Young Donald passed 500 pre-orders on August 6! Thank you so much for your extraordinary generosity and support! The next target is 600 by August 20.

It’s PROMOTIONS PROMOTIONS PROMOTIONS all month!! So many promotions you are losing money every day you don’t order and re-order Young Donald!

A quick recap of the promotions so far:

(1) Secret Pre-order Number Promotion! The secret number between pre-orders 441 and 500 was 493! Gianfranco - a regular and frequent supporter of Young Donald - was lucky buyer number 493 and he received $50 (CASH MONEY!)

(2) Pre-order number 500 Promotion! Aki was the lucky 500th buyer and, just by clicking {confirm order} at the right time, Aki won a limited edition Monica Jahan Bose print based on her recent performance at Art Basel Miami! 

(3) The "Henry Coyle" Promotion (one beer bought for you by the author for every additional order after your first) was enjoyed this week by Gianfranco, Antonio and, of course, repeat enjoyer of this promotion, Mr. Henry Coyle!

(4) Big Gift Card Drawing Promotion! (A) If you are responsible for 3 or more orders, you are eligible for a $100 Amazon gift card drawing (16 eligible to date); (B) if you are responsible for 6 or more orders, you are eligible for an additional $150 Amazon gift card drawing (4 people eligible to date - with Thinn, Jay P., Tom K. and Fabio all just one order away from joining this elite group!).

THE NEW, VERY LIMITED TIME ONLY PROMOTION!!!! 

The next person who pre-orders FIVE (5) or more copies will join Aki as the proud owner of a Monica Jahan Bose limited edition print from Art Basel Miami!! 

Finally, a huge thank you to all 65+ people who attended the Young Donald "Thanks for your Support" party in Washington, DC on August 3rd and saw the world premiere of the brilliant Jamie Wright created Young Donald book trailer. Version 2.0 of the trailer will be up on the site (and undoubtedly going viral) very soon.

Thank you so much again for your support! Please tell a friend, sibling or co-worker about the book today!

Michael

Hello all!

I hope you are having a wonderful summer. Mine has been eventful, to say the least!

I have brief news regarding Curio Citizen--my previous editor is no longer with the company, so my manuscript is now in the hands of a new editor, Sarah Nivala. I am excited to receive their feedback and will keep you all informed as the editing process goes on.

In other news, my family and I made a big change this summer. We moved halfway across the country! I am now a resident of Kansas City and loving it. After three weeks, I’m finally feeling settled, and I’ve managed to make time to write in spite of the busy move.

I’m now in the process of preparing a fresh novel manuscript for a Twitter pitch event in September. These pitch events invite authors to write a short description of their novel within Twitter’s 280-character limit (quite the challenge!). If an agent or publisher likes the pitch, they’ll click that little heart button in the tweet to request more material. I’ve had moderate success with these sorts of events in the past, so I’m hoping this one will bear fruit. Wish me luck! As always, thank you for your interest and support of my writerly aspirations!

Best,

Katherine

Hi everyone! This note is going out through Inkshares, specifically to backers and followers of my novel The Seclusion. 

Thanks to you, The Seclusion, which has been out less than a year, has sold over 3,400 copies, is available in bookstores and libraries across the world, and was recently named a Foreword Indies Award Winner in Sci-Fi. 

Pretty awesome for a crowdfunded book, yes?

Some of you are on my general mailing list, but I know that emails from third parties often get lost in the shuffle. I wanted to let all of you know that the campaign for The Seclusion Part 2 is live and more than a third of the way to its goal of 750 preorders!!!

If you have already supported - THANK YOU. If you haven’t, your support would mean the world to me and is instrumental in making the sequel a reality. Patch’s story isn’t over, and the conclusion is one I’m eager to share with you. So, please take the time to check out the campaign page. 

If everyone who preordered The Seclusion participates in this campaign as well, we will reach the goal in no time and be well on the way to getting book two into your hands! 

I have some great perks I’m offering to liven things up this go-around - including a free copy of book one(to keep or pass to a friend), opportunities to take part in behind-the-scenes polls on story development, and cross promotion on my twitter account and in my newsletter for other authors and artists!

