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About time I made a post here! My name is Jacob Vallance, author of Failhard (also known as a novella-shaped monument to the God of Weak Sales).Looking forward to being more active on the site.
Hello. Names Jordie Henderson, and I'm writing The invincibles!
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https://www.inkshares.com/projects/th...
I couldn't find one on Inkshares for Failhard. If there is a draft set up. Feel free to share a link.
Hi, all! Peter Birdsall, writer of Feyside,http://www.inkshares.com/projects/fey...
checking in.
I'd pretty much abandoned the idea of crowdfunding put my writing project on temporary hold after a lukewarm-at-best initial launch followed hard-at-heels by some heavyweight life disruption. But some continued lurking around here reading the interesting things you fine folk are up to, the recent restructuring and extension of the Inkshares setup, and a little niggling voice in the back of my head have convinced me to give this particular vehicle at least a little bit more of a shot. So... here I am!
Greetings wonderful people. I'm Kelsey Barthel, author of Beyond the Code.
I've been on Inkshares for a couple months now and have been getting good feedback from some cool people. Got told about this feed from Elbot Carmen and i'm liking what i see. I'm looking forward to some really insightful conversations.
Hi there! My name is Sammi Jessome, and my book is 'Con Plague.' https://www.inkshares.com/projects/co...I'm very new to Inkshares, but I'm very excited and hopeful that I'll be able to reach my goals. Looking forward to reading about what other people are up to and hopefully finding some new, interesting reads!
Kelsey, it's Carman, not Carmen. I'm Polish, not Spanish. Sorry. Tiny pet peeve there.
It's fine. It does that to pretty much everyone.
Hi, fellow writers! My name is Michael Sebby, and I'm excited to be a part of this community. I hope to learn new things in this wonderful expanding network.Thank you for inviting me, John!
I jumped on the Sword & Laser bandwagon yesterday with my novel, The Inhabitants: An Unremembered Life, and am nervous about the ride ahead of me. So hopefully this place will help calm my nerves a bit. I realize we have some Nerdist/S&L1 contest veterans in here.
Good to meet you all!
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If you have any questions about the process, feel free to tweet at me @joeterzieva or email me at joe.terzieva@gmail.com. I'm wrapping up my own book this month, but I will do my best to respond.
Thank you so much, Joe! I greatly appreciate it, and will certainly reach out to you if I have any questions.
Good [time of day] to you all!I'm Joseph (normally Joe, but we got one of them around here already!), author of "The Animal in Man." I signed up with Inkshares to post my book last night, just to see how doing so would make me feel... and then that Maya Angelou quote melted me like superheated air. I've struggled to find the time and endurance to write The Animal in Man for a long time, and that quote helped me realize that I can, in fact, get rid of this burden by just doing it!
Yeah, I tend to ramble. Anyhow, that was my first impression of this whole experience. I'm glad to find there's a place here where we can all share more. Looking forward to hearing (commiserating? celebrating?) how this Inkshares process goes for us all. Looking forward to it!
G'day mates!Ok that was just a bit too Australian wasn't it? I'm Julian, Jules or Hey you, one half of the collaboration, that is behind Suffrage - The First World Key, entered into Sword and Laser.
I have to say I really feel unprepared for this comp, but I've learned that life throws challenges at you, and frequently they are opportunities in disguise so Finn and I are cranking it up and giving it our all.
Good luck to everyone in the competition, I can see that we have our work cut out for us to get into the top five.
Cheers
Julian
Hi I'm Joshua Griffith and my novels are The Second Coming Of Hell and In a World of Darkness
thanks for letting me in on this group!
Hey Everybody!Great to see so many Inkshares authors in this Goodreads community. I'm Matthew (Matt is cool too), author of "The Last Machine in the Solar System" and "California's Lost Gold," an illustrated poetry collection.
I've had the good fortune to communicate with some of you already on Inkshares, or through email and Twitter. I really should have checked in here sooner - sorry about that! Looks like so much great info for us new to the Inkshares game.
Looking forward to sharing and learning!
Hi. I'm John. I only discovered Inkshares a few weeks ago but I'm rather fond of the concept. I am very interested in media because of the influence it can have, but also am always seeking ways to innovate and subvert the pre-existing models. I work within the field as a freelance journalist for places such as The Guardian and Vice and also have been involved in some activist projects with focuses on media literary and alternative media funding models. Inkshares looks like it has a lot of potential and I believe the best way to encourage these projects is to participate so I'm looking forward to doing just that. I'm currently funding my book "Illegal"on the platform:
https://www.inkshares.com/projects/il...
Nice to meet everyone!
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Hi Darcy! Since I can't find anything in your post indicating you are publishing with Inkshares or interested in publishing with Inkshares, I invite you to re-post your promotion here:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Thanks!
