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Just a quick note today to let you all know about a contest that is taking place over at Inkshares. If you are a fan of science fiction, you might want to scoot over and check it out.


It is called the Nerdist Sci-Fi Contest, and there are currently 182 submissions that are competing for the top three positions. The prize? A full-fledged publishing contract, sans having to campaign to 750 preorders. For those of you who were along for the ride with me and The Walls are Closing In, you have an idea of what a big deal this is.

Today marks the very end of the contest - it wraps up at midnight tonight. I would like to draw your attention to one book in particular - Mission 51.

Author Ferd Crotte was a very early supporter of The Walls are Closing In, and I would be remiss if I didn’t do everything in my power to help him come out in the TOP 3. Right now he is holding on to 3rd place, but the competition in the top 4 is fierce.

Check out the contest, and consider throwing your support to one of the top contenders. If you referred someone to The Walls are Closing In at some point during the campaign, using a link from the website, then you may have some credits on your account to use.

Mission 51

After a tragic, fifty light-year voyage, sole survivor Mat crash lands on a beautiful, sometimes hostile alien world ... the planet Earth! Mission 51 is an immigrant story that is out of this world!

https://www.inkshares.com/books/mission-51

In other news, I have been in contact with the authors who met their publishing goal ahead of me, and many of them are starting the production process. It looks like The Walls are Closing In is moving up the queue and only has one or two books ahead of it that have not started production. I hope to be assigned a developmental editor soon, and along with that assignment should come an estimated release date. My best guess is still late spring/early summer 2018.

I have been racking my brain trying to think of something interactive to do with my marvelous followers here in the interim. And.... I think I have come up with a fun idea that will involve sneak peeks into the story and amusing prizes. Stay tuned!

-Jacqui


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    Kendra Namednil liked an update for Mission 51

    This is it! We are in the final day of the Nerdist Sci-Fi book publishing contest on Inkshares.

    I want to again thank everyone who has pre-ordered Mission 51 and brought us this far. We are still in the running and it’s all because of YOU!

    The contest officially ends tonight at 11:59 PM, Pacific Time, so we have about 19 hours to try to stay in the top three and win a FULL publishing package! This includes heavy-duty editing services, production, marketing, and distribution!

    Here is where we stand on the leaderboard which as you know has been HOT with activity this past week:

    245 for the contestant in 1st place
    236 for the contestant in 2nd place
    220 for our Mission 51 in 3rd place
    206 for the contestant in 4th place

    The top three get the same prize. Fourth place gets nothing! All we have to do is stay in the top three!

    Contestants are measured by the number of individual people who place a pre-order.

    So this is it! If you haven’t yet pre-ordered your ebook or signed copy, this is your chance to do it and help us win a fantastic publishing deal!

    If you have, I simply can’t thank you enough! It has been an amazing run so far and YOU are the ones who have made it happen! If I can ask one last thing is to try to find another pre-order somewhere in your list of fabulous friends and family. Let’s launch Mission 51!

    THANK YOU!!!!!! :D

    Peace!

    Ferd

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      Kendra Namednil liked an update for Mutants: Uprising

       

      Dear Readers,

      Thank you so much for your support over the last month. I am still sitting firmly in 8th place in the Nerdist contest, which, as you know, is out of the running. Mutants: Uprising will not be published through this contest - and you know what? That’s okay.

      The story is in no way DEAD - it still exists and will be published at some point. However, you will be refunded your money for this campaign after the contest ends. 

      THANK YOU so much for following me on this journey! It means the world to me.

