Hey folks, now you all were in on this well before, but the official launch date of Pilot X is tomorrow, March 14.

First of all THANK YOU. Without your support this books wouldn’t be raining down across bookstores, Kindles and Audible accounts. Y’all ROCK!

Second of all, one of those weird quirks of the industry is that it runs on reviews. Amazon reviews in particular. So if I can be pushy just this once, I want to ask you one more thing

WRITE AN AMAZON REVIEW PLEASE?

It’s easy. Just go here: http://amzn.to/2mksOTR And scroll down to the part that says write a customer review. That’s it!

It’s way more helpful than you think to do that and costs you just a few minutes.

Oh and thanks to everybody who’s been sharing pictures of the book in book stores on Twitter and Facebook!  Keep ’em coming.

And THANK YOU again from the bottom of my heart for making Pilot X a reality. 

Campers!

I bet you’re wondering, what’s going on with Sunshine is Forever? We are now done with Development Edits and Line Edits. The book is in the hands of the Copy Editor, and will be locked and loaded sometime in April. You will receive your book on August 29, 2017!

What happens between now and then? Between now and August we will be gathering endorsements, reviews, and purchase orders from bookstores. Inkshares will also finish the final design aspects of the book. Rest assured, even if the book is locked, there is still a ton of work to do. 

In the meantime, we received our first endorsement over the weekend:

"Deep, truthful, and raw, Sunshine is Forever is a book that every school library should carry. This is my favorite book so far of 2017." — Dave Barrett, author of It’s All Fun and Games, winner of the Nerdist Collection Contest

I will keep you posted with more endorsements as we get them, but the early feedback is very promising. 

Keep spreading the word and asking your friends to preorder a copy! Thank you so much for your support!

Kyle T. Cowan

Hello!

If you are a new follower, welcome, I’m really glad to have you on-board.

A brief update this week to let you all know that last night I got the first drafts of two different covers back from Damonza.com - a few tweaks needed of course, but I’m really excited by what they’ve come up with.  Because one of them is reeeeaaallly close to what I was envisioning, I’m not going to give you a sneak peak (aaaawww) - but I should be doing the big reveal very soon.

Cheerio
Helen.

Good Morning/Afternoon, Detectives.

For those who have read recently, I thank you for doing so even if it’s not much. I’ve stated before that there were big changes in the story and elsewhere, so I wanted to fill you guys in on the whole basis of it, but also point out the perspectives the story will be told through. For this story, the perspectives will be limited to Amani and Maxwell, but that could change. Now, for my old followers, you may be asking how this will work because Maxwell dies, which is plainly stated in the synopsis. There will be two separate scenarios. Maxwell’s story will be told in the past from when he lived in Rochester and claimed the nickname of The Owl, and Amani’s story is in present time. Both sides will be helping decipher who the baddies are because they’ll offer development to why Maxwell is being hunted, and how this all began, but also there will be a clear resolution with Amani’s story.

There are more details I need to discuss, and they are critical ones. Amani Marshall was never a part of the Police Department--only her father, Maxwell Marshall, and she is on the run from them in the story now. So, she is being pursued by the police and the baddies. The story starts off with her arriving at Rochester, which is similar to the old chapter; however, she is under a disguise to play the role of a passenger.  So, everything you guys knew about the story is being altered. I will discuss more later, but this is something I’ve wanted to talk about for a while.

I’ll be creating some organization with the updates soon, so look forward to that also.

Sincerely,

Anthony Jones III

Hello everyone.

Thank you all for still being followers of this project!

Sorry that I’ve been quiet for a while. 

I’m still writing A Day in the Lies of Inari Meiwaku and have passed 50, 000 words on the first draft.

I’m also exploring new ways to promote the book.  To that end I’ve started a blog over on Word Press.  https://richardmarpole.wordpress.com/ That’s the best place to get updates on how my book is progressing.  There’s also a lot on it about fantasy and geek culture in general so if you’re looking for new, (or old), things to read, watch or play then why not check it out.

I’m also happy to give shout outs on the blog to other writers or reviewers who return the favour.

Thanks again.

See you next time.

Hi! This is a quick update to share a new post I wrote around the topic of should authors crowdfund their books.  Here’s the link to the piece and I hope you gain some new insights from reading it.

http://rochelleauthor.com/2017/03/07/should-authors-crowdfund-their-books/

Oh, and I’ve reached 4% of my Quill publishing goal and I still have 43 days left!

Best,

Rochelle

Hello, Detectives.

I apologize for the late post, but as I said, I would upload it today haha! The narration of the story will be taking a different approach. As usual, the character’s name will be displayed before the actual text of the story to show who we are following, but it’ll be in 3rd person. I wanted to change this for some reasons that will be explained later, but for now, this is how it’ll be. Now, I didn’t show the entire chapter leading up to this scene, but I felt like putting this in the sneak peek would say how I want to set the scene for Amani Marshall and her investigations into the enemies against her and her father, Maxwell. Comment anything you’d like about the sneak peek to help improve anything or just to point out you like this or that. Either way, thanks for reading, and I will be releasing the full chapter soon!

Sincerely,

Anthony Jones III

Hello, Detectives.

I owe you guys an apology. I was pretty ill over the weekend once I got through the hustle and bustle of the weekdays. I believed I could post on Sunday, but I had a severe headache and I was just so drained, so hopefully you guys aren’t disappointed--these things happen. The chapter is done, but I have yet to look over it for corrections. I will do so when I return home, so expect this sneak peek chapter later today. Thank you.

Sincerely, 

Anthony Jones III