Hello, friends!
Just a quick update to let you know that if you ordered a paperback, those will be shipped to you within the next two weeks and for e-books, those will be made available as well in short time.
For our local Southern California peeps, we’ll be hosting our book release/signing party at the Barnes & Noble in Chino Hills, on Saturday, August 13, from 2 pm to 4 pm - we’d love to see you there! (Matt might or might not actually wear a FULL plate of armor... ok, probably not, but maybe Adam?)
Just a quick note to let you know that things with The Punch Escrow are progressing better than I ever imagined. This book is really coming into its own.
The third draft of the manuscript should be complete in the next 6 weeks. Which would keep us on an early 2017 publish schedule. I am looking for fresh beta readers, so if you’re at all curious about the adventures of Joel Byram from the 25th Century, please get in touch.
I’ve submitted the final draft of my short story Morcom is here. to the Too Many Controllers anthology organizers. I will have more information on its publication date sometime later in the month, I believe.
Also, if you’re a size XL or L men’s shirt size, send me a message. I’ve uncovered a few extra The Punch Escrow shirts. First come, first serve.
Hey, guys.
This is one of those unexpected updates, but I wanted to let this side of my followers to know that I will be working both ways with Scarlet and Detective Diaries as far as updates go--so bear with me if I spam you through the pipeline or I’m late to update. Also, the schedule for Detective Diaries will be changing. We’ll keep the Detective Sunday, but like the old days when I had Wednesday as an update day is now back and alive. You could call it a..."Progress Update". I have no idea if other writers have done it, but it will basically be a video of myself talking about my progress through updates, workspace, etc, and I might even have guests to speak with me that have supported me from the beginning. These videos will most likely be taken on my camera that I use for photography, or in vlog form from my cellphone. Either way, it’s happening! So, tomorrow we starting this off, so please check it out!
Until next time, A.J.III.
Hey, everybody! I sent out the Disintegration manuscript to my beta readers last night. I’m excited to receive their feedback. It feels great to move one step closer to publication.
I’ll send along Chapter Three later today. If you’ve been reading the chapters as I send them, do send me a DM and let me know what you think.
In other news, I’ve entered the current Geek and Sundry Fantasy Contest with my story Lamda Scorpii. It ties into Disintegration but, due to its setting and its characters, it fits nicely into the fantasy genre if you consider Arthur C. Clarke’s position on magic.
Please check out Lamda Scorpii, follow it, pre-order it, recommend it! We did amazingly in the last contest, with Disintegration, and we started three weeks late. This time, we’re starting at the beginning. With your help, we can win this one.
Excelsior!
Hey everybody! I didn’t expect to be saying this for at least another 3-4 months, but Exile, Magus is live and in funding mode! When I saw the G&S contest announcement, it was too good of an opportunity for me to pass up. I’m now in that somewhat panicky "I wasn’t ready for this" first day of campaign launch mode. Its both an incredibly nervous and highly energized feeling. I’ve already gotten a pretty good start, so now its just up to me to keep up the momentum. I’m hoping you’ll join me in that endeavor as well. That’s all I’ve got for now, expect to hear from me every Tuesday or Thursday from now until the end of this contest with updates on our progress as well as other fun "things" I’ve been doing my best to save up to share with you all.
4. Don’t be afraid to ask people to support yourself, not your book. It’s a small division, but it makes a big deal. Ask people to help support you get published and back that dream. It will take 2 years before they have a book and there is a lot of editing that goes into it. Your story may look completely different, so focus instead on your idea, and who you are and why it’s important to you.
5. Focus on your own extended networks, family, and friends first, then turn your attention to crowds and other Inkshare authors. Yes, there is a community here, and everyone is trying to get their books funded. At some point, it’s about playing match maker and cross pollination of reader bases. That is a good and healthy thing. It’s okay to market each others books to your crowd. That’s why you knock your people out of the way first. Then you can help others and others can help you.
6. Passive media: Ads, cards, fliers, these things help you build your author brand and focus your vision, but they don’t help with crowd funding in a contest. They won’t net you any sales. What they will do: Is polish your writer brain into a fine-tuned 15 second selling machine.
So, those are some of my quick tips. Inkshares had blogged about it before: and Tal Klein wrote his tips. I’m willing to help and offer advice to anyone, just send me a PM.
~Rick Heinz