Hello all again!

I am happy to say that Curio Citizen is still in 4th place! We are climbing rapidly, and I have all of you to thank for that. I am truly humbled by your support. However, we still have to get into the top 3 for Curio Citizen to be published. We are getting fresh pre-orders every day, but so is the competition. There are only 12 more days in the contest. That’s enough time for us to keep climbing to the top 3, or we could fall far behind if we lose momentum. That’s how tight this race is! Please consider asking one person today to pre-order. It would help me and my daughter so much if Curio Citizen could be published and launch my writing career.

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And, as promised, here’s today’s look into the world of Curio Citizen:

Void:

Void is a super dense metal found within the bedrock of Paz. It is so dense that it can be used to generate a gravity field within the space ships that seek out curios across the galaxy, as well as a slight grounding of a person within a vehicle as normal as a hovering taxi to ensure the rider’s safety.

Its most important function, however, is to facilitate interstellar space travel.

                           
                             "’Let me see...’ Inquieto murmured, tapping his finger on his chin as he searched for words. When he spoke, his words came slowly, and I suspected he was greatly dumbing down the description.                           

                            ’Within the vacuums of void, the cracks are so thin, and often positioned in such a way near one another, that they become plates of refracted metal, which can produce negative energy between them through vacuum fluctuations. As you said, we can create vacuums, and two simple metal plates placed close together within a vacuum can produce the same effect in a small amount, but void aids the process so that the negative energy and exotic matter it produces is much higher.’                           

                            ’Oh,’ I said, vaguely following him.                           

                            ’We have developed technology that can further extrapolate this energy and matter to such a degree, it can surround our ships to create a bubble that will keep the ship and crew unaltered while the exotic matter warps space. It contracts space before a ship while expanding that behind it to create, essentially, a short-cut to circumvent the speed of light and travel otherwise impossible distances.’"


Without void, space travel would be nearly impossible for the paz, and certainly too costly to enact. And it is because of the lack of void that the other two intelligent species of planets within Paz’s solar system are mostly confined to their respective planets, for which the paz are grateful.

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Thank you for your continued support for Curio Citizen. Once again, if you know anyone you can personally ask to pre-order this book, please do so. We are so close to getting into the top 3 and realizing my dream of becoming a published author. This could be the start of my career and be the beginning of an exciting Curio Trilogy, which is now in the drafting phase. If we reach 80 pre-orders from separate readers, I will release the names of the second two novels of the trilogy. If we reach 100 pre-orders, I will give you all a sneak peek (sans spoilers) of the next two books!

You all are so amazing!

--Katherine