Greetings, Faoii!

I promised that you would know more as I did, so here you go: The issue with Quill has been fixed and we’ve officially joined their ranks! Let me hear your war cry!

Other than that, I’m trying to work on a tagline for The Last Faoii’s facebook page. Follow that if you haven’t already! You can see the taglines and promotional ideas as I make them, and give me your input right away. Also, maybe you’ll find something there that interests you and that you can use to promote your own book (for example: I created images of all the reviews The Last Faoii has received and put them into an album on that page. Several others have started doing that as well and it seems to be effective! Steal the idea. Take it. Run with it. Succeed with it). 

That’s it for now. Dismissed.

Greetings, Faoii!

I’ve heard from several of you that you got an e-mail (AGAIN) informing my soldiers that The Last Faoii has hit its Quill goal and will enter production sometime in the future. I don’t know why the notice went out twice, but I don’t think it’s a bad thing. I wouldn’t want you all forgetting about our fight during this reprieve, after all. ;)  

I do, however, want to point out that The Last Faoii was invited to join the Quill collection that day, too. I accepted and joined, but was dropped from the collection less than 10 minutes later. I’m not sure what this means for The Last Faoii, and Inkshares has yet to respond to any of my e-mails, but I’m sure it’s just a glitch that will be fixed soon. You’ll learn more as I do.

Until then, I’ve updated The Last Faoii’s page with a different blurb and some new information about me. I also think the page is easier to read now, and am pleased with the drop in prices after having reached Quill. There is no reason for our army’s numbers to grow stagnant. Spread the word! Add your voices to the battle choir! The Last Faoii is perfect for anyone who likes fantasy, LGBT heroines or who would rather get a sword than a glass slipper for Christmas. 

That’s it for now. Shields up!

Faoii-Tahani

A year ago yesterday we started this Campaign. Its been a long uphill battle but in the last year we completely rewrote and edited this story, hit our sales goal and shipped the manuscript off to Inkshares. While we wait to hear of a release date I just wanted to thank everyone whose been a part of this since last year. thank you all so much and check out the Inkshares page. We’ve go ahead and thrown a few new Art piece up there!

HEY THERE READERS!

As you know (or if you forgot), DAX HARRISON was nominated into a new Inkshares competition known as THE LIST 2016. From now until December 31st, the amount of new readers I acquire will determine if I land a FULL publishing ride (as opposed to the "Quill" light publishing deal I originally reached). That means additional perks like marketing support, physical bookstore distribution, cover design, etc.

Currently, Dax stands in 7th place according to the contest page. Though that number may be corrected in the near future (My actual total reader count stands at 274). Either way, I would looove to see this number go up.

I know it’s been a long ride for those of you who have been with me since this thing started last year. But if you get a chance to do me a tiny favor this holiday season and just take a minute to share this book with another silly sci-fi loving friend, I would really appreciate it. On Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, in a personal email, smoke signal, telegraph, messenger raven, whatever you like. Just tell them it’s a fun little story with laughs and spaceships and explosions, all for the price of 2 Grande Pumpkin Spice Lattes! (Actually cheaper if you include the tax!)*

*$10 for the ebook, $20 for paperback/ebook bundle

And for those of you who are following this book (there’s over 500 of you total!) but have NOT bought a copy yet, let’s chat a minute.

"What can I do to get you into your own personal copy of Dax Harrison today?" (Imagine that in a sleazy used car salesman voice)

Seriously though, I would love to hear from my mysterious followers. Feel free to direct message me on Inkshares and say hi. Who knows? Maybe I just might be able to convince you to give old Dax a chance. ;)

Happy Holidays everyone! (*slips on plaid blazer, combs hair, adjusts pinky ring*)
-Tony V.

1. 29 Pre-Orders Away From Publication!
   
2. Toys For Tots Update
3. Revised Chapters

1. 29 Pre-Orders Away From Publication!

So with about 21 days left in the year-and our campaign-we are 29 pre-orders away from publication. Please keep the orders coming. We are nearly there!

