Monthly Update! So, my publication date is now 11/1/2016. Much closer. I have 3 days left to finish my line edits. I’m on schedule. That stuff is boring.
WE HAVE COVERS TO VOTE ON!!!
Okay. Here is the deal. Tweet me @crankybolt or email me, or even comment here. Each of these covers is a design direction.
Not the final cover. By any stretch. These are just looking at which avenue we should head down.
Option #1
This cover is filled with arcane imagery in an organic cover design where text blurs with the artwork. If you think we should head in this direction, even with different colors and would like to see more usages. Vote for this one.
Option #2
This cover is closer to the original cover art. The intent of this design path is to create something that is more like an arcane tome. A spellbook one could hold. If you like this direction. Vote here!
Option #3
This one is the most off putting at first. Yet it’s important to know that this is just a place holder for an Illustrated cover with a character (Mike) in his green trenchcoat with the black sun on the horizon. Or of his coat tattered on an I-beam above the Chicago Skyline. I know it may be hard to visualize, but if you like that design direction. Vote here!
Option #4:
Don’t like any? Then say so!
Send me your gut reactions and your initial feedback! Tweet them out, email me, or throw paper rocks at me with notes on them.
Twitter: @CrankyBolt Facebook: facebook.com/crankybolt Email: Crankybolt@gmail.com
Dreams, dreams, dreams, etc., etc., etc.
You’ve read and/or heard my pitch, and maybe it can be too general at times. Luckily, Jamison Stone, author of Rune of the Apprentice (coming in November) and Inkshares extraordinaire, allowed me to write a guest post on his blog. I am honored he asked, and you can read it here:
There’s a lot of material there that would never fit on my Inkshares page, and it’s probably the most specific I’ve ever been about what has driven my writing. I hope you enjoy.
Happy dreams to you all.
IT’S PUBLICATION DAY!!
After a long and rewarding process, The Future of Men is officially published and available at Amazon, B&N, and local bookstores starting today! Thank you for backing the book and making this all possible.
Early reactions to the book have been fantastic, and I’m excited to announce that I’ll be appearing on CBS This Morning at 8:30AM today! I’ll be sitting down with Charlie Rose and New York Times correspondent Jodi Kantor. Tomorrow, I’ll be on Good Day New York at 9:45AM. Please tune in!
I ask that you PLEASE SUPPORT our marketing efforts on this very important day by sharing the book link on your social networks and leaving a review/rating on Amazon. Ask your friends and colleagues to do the same, and they’ll be entered to win a free hardcover copy when they use #FutureOfMen. Your support is incredibly important and will increase visibility to potential buyers (and help cut through the noise of Super Tuesday!). I’ve included a few sample tweets below.
Feel free to cut and paste any and all of these tweets to your social networks today.
- Masculinity revisited? Jack Myers explores what it means to be a “real man” in today’s world. BUY NOW: http://amzn.to/1QgD9va #FutureOfMen
- Don’t be fooled by the title, The #FutureOfMen is about the future of women too! BUY NOW: http://amzn.to/1QgD9va
- The #FutureOfMen begins today! Buy Jack Myers’ new book: http://amzn.to/1QgD9va
PLEASE SOCIALIZE! AND ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT!
-Jack