March 2014 launch & update

Since the initial mention back in July 2013, the Ink Plan has gone through a bit of a change. So the first official status is as follows.

The Ink Plan

If I sell 1,000 books, I shall be getting a journeymouse tattooed on my arm. There is the possibility of a stretch goal for 2,000 and a mouseketeer – this depends on the designs from Keety at Ink Addiction Tattoo [Facebook page – External Link], which I shall share as soon as I have anything.

I have to interject here with the first major change in the plan: I’d intended to just mark the number of sales of 25 Ways to Kill a Werewolf. However, I’ve now opened it to anything with an ISBN – so some of my anthologies count! And I’ve been in a few since I started writing “seriously” in 2007. The European Monsters anthology I’m editing with Margrét Helgadóttir for Fox Spirit Books [External Link] will also count towards the total.

I chose Ink Addiction because they donate part of the costs to charity and I intend to donate to the National Autism Society (NAS) [External Link]. I had intended to split the donation with Cancer Research if the 2,000 book sales was reached but have decided that the donation will work harder if it all goes to one place. This just means I’ll have to come up for something else in another year or so for Cancer Research!

I will also be adding to the initial donation. Originally, I was going to double the donation. However, I think NAS get a bit more out of me if I commit to a price per book. So, I shall be donating 10p per each copy of 25 Ways To Kill A Werewolf and 5p per copy of an anthology. Theoretically, I could personally be donating £200 + tattoo costs – but it’s more likely to be about the £150 mark (see below). Obviously, you’ll already be donating money if you’re buying one of my books – but don’t let that stop you donating direct to NAS if you want to!

There is a deadline for this: the tattoo will happen whenever I get to 1,000 books but the donation cut off is December 31st 2014. Whatever books have been sold in that time, I shall make the equivalent donation to NAS. So, for example, if I’ve sold 799 copies of 25 Ways to Kill A Werewolf by December 31st 2014, I’ll donate £79.90 to NAS.

I intend to do monthly updates, using the “Ink Plan” tag and category, dependent on being able to get numbers that regularly. Posts may turn up less often.

So, the important bit: what you can do! If you have any advice on how to push a thousand books, know venues where the book should be reviewed, want to buy a copy, want to see the finished tattoos, want to tell me I’m an idiot, want to register interest in the book, have some ideas for events, etc, then comment below.

The Total So Far

So far, I have (that we’re aware of) sold 215 books, and I owe NAS £10.75. The break down of how I got this is below, along with what books are currently available to boost my numbers.

The Eligible Books

The following books are available for sale and count towards the final numbers. I’ve used Goodreads linked images for the thumbnails and you can follow them to find out ways of ordering them. Alternatively, you can go to the (linked) publishers’ sites.

No Monsters Allowed No Monsters Allowed
Published October 2013 by Dog Horn Publishing [External Link]
ISBN: 9781907133824
Short story “An Honest Woman’s Child”
? ?
(x 5p)
Outlaw Bodies Outlaw Bodies
Published November 2012 by Futurefire.net Publishing [External Link]
ISBN: 9780957397507
Short story “Good Form”
74
(24/03/2014)
£3.70
(x 5p)
Totals 74 £3.70

Forthcoming Books

These are the books due out fairly soon that will also be in the Ink Plan. As with the books that are out, you can follow the links.

Amok: An Anthology of Asia-Pacific Speculative Fiction Amok: An Anthology of Asia-Pacific Speculative Fiction
Expected publication: April 30th 2014 by Solarwyrm Press [External Link]
ISBN: 9780980508444
Short story “Gone Fishing”
25 Ways To Kill A Werewolf
Expected publication: July 2014 by Fox Spirit Books [External Link]
Fox Pockets – Monarchs
Expected publication: 2014 by Fox Spirit Books [External Link]
Short story “The Lost Kingdom”
Strange Fortune
Expected publication: 2014 by Knightwatch Press / Fringeworks [External Link]
Short story “The Bull of Essylt”

No Longer Available Books

The following books are no longer available to buy but count towards the final number. Again, thumbnails are actually Goodreads links so that you can find out more about the specifics of the book.

Crossed Genres Quarterly 4 Crossed Genres, Quarter 4
Published December 2011 by Crossed Genres Publications [External Link]
ISBN 9780615578637
Short story “Beaumains”
103 £5.15
(x 5p)
Crossed Genres Issue 17: Antihero Crossed Genres, Issue 17
Published March 2010 by Crossed Genres Publications [External Link]
ISBN 9781451540963
Short story “Three Little Pigs”
27 £1.35
(x 5p)
Crossed Genres Issue 2: Dystopian Crossed Genres, Issue 2
Published January 2009 by Crossed Genres Publications [External Link]
ISBN 9781441455376
Short story “Nesting Instinct”
11 £0.55
(x 5p)
Totals 141 £7.05
(x 5p)
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2 Responses to March 2014 launch & update

  1. Chris says:

    25 Ways To Kill A Werewolf is on the shopping list.

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