy that they changed it because A) Using dollar goals allowed the site to be used and seen as more of a vanity press, and B) Using reader goals is a much better test of how well a book will do once published.
Re: Accounts that can’t be followed - Great idea! I think a lot of supporters would appreciate that. I’ve seen some "private" user accounts before, so I think it is already possible to do this, however too few people know that it’s an option.
Final Thoughts: We’re getting there, but it’s very slow going - and for good reason. Influencing an audience to buy is no easy task. This is a young company with a small staff, and it’s extremely impressive to see what they’ve accomplished so far. They’re working towards the goal that we all want to see, but it’s not a goal that can be accomplished overnight. We can contribute by bringing in new readers and building platforms that contribute to a positive reputation offsite.