Apr 7, 2016

This campaign started 90 hours ago. In that time 91 readers have joined the party and pre-ordered 123 books. I don’t want these updates to become spammy, so I’m going to shut up until we get to 250. Let me just answer a few more of the most common questions I’ve received in the last few days:

Q. Are you really giving away those awesome t-shirts?

A. Yes. Here’s the deal with the shirts: If we get to 250 pre-orders in the first 250 hours of this campaign then every single reader who pre-ordered before we hit 250 will get a vintage, limited edition International Transport shirt. This is a fairly tangible possibility considering we’re already at 123 pre-orders in 90 hours. However, if we do not get to 250 pre-orders in the first 250 hours, do not fret. First, everyone who pre-ordered at the "Feeling Spendy?" level will definitely get a shirt regardless of where we are at 250 hours because they bought 3 or more books!!! - and I’ll definitely do some kind of other giveaway for the other levels. I’ll figure something out, people. But seriously, let’s get to 250 in 250 and then everyone gets shirts and the book gets made. Get your friends and family in the Punch Escrow chair people!

Q. What’s your plan for the microfiche?

A. Okay, nobody but me calls them microfiche, but when it comes to the mysterious world building diagrams I’ve been posting, I’ll likely keep doing one every day until the end of the campaign. They’ll be getting posted on The Punch Escrow Facebook Page.

Q. Will you be posting more chapters?

A. Yes, I will post chapters 1, 2 and 3 when we hit 250 pre-orders. Right now we’ve got chapters 4, 6, and 8 in their entirety as well as the all-important Gallimaufry.

Q. I have a question you didn’t answer?

A. That’s not a question. But if you do have any additional questions PLEASE get in touch. Oh, and since this is the last update for a while, here’s a video my five year old daughter interviewing me about the book.

The first human teleportation experiments were only referred to by their codename, Project Bragaglia, after the Italian futurist Anton Giulio Bragaglia.