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Orders, Faoii! Listen up!

Another warrior joined our army, today! Faoii-Claire is the 2nd new sword to join our ranks since the contest’s end, and I am honored to introduce her to the fight. 

I am concerned at our stagnation, though, faoii. We charged into the Geek and Sundry Fantasy Contest with our battle cries piercing the air and our fantoii blazing with glory and determination. We didn’t make it to the top 3 in that contest, but we did not roll over silently and let it slip us by, either. We clawed our way to the leaderboards and  during those few months people knew us. They knew our army, our weapons, and our heart. They rode that crimson tide of battle and watched us storm the contest’s hill. We took a spot in the leaderboards after starting nearly a month late. We proved to everyone that we are warriors. That we do not fade quietly into the background. That we are willing to fight for this.

Now, people are beginning to forget us. The word faoii does not mean Warrior to those who hear it-- it’s only a jumbled mixture of too many vowels. We must remind them who we are. Re-ignite the flame that will have every vanilla human wondering what a faoii is, what we can do, and how they can be part of our army. The contest is lost, yes, but the war is not over. We need to remind people that we are here, and our story is coming.  That The Last Faoii will be a real thing. And when that day comes and this book is at last in print, we will charge into the world screaming our battle cries just as we did that first, wonderful day when we launched onto the Geek and Sundry field.

Every person that has read The Last Faoii in its entirety so far has asked about how it could be made into a movie. I have never heard of literary people wanting to see their favorite book make it to the big screen (because we’ve all seen how badly that can turn out). I wish I had a better answer, but all I know is that Inkshares works with UTA (the United Talent Agency-- one of the largest talent agencies in the world) to set up deals and exchange properties. I, of course, don’t have any idea on how to make that happen-- but the people at Inkshares do. However, why would they want to try to make connections for The Last Faoii when even our army has forgotten the cry? We need to remind them and everyone that The Last Faoii is coming. WE are coming. And our story will be heard.

Shields up, faoii. Remind the world who we are. A single post, tweet, picture, word, hell, send blade-blessed carrier pigeons if that’s what it takes-- but do not let the world forget us before we even have a chance to become real. Our fight does not end here.

That’s all, faoii. Dismissed.
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    Scott Early liked an update for The Seventh Age: Dawn

    What is this madness!! An update on Tuesday!!?

    Why. Yes. It’s officially publication day!

    Even the Audio Book is live today. It’s AWESOME! (might be biased). If Audiobooks are your jam, you can totally find it here: Seventh Age Audio Book

    Also, if you can, please share that with other people who might like the Audio Book. 

    In other news, on Launch Day I’ve got two great links! 

    An amazing review of the book: Click Here

    A feature article on Dread Central! Avalon over at Inkshares nailed the perfect place to feature the book. 

    Just in case you DON’T have your book yet, and I know many of you still haven’t gotten them yet; (particularly super readers); You can always email Hello@Inkshares.com and double check that it was shipped. It should be any day now. 

    So now... enjoy the read! Let me know what you think! I’ll be asking for reviews in a month or so. I’ll even do an entire update about the importance of them and why it’s critical that readers leave them. 

    Otherwise.... maybe you can spot me, or the booth imp, at a con!


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      Scott Early liked an update for How to Get Run Over by a Truck

      Dear Sweethearts,

      Happy Wednesday! 365 short days ago, I stared at my Inkshares project page. It was full of the first chapter of the book I had written , why I wanted for this book to become a reality support, and an ask. I asked you all, many of you perfect strangers, to take the worst thing that had ever happened to me, and to help me make it into something beautiful, into something helpful.  I exhaled deeply, I closed my eyes and then clicked submit.

      Now, here we are 1 year later. And because of your support, kindness, and willingness to share this story we have sold over 3,400 copies of "How to Get Run Over by a Truck"!!! That has happened in the 3 short months since it has been published! It is being sold online, and in bookstores across the country!!  Not only helped me to break Inkshares sale records, but to help others laugh in the face of tragedy, to feel less alone - you have made my dream come true! 

      Isn’t it amazing that you did that! You, beautiful, stunning, generous human being! I hope that you feel proud of creating a miracle - because I am VERY proud of you! 

      In the last year, your support has changed my life dramatically.  For the first time I felt like I was actually a good writer, that my story had worth, and that it was a sotry that others might be interested in it. I had the confidence to use my experience and my voice to help others - which is the greatest gift I have ever been given.

