Hello there wonderful followers. 

We have broke the 200 orders mark and you know what that means. We have another 50 Point Raffle!! WOOT WOOT!! Thank you all for your awesome support. You’re all the reason this campaign has climbed this far. Pat yourself on the back. Good job. 

Without further a due the winner of this 50 Point Raffle is...

  Paul Robinson!! Congratulations!! 

Your super soft Beyond the Code blanket will be making it’s way to you shortly. 

We only have 50 orders to go in 20 days. We can do this!! So please put your order in if you haven’t already. You’ll get your hands on a super cool action adventure novel, your name entered into the next 50 Point Raffle and good karma in helping someone’s dream come true.  

Hop on-board the Beyond the Code train and see what people are talking about. 

Kelsey Rae Barthel

QUILL ACHIEVED, SPACE CREW. 

We hit 250 last night, which means this book is going to be published. Let’s take a moment to breathe. This was made possible by all of you (our relentless Crew), with the last Quill order going to our honourary Quill Captain, Micah Baker. 

If you want to pick up his intriguing book, which is a sinister sort of space opera, you can do that here.

So What Happens Now?

First, the good. 

• Once the campaign ends I’ll be working with the crew at Inkshares to talk deadlines and a publishing schedule. This is happening!
  
  
• I can now officially pledge funds to BuildOn, the literacy charity I’ve partnered with. They’ll be getting 25% of my profits. 
  
  
• Your prizes are guaranteed. All the prizes that don’t rely on numbers of pre-orders will be happening. 
  
  

And the reality: 

•  This is where we are right now. Yes, The Traveller’s Cup is getting published, but it’s not fully funded
  
  
• Fully-funded means that Inkshares will take care of a lot of the publishing "dirty work". Editing, marketing, distribution, etc. 

• Since they’ll take on those services it frees me up to give more time to producing a solid book, and leaves me with more funds to give to prizes, and to increase my BuildOn donation from 25% to 50. 

So while we hit a major milestone, you can’t expect the ship to stop here. 

If you’re a member of this Crew, I need you to make it your personal responsibility to help me boost this to 750. Tell a friend. Order a copy for your mom. You can make a huge difference. 

Your Cautiously Celebratory Space Captain,
-AC

Happy Travellin’ Tuesday, Space Crew,

Coming off our Quill celebration high, it’s time to get back in business. 

Today I Published a Blog Piece on The Traveller’s Cup and Social Justice.
The gist of it is that while "star dragons" and "celestial wizards" sound cool and might sell books, there’s more meat to this story. Take a look if you’re interested in finding out more about the history of the Lumen and Grey right here.

And of course, also in the name of being better humans, 25% of the proceeds from the book are currently going to BuildOn. I’d like to up that to 50%, so let’s figure out how to get 496 more copies sold.  

I could give you a doodle of the day, but I could also give you some more polished art related to the book. Don’t worry, the comic is in progress and looks much cooler than this, but who doesn’t like a little SD art to brighten their mood? 

It’s currently living here on DeviantArt. 

Also I am very much interested in any fan art you guys might come up with. Please send it to me either here on Inkshares, via Twitter at @ac_baldwin, or on my Facebook page and I’ll gladly repost it.

Your Running-Out-of-Adjectives Space Captain,
-AC

Big news. My publisher for my first two books (which I cannot name as they’re written under another name) has agreed to run a month long promotion for the whole of May. 

With hundreds of Facebook Shares, numerous recommendations from my  fellow Authors and friends on Inkshares (I will be more supportive to you guys soon, just stuck in go-mode right now), and who knows how many word of mouth recommendations...WE HAVE REACHED 400 PREORDERS! 

This is a huge testament to the power of YOU, the followers of this book. We could have thrown in the towel with a week left and said "There is no way we can get 450 preorders in one week". That would have been the easy thing to do. 

This book isn’t about taking the easy route. It is easy to NOT sell everything you own on Craigslist and travel the world. It is easy to NOT to leave your "Netflix after work until bed" lifestyle. It is easy to NOT tell your comfort zone to kiss your A**. It is awfully easy NOT to jump. 

That isn’t who we are though.

I KNOW we can get to 750 if we build on this momentum! Please do not be afraid to ask people if they would consider preordering this book for $10. That is only ONE less drink this weekend in NYC, ONE less trip to Bojangles in the South (Huge sacrifice... but it is worth it I promise), ONE less herbal remedy in Denver, and ONE less coffee in San Francisco. 

Let’s pull the biggest upset in Inkshares history and sell 350 books in these last five days. All it takes is YOU convincing a few people to preorder and it will happen.

Readyyyyyyyyyyy BREAK

-KJ