I have an exciting video for you today!
The great news is that The Silver Well has FINALLY been printed, and you can see a special “behind the scenes” video of the books arriving at my house for the first time.
But also in the video is an exciting announcement about exactly when the book will become available, and how you can get some very special bonuses. Make sure to watch the video below:
(IMPORTANT NOTE: In this video, I say the book will be released on Thursday 11th. However, the release had to be postponed until Friday 12th March at 6pm. See this page for the latest www.thekingdomofgems.com/books/TheSilverWell )
March 8th, 2010 at 3:09 pm
58 Responses to “Sneak peek video of The Silver Well! (and Special Announcement)”
Am so excited but Jasper where do I order the book from at 6pm!
Nyree
March 8, 2010 @ 4:23 pmMany thanks for your email Jasper. When I told my daughter your second book was imminent she got really excited, she enjoyed Candara’s Gift very much and wants to find out what Seph and Amalek with their friends get up too.
March 8, 2010 @ 6:32 pmKeep up the great story telling and can’t wait for volume 3.
Hi Nyree,
I will email to you, and to everyone, the link to buy The Silver Well, but it will also be clearly linked on the main website and also here on the blog. Good luck!
Jasper
March 8, 2010 @ 6:38 pmIt’s really good to hear from you, Miah… thanks for writing. Your daughter will be enjoying it soon!
I am planning to publish The Glass Prison in May/June. It’s all written and only needs illustrations and a thorough reading through a few times to check everything. Joseph, my son, has started designing the cover and I have some painting to do for that.
Jasper
March 8, 2010 @ 7:00 pmVery excited to watch the video I will be online at 6pm on Thursday ordering my copy!! Can’t wait!
March 9, 2010 @ 4:52 amSuzan
This is so exciting. Candara’s Gift is the only book that I have known my son Cullum,to limit himself to read a little at a time..he didn’t want it to end!
March 9, 2010 @ 7:18 amMy daughter loved it as well…wonderful for them both to enjoy the same book…Thankyou
[Gasp!]How brilliant, I could feel the excitment when you did Jasper, Everything about The Silver Well looks promising! The size and amount of pages, the cover art, I love it all! I am so pleased for you, as I know that people from all over will want there first copy of the book, I’ll be first in line!
March 9, 2010 @ 11:23 amCannot wait for the launch as it will definitley be a day to remember, thankyou so much Jasper,
All the best, once again
Luke
Can you email me with the link to buy the book? Looking forward to the release tomorrow!
March 10, 2010 @ 9:58 amSuzan
Suzan, I will be emailing out the link tomorrow.
Luke and Joanne – Thanks very much for your comments – it’s great to hear that you are real enthusiasts about The Kingdom of Gems!
Jasper
March 10, 2010 @ 5:00 pmAbsolutely brilliant book. Can’t wait till the next one. SO EXITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! can really imagine the characters and feel as though i’m in the story. AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Can’t imagine how good the next one will be.
Hope everything goes well for you.
Ollie and Alex.
(P.S)Thanks for the french lesson covering. YOUR THE BEST
March 11, 2010 @ 7:57 amUnder an hour!! Can’t take my eyes of the count-down, soo tense and excited!, I’ll be the 1st to buy The Silver Well Jasper
Luke [very excited
!]
March 11, 2010 @ 12:03 pmGutted, it wouldn’t let me order…keeps telling me the paypal is out of date
March 11, 2010 @ 1:13 pmI’m experiencing the same problems ):
March 11, 2010 @ 1:17 pmI’m not getting the link where is it I keep refreshing the page and my emails but nothing
March 11, 2010 @ 1:18 pmSuzan
When you place your order it says: You have requested an outdated version of PayPal. This error often results from the use of bookmarks. ):
March 11, 2010 @ 1:18 pmSuzan you need to check it isn’t blocked by your pop up blocker, I had to allow the pop up then I could do it. Although ironically I couldn’t!
March 11, 2010 @ 1:19 pmMy pop up blocker is off as far as I can tell but still no link, where is it meant to be?
March 11, 2010 @ 1:23 pmSuzan
Hi
March 11, 2010 @ 1:25 pmWant to order two copies of the new book for the school.
How do we do it? Eager readers waiting!
We unlocked pop-up blocker but it still wouldn’t work…
March 11, 2010 @ 1:27 pmYou’re doing better than me I can’t even find the link never mind getting it to work! Wonder if Jasper can help?
March 11, 2010 @ 1:31 pmSuzan
I wish he had contact information on this site so we could tell him, do you think he knows?
March 11, 2010 @ 1:32 pmHe will soon if he’s watching to see the first orders come through can you paste a copy of the link in a comment so I can see what it does?
March 11, 2010 @ 1:36 pmSuzan
Ohh good I think hes found out :
Sorry! Paypal is currently experiencing some kind of error which is stopping orders from going through. Please hang tight, we are trying to fix the problem.
