Sep 1, 2015

Here I sit, my head itching like something horrible crawled in there and died (it’s actually just henna in my hair), my hands caked with paint residue, and every inch of me aching. But it’s a good feeling. Why would I say that? Because after months of preparing, tomorrow I head off to slay the convention known as Dragon Con. If any of you happen to be there, you have to go through Sheraton to register. Step upstairs (two full floors) to the Grand Ballroom and ask around for me. I’d love to chat, but understand I’ve got a room to set up for four days of programming so it will be a bit short. (unless you catch us while we wait for the riggers to do their jobs lol).

I just wanted to drop a line before I vanished from reliable desktop computing to say thanks for all the support. Copies sold have soared past 120 and we’re approaching 80 readers in all. That goal of 1000 is creeping ever closer and it’s thanks to you (yes, I know I pestered many of you with private messages; I appreciate your help even more because of that ;-) ). I won’t be completely out of contact while I’m at Dragon Con, but the hotels are notorious for eating cell signals so my connection will be tenuous during the day. Nevertheless, I encourage you all to keep recruiting more readers (some of you have even come back having earned more credits for your referrals and ordered more copies! You know who you are and you are amazing!) using the same method I used with you. If they’re new and they get followed, FREE BOOK! What’s not to like about that!? If I see an email come through saying “You’ve got a new follower” or “Rise has a new follower”, I’ll find a way to get to reliable signal and follow them back as quickly as I can manage. But you can, too. Just go to the page, click on the “### Followers” and a list appears. Usually, they are the more recent ones at the top. It doesn’t matter who follows them, just so long as someone does. 

Speaking of all the new attention, I owe you guys two more chapters, but I don’t have the time to add them to the PDF before I leave tomorrow. So I promise I’ll post them as soon as I get home next….week. Hopefully, I get to post more than just two chapters. We are almost at 80:-) Maybe we’ll cross the 100 reader mark. You never know. I am going to a convention of 65,000 geeks. Who knows how many people I’ll find that want to check it out.

Next update, I’ll be highlighting some other authors I’ve found on here that are worth consideration when it comes to spending those credits you’re going to earn referring people to Rise :-)