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Thank you all very much for your interest, attention, orders and suggestions.

I’ve removed the few original chapters that were online and replaced them with a collection of different bits form the book. It would be fantastic if you could check them and comment.

Have a great weekend!

Cheers

Sergey
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    The Walls are Closing In has reached the Quill light publishing goal!


    This means that The Walls are Closing In will be published through Inkshares!!! Once the campaign ends, the book will be assigned a production timeline. This is a dream come true, and I am grateful to each and every one of you for helping me get to this point. Thank you.

    There are still almost two months left of the campaign, and I will continue to strive for the full contract (which adds perks such as advanced marketing to bookstores, developmental editing, professional cover design, and representation for TV/movie rights).

    455 orders to go!

    In the past week, the book was chosen for two syndicates on Inkshares (bringing the total to five). Thank you to all members of Break the Bechdel with Strong Female Characters syndicate and Rite of Passage syndicate for the support.

    Syndicates are groups of Inkshares members that pool together to support one book per month. To say that it is a tremendous honor to be selected would be an understatement, as there are currently 320 books funding on Inkshares.

    Writer John Robin recently interviewed me on his epic fantasy blog! You can check out the interview here. 

    We are only 5 orders away from 300. Once 300 is reached, I will post a new novel trailer, with teasers! I am also trying to come up with some other clever ideas for future milestones. Tossing around an audio chapter, giveaways, etc. Let me know if you have any ideas!

    Below this I will be pasting a copy of the steps that can be taken to help with the campaign for the new followers who are joining. Feel free to either continue reading or just get on with your day!

    Thank you all again for your support. Until next week.

    -Jacqui

    For those that are willing, there are numerous ways to help me reach my preorder goal. Every little bit helps a great deal!

    1) The greatest way to help, the method that has been shown to produce the best results, would be to select people you know who might like this book (I think we all know those who would, and would not, like this book), and personally tell them about the book via email. Invite them to read the material that is up, and ask them to offer their support if they like what they read. Remind them that if they are one of the first 750 to order, they will be a backer, and will receive a signed, first-edition copy if they select a physical copy over an ebook.

    2)If you are on this list and have not ordered the book, then order it, or two, or three, or ten (who am I to judge?)

    3) Share the information for my novel on any of your social networks (there are share buttons on my book’s page), tagging those who you think would be interested. Share updates, reviews the book has received, the link to my novel trailer, and/or interview and YouTube links as they become available.

    4) Preorder three or more print copies and receive your name in the back of the book.

    5) Leave a recommendation on Inkshares if you notice that the novel has slipped off the front page of the site. Providing a recommendation places The Walls are Closing In under the "Recommended by Inkshares Readers" section on the front page of the website, thereby increasing exposure.

    6)Send me any and all ideas that you have for spreading the word and getting this book out there!

    Thank you again!

    -Jacqui

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      Jane-Holly Meissner recommended Fae Child
      With 11 days to go in the campaign, I would appreciate you taking another look at Fae Child. We're over 200 orders and sooooo close!
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      A child slips through a portal into the land of the Fae and traverses the Otherworld with the help of a young elf, while her parents are left to deal with the changeling that was left in her place.
      Jane-Holly Meissner created a forum thread: Campaign ending soon!
      Fae Child is coming up on the end of its funding campaign - I’ve been going since I joined the Geek & Sundry fantasy contest at the beginning of August 2016, and it will finish at the end of February. If you haven’t checked it out, please do! Fae Child has been backed by SIX of the Syndicates here on Inkshares: Rite of Passage, Break the Bechdel, Staff, Fantasy, Write Out Loud, and Sci-Fi! I am still a little flabbergasted at all the support the Inkshares community has given me.

      There are six sample chapters on my page (from the first draft) if you’d like to give them a look. There are just 11 days left to go, and 52 copies to pre-sell in order to reach guaranteed publication under the Quill imprint. I would love your support.

      Thank you to everyone on Inkshares for being such a great community and for giving me the confidence to keep going when I am plagued with doubts. Thank you! I hope to have good news to report in two weeks. :D

      ~ Jane-Holly
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      Hello to all the Fallen out there! 

      I am officially in the home stretch of putting together the first draft of VEXED. It’s turning out to be quite a beast, with lots of fact checking and research going into the last few chapters. Not to mention the careful plotting of stitching together this world that ties THE KNIGHTMARES and VEXED together. Yes, that’s correct...I’m creating a shared universe, and I had the idea way before the Marvel Cinematic Universe made it en fuego. I call this overlapping story SCALES, but more on that later...


      Ideally, I’m looking to start promoting VEXED with a trailer and some artwork within the next 6 months, so stay tuned for that.

      Meanwhile, if you haven’t already, pick up a copy of The Knightmares! Seriously! Get in on the ground floor of this one. 

      As for something new, here’s a brand-spankin’ new synopsis for VEXED:

      Tony, a thirty year-old struggling to make it day-to-day due to a traumatic past that took the love of his life a decade ago, is wallowing in his own misery when a series of nightmares begin to rattle his world. Reliving the past may be key to his future, if he can survive long enough to figure it all out. Creatures of immense power are hunting him down, and to Tony’s surprise, he knows each and every one of them. They are The 13, and they took everything from him. 

      What are you waiting for? Follow VEXED right now! 

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        11 days remaining.

        54 orders to go until guaranteed publication.

        Can we do it? Yes we can! Spread the word - we need all the help we can get to conquer the mountain we’re climbing right now.

        I am also really excited to announce that Fae Child was selected by two more syndicates! The Write Out Loud and the Sci-Fi syndicates both picked it as their February 2017 book! I am honored and still amazed at how the Inkshares community is rallying around my book. Thank you to everyone, from the bottom of my heart.

        Talk to you soon!
        Jane-Holly

        p.s. There are a total of SIX syndicates who have picked Fae Child to support: Rite of Passage, Break the Bechdel, Staff, Fantasy, Write Out Loud, and Sci-Fi. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

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