Jake Jeffries's Blog: Dark Watchman, page 9

The Bad Blood Continues to Rise

The Kickstarter was not successful, but I am not letting that slow me down. The sand in the hourglass keeping track of when the book will be available has almost completely fallen to the bottom. Lately, I have been researching how to properly navigate the channels of social media. In that regard, I have figured out how to consistently link my blog to all accounts. There is a new Facebook page for me as well. Feel free to like it if you haven’t already. There is a new widget on the sidebar to the right. Also, there is a new Amazon Author Central page. Originally, I had planned on releasing some exclusive samples through a mailing list on the website. After some extensive research I discovered that a hosted mailing list form couldn’t be installed on my .com site, it would have to be changed to a premium .org site. So, this blog is now the new mailing list! Please sign up on the right if you would like my blog to show up directly in your E-mail for the sake of convenience. Stay posted for news about events that I will be at, contests I will be hosting, exclusive blog content, and information about new releases.

Some of the currently planned exclusive content will be character creation sheets with more detailed background about characters at a glance, some will be more information about characters that have been killed off. Also, I am currently working on planning out a Bad Blood Rising short story.

I have upgraded the sample to include Chapters 3-4. The sample now encompasses Chapters 1-4.

Sample

For those of you that have already downloaded the first sample and do not wish to read the first two Chapters again, here is the link for only Chapters 3-4.

Sample Chapters 3-4

Kickstarter: The Power of Twelve

Twelve. A lot of things have ties to the number twelve. The twelve disciples, the twelve days of Christmas, time on a clock is numbered one through twelve, there are twelve months in a year, a dozen eggs, a dozen cookies, a dozen donuts, a dozen of anything, and many other things. Today, my focus will be on twelve days. Twelve days and this Kickstarter will come to an end. Preferably, it will end and be successfully funded.

This week has seen a lot of updates for the project. Lately, I have been working with the amazingly talented artist Sean Yager in developing artwork for the Tarot card reward. This artwork will also be featured in plain black and white in the novel. However, just look at the art. The hardcover book reward comes with full color Tarot cards. Eventually, I plan on developing this into a full deck of Tarot cards based on the series, thus the identification name and number for the standard major arcana.

I am excited to bring everyone some good news. There are some new rewards and some reduced pricing on existing rewards! Magnets are now available as a reward and are priced at $3. The guitar pick and bookmark reward price has been lowered to $3 as well! The pricing for the PDF copy of the book has been lowered to $5. The paperback edition of the book complete with guitar pick and bookmark is now $10. This brings the total of rewards available for $10 and below to six different rewards to choose from! The gun USB drive reward price has been lowered to $20. The Ducky Tie price has been lowered to $50 (personally, I think it is a bargain for humiliating myself for a total of 365 days). The last new reward is the ultimate edition of the Bad Blood Rising release. It has everything that the hardcover book reward has plus you will get your very own plush version of Odin from the book that I will be customizing myself, complete with purple collar, lightning bolt charm, and eye patch. There will only be two plush Odins made; one for this reward and one for my personal collection.

There is a new video posted of me reading the sample of Bad Blood Rising. Please check it out! I’ve added a new art gallery page to my website as well.

Next weekend is Gen-Con in Indianapolis, IN. I will be in attendance on Saturday and will be giving out bookmarks and guitar picks randomly to attendees. If you will be in attendance I hope to see you there! I will be dressed as Guy from Street Fighter. In the afternoon, I can be found in the seminars with Jim Butcher.

Thanks,

Jake Jeffries

New Reward and Artist Information

Hello Everyone,

There is a new reward available on Kickstarter! I wanted to offer a new low cost reward where backers were still getting something physical and not just their name posted in the digital world of the internet. Bookmarks are available now for $2 each. They are priced this way in order to cover the cost of stamps, the bookmark itself, and funnel the rest into the project itself. My intent is to use this as a launchpad for the book and it will continuously be available on Amazon after that (as well as other distributors that pick it up).

In addition, I am excited to announce that I am working with the artist Sean Yager to produce the artwork for the tarot cards reward!

Please check his other projects and artwork at his website http://www.misuseofmana.com/

Thanks,

Jake Jeffries

Kickstarter!

It is official, the Kickstarter for Bad Blood Rising is launched! Please check out the many cool rewards and help support this project. I would be eternally grateful.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...

Thanks,
Jake Jeffries

Kickstarter

Kickstarter is officially launched! Please check it out, I would appreciate it. I would appreciate it even more if you considered pledging! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1813931460/bad-blood-rising

The link can also be found in my books section.

This will be my official outlet for all things related to Dark Watchman Publications.

Thanks,

Jake Jeffries

Amazon

Exciting news! My poetry book An Attempt to Fill the Void... is now available on Amazon in hard copy form through Createspace. Also, keep in mind that is also available on Amazon for the Kindle for all you e-readers. It is much cheaper for the e-book thanks to eliminating printing costs. For those interested, I also still have a few copies of the 1st edition printing as well.

An Attempt to Fill the Void

A good man goes to war
A war within himself
Wanting to become more
Than just the loneliness he felt
In an attempt to fill the void
In an attempt to disperse the silence
The almost people must be destroyed
The rebel flesh is prone to violence
Is the treasure ever worth the search
Is this quest a futile endeavor
A good man must die first
The man of tomorrow shall be better
In an attempt to fill the void
In an attempt to disperse the silence
The almost people must be destroyed
The rebel flesh is prone to violence
A good man went to war
A struggle within his mind
A good man died forevermore
To be born a better man this time
In an attempt to fill the void
In an attempt to disperse the silence
A good man was destroyed
A victim of the violence
Regeneration is now nigh
A better version will be born
A light amongst the strife
A new man whose hands are worn

http://www.amazon.com/Attempt-Fill-Vo...

Jake Jeffries