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Happy New Year!  Hope you had a great holiday time and that you get a good start on whatever goals you set for yourself.

So, updates for you!  I completed the developmental edit and submitted it to the editor for round two.  It was a fun task that involved a lot of juggling and slashing and gnashing of teeth and many, many, many hours of Civilization 5 keeping my focused with its turn based system of game play:-)

Also, we've settled on a concept for the cover, taking the original version and blending it with an idea suggested by a reader that touched on themes the publisher felt were significant.  

Rise Concept Cover

My thanks to the Inkshares and Girl Friday teams as well as to the artist, Chris McElfresh, for the work and care they've given to see this project come even closer to fruition.  September will be here before you know it!

We aren't doing this in a vacuum.  All of us authors who are in development or production or who are already printed owe this community for the help and work each and every one does on their own projects.  We bring more eyes to this unique community with our successes and even our failures.  Taking the power of publication selection and giving it to you the reader is such a novel concept, pardon the pun, and I hope you take advantage of it to help expand Inkshares library of completed projects.  I, for one, am looking forward to an entire shelf of Inkshares books and that's saying something as my wife and I went digital a long time ago.  Be sure to check out all the funding projects, especially those competing in the Sword and Laser Sequel contest (https://www.inkshares.com/contests/the-sword-laser-collection-contest-the-sequel) as that competition ends in just over 10 days!

Onward and upward!

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    Dave Barrett commented on Dracula v. Hitler
    Hey Pat!  As you move forward with the crowdfunding, make sure you keep pushing the credits.  You not only get $5 for signing up, but when you leave your first review you get another $5.  So people who read your excerpt and like what they see can get the e-book for $5, and the (signed!) hardback for $20.  There's also a Goodreads forum we've got up and running for people to share their hints and stuff.  https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/171196-inkshares-writers  Also, tell Felicia to order my book!  
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      Dave Barrett liked an update for The Amaranth Chronicles: Deviant Rising

      Hey everyone! Hope you all had a great New Years! Was I the only Californian that didn't go to Tahoe? My Facebook feed was filled with people hitting the slopes and proposing to their GF/BF's on the frozen lake. Felt like the nerdy kid that wasn't invited too the party... ... ... Who was home writing Science-Fiction...  /sigh

      ANYWAYS! Just wanted to thank everyone whose already grabbed a copy of the book and remind everyone who hasn't yet that there are only 11 days left in the Sword and Laser competition. I'm hoping we can still place in the top ten so we can make our March release date!

      For those of you who haven't seen it yet check out our "Directors" video here:

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDfRsDTH9EQ

      Now onward too the new year!

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        Dave Barrett recommended Storm of Fury
        Hey everyone! Andrew's only got 2 weeks to go in his funding, and still needs 100 pre-orders. Get on it!
        Storm of Fury
        For untold ages, Na’lek, creator of mankind, has tolerated the sins of his people. But no more. Soon, his Fury will pour over Lantrelia, wiping humanity from the face of existence. If brave heroes do not rise to challenge him, all hope is lost.
        Dave Barrett liked an update for Nowhere Else I Want to Be

        My dear Readerly Friends:

        Fist, and most important: I hope you are looking forward to a peaceful and productive New Year.

        Second and most exciting: We are very close! As of the moment I write this update, we need only 97 pre-orders to get to publication. I would love for the book to come out during 2016, twenty years after Miriam's House first opened its doors to Washington, DC's homeless women with AIDS.

        So my goal is to get those 97 orders by the end of January. How?

        1. The largest clinic in Washington, DC (Whitman-Walker Health) is holding a book event for me on January 19.

        2. Whoever pre-orders during January 2016 will receive this mug (shipped when the book is published, one mug per order):

        3. Tell your friends! Share this update on facebook and twitter and by email.

        4. You have already pre-ordered, but maybe you'd like an excuse to get this lovely mug ... or make it a gift package (mug and book) to a family member, friend or colleague. In either case, pre-order another copy!

        As always, thank you. 

        Carol

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          Dave Barrett liked an update for The Children of the Forest

          Hello everyone, I hope you all had a fantastic New Years. I had the good fortune of spending the holidays up in Toronto, Canada, at the Royal York! 

          I just wanted to post a quick update to let everyone know that I've added several new chapters to the Inkshares page for The Children of the Forest. A 7th chapter will be available later tonight, and the 8th will be released on Monday morning.

          I'm very happy with the current draft of the novel, and progress has been moving at quite a lovely pace. I also did a short interview on Off-Beat Cinema this past week, and hope to have the clip up on my page shortly!

          Looking forward, we are currently maintaining a competitive placement in the S&L contest, and just a couple pre-orders could easily turn the tide against me, or in my favor. If anyone has yet to pre-order a copy of my book, I'm begging you to jump on the bandwagon now and get yourself a copy (or 10) as there are only two weeks left before the end of the 2nd S&L contest!

          That's pretty much it for now, I'll post another short update once I've added the new chapters (7+8) to the page! Thanks everyone for all your support, here's to another fabulous year ~


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            Dave Barrett liked an update for Deus Hex Machina

            We did it! We hit 70 orders!  Time for the next raffle! *Cracks knuckles and pulls out the random number generator.*

            Congrats to...Joe Terzieva!  You've won a signed copy of Shadow of the Owl!

            We had six orders today, so that's only two more until we break my daily record for most orders.  Can we do it before midnight?  If so I'll raffle off another book as a reward to all you nice folks who have supported DHM.

            And I'm making a slight change to the next raffle and those going forward: Since the Sword & Laser The Sequel contest runs off of unique orders, I figure it's a good idea to run my raffle that way.  So I will do my next drawing at 70 backers, and then the next at 80.  That's only six people away, which is all the better for those of you who have already backed.  It means you get another shot at a signed book that much sooner.

            If you know anyone who would enjoy the book please share Deus Hex Machina with them.

            Thanks and I hope to be talking to you again real soon! 


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