The calendar has flipped eight times since my last update, but I finally have some good news to share about my novel Lost in the Fog!
As mentioned previously, Inkshares is a small company with limited resources, and they can only put out so many books each year. Most of you reading this update have already purchased/backed my book, and I wish you had a copy of it in your hands right now. I submitted my final draft last summer, and my manuscript has unfortunately been collecting digital dust since then.
But I’m happy to say that Lost in the Fog is finally in production!
An editor from Inkshares (Mr. Ryan Quinn) recently did an excellent copy edit on it last week, and I got the opportunity to review it. My job was to go through all his comments, answer his questions, and then either make changes or respond with “stet”, which means “let it stand”. Then I had to review all of the tracked changes he made (mostly punctuation, formatting, and keeping the manuscript copacetic to the Chicago Manual of Style), and either accept or reject them.
Thankfully Mr. Quinn did not have many questions (I attribute that to the great job of my first editor, Ms. Caroline Tolley), and all of the changes he made were technical ones that I accepted. But I still took about 6 days with the manuscript, figuring this is likely the last time I will be able to make any modifications to it (I ended up making some minor tweaks of my own). I am very happy with this new and improved version of Lost in the Fog, and I submitted it to Inkshares on Friday.
Once a book begins production, Inkshares says the process is approximately four to six months to when backers (that’s you) will receive your copy in the mail. Lost in the Fog still needs to go through another round of edits, a design pour (whatever that is), design updates, cover design, printing, and shipping. I’d love if my novel could be released by Christmas, but to be safe let’s target January/February of 2020.
I’ll know more soon, and as the timeline gets firmer, I’ll keep everyone updated.
Thank you!
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Thank you for the support,
Kyle T. Cowan
I am extremely happy (and filled with gratitude) to report Young Donald surpassed 700 preorders on August 20. Thank you so much to all readers and followers for your amazing support for this book! I am now hoping to reach the magic number of 750 by September 8.
But have no fear - that still leaves plenty of time for you to order more copies and participate in the primary promotion! The BIG AMAZON GIFT CARD DRAWING is set for September 7. Anyone responsible for 3 or more preorders will be in the drawing for the $100 gift card, and anyone responsible for six or more orders will also be eligible for a $150 gift card drawing. There are approximately 30 very generous people already eligible for the $100 drawing, and only a handful (aka the Young Donald super elite supporters) eligible for the $150 drawing.
And, one promotion update: the most recent “NEXT PERSON TO ORDER 5” promotion was won by Jhinuk. Jhinuk will join Aki and Ben L. as the owner of a limited edition (set of 5) print by artist Monica Jahan Bose based on one of her amazing performances at Art Basel Miami. Thank you Jhinuk and thank you Monica!
Please keep your eyes out for the announcement of the Young Donald thank you dance party coming soon.
https://www.inkshares.com/books/young-donald?referral_code=4420b50b
Thank you again!
Michael
I haven’t sent an update in long time, so I thought I would. This is a recent review of Sunshine is Forever that caught my eye. Check it out: https://lgbteacher.home.blog/2019/08/14/book-review-sunshine-is-forever/
Thanks for the support,
Kyle T. Cowan
