Also, today I ordered and dispatched two of the three cuddly octopuses that I offered as raffle prizes. One has been sent to Thomas Arnold in Tennessee, USA and the other to Brian Guthrie in Frankfurt, Germany. That’s two completely different continents. If the third winner Prescott Harvey ends up living in Australia, that’d be awesome (although shipping costs would hurt my wallet a bit). 

Prescott, be sure to send me your address details so I can get your prize over to you, where ever you may live.

So then onto more important matters like how is the Nerdist contest going as far as SQUIDS IN is concerned? Could be better I think sums it up nicely. 

Pre-orders seem to have slowed recently meaning that the book has been bumped down to 6th place by Regina McMenomy’s excellent "Mothering: The Game". "Sidescroller" is also nipping at its heals as it’s only 3 pre-orders behind...GULP!

I have some loose ideas on how to rejuvenate things but this competition has already proven harder than I could possibly have thought just to get this far. The next few weeks will really indicate whether the book and I have what it takes to compete with the heavy hitters.

Matthew