A journal that records what life is like for five individuals that discover they have the ability to travel through time.
Who wants some free copies of Ghosts of War?
Here's how to do it in 5 easy steps:
1. Generate your own referral link using the Twitter, Facebook or Email buttons as the top of this page: http://www.inkshares.com/projects/ghosts-of-war
2. Get some friends, family or coworkers to preorder a copy using your referral link.
3. For every person that orders a copy using your link you will receive $15 in Inkshares credits.
4. That means for every TWO people you get to preorder a copy, you can preorder THREE copies for FREE, and I mean...totally FREE. Awesome.
5. On Inkshares each reader can order a maximum of 10 copies. That's the rule. So if you've already bought 1 copy, you'd only have to get 6 other people on board using your link to increase your support to the maximum level.
I'm not allowed to buy any copies of my book, not even one, so I'm relying your support to help to get Ghosts of War to publication.
You've helped get me this far and I know if we all work together we can knock this thing out of the park.
Also don't forget about the $200 Amazon Gift Card promotion. Y'know those free copies I was just talking about? They totally count as entries.
I'm working on some other goal based incentives too, so keep an eye out for an update on those.
Stay awesome everyone.
Hey, all. We're one reader from the 200 mark. Who's going to be the one to win the character drawing?
Wow. I don't even know what all to say other than thank you all so much and I'm blown away by this entire experience.
The Nerdist Collection Contest wrapped up, and Welcome To Deadland finished out in first place, met the pre-order goal, AND was selected by The Nerdist for their collection! When I found out my jaw dropped and I was overcome with shock and excitement. I never would have reached these amazing goals and opportunities if it hadn't been for each and every single one of my readers. Family, friends (both old and new), fellow authors, and everyone that showed me and Welcome To Deadland support, this is all because of you!
The journey to bring the book to your hands is far from over, I'm both nervous and excited to see what the future holds and I can't wait until each of you are able to hold and read a copy for yourself.
Thank you to InkShares and thank you Nerdist, without all of you this opportunity wouldn't have presented itself to all of us.
One day soon you will all be graciously welcomed through the gates of Deadland.
-Zac
The Aftermath...
It took me a couple of hours to move from the corner of my couch where I usually sit when I am depressed. “One book, you lost by one book.” I kept telling myself while wondering whose fault that was. Was it me for not moving fast enough? For not asking enough people? For skipping doors in my neighborhood? Or was it that friend who said she was pre-ordering 3 weeks ago and after 5 reminders never did?
If I have learned anything from 50 years of Doctor Who, is that there are moments fixed in time that cannot be changed no matter what we do. I believe this was one of them. I was not meant to win The Nerdist contest, and I have to live with that.
Yesterday’s urgency and later on grief made me miss something magical happening around me. A chain of people from all over the world; from Eugene –Oregon- to Sydney; and from Hamden to the Chilean Atacama Desert, spent a day fighting shoulder to shoulder with me to help me win.
My phone was ringing the whole day with messages and texts from friends who decided to turn yesterday into a global “get out the vote” day for The Catcher’s Trap.
It certainly felt like an election day. By noon –Eastern Time- I knew it was going to come down to 1 or 2 books. I was hopeful, though; orders were pouring, and an entire contingency from the University of Utah had joined the campaign mid-morning. In the opposite side of the globe, my massive Chilean family worked as a team trying to figure out a website written in a language unfamiliar to them.
At 2:58 I knew I had fallen short. I watched the seconds fly away as a landslide of rage and sadness overcame me. For the next two hours, I obsessed over the failure.
Today I feel nothing but blessed. The universe decided that the best way to show me how many people care about me was making me lose one of the most important campaigns I’ve ever run. Well played universe; I get it, I totally get it.
The Catcher’s Trap will become a reality one day. I am not sure when, though. I am really close to the 750 copies needed for an electronic run of the book, but I am not sure I will go that road. I need an actual book, one that I can sign and personally deliver to that core group of people who yesterday put their lives on hold, just to support a friend’s silly dream.
Thank you all for your support. I promise I’ll be in touch.
Fellow author and growing friend, Steve Soldwedel has put me to shame, so I'm going to follow his lead.
In the last hour of the contest, or any time before their 1,000 pre-order deadlines, if you have extra credits lying around or you just want to support good writing, let me recommend my favorites:
