We did it! You did it! With your help, After Man took second place in the Geek and Sundry contest. Michelle and I are so grateful for your support, especially the Rise supporters who came back to help again. We now move our focus to getting the rewrite finished and off to Inkshares for developmental edit.
For the new followers that came on board in the first 24 hours after the contest ended but were unable to pre-order because of the glitch that turned After Man into an unfunded book, the problem has been fixed.
Stay tuned next week for the Geek and Sundry announcement of which of the three contest winners gets the nod as the first book in the Geek and Sundry collection. If you haven’t checked out the other two winning books, I encourage you to do so now. You can find links to them here.
Three days left.
Hello backers! I am so thrilled to give you the exclusive first look at the final "Dracula vs. Hitler" cover!

The artists and editors at Inkshares perfectly capture my vision for the book, I am incredibly grateful for their attention to detail and know this design will help the book stand out on shelves and in your homes. I hope you will agree.
Stay tuned for future publishing details, release dates, events and more!
Patrick
I honestly didn’t think I would have a reader update so quickly, but here I am. In 24 hours, I’ve had 26 preorders and while it is upsetting I didn’t hit 250 immediately... THANK YOU!
I attempted to record a new video for TSM homepage on Inkshares, and, well, you should just see what I had to work with. In the video I attempt to tell people that I have already finished the book and am currently working on the second draft right now. That means when we hit the funding goal, the book will follow shortly after.
I’m planning to get this done before November 2016 because I will be stationed to a ship out of San Diego and deployed who-knows-where doing who-knows-what (I’m an IT Technician, so it will be a lot of, "Have you tried turning it off and back on again in a classified way?").
So many people have already recommended and shared on Twitter, Facebook, and Inkshares, it has made my day. I need everyone’s help getting the book out to the people I don’t know. For my part, I will continue to comb Inkshares, leave reviews, pre-order when I can, and keep working, but if the first 24 hours are any indication, this is going to be no problem.
Sweet Dreams,
Stephen Carignan
P.S. If you saw the video, Emma says hi.
I have met some wonderful people here on Inkshares. In fact, I find the entire community to be mutually supportive. What a wonderful spirit!
There is one individual who has gone over and beyond in reaching out to me with support. I’m certain he has done the same for many other Inkshares authors. His clever book, Cape’s Side Bay, is very near Quill. Let’s get James Rasile’s book to Quill publication... and beyond. Please help with a pre-order! :-)
https://www.inkshares.com/books/cape-s-side-bay?referral_code=13a0d0cd