Hello, all you delightfull readers and writers. I am happy to announce that I am only days away from publishing To Kill a King. I am not going  to set an exact day, but I hope to be up and running on amazon this coming week. I am going to be sending out an exclusive short story in the next few days as well. If you want it (It’s free), sign up on my website here. I will also be drawing three names from my subscriber’s list, and those three lucky people will get a free signed copy of my book, so sign up now,  here is a good place sign up too.

Keep writing friends!

Yahoo...finally I discovered Random.Org to solve my raffle picking strategy!  This fine site generates random numbers between 1 and 100 which enabled me to remove the stress of trying to link my Grand Prize Draw to a UK lottery...which sadly only goes up to 60!  

So, after some embarrassingly early selections of family members!!! The winner at number 16 in the last hundred orders is...drum roll...Kyle James.  Contact me through DM or email me at touchwoodpicturesltd.com with a paypal address so I can speed $100 to your in tray.  

Meanwhile, the  first chapter of BRUGES BLOOD the follow up novel to LOUISIANA BLOOD is up for comment on INKSHARES.    Also anybody that has a few credits can grab Louisiana Blood HERE at a reduced price.  Happy weekend! 

So in today’s Seventh Age update I’m going to write about some of the production stuff and projects I’m trying to assemble prior to the book launch on 11/1/2016. 

After the Editing:

• Cover Design is still underway. 
• I keep staring at my actual website and don’t have a friggin’ clue what to do with it.
• Wrote an actual acknowledgement.
• Placed my claim that all spiders need to be destroyed. 
• Anddd.. all the Grand Patrons who ordered the book using handles, character names, or odd-ball emails: I have a particular set of skills, and I will find you. Processed Meatman will be printed in the back of the book. 
• Actually... Processed Meatman is pretty damn hilarious. It stays. 

Looking for artists!

I will pay you for commissions related to the Seventh Age! Email me at CrankyBolt@gmail.com if you are interested in helping with art. My website is in vast need of an overhaul, and I’m trying to collect artwork related to the book so I can flesh some things out, make a better book trailer, and swoon over artistic ability that I have not.

The Quest to 1000:

We, and I from the bottom of my heart, I mean we; have almost reached 1000 copies. This is a huge milestone for any first time author. On Inkshares, it also has a special significance. 1000 copies before meant your book qualified for full publishing on it’s own outside of a contest. I think it’s a pretty important statement to make if we can prove that The Seventh Age could make it all the way there before publication on 11/1. 

I haven’t issued a direct call-to-action for a while and now that the book is actually coming out in a few months I think this milestone is worth it. If you know anyone who would enjoy an unrelenting, action packed urban fantasy tale: Send them here. The #1 way people buy books is by recommendations. 

Until next week!

Hey, everyone!

I hope your weekend is off to a great start! I still plan on recording a reading of one of the later chapters of the book, but time has not allotted me an opportunity as of yet. Also, I’ve decided to make it audio only, simply because the last two attempts I made at making a video yesterday were unsuccessful (comical, but unsuccessful). The chapter reading will be in lieu of an issue of the Avalon Chronicler, as I have put 200% of my writing effort into completing the first draft of the novel (lots of coffee, lots of the Pandora trip-hop station, lots of all nighters). 

Hey Everyone,

Last night I had the pleasure of talking with the EMZT Radio Podcast about the project. Then, we just geeked out for a bit about Lovecraft, music and some other things. They are great folks. I’ll be posting the link to the show once it is available.

Oh, and consider a pre-order, if you have yet to support the project.

Rob

Artist Idan Carré has created another fascinating illustration for Mission 51! It goes along with the chapter called Final Approach. I get such a kick seeing these ideas come to life so vividly. She captured so many of the story’s details! Thank you, Idan! :-)

Good evening to all...unless you’re in another time zone then good whatever time for you. 

Things are going good ever since the campaign ended with Beyond the Code on the happy side of Quill. Set aside some quality rest time after the soul strengthening climb and now I’m back to work. I thought it would be prudent to give you guys a run down of what work I’m doing towards the book you all paid good money for. 

I don’t have any real set dates yet but I can give you a summery of my plan of attack. First of all the name of the game is EDIT EDIT EDIT!! I’m going to completely dedicate every free minute I have towards going through the book and using the advise I have received from the campaign to make this book the best I can. 

Second, and this brings me to a question of opinion for all of you, the subject of beta readers. I was thinking about selecting some volunteers to  be Beta readers for Beyond the Code. You may caught a plot hole I didn’t see or have an idea on something that would be totally awesome in the book. What is your opinion on this system. Email me at Kelsey31@hotmail.com. I’d love to hear from you. 

And third, once those things are taken care of I’m going to be giving the cover art a complete make over. I have some ideas for that but nothings concrete yet so I’ll keep them to myself until I figure out which ones are actually doable. 

That’s it for now. I’ll keep all you lovely people up to date on the happenings of Beyond the Code. A reminder to all you followers who haven’t pre-ordered yet, now that Beyond the Code is officially a thing you can get a physical copy for only $14.99. Cool beans. 

Thank you all soo much for following all this time and I will see you later. 

Kelsey Rae Barthel