G. Derek Adams liked an update for Ageless

Hey guys! 

I'll TRY to be brief...TRY...

Lots of things have been going on since my last update.

  1. I have finished my first pass at the developmental edits and Lindsay, the editor, was very happy with the changes I made.  There were significant changes.  I cut between 5000-6000 words!  That is a ton of cutting!  But trim the fat right...
  2. The cover is coming together nicely!  we should have something locked down in the very near future!  
  3. Inkshares will be changing the way the funding system works this Friday (250 preorders= light publication and 750= full publication with signed paperbacks)!  
  4. SO if you haven't ever looked at MCC - Book One: Transgressions (click me), now would be a good time.  The preorder cost will go up to $20 one Friday.  Right now you can get in with JUST $10!   Help Pat and I get this book rolling with the new funding goals!
  5. LAST - I WILL BE LIVE ON *CHANGES* THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING.  It's a live GOOGLE HOA where we will talk about lots of different things including AGELESS and MCC - Book One: Transgressions
Thanks guys!
You are all rock stars!


Paul


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    G. Derek Adams liked an update for She Is the End

    Hm hmm hmm.

    Tra la la.

    What? What's that, you say? Something... happened?

    Hmm. I suppose I should read the latest message from Inkshares CEO Jeremy Thomas...



    AHHHH! CHANGES ARE COMING!!!

    Here's a quick rundown, my dear friends, family, and followers:

    New total pre-order goal: 750 instead of 1,000
    New tier for "light" publishing (light editing, limited marketing and distribution): 250 pre-orders
    New pre-order price: $20 for trade paperback + ebook, $30 for hardcover

    There are some other changes, but you should just read the whole announcement to get a sense of what is to come.

    I've put 14 years of development and 5 years of writing into this manuscript. Alex is a brutal developmental editor (love you, honey!). I'm so confident in this book, and I really think the light publishing track will produce something that I will be proud of... but I still want to shoot for the gold. I want to reach 750 pre-orders. I want to send you all signed first-edition copies of my gorgeous, illustrated book!

    So... onward! If you know of anyone who might want to order my book, tell them to order before Oct 30th at noon to get it at the lower price.

    And thank you, really, you who have already ordered. Thank you.

    NOW, AN UPCOMING EVENT:

    I have acquired a promoter (who is very enthusiastic and also particularly smart and beautiful). Leah has arranged a reading + costume contest + photo booth + scifi trivia event at Mugshots Coffee Company this Friday night!!! Is it crazy for me to suggest you drive to Minneapolis if you're not from here? I DON'T CARE! Come to this event!

    Look at this postcard she made to advertise it:



    And she's been making these graphic thingies that are pretty cool, too:



    And she even made this author quote thing from that rant I went on in an earlier update!!



    Look at all this! Is this what it feels like when people believe in you? This is WEIRD but also COOL and I like it in the sense that I've worked really hard on this book and now people are seeing value in it and talking about it, which is GREAT. But I'm also, you know, hyperventilating with anxiety from all the pressure, hahahahAHAAHAHahahaha. It's all good, don't worry. It doesn't count as bravery if you're not scared.

    Thank you, Leah. You're amazing. And the rest of you are amazing, too!

    I hope to see you Friday...

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      G. Derek Adams liked an update for The Astronaut Instruction Manual

      The AIM is  #1 New Release Children's Astronomy Book on Amazon

      Am I happy to share this news:

      Two weeks after release, The Astronaut Instruction Manual has become #1 New Release in Children's Astronomy Books on Amazon.

      This news comes with a prize bonus. See those 3 customer reviews? All three of our customer reviews came from backers! 

      (If I could ask for one birthday present this year, it would be for YOU to review The AIM on Amazon. Here's the link. Click on Write a review. Then go to it, Reviewer!)

      If you have any questions about your books, email me mike-at-mikemongo-dot-com or Inkshares' Matt Hayes at hello-at-inkshares-dot-com. And keep up the good work!

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        G. Derek Adams sent an update for Asteroid Made of Dragons

        Two weeks ago I received my Developmental Edits from my fantabulous editor Lindsay from Girl Friday Productions -- a day or so before I was beside myself with anxiety and anticipation, so I posted this on Twitter:

          Dev edits coming in on Friday. SCREEEOOONNNKKK. Was that my heart making a Godzilla noise? Why yes, yes it was.


        So, of course when they arrived, I had to make this image: 


        And now, on the day that I complete two weeks of wailing, teeth gnashing, amputating my darlings, and re-writing, I am happy to now post this image:

        Notice that the Edits are proud, strong, never defeated, and breathe Radioactive Fire.

        I, like the ruined city, will just shiver quietly and wait for dawn.
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          G. Derek Adams liked an update for The Footsteps of Cain

          I stand atop a pile of words. 54,528 of them, to be precise.

          That is the most recent count, the most recent clump of language and raw ore pulled from the earth, that I've generated for The Footsteps of Cain. Good, bad, and everything in between.

          Of my estimation, I believe I'm about half-way to a...deep breath here...finished piece! Since I've been able to focus full-timeish (at least as full time as I can with my 7 year old at school and a perpetual mountain of house work and keep-my-family-alive food preparation that I SUPPOSE I should commit to), I've been able to crank out 20,000 words, or thereabouts. For me, that's about a month and a half of work.

          I've passed in and out of a couple different types of certainty on the journey; certainty that part of what I've generated is good, and certainty that part of it sucks in the most cringe-worthy sense. I feel like I have too many one-dimensional puppets, and I know that in my second run through I'm going to try to breathe more life and blood into them...take felt and make it flesh. The view from inside a story, especially for someone like me with little experience, can be a very constricting one; I wonder and fear what fresh eyes will reveal about it when they see it.

          Walk forward with fear, old man, and let it keep your eyes open.

          Back to work.

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            Asteroid Made of Dragons re-writes /developmental edits are due back to my editor on Friday.

            Artwork - Hieronymus Bosch / My adrenal glands.

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