First Edit is DONE!

Hey folks, I’ll try to walk the line between too many updates and never hearing about the progress of Pilot X, but I think this is a good milestone.

The Developmental Edit is done!

What the heck is a developmental edit some of you ask? Now some of you are sneering because you know what it is. Stop that. Not everybody is as smart as you.

Basically this is the edit where Clete finds the things that I abd my beta readers didn’t realize were confusing or contradictory. I slap my head and go WOW how did I miss that? I take his suggestions add a twist of my own and YOU end up with a better story.

Among the highlights

- The people of the Fringe Cascade have much more readbale names but their horrible spellings have been preserved as a hilarious joke. At least Clete and I think it’s hilarious

- The Encyclopedia chapter is now at the end of the book as an appendix so you all don’t throw the book out the window thinking the whole thing is a dry recitation of facts

- A really confusing bit where Pilot X travels back int time to the same point three times is now understandable.

There’s more but it would be spoilery.

So there you go. Developmental Edit MANAGED.

Now it’s off to the copy editor where they will wail and gnash teeth at all my typos and utter lack of comprehension of the proper use of a comma. Clete tried to catch most of those things but he is only human and I am really awful at commas.

MARKETING PLAN! There’s a marketing plan. Spoiler: THIS IS PART OF IT RIGHT HERE!!! But also exciting things like newspapers and blogs and radio and podcasts. Heh. Podcasts.

Also a side note. Amazon decided the book comes out in February which it doesn’t. The expected release date is still March 14. Amazon just makes up stuff sometimes apparently.

And that’s it!  By all means please let me know if you have any more questions and I’ll keep you up to date as we pass more milestones.

As always THANK YOU for your belief in this book and making the publishing possible. You are the best.

Tom

Good afternoon, my Knightmares!

I hope you all had a very happy, fun, and safe 4th of July weekend! I also hope your pets made it through all the fireworks without losing their furry little minds!

As of this morning we hit 166 pre-orders! Thank you all, and thank you for the growing support and for those who have gone out of your way to push and sell my book to others. I appreciate it more than you know. 

(wow...that inserted much larger than expected, but hey, that’s how awesome I think you all are)

We have 84 more pre-orders to go before we hit our first publishing goal! I know we can do it. For all of you who are new to inkshares, I will NOT be published at all unless I hit 250. So please, spread the word and keep growing this fanbase. 

At 180, I will release the second part of my two-part mini-story you can find here. Everyone who orders between 150 and 180 will be placed into a raffle to be a character in a future story/book. That means there are only 14 spots left! 

If you buy a book, and refer 2 other people to buy my book, you will receive a FREE t-shirt! Are you curious about what that t-shirt looks like? Check it out!

Here’s the front.

Here’s the back.

More announcements coming soon!! Including new cover art and an interview or two that should be posted this week! 

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Here are a few other inkshares projects you should check out:

I Am Waltz by Matthew D. Dho - Waltz didn’t remember. The fugitive machine felt the Hunters closing in and 16-year-old Kyle was his only chance for freedom.     

https://www.inkshares.com/books/i-am-waltz?referral_code=eee3eeab

Destiny Imperfect by Peter Ryan - When the lines between virtual reality and real life blur, who’s the player and who’s the played? Beware the singularity.

https://www.inkshares.com/books/destiny-imperfect

And the Wolf Shall Dwell by Joni Dee - London. Just a routine day? A death in a train station thrusts John to a world of espionage, politics and Jihadi terrorism.

https://www.inkshares.com/books/and-the-wolf-shall-dwell

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