Hello! My name is Wilson Geiger, author of the Ash & Flame series, as well as Winter's Law on Inkshares.I've been writing since I was a kid, but it wasn't until I turned 40 a few years ago that I decided it was now or never. If I didn't start taking it seriously, I never would. Since then I've had a few short stories published, and I released the first season of my serial, Ash & Flame, this year.
I work in IT during the day, and then struggle to reheat my brain at night so I can work on a hopeful writing career.
It's so great to find this community, and I have been encouraged by the conversations and support that I've already seen by so many authors. I wish you all the best of luck, and if I can help, please let me know!
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Hi Roy! This group is for potential, past, and current Inkshares authors. Are you in one of those categories?
Thanks!
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I encourage you to explore the Inkshares website to see how the process works. I don't work for Inkshares; I am just an author trying to get published. My book, She Is the End, will be published in the Quill collection, which uses Createspace for print-on-demand order fulfillment.
Hi, everyone! My name is Quincy, and I'm the author of "Up to the Mountains and Down to the Countryside," which was published this past November by Inkshares. Love the idea of this group. Hope everyone's 2016 is off to a great start.
Hi, My name is Anandita. Author of 'Vengeance- A Bitter Truth of Life' (Short story) and 'A Subtle Touch'.
I am new to Inkshare group. Can someone please help me with how to go about discussing things here.
I would like to know how I can promote my books here without breaking the rules.
Thanks.
Hi. I'm Jason Yormark, and I've never written a book, but think about it just about everyday. I have my idea and the marketing chops, but just trying to find the dedication, determination and motivation to stick with it and make it a reality. Was looking for a place like this to interact with folks to hopefully help!https://www.inkshares.com/projects/mi...
Hi folks. I'm Peter Ryan, author of Sync City. It's a great idea to have a group like this to get to know other authors, especially for those of us currently not living in English speaking countries!Enjoy your day.
https://www.inkshares.com/projects/sy...
Greetings! Thought I add to this. I'm S.J. Petersen, Author of 'JT Stevensen and the agents of Vermillion'.
The world of writing is something new to me, in the fact that I am putting it out there for everyone to read. Overwhelming, but fascinating. I am happy to see such a community of authors here and look forward to see how Inkshares evolve.
Hey all. This is Jason Pomerance, author of "Women Like Us," which you can find here: https://www.inkshares.com/books/women...New to Goodreads and this group so it might take me a while to figure it all out but there seems to be a lot of good information here.
Also I'm on Twitter: https://twitter.com/whowantsdinner
And here's my blog (mostly about surfing and food): http://surfdudefood.blogspot.com
Getting close to the end of my campaign with 63 pre-orders needed to get to Quill, so any help in that direction most appreciated, and if I have credits I will surely reciprocate. Thanks all!
Hey everybody. I'm Billy O'Keefe, author/drawer/salesperson for
These are my Friends on Politics.
Craig Munro, John Robin and my friend Ashley all pointed me to this group on the same day, and even just glancing around a little bit I can see why. Obviously, I'm extremely motivated to get my own work in other people's hands. But I also want to help as many people here as I humanly, possibly can along the way (and not just during my own campaign). It's tough out there to sell a book that you can't pick up and show people, and every little bit of support helps. So reach out to me and I'll help however I can. Don't care if you've sold book 249/749 and need one last push or you're at 0 on day 1 and need some moral support to get started. Or even just in the draft/idea stage. I've been grateful to the support I've seen during my first two weeks and I want to reciprocate that and then some.
Obviously, you can find me on here -- but twitter (billyok) and email (billyok@mac.com) work as well.
Hi all.took Thomas J Arnold's advise and joined. My name is Jonathan, aspiring author of "And the Wolf Shall Dwell". this is set out to be fictional espionage/thriller.. about 2/3 written but still a long way to go. would be great if u can visit the book page and comment (only two chapters there at the moment)
Many thanks to everyone! Jon
Hello! I'm Faith, recently joined Inkshares and enjoyed seeing everyone's projects. I have my first book up on Inkshares, a 1920s cosy murder mystery - https://www.inkshares.com/books/death....
I haven't decided when I should go into the funding round, the process seems a bit intimidating. For now I'm working on the second book in the series while continuing to edit the first.
I'm Christopher, and I could probably copy Faith's introduction word for word and apply it to myself.My 1920s mystery (sure, I guess it qualifies as a "cosy" but how cosy can a club full of PTSD-riddled WW1 veterans be?) is "Murder at the Vet"
Haha it is as cosy as my book's poisoning, stalking and abduction :-)
Greetings, humans. I am Rebekka Leber, author of Proxy. I listen to JF Dubeau's podcast, and he said I would never sell a book if I didn't join this group. I might be paraphrasing, or possibly exaggerating. Call me Bekki, or Prima Imperatrix of the Known Universe if you're into being formal.
