Hello, Action Force.
Just wanted to let everyone know that the collection has relaunched as a new project with a lower goal and slightly different rewards.
Check it out here:
And thanks for any and all support you've thrown my way in the past, present, and future. Much appreciated!
Divine Misfortune has been claimed by one of the $100 contributors.
If you've contributed $100 or $500, let me know what universe / character you'd like to see a story about before someone else grabs it. Remember, it's first come, first serve.
A new look at the cover in progress. All my currently published (and soon to be published) novels are represented. Can you put the characters to the novels?
Oh, and just to make it easy on you, the minotaur in the back is Helen from Helen and Troy's Epic Road Quest, due out later this year.
Kudos to my wife for producing one hell of a cover. Can't wait to see it finished.
Here is the sketch my wife is working on for the cover. Still a work in progress, but I'm sure it'll end up awesome. Soon, I'll upload the more finished version with color.
I'm adding a new reward tier too. For just $80 dollars you get all the lower rewards, plus a signed 11 x 17inch poster of the cover. I can sign it. Or my wife. Or both of us. It's your call.
Funding Unsuccessful This project reached the deadline without achieving its funding goal on March 10.
Funding period
Feb 8, 2013 -
Mar 10, 2013
(30 days)
2 backers
No reward other than the good feeling you'd get for helping a guy out. Oh, and a mention in the acknowledgements (which, incidentally, is also now part of all other reward tiers too.).
41 backers
You'll get an e-book version of the anthology.
16 backers
You'll get a printed softcover of the anthology.
68 backers
You'll get an autographed printed softcover of the anthology.
8 backers
You'll get an additional signed softcover books of the anthology. One for you! One for a friend! Or an enemy! Or a stranger you just feel like giving it to! Or just a second to keep for yourself. Hey, it's your book. I'm not going to tell you what to do with it.
8 backers
All the lower reward tiers (of course) as well as a signed 11 x 17 inch poster of the cover art. Signed by me, Sally Hamilton (my wife / artist). Or just me. Or just my wife. Or nobody. The choice is all yours.
5 backers All gone!
You'll get an autographed softcover of the anthology. You'll also get to choose a character to be the focus of one of the short stories. This is first come, first serve, and once one novel has been "claimed", the next choice will have to be from a different novel. I'm not interested in writing five different stories about Rockwood, even if it certainly is possible. (Though such an idea is not beyond consideration at some point in the future.) You get to choose a character featured in one of the stories. The same rules apply as the $100 contributors. Once a setting has been claimed, you'll have to find another. Note too that because of the timing of the anthology's release, Helen and Troy's Epic Road Quest will have a story in the anthology, but there won't be time for anyone to suggest a character from the novel, which is why the total number of requests is limited to 9, though 10 stories will be in the anthology.
3 backers Limited (1 of 4 left)
You'll get an autographed softcover of the anthology. You'll get to choose a character to focus a story on. (Note: The same rules apply as the $100 reward. One a novel has been claimed by someone else, it is no longer a candidate for this option.) Finally, you'll get an 8 1/2 x 11 piece of original art by me (and touched up by my graphic artist wife for that extra professional touch). This art can feature any character you like, will never be duplicated by me or placed on the internet (unless you choose to do so). It can be yours and yours alone, forever and ever.
