News news news! 

It’s much sooner than I expected, but I’m ready to rock your world with an amazing update. 

As many of you know, the hardest part of this whole funding campaign has been, well, asking for help. I’ve often said that I wish this had nothing to do with money, because the monetary value is of little significance to me. Yet it feels a bit like asking for handouts when I’m trying to gather support. 

So, after talking with the crew at Inkshares and a lot of research and pitching, I’ve got great news. 

Proceeds from The Traveller’s Cup will now be going to BuildOn—a charity that focuses on education and world literacy. 

I’ve partnered with BuildOn’s adult literacy program, which helps adults in developing countries learn to read and write. We as avid readers often take the skills we have for granted. But imagine what your life would look like if you couldn’t decipher words, or even letters—if you were never expected to learn something our society considers essential. BuildOn is working to change that, and it’s a movement I want to be a part of. 

Once the Quill goal is met (250 pre-orders) 25% of the proceeds that would normally go to me will be given to them. At 750 orders I’ll increase that number to 50%. The reason for the different scale is because until I get to 750 orders I am responsible for my own editing and marketing, and there are fees associated with that to make sure you readers get something of quality. 

Funding on Inkshares to me was never about the money—it was about making sure this book gets into as many hands as possible. By partnering with BuildOn we’ll be able to do something good with these funds and make that happen sooner.

If you’d like to find out more about BuildOn, their website has information on their various programs.

And remember, every order counts. Your bulk orders will have a huge impact. 

Thanks for being a crew I can count on.  

Your Elatedly Eager and Enthusiastic Captain,
-AC 

Dear friends, 

If you haven’t heard, I’m thrilled to announce that THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM is finally here! I can’t thank you enough for the support and patience and I’m excited to announce the upcoming events to celebrate the book. I’d love to see you at any of these and I’d appreciate you passing this along to people you know who might be interested either electronically (email, Twitter, etc) or the old fashioned way (actually talking to humans). 

Gratefully yours, JB

ART OPENING TO SHOW ART FROM THE BOOK AND NEW WORK

April 28, 2016: 1320 Main Street Gallery (1320 Main Street)— Venice CA (6pm-10pm)   

BOOKSTORE EVENTS Q&A 

1) April 7, 2016: Books Inc. (Opera Plaza) — San Francisco, CA (7pm) -- In conversation with Jason Ritter 

2) April 14, 2016: Greenlight Bookstore — Brooklyn, NY (7:30pm) -- In conversation with Ebon Moss-Bachrach 

3) May 1, 2016: Diesel, A Bookstore —Brentwood, CA (3pm) -- In conversation with Titus Welliver

I recently caught someone skulking about the Inkshares site, sneaking around, as if she could go unnoticed. Well no you didn’t, Felicia Day!  So I’ve been "following" her now, to see what the heck she is up to. And now I find out!

wow, Wow, WOW!!! Felicia’s Geek and Sundry is sponsoring the new Inkshares contest, to start April 4 and end on my birthday May 16! Details about the contest will be available on the contest page tomorrow.

Well, just to prove I am an old fanboy of this awesomely awesome goddess, I want to share two pictures from last summer’s San Diego ComicCon. I can hear y’all already, "Awww, luckeeee!"

Happy Saturday!

I know it’s been a while since I’ve sent an update, and I hope most of you are out enjoying the beautiful spring weather. 

I wanted to let everyone know that a final cover has been decided on, and is being finalized before I can release it for you all to see! Developmental editing is complete, and I’m halfway through my copyedits right now. If you visit Welcome to Deadland’s Inkshares page you can see the production schedule off to the righthand side that keeps you up to date with where we are in the process.

Although WtD isn’t 100% complete yet, while it’s been with the editors I’ve been able to get to work on the sequel. I have a rough outline, and roughly 10,000 words down. The story takes off like a bullet and I’m really excited with how it’s opening and where it’s going, and once you all finish Welcome to Deadland you can rest assured that the momentum won’t be slowing down.

Have a great weekend, thank you all for your support, and the next time you hear from me it’ll be with the finalized cover!

-Zac

THANK YOU so much for supporting Pilot X. We are halfway to the first milestone, the "Quill" goal that gets it published! I can’t believe it’s only been a week.

To celebrate the halfway mark, I’ve added a second sample chapter. This is the opening chapter of the book. It’s called Prologue 1 because the first few chapters set you up to tell X’s story, although they take place at the end of his adventures. It’s all part of the time travel fun!

Anyway hope you enjoy it and let me know if you’re curious about other parts of the book!  The first thing in the manuscript right now is a section on the three major races of the universe ripped from the Encyclopedia Alendia. Man the librarian was mad at me about that.

Thanks again!

Tom