Hi! I'm Shawn! I recently submitted my book for publishing, and it was accepted for a shared-cost contract.

I have been working on this book for the better part of the last 8 years. I started working on a world to play Star Wars 5e Dungeons and Dragons in with my friends, but that fell apart during COVID, even virtual play just not coming to pass.

With almost 200 pages of lore and worldbuilding already made, I decided to write a novel set in said world. That was a difficult process, and I gave up a dozen times, but when I met my current partner, he inspired me to work at it and to not give up, and, against all odds, I managed a whopping 128,200 words.

I submitted the completed manuscript for publishing at the beginning of July and in a wonderfully speedy response, the book was accepted for publishing in a shared cost contract. This project would be my first book published and could lead to many more in the future, which has always been my dream.

As it's a shared cost contract, I must pay an advance, and even with the most basic publishing contract, the cost is 2,800 pounds and up to 3,800 pounds (which is 5 to 6k CAD) for which I do not have the means.

If you wish to help fund this project, I will be eternally grateful, and you will be entitled to copies of the book should everything go smoothly.

Synopsis for "The Tip of Wonderful Disaster":

When a human mechanic, Culver Goggs from Terra Newton is transferred from his job on the Planet-Shield, an enormous Novamericanian Armada ship floating somewhere in the Outer Deltas, to Richavon, an impressive Dyson Sphere-like station built around a Gas Giant dubbed the “Center of the Galaxy”, he and his android companion PAT, find themselves roped into some type of mysterious quest before they can even start their first day. Lured to a virtual reality cafe by an entity calling itself only Myself, Culver is tasked with protecting a young girl from dangers unknown to all of them, helping her reach a destination yet to be discovered while dodging colourful and dangerous bounty hunters that are after her. Enlisting the help of Sy’lvin Morix, Culver’s short lived new boss, and a two dimensional Trink Vanderbisk Gro Sibon the XXVIII, will he be able to protect The Tip of Wonderful Disaster?