Jane-Holly Meissner liked an update for Sorcery for Beginners

Friends, Readers, and Sorcerers All,

It’s here at last! The final cover design for Sorcery for Beginners, done by the amazing Mike Corley (with graphics from illustrator Juliane Crump). Without further ado:

Love it love it love it. Mike managed to capture the feel of a 1940s how-to guide but also make something that is striking and engaging. On top of that, we were able to add in elements from the book itself. All the graphics on the cover relate to the story in some way. There’s even a coded message in runes. I can’t wait to see this on bookshelves.

I couldn’t be happier. Actually, I could, because we also have pages on Amazon and Goodreads!

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Goodreads

These two sites are extremely important when it comes to book marketing. The more people add the book to their wish lists, the more the sites will drive traffic to them. So even though you guys have already done so much, I have another favor to ask. If you could log in to your Amazon or Goodreads account and add Sorcery for Beginners to your Wish List and ’Want to Read’ list, it will make a HUGE difference for us.

Thanks again for everything. More updates coming soon!

mh

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Jane-Holly Meissner liked an update for Heart of Time

I’m starting a new crowdfunding project. It’s for the story that has been in my mind (and partially on paper) for many years now. And here’s the new cover! Let me know what you think!

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Jane-Holly Meissner liked an update for Sync City

Greetings Jackolytes,

Sync City’s official publishing date is nigh! Many of you have already received the paperback versions, and the ebook versions should be coming out very soon.

Michael Haase, author of the tremendous Madness of Mr. Butler and staff writer at Renderosity Magazine, recently did an interview with me. It was great fun doing this. You can check it out at The Art of Story.

If this inspires you to take further interest in Sync City, you can find it at the following places:

The magnificent Michael Haase’s book can be found here. If you haven’t got a copy yet, now would be the time!

As always, don’t forget to share!

Cheers,

Peter

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Jane-Holly Meissner liked the forum thread, Assistance with Crowdfunding

The last and final interview of Coming Clean on Crowdfunding is with @Jason Pomerance author of Women Like Us! You can find his interview on Medium HERE, immediately following a list of the ten key lessons I gained from my experiencing interviewing eight of Inkshares’ finest-- @Janna Grace , @Jane-Holly Meissner , @Alastair Luft , @Amanda Orneck , @Jason Pomerance, @Ferd Crôtte, @Evan Graham , @Rick Heinz.

(https://medium.com/@DonnaMLitt/10-hard-earned-lessons-on-crowdfunding-your-novel-dd14fe2b77cf#.l0w5oi9yi)

I encourage you to check out what Jason has to say, especially if you’re considering a social responsibility platform (ie. contributing donations from revenue generated by your book sales) to help grow your audience. I’m pausing the generation of new interview resources for now, and am looking forward to evolving the direction and nature of future content based on interest & need.

Thank you to all for your participation and involvement these past few months!

As always, questions and comments are welcome. On that note, @Susan Hamilton, you raise a great point. I’m sorry I wasn’t able to pose your question to any of the authors I interviewed. If anyone has a comment to share on the topic of generating reviews & recommendations, it would be awesome to hear!

Best of luck!

Donna

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Jane-Holly Meissner liked an update for Are You Sure You Want to Quit?

Hello faithful readers!!

I know it has been wayyy too long since my last update but please be rest assured that I am working hard to finish writing AYSYWTQ? My oldest guinea pig Arya recently had a cystotomy (to remove a bladder stone) and as you can imagine that whole ordeal has been stressful for my boyfriend and I. Arya is recovering very well, although she hates being wrapped in a burrito when it’s medicine time >;;;;;;;;;;;.>;;;;;;;;;;;

As of right now I am setting a deadline of end of March for myself to have a draft ready for editing (yay!). The Nerdist video game contest was definitely one of the hardest things I have ever done and so in a way I had a recovery period like Arya. I am back feeling rejuvinated and ready to hammer out the rest of Maggie’s story and I hope ya’ll are ready for more dragon-filled pages :D

Thank you all for being supportive, patient, and kind on this journey with me I sincerely appreciate all the love. Please don’t hesitate to contact me through email or Facebook if you have any questions or concerns I am always here.

Oh, and I’ll leave you with a shameful plug for a Facebook page I admin called Relentless Empire....a nerdy, geeky page led by myself and 7 other lovely gamer girls so check it out and give us a like on Facebook if you wish!! :)

Have a great rest of the week!!! Catch all those Pokemon ;)

-Alisa King

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Everything is Normal: The Life and Times of a Soviet Kid

One eventful middle-class childhood behind the Iron Curtain in Soviet Leningrad. A mix of a fun memoir and social history of the years preceding the collapse of the USSR. (The book is finished.)

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Jane-Holly Meissner liked an update for Playing God_

Greetings all, I really appreciate your support. Just an update, I have snagged a publishing deal with Stone Table Books and am now working to finish my novel for publication. I didn’t make the necessary funding goals for inkshares, but I will have a book available for sale in the coming months. If you are in the Adelaide South Australia area, you will be able to attend my launch and grab yourself a signed copy of my completed book. if you don’t live nearby, then you will be able to order online from www.stonetablebooks.com

thanks again for your support. hope you all have a great day.

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Jane-Holly Meissner liked Pilot X

OK. I JUST got off the phone with Adam, the CEO of Inkshares.

This should have been communicated BUT if the printing got delayed and if they had got he books signed you might not have got them before the launch date so Inkshares staff made the call to get you the books now even if a few of you had expected signed copies.

SO. To make up for that for those of you who had backed under the expectation of getting a signed copy, Inkshares is going to work with Dan Stiles, the cover artists to make a limited edition print of an alternate cover for Pilot X (of which there were some great ones). They’ll send those to me to sign and we’ll get them out to you.

And it should go without saying that if I’m in your area I will *definitely* sign your book. And if you want to send them to me to sign, I can work with you on that too. Just message me here.

More details on the limited edition prints will come in an email from Inkshares, probably Monday.

Thanks again for making this book possible and my apologies for the confusion here.

Cheers,

Tom

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