At ease, Faoii. This is a short update.

I worked for hours this week trying to make our base camp look worthy of our army. If you get a chance, go there and let give me any feedback you can. That page represents all of us, so I want opinions. 

Our followers have nearly doubled this week alone, and a lot of that is to the amazingly talented Evan Graham. Evan lent his voice to The Choir by vouching for our army in the largest syndicate on inkshares. I did not expect to have such a well-known and heavy-hitter in our corner, but I am honored by his support. Check out his book if you’re one of the few people left who hasn’t pre-ordered. 

Also, Really? Really? There aren’t 6 of you out there who hasn’t picked up a blade in support of The Last Faoii yet? 6 soldiers is all it will take to get back on the leaderboards. 6. Come on, faoii. What are you waiting for?

Last announcement: Someone told me that my outreaches are too long (even though they’re entertaining). People respond to simple things. He suggested a new tactic, and I decided to give it a try (even though I thought it was rather silly). Now it’s our most-shared image on social media. Shows what I know. :/

Copy/paste the image to your own social media accounts. Or share from facebook.com/tahaninelson or facebook.com/thelastfaoii or Twitter.com/tahaninelson. We will win this contest, but we need more support.

That’s all for now, Faoii. Dismissed.

Dearest Sparks, Flames and Wildefires, we are bouncing between 9th and 10th place in the contest. Thank you all so very much for keeping us on the leaderboard! As of right now I have 110 pre-orders which is AMAZING! The gaps between the top three spots in the contest and the rest of us are growing every day, but we are well on the way to the Quill publishing goal, which will make sure that all of my backers get their copies, and distribution through Amazon.com. 

So, keep sharing and talking about the book with your friends! If all of my followers convinced just one other person to order their own copy, then we’ll be published! 

To make that a bit easier, I have set up a few social media outlets. An author page on Facebook, a twitter account, and an instagram. I’ll be sharing updates there as well, some concept art, and some bonus materials as they come into play. So follow, like, and share!

https://www.facebook.com/TRFlamesintheDark/

You can also follow me on Twitter @andra_tara

And Instagram @tararoquemore

Here on Inkshares one of my fellow authors have been doing their best to keep people talking about all the books on the leaderboard. Joey Angotti’s had a play-by-play of the contest posted every week on the forums. He comments with humor and kindness about each entry. He has fun with it, and it’s not something he has to do at all. 

Here’s the latest entry: https://www.inkshares.com/forum_threads/g-s-contest-the-story-so-far-part-6

Parts 1-5 are posted too! Joey’s comments about my prologue in the first one made me cry tears of happiness. You can review his own book A Soldier’s Crest on Amazon.com and give him a boost there as well! 

In closing, I’m polishing up Chapter two and sending it to my beta-readers this weekend. I hope to post it soon! 

Thank you for all that you’ve done. I know we all know one other fantasy book reader. See if you can talk them into checking out Flames in the Dark! If you’re following, but you haven’t ordered your own copy yet, it’s just $10 for a Spark (e-book) and $20 for a Flame (paperback and e-book), a Wilde Fire option let’s you order 3 or more paperbacks plus the e-book, and you get your name printed in the back! 

Light and Love Always,

Tara