Deus Hex Machina was just chosen to be part of the illustrious Sword & Laser Collection here on Inkshares. I would write more about this, but I’m too busy shaking with gratitude.
Hello all!
Another quick update. We passed 200 orders! Thank you all so very much! This is incredible, I’m still in disbelief. Long long way to go, but very happy at where we sit right now. You’re seriously all the best!
The Geek & Sundry contest is over. Congratulations to Tal M. Klein, Brian Guthrie, and Erin S. Evan! You can still check out and order their books, and be sure to check out the other books in the contest. There are some really great gems in there that can still use your support!
That’s all for me. Please, as always, share, recommend, review, pre-order, talk about, and let’s get Cape’s Side Bay to Quill (and possibly beyond?)!
We did it! The Punch Escrow is getting published!!
I’m on a plane and my laptop battery is about to die, so I have to make this quick. You lot have done something which my wife would have heretofore deemed impossible: I am speechless. So, while I do a little happy dance to myself, I wanted to recognize a few people, and then we’ll get on to all the raffle winners and such tonight (alas, victory doesn’t afford me the ability to shrug off my job).
Rachel Klein: I know it’s not easy being married to me. Thank you for putting up with my creative obsessions. I love you.
Iris and Violet Klein: My two beautiful muses. You’re too young to understand, but you’ve given my life purpose.
My extended family. Especially the Brown ladies, who are making me discuss my book at their book club at our next family reunion. Thankfully there are no sex scenes, although the protagonist does get naked once or twice. (’ey lord! Bless his soul!)
My “staff” (+3 of great friendship, 20% savings throw bonus when asking others for favors) – These folks have gone above and beyond to assist me in various phases of the book. Without them, The Punch Escrow would not be: Peter Birdsall, John Hannon, Joe Santoro, Dave Sontag, Ian Ellison, Russ Mitchell, Dan Salinas, Ben Murphy (kindof), Ryan Potter, Meredith Peruzzi, Acar Altinsel, Robert Kroese
My Inkshares “mental support” crew: James Rasile, Rick Heinz, Pat Edwards, Peter Bats, and my arch nemesis Brian Guthrie (who, despite the fact we were competitors, was always on hand to help me understand the Inkshares contest process, and teach me promotional tips and tricks).
Micah Pegman - Won the shirt raffle this week!
Our top 3 referrers in the past 96 hours (each gets a "teleporting" The Punch Escrow coffee mug):
Pete Downing
James Rasile
Nicola Sarjeant
Stay tuned for the MAJOR PRIZE announcement. Also, if any of you who participated in the Penguin Magic promotion have not gotten your Tarbell 51 code, please let me know, don’t bother the Inkshares or Penguin Magic support people.
More soon!
-Tal
Hello, everyone!
I hope your weekend has been great! As promised, I have posted a bonus issue of the Avalon Chronicler, including another piece of cryptic microfiction. What does it all mean? You’ll have to read the full novel to find out!
http://avalonchronicler.blogspot.com/2016/05/editorial-are-free-or-are-we-ants.html
This week I will be posting a video of a reading of one of the later, unreleased chapters. Sometimes it is best to let the work speak for itself! So, stay tuned for that!
If you haven’t pre-ordered your copy yet, now is the time to get it! We are coming very close to our first raffle for a minor role in the book! Those of you who have pre-ordered already THANK YOU so much for believing in this novel and its potential. I promise you won’t be disappointed!
Enjoy the rest of your Sunday and talk to you soon!
Jason
@atomicboywonder
Hello wonderful people,
Just a quick update to say that a new shiney and revised chapter 5 is up for you to read. Hope you like it.
Kelsey Rae Barthel
Thanks to you, it’s a BOOK!
I woke up this morning to the fantastic news that Pilot X smashed through the 750 preorder goal we needed to get fully published by Inkshares. That means this is a real book now with a real editing process about to start and real book marketing et cetera.
I know I’ve said this a lot but I cannot thank you enough.
Pilot X thanks you too. He really has come a long way since we mistakenly thought he was a crashed airline pilot in the 1990s. Wow is he more than that. He’s not even human. And I can’t wait for all of you to get to know him and his world better. There’s a planet of monks who discover the Dimensional War, a small hut with three Pilot Xs working in it, and of course the Pineapple Planet.
But all of that will come soon enough. For now you’ve made my year!!
Y’all rock.
Tom "Not even out of bed yet" Merritt