Hi Bekki, and welcome. It was JF who got me into Inkshares to begin with, so I guess a lot of this is All His Fault. I remember he told me of the vital importance of getting out there into the thick of things for the sake of one's reputation ... wait, was that for a career as a writer or a career as a gentleman/lady adventurer? Enh, same thing. Notoriety sells.
A tweet by Felicia Day to support one of her friend's books introduced me to Inkshares, and I've been a member for about a week. But, I'm absolutely loving this community. I am kind of a writing community whore- I've been on and done them all. This is the first one that feels like truly supportive community made of professionals and adults. That is so refreshing.
Hello new people. Welcome aboard. I am a professional adult, and an impostor. Happy to meet you, sort of.I mean we only sort of met - I didn't mean to imply that I was only sort of happy to meet you, if that's what you thought. Language is tricky stuff.
When I joined Inkshares, there were only thirty projects on the site. They hadn't published anything yet and three books had been successfully funded.
I got hold of everyone's email address and wrote to them and said we needed to all collaborate and help make each other successful. Only one writer wrote back and he is long gone.
Glad to see my original vision of a network of collaborators eventually came true though!
Christopher wrote: "Hi Bekki, and welcome. It was JF who got me into Inkshares to begin with, so I guess a lot of this is All His Fault. I remember he told me of the vital importance of getting out there into the thic..."Now that's funny!
Bekki wrote: "A tweet by Felicia Day to support one of her friend's books introduced me to Inkshares, and I've been a member for about a week. But, I'm absolutely loving this community. I am kind of a writing co..."Well that's delightfully descriptive lol.
Hi, I'm am author who has been burned by a major publisher, and I have no way to make them accountable for their actions, so now I'm getting into self publishing and discovered inkshares.I'm the author of 'The bully book' by Bryn Hagan. Here' s me on inkshares:
https://www.inkshares.com/books/the-b...
Hello all, did I already comment or not?I feel like I did but can't see it, so maybe not.
Plenty of familiar names on here already. Hi guys.
I am funding "Children of the Wise Oak" a tale of Celtic brothers embarking on a lifelong quest against the Roman empire.
It is fantasy but firmly embedded in genuine history. All known historical events happen as they should.
Book 2 will focus on a female character (Gwenn) from the first book, although it won't completely ignore the other characters.
The concept seems to be growing without my permission into a nine volume epic. It scares me, and a part of me wants the funding to fail.
But don't listen to that part.
https://www.inkshares.com/books/the-w...
Hey you all!My name is Aleyna and I've been writing fan fictions off of Xmen, F&F and canterwood. Im currently working on an original origins story for my Xmen character named Caution. Im currently seeking characters. If anyone want's to submit them, would be greatly appreciated!
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My name is Aleyna and I've been writing fan fictions off of Xmen, F&F and canterwood. Im currently working on an original origins story for my Xmen character named Caution. Im curren..."
Hey Aleyna! Are you considering publishing on Inkshares? The idea of asking readers for character ideas before starting your book is definitely new and different, and something that Inkshares could probably accomodate. They allow you to post ideas and drafts, and a lot of authors offer to include readers themselves in their books as a prize for pre-ordering.
If you want to try publishing your fanfiction, though, I'm not actually sure if Inkshares allows that or how the legality of it would work. Welcome, in any case!
Welcome to all the new faces, and greetings to all the old guard. I hope everyone had a great weekend. i know I did.I just celebrated my 6th anniversary! I didn't get much work done, but I made up for that this morning. The creature process is a live and well. I hope you all find your muse and continue in your endeavours.
Hey there! My name's Jeremy. I'm honestly really nervous about the whole Inkshares/Goodreads thing. I don't actually have enough courage or confidence to follow/recommend to other writers, especially those who seem to have things going together a lot better than I do.
Welcome, Jeremy, and thanks for sharing your hesitations -- totally understandable. I think one thing many of us have in common here is we've all been there when we started. This community came together to help us all build knowledge by learning together, so in coming on board I want you to know we're all a helpful, friendly bunch motivated by a common goal to help each other succeed in reaching our readers. All comments welcome here -- and you'll find that many who have done really well are eager to share and help and pass on what they know.
Jeremy, you've come to the right place. I'd wager every single person here was as terrified as you when first posting their idea to Inkshares. So you're among friends and moving in the right direction. Better scared of what might be than regretful over what might have been! Welcome!
Yep, I was pretty unsure about all sorts. But lots of lovely folks have been really helpful
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Thanks for the invitation, Mr. Robin.