Ladies and gentle men, I come to you with some good news, nay....great news. 

Ghosts of War is getting published by Inkshares. 

How can this be you ask? Well, today Jeremy Thomas (Inkshares' CEO) announced some changes to the way Inkshares will work going forward and the changes mean only good things for Ghosts of War. 

 You can read the full blog post about the changes here, and I recommend that you do: http://blog.inkshares.com/post/131749557025/inkshares-funding-goal-announcement

 But these are the most important points for right now: 

• Since it is over 250 copies sold, Ghosts of War qualifies for Inkshares' new 'light publishing' option. This is what Inkshares has to say about the new option: 

 Any project that reaches 250 pre-orders will qualify for the “light-publishing” option with a new, yet-to-be-named Inkshares collection. These books will receive a light edit, an ISBN, and limited distribution (including physical and digital on Amazon.com). Backers will receive physical copies printed through our print-on-demand service. We will reserve the right to push any of these books through our full production process, and as with all of our books, the rights will remain non-exclusive if the author wishes to publish elsewhere.   

So that's pretty awesome, but there is a small catch: After October 30th the pre-order prices are going up.

• From then, it'll be $20 for a paperback and $30 for a hardcover.
  
• There will also be a $15 International shipping fee. US shipping will remain free.

Now this bit is all in bold because it's the most important of important things. 

If you pre-order a copy of 'Ghosts of War' before October 30 (or have previously pre-ordered a copy), you will still get it for $9.99 with free shipping. 

Any copies ordered after that will cost more, so if you've been on the fence about it, please, dive in, especially those of you who are in Australia or other non-US countries. Right now is when you can get the best deal.

In closing, I want to thank every one of you who's ordered a copy so far, you got me here and it's because of you that Ghosts of War is getting published. I can't thank you all enough.

I think it's going to take a while to sink in that this is really happening, but until then...we can have a party.

Just a quick update this week.

Ghosts of War is closing in on 250 copies sold! It's at 244 currently and when it gets there that'll be 1/3 of the way to the eBook goal and 1/4 of the way to the print goal.

If you haven't picked up a copy yet, it'd be awesome if you could, and if you know anyone who might be interested, if you could show it to them it'd be really appreciated. Every copy sold pushes Ghosts closer to publication.

On the writing front, I got a couple of thousand words in this week, which is the most in a long time. It's slowly getting to the point of having a complete first draft, which is exciting after nearly a year of working on it. 

Beyond that I already have a couple of pages of notes for revisions, edits and things I want to add for the ensuing drafts that will happen in November. One other thing I'm working on is a secret thing (at this stage) but it is related to Ghosts of War and should be kinda fun.

Until next time.