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An Unattractive Vampire has sold 1,000 copies! (Noisemakers!) (Balloon drop!) (Confetti!) (Confetti clean up.)

Thank you to everyone who has bought a copy. This wouldn't have been possible without each and every one of you. You are all excellent specimens, worthy of preservation in a zoo and/or natural history museum. (I'm not an alien.)

So, why so long between updates? Well, honestly, there hasn't been much to report. The development edit is complete and the manuscript is now in the hands of the copy editor. There have been cover variations, layout designs, and promotional copy to critique and approve, but nothing finalized. (I promise I will share that with you when I can.) That combined with various recordings Season 7 of Our Fair City (www.ourfaircity.com) and the beginning of grad school and I things have been quite busy. But hey, I'm here now (on lunch, at work) so let's talk.

It's the last 24 hours of the Nerdist Inkshares contest. Tomorrow at noon, the books with the top five reader totals will be published. Top 5 out of 330. It's insane. There are so many good books and remember, just because I book doesn't win, doesn't mean it can't be published. Several of the top books are well on their way to reaching the 1000 pre-order publishing goal. So if you'd like to help some other worthy novelists reach their dreams as you've helped me reach mine, here are some recommendations:

These Old Bones by Andrew J. Ainsworth
Hardy veteran of the Sword and Laser campaign, Andy Ainsworth is currently in the top five with his fantasy tale of a young summoner's first steps toward magical mastery. Let's keep him there. https://www.inkshares.com/projects/these-old-bones

In the mood for something space-faring and action-packing? Well look no further than these books.
She Is The End by A.C. Weston        (https://www.inkshares.com/projects/she-is-the-end)
Ghosts of War by Paul Robinson      (https://www.inkshares.com/projects/ghosts-of-war)

It's almost October and so tis the time for something spooky. Why not try these?
Single Version by Scott T. Barsotti        (https://www.inkshares.com/projects/single-version)
Hellrazor by Ken McCoy                           (https://www.inkshares.com/projects/hellrazor)

Anyway, lunch is almost done and I must be off. Thank you again for all of your support and I swear...a website is coming soon.

A wild competition appeared! It used 'Entice'. It was very effective.  

So here we are, 3 days out from the end of the Nerdist competition and Ghosts of War is 290 readers out of the Top 5. I know they're not going to appear in 3 days, so I have a long term plan to get a good way to the end goal of 1000 copies.

A competition of my very own...

If you're one of the 134 followers yet to grab a copy of Ghosts of War, hopefully this might entice you....

That's right, I'm offering up 200 big ones if we as a group can get Ghosts of War to 400 readers. The important details are in the pic above, but the most important detail is that you're all awesome and I wanted to make sure you could get something out of this too (besides my book).

So go forth, spread the word, share this to your friends, families and coworkers!

Let's get that goal.