The most powerful sorcerer who is now the Great King of the Nine Isles, has used the Dark Power of the Necromancy to create spells that will make him his very own race of Undead soldiers. Those of foul nature and with no soul to call their own.
Dear Machiners!
I only have time for a very quick update today because the Sword & Laser is in full sprint to the finish mode and I feel like a politician out amongst the people shaking hands on election day.
This is my only campaign. Almost guaranteed I will not run another crowdfunding campaign, at least one like this, which leverages my extended network to such a great extent. So failure is not an option, especially at this late stage when we have tasted so much success.
As we know though, nothing is won until the contest is officially over. So I must implore you, if you follow this project and have not yet pre-ordered, please do so.
At the moment, we may or may not still be in 2nd place. This amazing story has held 2nd place for the last four and a half weeks! To be quite honest, I am a little too competitive to feel very good if we slipped to third at the end. I know getting published is getting published and I will certainly do a dance and feel amazing. But for a moment, I’ll be disappointed about the way the campaign lost steam at the end and was overtaken.
So let’s not let that happen!
This is a 2nd place campaign, and it has felt that way for several weeks. The Animal in Man has dominated the competition and my congratulations to the fantastic Joe Asphahani! Craig Munro also has a wonderful project, and I enjoyed learning more about it last night on the Sword & Laser podcast with Tom and Veronica. If you haven't watched the interview yet, you can check it out right here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BT-qJERU_s
Oh, and if you are a fellow Inkshares author following along but haven't pre-ordered, I almost invariably order back. Always happy to swap pre-orders to support my fellow authors!
On to the finish!
Gah I was mentioned on the Sword & Laser podcast! Deus Hex Machina is officially FAMOUS! If you haven't watched the latest episode, they interview the current top three Inkshares finalists, and then mention my book at the end. Very exciting stuff. I loved Craig's story about his wife and how he started writing.
We are currently at 94 orders, and the incomparable A.C. Weston has graciously decided to run a little contest in support of DHM. If we get ten more people ordering, up to 104, then she will raffle off an original inked panel she's creating from the DHM graphic novel to one of those ten people. So awesome, I cannot handle it! Check out just one of the awesome panels here:
She's just so good, isn't she? I was so honored when she said she wanted to try her hand at a page from the old script. This sort of makes me want to update the script with the changes from the novel and get the whole thing drawn...but novel first! Focus Mandie!
Anyway, if you want a chance be one of the next ten people to order the DHM!
Lastly, we are halfway to my next novel giveaway raffle, and only 65 orders away from 5th place. I know it seems like a long way to go, but we have a lot of followers so maybe these two contests will pull some lurkers out of the woodwork. I would love nothing more than to end this contest in 5th and maybe even 4th place. I think it's important to have a woman in the top five, don't you?
Alright, I hope I get the chance to do a raffle drawing today, so I'll say see ya later rather than goodbye. Cheers!
A Quick mid-week update!
I just finished a hangout with Sword and Laser’s Veronica and Tom, as well as my fellow Inkshares authors Joseph Asphahani - The Animal in Man, and Matthew Sobin - The Last Machine in the Solar System.
You can watch the interview in full here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BT-qJERU_s&feature=youtu.be
The event was a lot of fun and gave all three of us the opportunity to discuss our projects. Joseph even pre-ordered my book just after the event, and I have now reciprocated! (Thanks Joseph!)
We’re still in 3rd place and that is fantastic! But anything can happen in the time that remains. So for the days, hours, and minutes that remain, we need to keep the momentum going. There are still a lot of people following the project who haven’t clicked that pre-order button – there’s no better time than now to pick up a copy!
There are now 2 days, 16 hours and 32 minutes left in this contest - yes I have a countdown timer on my desktop :)
Thank you all again and again for your help and support!!!
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All, thank you for the support. The draft is over 75% completed. I hope you like what you have seen so far. I would appreciate hearing what you think.