March 11, 2010 @ 1:37 pmhttp://www.thekingdomofgems.com/books/TheSilverWell/
There you go Suzan
Luke
March 11, 2010 @ 1:38 pmThanks Luke
at least I have the right page now, just gotta hang tight til they sort it!
March 11, 2010 @ 1:40 pmSuzan
Yehh, I’m constantly refreshing the page, and then it takes forever to fill out the information, I do hope I get in the 1st 10!
Luke
March 11, 2010 @ 1:44 pmI think after all this you deserve to! Why do paypal do this to us!
Suzan
March 11, 2010 @ 1:45 pmHopefully you get in too
Jasper we still love you! 
Luke
March 11, 2010 @ 1:47 pmOhh nooo!!
The release has been postponed until tommorow!! [crying] awhhh…..
March 11, 2010 @ 2:04 pmI know!! After all the waiting!
March 11, 2010 @ 2:06 pmOh well try again tomorrow! I’ve bookmarked the page this time! Good luck!
Suzan
However, to be fair to those of you who were here at 6pm to try to get the fast track bonuses, we have decided to postpone the release of
The Silver Well until Friday 12th at 6pm.
This way, it is fair for everyone.
I agree actually Jasper! Well still can’t wait, the anticipation is killing!
Luke
March 11, 2010 @ 2:06 pmSuzan, Luke & Nyree,
You are wonderful people! It’s very reassuring to read ‘Jasper we still love you’! Thank you for that.
I’m really sorry you were disappointed today.
Can you imagine the sudden panic the problem caused here! My son and I have worked really hard on this, as well as getting the KOG World membership site all set up (if you’ve listened to my latest video you will know about that by now.) I am sure you will absolutely love it.
Anyway, all was set for the 6 pm deadline… everything prepared… everything tested… everything ready to go. Then, out of the blue, this problem! We were stunned and gutted like you. Apparently it is a new problem which they’ve assured me they expect to have sorted within a few hours… maybe even by now…, so we were really unfortunate that it happened to strike today.
So, we had to make a quick decision and go for a 24 hour delay. Fortunately, you are wonderful in the way you have accepted the disappointment and, I hope, understand that it was a freak event that hardly ever happens, and totally out of our control.
You’re enthusiasm is second to none and you are the very best fans! I’ll look forward to your order coming in tomorrow.
Have you seen the revised countdown?
Best wishes,
Jasper
March 11, 2010 @ 3:41 pmYou are also a wonderful person Jasper, your story has inspired many. I’m actually quite pleased, as I like the anticipation. I thought suddenly. ‘Oh no I won’t get in the first 10, but when both me and my mum checked 3 different computers we soon realised that it was a website/paypal problem. Perhaps it was fate that it happened, maybe it wasn’t meant to be for today.
Yes, the 24 hour post-pone was a sensible and wise disision, and I/we respect you for that.
We try to be the best of fans,(:P)
You’ll Definitly get my order, I will even by Candara’s Gift with The Silver Well, as my signed copy has worn quite alot after reading it so much.
The revised countdown is unique and well placed. I never commented on the backdrop and amazing KOG characters displayed behind you in your videos. I liked Nevelle on your right and Joog ‘flying’ in the nightdrop background.
Best wishes to you also,
Luke, your faithful(1#)fan
March 11, 2010 @ 4:24 pmHi Jasper
At last – and I can see from your video that you’re so relieved. And happy. And excited.
Cant wait to get my signed copy – be lovely if you would doodle a little picture for me, as well as putting the date on it.
Please let me know when I can order.
Its past 6pm !!! Its 7.30pm Friday – yeh, OK, I’m in Brisbane, Australia – LOL
Cheers
March 12, 2010 @ 4:34 amChris Meeson
Hi Chris,
I hope you’re able to join in with the 6pm release time, Friday in the UK. I’ll look out for your order, anyway.
I’m relying on you to spread the word in Australia!!
Best wishes
Jasper
March 12, 2010 @ 6:34 amOllie & Alex,
Thanks for the comments and it is wonderful to hear that you have enjoyed Candara’s Gift so much… to read it 3 times, Ollie, really shows that! People often say, as you have, that they can really see the scenes described, which makes me feel that it would make great films. The US film interest from my agent, CAA, is still alive, so hopefully, in due course…
Jasper
March 12, 2010 @ 6:45 amJasper, yesterday I couldn’t get on any of the KOG sites and thought that its had been post-poned, only to find today that it must of been released, I had checked 3 computers and all said connection was timed out and then replaced by another site, I’m really confused and upset, was the book released at 6 yesterday?
Luke
March 13, 2010 @ 4:38 amHi Jasper,
I finally got the book ordered through sheer stubborness!!! There were problems again the pages wouldn’t open it kept saying that there was an internet connection problem after an hour and a half I finally got through to the order page through your contact an author page after doing a search and am now eagerly awaiting my copy in the post!! and thank you to your son Joe for sending out emails manually to make sure that everyone knew that their order went through although we don’t know who won any of the bonuses! When I got on the order page it said that all the bonus’s where still available!I hope everyone else was successful as well.
