Hello my Dear Animals!
I’m proud to announce that soon after this past weekend concluded, “The Animal in Man” had crested over the halfway mark of the Sword & Laser publishing contest! Thank you all so much for bringing me here! As you know, I’ve been tirelessly reaching out to you, but it’s only because of your support that my work is worth anything. Thank you.
Author Jamison Stone has invited me to post more details about “The Animal in Man” on his blog! The short essay I put together delves a little deeper into how the story was born from my experiences with D&D, how it’s been shaped by Plato’s “The Allegory of the Cave,” and how I struggled to commit myself to writing it as life got a little busy. Please check it out!
And check out Jamison’s amazing book “Rune of the Apprentice” as well! There’s good reason this story by a very gifted writer has attracted over a thousand readers already: the hunt for Aleksi is one of harrowing action and suspense that will captivate your imagination and not let go. I cannot wait to see where the chase for this hero leads us. All of Jamison Stone’s pre-order profit will go directly to support US Military Families, so there is literally no reason I can devise for you not to put through an order for “Rune of the Apprentice”.
Again, thank you all so much for your support of the Inkshares platform. It is because of you that writers like myself and Jamison can tell our stories to the world. Thank you!
I'm sending you a message because I wrote a book, and I'm hoping you'll give it a chance and check it out." etc etc) messages to individual people, and that method brought in the most orders. And giving away stuff, too. Everyone likes a contest or giveaway.
I got a pretty good response for a few days from pitches, but then it trailed off and no one was responded to those anymore. I think everyone just started sending out so many pitches that people started ignoring them.
I constantly remember a piece of advice from Lindsey Buroker, a self-publishing author that I really respect and admire - she said you pretty much have to hand-sell your first 1000 copies. If you're an unknown author, you have to just go order by order, one person at a time. It's gonna be hard.
But if each of us can get you an order or five, that will help!