      Jane-Holly

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        Kendra Namednil liked an update for Curio Citizen

        Hi everyone! Curio Citizen is still in 1st at 221 orders, so thank you SO much to everyone who has ordered today. HOWEVER, 2nd place is coming up fast! They are now at 212, and they have been steadily gaining orders for days. PLEASE, personally ask one person to pre-order in a private message, in person, or even an old school phone call. That is the best (and sometimes only) way to get someone to actually place a pre-order. I’m not asking you to make yourself or anyone feel uncomfortable, of course--you know your friends and family best--but I have found that many people I would have never expected to order gladly do when personally asked. I NEED help at this point. 4th place is also gaining orders fast, and though we have a good lead, that could change if I stop getting pre-orders today and tomorrow. I hate to ask more of you who have already done so much, but all of our hard work for weeks will be for nothing if I don’t stay in the top 3. 

        Thank you again. I truly cannot thank you all enough.

        The deadline is TOMORROW at midnight Pacific Time (that means 3am for all my east coast peeps). June 27th is the LAST DAY.

        Click HERE to pre-order Curio Citizen.

        Please direct friends to https://www.inkshares.com/books/curio-citizen

        Here’s today’s look into Curio Citizen:

        Prístina and Aliado Reúnen

        Prístina Reúnen is Inquieto’s older sister, and her husband is Aliado Reúnen.  Prístina is a teacher of young children, and has the compassionate and patient demeanor ideal for the profession. Aliado works for the water treatment plant beneath the Capitol, a career that doesn’t seem to fit his shrewd wit and skills for diplomacy. 

        ----

                     “Prístina,” Oyente said, clasping her forearm, and then the man’s at her side. “Welcome, Aliado. It is wonderful to see you both.” 

                     “Thank you for having us, Oyente,” replied the similarly dressed man, but his glance couldn’t stay away from me for long. “This is the alien? Carmen, is it?” 

                     I noticed a visible shift of discomfort from Oyente. Cálido stifled a laugh. 

                     “The Talking Curio,” Cálido smirked. I did my best to stomach the comment. 

                     “Carmen, it is so exciting to meet you,” said Prístina, sweeping forward. “When Inquieto told us your story, I was heartbroken! What a terrible misunderstanding!” 

                     I took a shaky breath. “Yes,” I said. No more words made it past the knot in my throat. 

                     “Carmen, this is my older sister by five years, Prístina,” Inquieto said, with a gesture to the young woman. She possessed the same high cheekbones as her two brothers’, but they were dissimilarly part of her full, heart-shaped face. Her cheeks were a soft, enlivening blue, and I suspected she was wearing makeup. 

                     “And her husband,” Inquieto continued, “Aliado.” 

                    Aliado was taller than anyone present, with a square jaw and dimpled chin, a solid frame, and sharp eyes that had not yet left me.


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        Thank you! We have less than two days! Please help!!!

        -Katherine
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          Kendra Namednil liked an update for 1000 Faces

          Hello, readers. Tomorrow is the final day of the Nerdist Sci-Fi contest. 1000 Faces has been sitting in 7th place, with the same number of readers, for a little while now. In fact, the whole leader-board from 6th place downward has been rather quiet.

          To those of you who have preordered 1000 Faces, thank you for your support. It means a lot to me to know that you believed in the concept or in me (or both!) enough to put your hard-earned cash towards it. As it stands, time will run out for 1000 Faces crowdfunding campaign on June 30th. Some time after that, you’ll receive a refund. I still plan on completing 1000 Faces and getting it out to the world somehow. I’ll be in touch with you again once I know how.

          While I have your attention, I’d love it if you could take a look at and consider supporting Mission 51 with a preorder:

          https://www.inkshares.com/books/mission-51

          It’s The X-Files meets The Immigrant, and readers are calling it one of the best sci-fi books they’ve ever read. 

          ~ Jenny

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            Kendra Namednil liked an update for Tantalus Depths


            Guys...this is it.

            There’s only one day left in the Nerdist contest, and we are STILL in fourth place, despite seeing some absolutely remarkable support the past few days. Our competition is simply seeing as much success as we are, if not more. We were able to close the gap between our position and third place down to just twelve pre-orders...right now it’s climbed back up to 17 and still rising.