If you haven’t checked out the campaign page yet, please do. If you have already preordered, can you let a SciFi, Dystopian-loving friend know? Each time someone refers a supporter, they are entered into a raffle for a $100 Airbnb gift card(unlimited entries). 

So, one last time, please head on over and give it a looksie. 

Thank you again for your continued support, and always know you can reach out to me directly - JacquiCastle@gmail.com

Hey backers,

Been awhile. This mostly due to my embarrassment that IN BETA is still not out yet. Originally it was slated to go into production this previous winter, for a spring release. Then it was going to go into production this spring, for a Winter 2020 release. More recently I’ve been assured that it’s going into production in October, to come out Spring of 2020.

Trust me when I say no one is more ready than I am for this thing to reach completion. I had a brief convo with Inkshares this week, and they are in the process of selling audio rights to Audible, so it will be an audiobook, which is cool, and gives me hope that there is, in fact, an end game.

So come October, be ready for my signal. If publication date pushes again, let’s all bum rush the fence, k?

Much love,

P

Happy Canada Day, everyone. 2019 is half over, and there’ve been a number of developments since my last update.

First of all, I’m pleased to report that A Gentleman’s Murder won the silver for Mystery in the 2018 Foreword Indies. This makes a neat little hat trick for Inkshares, with Jacqui Castle’s The Seclusion and Juliet McDaniel’s Mr. and Mrs. American Pie also winning silver in their respective categories.

A German edition of A Gentleman’s Murder is also in the works and set to come out in December this year.

Some long-overdue paperwork was finally completed with respect to the option for the TV rights, so I think I can more comfortably say now that that’s in the works, too.

The most significant update I have to share, however, is that I have since relocated from Montreal to Calgary, a move that takes me to the other side of the continent. I’m writing this from what should be my study for the foreseeable future, once the movers deliver all my stuff.

It’s a new life. Perhaps there will be Bovril.

Until next time!

Dear Followers and Supporters -

I have been radio silent for quite some time, but I do have news to announce regarding the status of Fae Child. 

Since the book funded in March 2017, I finished the first draft in July of that year. After that my family and I had several life changes that stole my energy and attention, including becoming small business owners and having a fourth child. The THIRD draft of the book is now underway with a few small tweaks to accomplish before I send the manuscript in to Inkshares.

At that point I will find out when they anticipate the book being published - there would be a copy edit to do and a few other miscellaneous things.

I have a cover for the book well underway with a talented artist, Aliana Wong ( www.alianawong.com ) and I have updated the cover on the Inkshares site to reflect the in progress work. I am in love with it already.

I also have had a short story accepted into an anthology which should be published later this year. Here is the link to the announcement: https://writingbloc.com/announcement-of-the-stories-and-authors-for-the-upcoming-deception-anthology/

That is all for now! I will send out another update when I am sending it off to Inkshares. 

Thank you all for your support and your patience,

Jane-Holly

Hello readers! All eBooks pre-orders should now be available! You will receive an email, and you can directly load said eBook onto your Kindle or Apple iBook device! If you didn’t get the email and you know you ordered one, let me know or email hello@Inkshares.com.

At this very moment I’m up in the Bay Area after visiting Inkshares HQ to hang out with the lovely Avalon Radys (and her puppy!) to sign all the physical pre-orders! They should be mailed to you soon. 

NOW WHAT HAPPENS? While bloggers and Bookstagram have been incredibly supportive of this book, it’s up to READERS to spread the word and leave reviews! Please rate and review the book on Goodreads and Amazon once you’re finished. Both are incredibly important. I will go blue in the face stressing the importance. I wish I could climb to the top of a very high tower and ring a bell to tell you exactly HOW IMPORTANT Amazon/Goodreads reviews are. You might not be able to leave an Amazon review till the 16th, which is the actual release date.  But please do use Goodreads in the meantime!

Thanks again for everything, it was truly surreal to sign all these books this morning. I know you’ve all waited a long time and I so appreciate your patience. It’s amazing to see the results and I’m overjoyed that this story is finally finding its audience.

Love,

Liz