Suzan
March 13, 2010 @ 4:57 amJasper, as I stated before, the connection was down and I’ve only just recieved the email telling me to use another link, and so I’ve missed out [cry's] Have the 1st 10 places been filled? [stupid question of course they have] I cant believe it, how could I be so stupid to not check my e-mails…
Luke
March 13, 2010 @ 7:10 amJust brought my copy of the Silver Well, I was sad to see that I was not in the first 10 but that’s life [sigh]
Thanks once again Jasper and Joe,
Luke [1# KOG Fan!]
March 13, 2010 @ 1:51 pmJust brought my copy of the Silver Well, I was sad to see that I was not in the first 10 but that’s life [sigh]
Thanks once again Jasper and Joe,
Luke [1# KOG Fan]
March 13, 2010 @ 1:52 pmWoops posted twice, sorry about that [lol]
Luke
March 13, 2010 @ 1:53 pmIs feeling smug! I was the first order to be placed! And the most important part of the prize??? I get to read the new book
my son appreciative me being first I should add, but he is going to have to wait until Mum has read it lol
March 13, 2010 @ 2:03 pmWell Done Nyree
March 13, 2010 @ 2:18 pmCongrats Nyree!See you in the next book!
Suzan
March 14, 2010 @ 7:02 amJust found out I’m one of the 10 like Nyree!!
March 15, 2010 @ 6:00 amI too also found I was one of the 10!
soo happy 
Thannkyou so much Jasper and Joe! Well done also Suzan!
All the best, cant wait for the arrival of The Silver Well!!
Luke [1# fan & veryy happy!]
March 15, 2010 @ 11:17 amCongratulations Luke!
Suzan
March 16, 2010 @ 5:03 amThe Silver Well has arrived!! wow, really beatiful cover (well done Joe) and its massive compared to Candara’s gift… I’m just about to read now, I’ll review when I’m finished, and thankyou Suzan
Thanks once again Jasper (and Joe)
All the best, forever and always
Luke [1# KOG fan]
March 16, 2010 @ 10:50 amI’m coming to see you on saturday Jasper, turns out I’m not going to Wales until next thursday just incase Joe said I wouldn’t be able to go
What time will the launch start? Should I bring The Silver Well?
Luke
March 23, 2010 @ 11:14 amJust re-found everything on the KOG on Facebook:
Date:Saturday, March 27, 2010
Time:11:00am – 4:00pm
Location:Waterstones
Street:Rose Lane
City/Town:Canterbury, United Kingdom
It says:
Tickets £1, available from the 1st floor and redeemable against purchase of a copy of The Silver Well
Does that mean I can do the workshop by paying £1 without re-buying The Silver Well?
I’ll see you there!
March 23, 2010 @ 11:19 amLuke,
It’ll be great to see you there! It will be a very good day. Yes, you can do the workshop by paying the £1 and you don’t have to re-buy The Silver Well.
Jasper
March 23, 2010 @ 12:39 pmJasper, I am so sorry! I’m unable to make it today as my grandad has been rushed to hosbital, *sigh*, It’s like the Grinch stole christmas…
Well, if your doing another workshop convention I will definitley attend, good luck with today!
Luke
March 27, 2010 @ 5:06 amLuke,
I was looking out for you, and we wondered what had happened. I’m sure there will be another opportunity. Keep in touch.
I hope you grandfather is doing alright.
Jasper
March 27, 2010 @ 1:31 pmJasper,
Oh dear I’m so sorry
Hopefully there will be 
How did it go? I will keep in touch 
Thanks, yeah he’s much better now, I was at the hosbital just after I posted on the blog yesterday, I hope to see you in the future! 
Luke
March 28, 2010 @ 6:43 amBrilliant day today Jasper! I didn’t expect you to be in school, so as I turned round I was like :O! It was exciting to see a sneak peek of what’s to come! [I shall say no more
] Here’s a preview of my book 
The 1st sentence: The midnight sky was dense in darkness, pearl white mist reigned over the ascending starry night amercing all the land in a shroud of shadow.
Of course I’ve wrote alot more than that, as you know
Luke
March 29, 2010 @ 12:06 pmHi Luke,
It was great to see you the other day, especially after you had to miss the Waterstones event.
I really like your first line… an excellent opening! Thank you. You obviously enjoy your writing, and that comes through in this opening line, which has a poetical feel to it. I think you probably have two sentences there… try it out and see if you think it works better. The opening line is very important.
I intend to post another blog today, or soon, and there is another story which is almost ready to be added to KOGworld. Exciting!
Keep in touch.
Jasper
April 3, 2010 @ 2:05 amJasper,
Yes it was brilliant, I hope we get to meet again.
Thanks, I’ve been drafting for two years now and all the time I’ve kept that same two sentences. My fault I put a comma accidently. Yes, it is what grips you best.
Oh fantastic, can’t wait, very exciting!
I will do, as always.
Luke
April 8, 2010 @ 8:17 am