            Remember: third place is as good as first for this contest. All three get the same prize: that coveted full publication deal. If we place in fourth, though...nothing. I could campaign the hard way and gather 750 pre-orders like I did for Tantalus Depths. But I won’t. I can’t. The last campaign was the hardest thing I’ve ever tried to do by far, and I do not have the energy, stamina, or resources to do it again. My physical and mental health probably would not allow for it. Not any time soon. I knew that from the start when I entered the contest: I either make it, or I don’t.

            It’s all or nothing, folks. I want to tell this story, but if we can’t place in the top three, it’s going back on the shelf indefinitely. You’ll get refunded, but the book won’t see the light of day for who knows how long.

            So I’m appealing to you all one more time: if anything in Proteus seems interesting to you, please support it with a pre-order. If you already have, please get a friend or loved one to do the same. Remember, referrals will get you a commissioned art piece if you want it! Win or lose, I’ll honor that promise.

            Thank you all, for everything you’ve done for this campaign so far.

            Now cry havoc, and let slip the dogs of war.

             

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              Kendra Namednil liked an update for Curio Citizen
              Hello all! 

              Curio Citizen is still in 1st place AND we are just ONE order away from 200 readers! If you know anyone at all who might be interested in ordering, please direct them to the site and let them know the deadline is THIS TUESDAY, June 27th. We are in the home stretch and have a real chance of winning this thing and getting Curio Citizen published. You all are so amazing to have helped me come so far. Thank you! 

              Please click HERE to pre-order your copy if you have not yet done so. 

              Please direct friends to https://www.inkshares.com/books/curio-citizen


              Here is today’s look into the world of Curio Citizen:


              Cálido Reúnen is Inquieto’s younger brother and is the Earth equivalent of 19 years old. He has an insatiable sense of humor, which is his way of lightening tension and keeping peace in social interactions. He is an expert at walking the line between jests in good humor and insults, and so it is extremely rare he actually offends any paz with his lighthearted jibes. His skills are put to the test when he meets Carmen, however.

              In addition to his wit, Cálido is a genius when it comes to engineering and programming, and he "tinkers" with machines in the basement workshop of his parents’ home. He can be quite handy in a tricky situation--if he can be convinced to participate.


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                       Inquieto smiled down at me, and I stepped back from the door as I heard footsteps on the other side. 

                       “Weeeell, look who cleans up nice.” Inquieto made an annoyed clicking sound. 

                       “Cálido,” he said, “really?” 

                       Cálido smirked, and then eyed me up and down. I looked at him with an expression that echoed Inquieto’s word. 

                       He was shorter than Inquieto and looked a few years younger, but there was a definite resemblance. They both had high cheekbones and nicely-shaped lips with just the right fullness. He was dressed in similar black fabric, but had draped a salmon sash across his chest, trimmed with fine threads of gold. He wore the same pin on his chest that I did. 

                       “Well, it—she does,” he said. “Though that scowl is the same.” 

                       “Maybe, if you—” 

                       “Carmen,” Inquieto interrupted the insult he no doubt sensed was forming on my tongue and placed his hand on my shoulder. “This is my brother, Cálido. Cálido, this is Carmen. And yes, she is in much better condition than when you saw her last, now that she is recognized as a person.” 

                        Fantastic. His brother had seen me before. One of my many visitors at the Museum. I swallowed my outrage and flush of humiliation and gave a short nod. 

                        “It’s nice to meet you, Cálido,” I said as clearly as I could. 

                        He laughed. “Ah, this is great,” he said. “She can talk.” He turned around and waved us inside. “Father’s making tilt-sticks; he’s around back,” he informed us over his shoulder as he walked off. 

                        I sent Inquieto a wide-eyed glare. 

                       “Don’t worry about Cálido,” he said. “He’s easily amused. Mother and father will be less...” 

                       “Rude?” I offered. 

                       “This is a new situation,” he corrected. “Try to be understanding.”



