200 copies!
You guys, Ghosts of War has sold 200 copies! That's 1/5 of it's hard copy goal and over 1/4 of it's eBook goal!
We actually hit it over the weekend, but I completely whiffed on posting an update, so here it is.
There's still about 132 of you yet to pick up a copy, so I strongly urge you to. If you've got any Inkshares credits laying around whack 'em on a copy of Ghosts of War. Doing so would get Ghosts 1/3 of the way to it's goal of 1000 copies, which means there'd only be another 2/3's to get.
Throughout this campaign I've been wanting to do my own art, but was in quite a creative rut. Well today I thought I'd just sit at the computer and force myself to art.
And art I did.
This is the approach of the Havok over the city of Tragg from the first chapter. That darkish blob up the front is the Tragg Empirical Casino.
I may not be completely out of the rut yet, but I am hoping to do some more of this kind of thing as the campaign continues. It may not all be this style of thing, but there will be more...
G'day - This is a good news bad news update. I always find it interesting to ask people which they'd like first. It's very revealing as to whether they are an optimist or pessimist. So, without any importance to the order...
The bad news - Disaster has struck! I have been typing so much my laptop has decided to go on a part strike. Specifically, the g and h keys are the part that have decided they no longer want anything to do with this novel writing business. For unknown reasons, capitalization of those letters, will not be tolerated. Peons! How dare you revolt on me when I'm writing about tyranny and injustice. I now have to use my desktop computer for my writing (to the quiet chanting of 'scab' and 'knobstick' by my laptop) which is far less comfy than my usual writing chair. As I type this, my cat is looking at me funny because I'm sitting in her chair. I share your pain Kisa, I don't like it either.
The good news - I can now reveal the name of the international man of mystery that joins me while we ride the crazy train together. Finn McRae. Despite sounding like a leprechaun, he's really a fun guy. Give him a round of applause ladies and gentleman. Okay that's enough. Stop now, you'll make him embarrassed. Apparently Inkshares can only have one author profile attached to a single project. So for now I get to censor...I mean pass on, anything he wants to say, and his reputedly fabulous facial hair remains an unconfirmed mystery. You'll have to keep looking at my ugly mug.
Accordingly I've updated the profile and changed the cover art. I'm going to plug something here called Canva. It has a neato design template for an e-book. So simple, even I could do it. I'm sure someone with, you know, actual artistic talent could do much better and its free'ish. Check it out.
That's all for now rebels. Stay free.