Budding novelist wants your help
Steadfast&Loyal wrote us yesterday about the novel he’s writing, and he wants you guys to take part in the venture;
[M]y…goal is to be an author and well….my first book is just about complete and I am trying to raise money for it. My plan is to do it as an ebook, and self publish it through Amazon and Apple iBook store. I started a Kickstarter project (here is the link: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1684113160/a-soldiers-truth-my-first-novel) to do so. Not sure if you know Kickstarter but it is a funding platform for creative projects. Everything from films, games, and music to art, design, and technology. Kickstarter is full of ambitious, innovative, and imaginative projects that are brought to life through the direct support of others. It is a great site, and has sucked me dry in projects I have supported….so if be careful (I am a geek at heart and LOVE board games).
The book is about Eric West, a former SF NCO. His peace is shattered when he is framed for murder and for trafficking military weapons to foreign nations. On the run and suffering from Post Traumatic Stress after ten years in the Army Special Forces, Eric is forced underground. His back against the wall and his friends in danger, Eric stands up to the demons of his past in order to find out who was behind the murder and framing him. Eric’s Special Forces training is the only thing keeping him from one step ahead of his enemies as he plays a deadly game of cat and mouse across the city of Detroit.
What he finds is a conspiracy far larger then he imagined possible.
I am already well into the novel, at the time of this posting about 70,000 words of an estimated 100,000. I write daily, minimum 2000 words (I can do more but I do have a full time job). I expect the book to be ready for publishing in 1 May 2013 and like I said out on Amazon and iBook Store.
What am I asking? If you could just get the word out. Thanks!
So if you want to give him a kick start on his dream, throw him a coupla bucks at the link above. We’ve had some luck with this blog’s denizens helping veteran artists out on Kickstart.
Category: Support the troops
On it! Like a rat on Cheeto! Hooah!
I have been sort of working on something. Maybe *if* Jonn says I can, I’ll send him a page or three and he’ll be kind enough to post it?
Had a friend get a very nice bit of help through Kickstarter, so can say that it indeed can be a great service.
All best with the venture, S&L.
Okay, read your chapter. So far, so good! Hooah!
THANKS JONN!
The book is nearly done in draft form. I expect the end of November to complete and ready for editing.
The tough part is coming up with ways to get the word out without being spammy or sounding needy. I will be posting another part of the prologue tomorrow. That first part is the first half.
Thanks again!!
Steadfast, start a Facebook page on your book when it’s in publishing. See Amanda Hocking’s blog on what she did when every writer’s agent refused to represent her. You will find it boosts your energy.
I’ve “printed” 2 books on Kindle and it didn’t cost a penny.
Hate to say it, but it sounds very similar in concept to Michael Savage’s “Abuse of Power”.
I pledged a couple dollars…
Steadfast, if you want help with editing, shoot it my way as a Word doc. I’ll do it for nothing. And Amazon has CreateSpace, which is free, for self-publishing. You already have your cover art, so that’s covered.
Read sample page. Good so far.
@8 most are the same….but that’s what I am not revealing. sadly shakespeare has already written everything possible. This is also why I stop reading the genre I am writing, but I will check that out and make sure I am not inadvertently copying (not like I don’t have a back catalog of books to read as it).
@10. Sure…..in fact alpha readers are certainly desirable. Jonn has my email if you want to do it that way and avoid the spammy problems, but I don’t want to ask Jonn to the our professional address book.
I am not quitting if the Kickstarter doesn’t work, it would be easier and give me a much higher quality product…but certainly not an end.
the cover art is just concept….not been paid for. The artist was great in that regard. Again if the kickstarter doesn’t go through it just means less beer for a couple months. Hurts…but what artiss doesn’t suffer for their art. Most of the cost is in editing and I mean seriously professional editing. I am taking my ques from JA Konrath, but Amanda Hocking is also a good role model for this.
@7. Where do I find them? would like to read them.
Thanks again for the support!
@8 I meant to say it is the differences I am not revealing.
Sheesh…and I want to be an author.
Okay, then, I will. I’ll do the best possible job for you. Also, you might want to go to a blog called Writing World. They have a monthly newsletter that I get, which is free, as is access to the articles about writing in any genre and on any subject, and you can easily access all of their back issues.