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Leo Valiquette sent an update for Bane of All Things

Howdy! I hope this finds you well. 

I have entered The Crucible Tree, the sequel to Bane of All Things, into a new contest that my publisher, Inkshares, has just launched.

To help me win the contest, all you need to do is visit The Crucible Tree’s page and click Follow at https://www.inkshares.com/books/the-crucible-tree.

That’s it. Just follow. This contest is about community engagement, not pre-orders. 

What else can you do to help boost The Crucible Tree in the contest standings?

·      Post a Review or Recommend: I have posted sample chapters for your reading pleasure.

·      Share: Through Facebook, Twitter or by email to a friend.

If you already have followed The Crucible Tree, thank you very much. You are helping me to realize a dream I have been chasing since high school, to not just publish one novel, but to become a career author.

How does this contest work?

Inkshares will shortlist books for publication based on their level of community engagement. This is all about total number of Follows, Likes, Reviews and Shares.

Inkshares’ editorial board will then make final choices on which books to accept in the spring. (You can learn more about the contest and see the other entries here.)

So, why am I in this contest if Inkshares is already my publisher?

Bane of All Things is already pending publication next summer – it was entirely thanks to you that Inkshares agreed to publish it. (As noted in prior updates, we have the pandemic to thank for the delayed release.)

But … landing one deal for one book is no guarantee that your next book will be picked up, too. Book publishing is a business – publishers need to see a return on their investment. The great thing about Inkshares is that it doesn’t only look at dollars and cents – grass roots support is important, too.

This contest helps build buzz!!!

This contest gives me the opportunity to attract more attention to Bane of All Things ahead of its launch and earn The Crucible Tree some advance interest and attention, too. All of this will help Bane of All Things be a success when it hits store shelves and pave the way for the whole series to continue (it will be four books, BTW).

All you have to do to help make this happen is go and follow The Crucible Tree. And if you could get a couple of friends and family on board, too, that would be awesome.

Thank you again for all your patience and support. I truly hope you will find the same pleasurable escape in reading this story that I have found in writing it.

Cheers

Leo

 

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    Hello Fae Child supporters!

    We are all done with editing, formatting, etc, and simply waiting for December 15th to roll around to get Fae Child into your hands. I am so excited for you to read it! 

    I am also nearly done with the first draft of book two of the Fae Child Trilogy, The Furious Host. Inkshares is running a contest to end 2020, and I have entered The Furious Host into it. There are no preorders required this time, just "reader engagement" to see what stories have the most interest. Inkshares will also weigh how much they like the book in their decision making.

    Please click this link https://bit.ly/thefurioushost and follow the story. There ARE some minimal Fae Child spoilers on the page, which you may or may not want to know. While I will benefit (probably) from all the clicks on the book page, you can click around without reading any of it. I am hoping that Inkshares is already interested in my next book, and I hope you are too!
     
    As you are early supporters of my writing, and most if not all of you have preordered the book, I would like to send one of you a Kindle Paperwhite and a bundle of ebooks, or, if you’re not based in North America, just the ebooks. My preorder giveaway is here: https://forms.gle/UBFtigmqrpSbcpZ97

    PLEASE enter, I have it on good authority that your odds are very high of winning. Additionally, if you can spread the giveaway around I am always looking to drum up new readers and more preorders. The giveaway is open until publishing day, December 15th.

    I have a new Ko-Fi page, where I am writing a little winter fairy story (Adventures in Winter) set in the same world as Fae Child. You can read it here: https://ko-fi.com/jainhollie as well as pick up a copy of my short story "The Cleansing."

    My website has been updated with a new address, and some new content. I have a short story (Thick as Thieves) coming out in an anthology in December, and this blog post will fill you in on some o the details. The story follows two of the characters from Fae Child in their early years. https://janehollymeissner.com/2020/10/27/passageways/

    Thank you all for your support, and for reading all of this. Less than a month until Fae Child is in your hands!

    Thank you,
    Jane-Holly


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      Hello there my wonderful followers,

      I’m back and I’m doing something crazy...well not that crazy. Those of you who frequent this site know that Inkshares is holding another contest. The 2020 All Genre Manuscript Contest and I have decided to throw the Beyond the Code sequel into the mix. It’s called Beyond the Masquerade and I just built a page for it here on Inkshares. I’m still working with the tiny details but it has a synopsis and the two first chapters for all of you to see. Follow the link below or just follow the links on my Inkshares author profile.

      https://www.inkshares.com/books/beyond-the-masquerade#

      This contest is a little different than the previous contests on Inkshares. Victory isn’t just a pro-order factor, they will also be judging the story itself, as well as reader engagement. So give it a follow, share it around and give your feedback on the sample chapters (this is for me as well. I love hearing what you all think of my work)

      Thank you all for your continuing support. I couldn’t of gotten this far without all of you. Wish me luck!

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