We did it!!! With your phenomenal last minute support, we pushed all the way into a strong 2nd place, just seven orders shy of first.
This was an amazing experience all the way through. This past hour I’ve been getting calls, posts, and messages from everyone, all rooting for me and doing their best to post another pre-order or two. My heart has grown three sizes today from all the love I’ve received.
Thank you all from the bottom of my heart!
So what happens next? I’ve received some documentation from Inkshares I need to complete, Crypt TV (who sponsored the contest) has to choose one book to make into a TV special or movie, and I need to polish my second draft and submit it for Inkshare to edit. There will be lots of back and forth over the next several months. The ebook will likely come out sooner than the paperback copies, which I expect is about nine months out. I will keep you posted with updates all along the way.
You all rock my world! Thank you, thank you, thank you. :)
Cheers, Debbie
Sorry for bombarding you with updates. It’s a huge day, with lots happening. We promise you won’t be getting messages from us on an hourly basis soon! Just wanted to share that SPARKED is now 10th place, in the top 10 for the Geek&Sundry fantasy contest. We are super excited by this development! Every preorder advances us in this contest. We SO appreciate the support that got us this far, and hope to keep this amazing momentum going. The book IS a contemporary fantasy. You have to read on before things start getting weird--but believe us, they do! (Hopefully that’s a good thing, depending on your taste!)