2. Toys for Tots Update

My apologies if my post was a bit confusing regarding how this is going to work: I am going to match the dollar amount of every pre-order until December 20th with a personal donation to Toys For Tots. Remember, Kingdom of Dreams is not a complete book at this stage that will be ready in time for this Christmas. 

So how will this work? For instance, we’ve gotten 11 pre-orders in so far since I started this incentive (awesome!), so I will match the total of those books along with any additional orders that come in and donate a matching gift to Toys For Tots on 12/20/2016. Make sense? I’ll post the donation on the 20th in one of these updates.

That said, as a bonus gift for the future, if you’d like me to also donate your book or an extra copy or two to Toys For Tots when it is complete sometime next year, feel free to let me know and it’s a done deal. 

3. Revised Chapters

The revised Chapter 1 is up. I’ll be sending this out later today to each of you as well. Chapter 2 soon to follow. Please feel free to read, critique, and review. This is a very helpful exercise for your contribution to the book and also encourages new readers to engage with it. 

Stay well and stay tuned!

Kevin

Hey everyone!

Sorry, I’ve been MIA with no updates. It is the holiday season and things have been a bit crazy. I’ve been bouncing around with some heavy editing and trying to focus on work. I’ve also been diving back into my web development courses and dealing with a general "heavy run down" feeling. Also, house hunting, wedding planning, and... well, life can be exhausting. If you’re interested in a sample of what I’ve been up or just curious about what it looks like from 1,000 feet in the air, click this long sentence! 

I’ve got some exciting news! The Quill Brotherhood Syndicate chose The Living God as its December pick! A really nice email to find a few minutes ago. 

So, there are 24 days left in funding The Living God. We passed Quill with your help, and the help of the syndicates that were kind enough to throw their support behind the book (The Fantasy Syndicate, The Break the Bechdel with Strong Female Characters Syndicate, and the Quill Brotherhood Syndicate).

With 24 days left, and it being December, I’m shooting for a Christmas Miracle! We’ve got 24 days and we’re at 281. The miracle? 750 orders total. 469 in 24 days. That is around 20 orders a day, and seemingly impossible, but, why not? Why not believe in a Christmas/Holiday Miracle? Can you help? 

If you’re feeling in the giving spirit, how about grabbing a second copy for a friend? Or maybe ask that friend to grab a copy? If you haven’t got your own yet, and you’ve been on the fence because of budget reasons, since we made Quill the price dropped! E-books currently sit at $5.99 and signed print copies at $15.99! Incentives are still there on the page, and will be available until after funding closes in 24 days!

It is a long shot, and I’ve got about as much energy as a bear in hibernation (darn time change), but I’m going to give it a shot regardless of the distance. Are you in?

Hello all!

The campaign to fund an Inkshares publication of Beneath White Clouds ends tonight and it looks like... well, it looks like I’m better at writing fiction than managing a crowdfunding campaign. I’m OK with that :-)

Those of you who pre-ordered (gods among men) should look out for an e-mail from me on December 6th.

I’ve always been a proponent of the DIY approach. I am self-publishing Beneath White Clouds. I hired and editor to help me clean the thing up (because there are some things you can’t do yourself) and put together the final version of the book over the past few weeks.

Polling of my cover art concept drafts showed the original cover as a clear favorite, so I leveled-up my GIMP skills and put together a final version:

The book should be available everywhere on December 6th, 2016. It might be rude to name other booksellers and competing publishing services on this Inkshares platform, so I’ll use superhero references:

If you want a paperback, or have an e-reader which requires .mobi files, you can find it at the retailer whose name sounds like Wonder Woman should be in charge.

If you want a different kind of e-reader file (.epub, .pdf, etc.), these are supplied by the indie publisher that sounds like the Hulk’s preferred poetic style. Those guys will send the .epub version out to all the other e-book shops who aren’t run by Wonder Woman. If it’s not there when you go looking for it, it’ll be there soon.

Thanks for your support, and good luck on your campaigns!