Hi Everybody,

 Just wanted to follow up my e-mail from last night by providing a quick status update on The Battle Within.

The manuscript is currently in the developmental edit stage with Girl Friday Productions, basically making sure there isn’t a gaping hole in the plot. Concurrently, a professional cover is being designed. When the developmental edit is done – around end-August – the manuscript will move into the copyediting stage, which is more of an ‘in-the-weeds’ edit for things like grammar, punctuation and spelling. This stage will last until almost the end of October, which should coincide with completion of the final cover design.

Around November-ish, the marketing plan will kick in as a long lead-up to the release date, which is tentatively set for April 2017.  November through January will see proofreading and interior designing of the book in both digital and physical formats, culminating with the book being ready for print around end-January. From there, the marketing moves into high gear until the book is actually released.

 The team at Inkshares and Girl Friday Productions have been incredible and I’m not only eager to see what they can do, I’m excited at the opportunity to work with them. Although it seems like a long process, the time is necessary so these professionals can unlock the potential of the story and make this product the best it can possibly be. I’ll keep you posted on new developments.

 Thanks for your support and patience,

 Alastair

Hello all!! 

There are a mere 4 days left in the contest and right now, I am sitting in 4th place about 13 orders away from 3rd. I know I’m sounding like a broken record here but to the 61 followers who haven’t pre-ordered yet please consider hitting the green button. As a gamer girl, I wanted to represent all the ladies out there and share a tale that would hopefully help bridge the gap between women and the gaming community. Even if I don’t win the contest, I’m going to keep on writing until I finish Are You Sure You Want to Quit? and hopefully reach Quill as well! :)

This will be my last plea for support for my project so you won’t be bothered by me for a couple days! I’ll be heading to Austin, Texas with my boyfriend in a few days (is it sad that I’m more excited about the Pokemon I’ll catch there than the actual trip?) and I can’t wait! 

Until next time dragonslayers! 

Best,

アリサちゃん

Hello!

Just a reminder:

As of now, we’re just shy of 50 pre-orders to get to this goal. 50 pre-orders in 6 days is hard, but it can be done.
I really want the opportunity to share this with you. If you haven’t placed your pre-order yet, now is a great time. If you already have, talk to a close friend or relative and ask if they’d like to pre-order a copy. Remember, this entire campaign depends on your support: I can’t do this without your help.

I’m still on a bit of a high after Mission 51 was honored with the July selection of the GREAT SCIFI for the 21st CENTURY and BEYOND SYNDICATE! Now there is an extra badge on my project page, to go along with the Inkshares "Staff Pick" badge. Wow!

But really, this is not the time for celebration. There are only 27 days left for Mission 51 to get to 250 pre-orders before it can be published. Time is running short!

Mission 51 has 167 awesome followers. Of those, 109 have pre-ordered their copy of the book, some ordering multiple copies. Thank you very much!

This update is actually a request to the 58 others who have yet to place their pre-order. If you have been waiting for some reason, the time to act is now! Please, take a moment and click the green button below to place your pre-order. And remember, I will match it dollar for dollar with a donation to the Ronald McDonald House Charities, who do an absolutely awesome job helping families with sick kids.

Thank you in advance for your kind support! And thank you for liking and sharing my endless posts, and for promoting to your friends. The Mission 51 family has grown because of you! Thank you! :-)

  Hey, readers.

  Welcome to our 10th Detective Sunday and the start of our pre-ordering campaign! It’s been about over 10 weeks since I started Inkshares, and by being here, I feel like I can accomplish my goals with the right connections and effort. So, I’d love it if you guys ordered or nudged a friend and told him/her about my book to see if they are interested. I could ramble on and on, but I’ll just say that my goal for now is reaching 250 orders. I wasn’t entirely sure about the amount of time I would need, but I decided that 90 days would do. I’ll continue to keep these updates coming and come up with new ways of perfecting the project. This project has a loooong road ahead of it, and I’ll just slowly make it better step by step. Oh, I almost forgot the mention that Chapter Four: Society (Edited Version) has been up for about some minutes, so check that out if you want to see the big changes in dialogue and information. Enjoy your evening or morning wherever you are, and remember to show support!

  Until next time, A.J.III.

Greetings Destiny-followers, 

Release the kraken! Awesome work, people! Thanks to all of you for getting behind this project. Right now Destiny Imperfect is tied for 2nd in the Inkshares/Nerdist contest and there’s less than a week left. Both the excellent In Beta and Destiny are currently at 162 pre-orders. It’d be fantastic if we could lock in 2nd place as, no doubt, In Beta has a kraken or two of its own to release. 

So where does this put us? Destiny now has over 200+ followers (thanks very much!) and many of you have already placed a pre-order. If you haven’t pre-ordered yet, it’d be great if you could take a look at chapter one of Destiny Imperfect and see if it’s something you could support. The bigger the crowd we get into the crowdfunding, the stronger Destiny will be! 

Thanks for reading and have a great day! 

Cheers, 

Peter