New
novel from award-winning author open to reader involvement on Kickstarter now
Seattle, WA (Oct. 10) – Janine A. Southard, IPPY-award winning author of Queen & Commander, returns to
Kickstarter to fund her newest novel, Cracked!
A Magic iPhone Story. In this heartwarming and hilarious novel, story-game
aficionados acquire a magic iPhone that tries to kill them. For the month of
October 2014, readers can get involved with the project on the Kickstarter
website.
Cracked!
A Magic iPhone Story considers the
question “Do you run your life, or does your phone?” Southard’s novel takes a
humorous bent. An early reader, Seattle-ite Rachel Lynn Solomon, says, “This
book is both a love letter to and a parody of Seattle. Funny, clever, and
poignant.” Southard is concerned with the everyday lives of Seattle’s story-gamers. The characters are tethered to their phones. They drink a lot of coffee. They work for Starbucks, a local company. “If Douglas Adams and Jane Austen wrote a novel together, this would be it,” Southard laughingly decrees.
Cracked! A Magic
iPhone Story has been through multiple revisions and will launch on
Kickstarter with its bones already complete. The campaign will feature the
novel itself as a reward, and it also includes promotional items like
smartphone cases and Kickstarter-exclusive short stories that Southard will
write for individual backers.
Be
sure to check out Cracked! A Magic iPhone
Story on Kickstarter.com. You might be one of the limited few who get a
short story to go with their novel.
About Janine A.
Southard
Since
becoming a professional author in 2012, Southard has used Kickstarter for three
projects, all of which successfully funded and shipped on time. In addition to
the award-winning Queen & Commander,
she has also released a novel, a novella, and a short story. Outside of working
for her fans, she has written for NCSOFT’s Aion
Online and Lineage II videogame
titles. For more information, visit www.janinesouthard.com.
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If you’d like more information about Cracked! A Magic iPhone Story or to schedule an interview with
Janine, please email janine.southard@gmail.com or send her a Tweet @jani_s.
