Here we are almost two weeks ahead of schedule and my re-writes and fixes for The Bones of the Past are finished! Not only that, but after struggling with my acknowledgements, I have finished all the associated paperwork and writing Inkshares and Girl Friday Productions need to get the ball rolling on their end. All of this means I should have a schedule for edits and even a tentative publication date sometime in the next few weeks!

I had also been toying with the idea of including a map but hadn’t managed to find an artist that felt like the right fit for my book. Little did I know he was in front of me the whole time. My amazing map was drawn by non-other than John Robin, the author of Blood Dawn (if you haven’t pre-ordered his book yet you can and should do that HERE!). The hand-drawn style perfectly fits with the flavor of my world. I hope you like it!

Thank you all once again!

Greetings Jackolytes,

Elan Samuel at The Warbler was good enough to include me as a featured author on his well-respected blog. You can check the article at Featured Author: Peter Ryan While you are there take a look and perhaps subscribe – he does great work!

For those of you that are still yet to pre-order, you can help the drive for 300. You can find the Sync City link here. Feel free to share it with others!

Cheers,

Peter

Dear friends,

First of all, let me point you to this article on examiner.com, in which Ms Alicia Smock discusses the Inkshares podcast, "WriteBrain", and some of what constitutes life within the growing Inkshares community. "WriteBrain" had some very good things to say about "Murder at the Veterans’ Club" on their last episode, by the way, and I do encourage people to give it a listen.

As some of you may have figured out by now, I normally send these bulletins out on Sundays. I thought I’d make an exception this week. You see, we’re in a bit of a time crunch. No no, not "Murder at the Veterans’ Club" ... I’m talking about JF Dubeau’s "A God in the Shed". Here’s the press release:

A God in the Shed by J-F Dubeau is a Fantasy/Horror story set in the forgettably small village of St-Ferdinand, in the Eastern Townships of Quebec. The villagers have been hiding terrible secret for generations, but when their mysterious captive escapes but gets inadvertently trapped in the McKenzy’s backyard shed, it’s up to the Venus and her friends to figure out how to dispose of this terrible and malevolent burden; an Old God of hate and death.

You can find out more about this dark and beautiful, read sample chapters, reviews and pre-order you copy of A God in the Shed by visiting: www.inkshares.com/books/a-god-in-the-shed

You can listen to the prologue as read by Ageless author Paul Inman here.

Need more incentive?

• Each pre-order enters you into the "I want to kill a reader" raffle. The winner will have his name and likeness used in the book as a minor character that gets killed off. The author will work with the winner to find the appropriate means of demise to satisfy both the winner and the story.

• Each physical copy of A God in the Shed will be signed and numbered as an exclusive first edition item.

• Free, exclusive A God in the Shed bookmarks will be included with the physical copies and mailed to eBook supporters.

• Orders of three or more copies guarantees your name to appear in the Patrons list printed at the end of the book.

• You get to enjoy the satisfaction and pride at having supported both art and literature.

A God in the Shed is the first part of a trilogy that pushes the line between beauty and horror by telling a story that changes how we look at magic and the world around us. You have a chance of being part of making this book a reality and supporting a new author on his journey.

However, time is running out! The campaign ends April 22nd. Don’t miss out and order today!

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(Dear friends, it might be worth noting that each physical copy of "Murder at the Veterans’ Club" obtained via pre-order is also an exclusive, signed first edition item. Just in case that makes a difference ... but first, let’s get Mr. Dubeau across that finish line.)

As promised, a long overdue weekend update.

I’m currently working to get the 2nd issue of my newsletter up and ready to send out by 5/1, and was happy to make my self-imposed deadline by sending out the 1st issue on 4/1 complete with a map sketch, bit of talk about the future of Exile, Magus, a dialogue between two characters which shed a bit of light on two ancient civilizations mentioned in Magus - Melexi and Thirosia, and a darkly comedic short story poking fun at a few tropes.  For any of you who are interested in reading that first issue then sign up for the newsletter before 4/30.  On 4/30 I’ll send out the April newsletter again to everyone who has signed up after it was sent out.  On 5/1 I’ll send out the May newsletter of course.

What about the progress of Exile, Magus?  Well, its mainly the super dull background work right now.  Polishing, contacting artists, and so on.  For any of you wondering if I’ll be making another go of trying to fund on Inkshares, yes I will.  I just want to make sure I’ve got a full strategy in place instead of jumping in blind again, so for now I’m focused on the dull background work which is why I’ve been so very quiet as of late.  Don’t worry though, I’m still here and I’m still working.

That’s all I’ve got for today, so thanks for your time, have good weekends everybody, and of course keep reading and enjoying!

Hi all!

There are a few thing i would like to talk with you about in the weekend update...

But ! First thing first. This is now your chance to be the lucky guy who will shoot the book to being published as we are standing at the moment (Saturday 6:39 London time) on 249 orders!

*** In fact to get you guys ordering - lucky 250 will have his name featured in the novel as a minor character! so i will have to tweak things around (as i said it is already well written). ***

I will come back to update as soon as this happens! 

x

Jonathan