      I have been invited to speak at colleges, medical schools, financial firms, hospitals, elementary schools, high schools bookstores and bars!  I have been overwhelmed by the response that I have gotten from strangers after these talks. I have been approached by men and women weeping for their own traumas, strangers grabbing my hands telling me that my little story has given them hope, doctors with 20 years of medical experience letting me know that I have changed the way that they see their patients. It has given me more clarity around what I would like to do with my life, a purpose,  and for that I am forever grateful. 

      Your support of this effort has been so meaningful to me, and to all of the people who have read this book. I wish that I could send you all of the emails, tweets, posts and whispered thank you’s that I have heard over the last three months (but that would be a lot, and you guys are busy people!) So, instead, I just wanted to reiterate to you that your love and support has had a serious impact on my life, and on the lives of others! 

      I have been blown away by the fact that more people need this story than I had ever imagined. I spoke at New York University Hospital’s Grand Rounds a few weeks ago, and I was so moved by their feedback, and how grateful they were for a patients take on how small kindnesses can change their interactions with their patients. I am going to St. Barnubus Hospital in a few weeks to speak to all of the doctors, nurses and EMT’s in their trauma center, to give them insight into their patients experience, so that they can empathize more deeply with the people who come into their care. I have LOVED giving these talks.  Incredibly, the connections to these hospitals have been made by all of you! You saw worth in this book, and shared it with the medical professionals in your life! I cannot tell you how meaningful that has been to me, and I hope that you will keep sharing! 

      I have another book event coming up at one of my favorite bookstores, Northshire Bookstore in Manchester VT! It is going to be on January 20, at 7:00. If you are in the area I would love to see you there and give you a BIG hug! If you’re able to join us, please RSVP here! Bonus: my amazing parents, Art and Margo will be there, and they are even better in person than they are on paper :) 

      Also, you all have been SO amazing about leaving Amazon reviews! We are at 77 reviews as of this morning, and apparently, if the book get to 100 reviews it shifts the way that Amazon markets the book online! We are only 23 reviews away from that goal! So, if you have 5 minutes and haven’t reviewed it yet, I would be so grateful for your feedback

      Finally, I wanted to offer up something special to you all - recently, some friends who have chosen How to Get Run Over by a Truck as their book club pick, have invited me to join a portion of their book club meeting to answer questions, or to chat about the book, or to just allow me to step into a small beautiful sliver of their worlds as they talk about their own challenges and trauma’s. If that is something that you would be interested in having me Skype, or FaceTime into - please feel free to contact me via Inkshares or the Facebook page for How to Get Run Over by a Truck! 

      I sincerely cannot thank you enough for your love, kindness, and support of this book over this last year. I am unsure of what I did to deserve so much love, but I promise that I will keep doing it.  Thank you for everything that you have done for me in the last 365 days, it has meant more to me than you know! 

      Sending you love, hope and gratitude on this rainy Brooklyn morning! 

      Heart,

      Katie 

       

       

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        Happy New Year, Knightmares!

        I wanted to send out a quick message before the New Year to update you on what’s going on. So here’s the update: Inkshares has quite a bit of backlog going on right now with books waiting to be published. This log-jam, I am hoping, will get some clarity sometime within the first few weeks of the year. 

        That’s really the entirety of it. I am waiting my turn while I work on other projects, both artistic and written.  If you have a chance, check out Vexed or Masked, both new projects listed here on Inkshares.

        In the meantime, I wanted to wish all of you a very happy close to 2016, and a very prosperous and exciting 2017! 

        Thanks again for all your support! And remember, the book is still on sale, so if you haven’t yet, grab a copy!


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          Scott Early liked an update for Ghosts of War

          Okay, update time. A short-ish one.

          No calendar chart today, mainly because there was nothing new to put on it over last weeks.

          Everything was rather disrupted again this week, must be the time of year. One thing I did find the time to do however, was to listen to the entirety of my book over a couple of days.

          Yes. Listen.

          Now it may have been with my Mac’s automatic text-to-speech through Scrivener, but it was overall a pretty good experience. The most surprising part of it all was that I actually found myself entertained by my own writing. There were small comedy moments that I’d forgotten I’d written that I actually laughed at. So I think that’s encouraging? Right?

          I also realised that structurally, I’m really solidly pleased with the second half of the book. There are a few kinks to work out on the front end, but overall there’s not as much hardcore editing/rewriting to do as I thought. Which is good.

          Work is back to focusing on Ghosts again this week, LandFall has hit a bit of a snag which has it in a form of limbo. Hopefully, it will get sorted soon.

          Until next time.

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