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                      Whether Inquieto had specifically invited him for my benefit or not, I was glad for the company. Teasing as it was, Cálido’s sense of humor was bold compared to most paz, different from Inquieto’s gentle sarcasm laced with worried affection. I could relate to Cálido on a more human level, even if he did share the pervasive paz outlook that everyone was innocent and never intended any harm to one another. If anything, his jokes were his way of keeping peace, of laughing off any potential, awkward situations to make people smile. He lived up to his name, Warm. He was vivacious as fire and as kind and comforting as a mug of hot chocolate.

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              Thank you again for all of your help!

              -Katherine
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                Kendra Namednil liked an update for Skavenger’s Hunt

                To my good friends who this week were among the first to pre-order my upcoming debut novel Skavenger’s Hunt...thank you! To those waiting for ten minutes of quiet coffee time to join the Hunt, now’s your moment. As most of you know, my writing career has been dedicated to screenplays like Finding Forrester, The Rookie, Radio, Secretariat and Cars 3. But now? I’ve written a book! 

                Skavenger’s Hunt is an adventurous read inspired by the great novels of my youth: stories like "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," and "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory." It’s the fictional, yet magical, origin story of the very first scavenger hunt, layered with a dash of time travel to the year 1885. It comes complete with young underdog heroes, mysterious villains and larger-than-life true historical figures; as well as seemingly unsolvable clues and riddles that thousands of hunters are tasked with unraveling on a journey that will take them around the world. All of it put together by one charismatic, reclusive character named Hunter Skavenger. 

                Sound enticing? Click on https://www.inkshares.com/books/skavenger and you’ll learn how to get your hands on this coming November’s release of Skavenger’s Hunt. You’ll love it...and your kids will love it too. Pre-orders are critically important to early momentum, so I’m asking you to join the Hunt right now. Thanks to the support of my publisher, Inkshares, the book will be delivered just as the holiday gift season begins, and I’ll sign and personally dedicate all orders for three copies or more (just go to the Super Reader Box on my Inkshares webpage and adjust the 3 in the Quantity window to whatever number you’d like). And if you like what you see? Send the link to your family and friends! 

                 I had a blast writing Skavenger’s Hunt, and I’d like nothing more than for you to be among the select first to have my first novel in your hands within the next few months. If you’ve enjoyed my films, I promise you’ll enjoy this too. 

                Thanks! 

                 Mike Rich

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                  Kendra Namednil liked an update for Mission 51

                  Mission 51 continues to (barely) hold on to 2nd place in the contest. It is because of the continuing pre-orders we are receiving. Thank you!

                  But this is no time to let up. The contest was extended to June 27. We must keep gathering regular pre-orders if we are to stay in the top three. There continues to be large movement in the leaderboard.

                  Here are the current standings:

                  197 unique name/email pre-orders for contestant in 1st place

                  180 for our Mission 51 in 2nd place

                  178 for contestant in 3rd place (continues to move up fast!)

                  152 for contestant in 4th place (seasoned competitor)

                  121 for contestant in 5th place

                  Mission 51 followers who have yet to pre-order, you’re help would be priceless at this time! Well, there is a price, but a simple $10 pre-order might make all the difference between having Mission 51 receive a full publishing contract by this contest or not! Please be a part of crowdfunding this book into existence! Please help with a pre-order!

                  Thank you very much, everyone, for your amazing, continuing support!

                  Peace!

                  Ferd 

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                    Kendra Namednil liked an update for Rule Britannia

                    Hey all, so this is it, last day of the campaign and the end is nigh.  

                    While we won’t be seeing Rule Britannia published through Inkshares, there are plenty of other books worth your time, and $. The Nerdist Sci-Fi competition is nearing its end and if I were you, I would be taking my refund/credits and using them to get yourself a copy of Ferd Crotte’s Mission 51.  

                    Head on over to the story page and read some samples, then get in quick and lets help Ferd get over the line!

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