Great cover guys!! @Alisa King @Duncan Rafferty 

みなさん　こんにちは！ (Hello Everybody!)

I first off want to thank all of you for supporting my project and motivating me to work towards my first novel publication. I’ve always dreamed of publishing a novel and the fact that this Nerdist contest has a video game theme is an added bonus. 

I’m all numbed up from a visit to the dentist this morning so I’ll probably spend today trying not to bite my own tongue (hehe). I also have the day off so I’ll definitely get a lot of writing done!! 

Speaking of which, I am only 13 pre-orders away from reaching that magical number of 100 so if you could, pre-order a copy if you haven’t already or tell others to! At 100 pre-orders, I will release the 3rd painting piece AND Chapters 3 (Cheat Code) and 4 (Scorchlands)! 

Alright, I’m off to clean the guinea pig cages. Have a good weekend all!

Best,

Alisa-chan

@Alisa King Struggle is so real, and MOBA’s are so toxic. If you ever want to give Dota2 a try, though, just let me know! I do my best to meet the community where it is, and TRY to change it for the better from within, but some days, as I said, I have to mute my whole team to win. 

Yes the struggle is real sometimes @Jamison Stone haha. I remember when I used to play Destiny all the time....I lied to my online friends and said "Oh, I don’t have a mic" because I didn’t want them to hear my voice. At one point, I revealed that I was a lady gamer and some of my friends were okay with it, but when I’d try to raid with them I was met with scorn. Even though I don’t play Destiny anymore (got bored of the game) I still remember the impact of that game. 

It’s a rough grind out there in the  video game digiverse @Alisa King ! I play a LOT of Dota2, and hate, hate, hate all the hate!!!

Seriously though, some of our best teammates are female and it really bums me out that when girls use their mics there is instant tension, either from hate or weird questions. I do all I can to be an ally, supporting girls to feel comfortable using in game voice chat, but damn, its rough out there...

I don’t blame many of you girls for just typing, there are days the only way I can actually carry my team, is to just mute all of them...  Oh well, welcome to the trenches of ranked ladder. 

But regardless, your book looks cool, and I’m excited to learn more! If you ever want to game, let me know, I have a very active friends list on Steam and Battlenet of very cool peeps who don’t hate, just PM me and I’ll invite you. 

Wow thank you so much for the kind message @Jamison Stone it really stuck with me. And yes, us gamer girls have to represent and show that ladies can be hardcore gamers too :D 

Video gaming and dragons, I’m in! As an AVID gamer ally, I have HUGE respect for all gamer girls who brave the toxic male dominated online landscape (esp when you use mics!) Kudos to you, and your gaming dragon, I look forward to learning more @Alisa King !

Hi all,

We’ve reached 75 pre-orders (yay!) so here’s painting piece #2!

Thank you all so much for the support! With every pre-order I am more motivated to keep writing :) I am wrapping up Chapter 3 - Cheat Code at the moment. If you haven’t already check out the first 2 chapters below:

• Chapter 1 - Amasarok
  

• Chapter 2 - 2nd Attempt
  

Enjoy the rest of the day! 

Best,

Alisa-chan

Greetings all! First off, I want to say thank you all for supporting me I truly appreciate it. We are only 4 pre-orders away from unlocking the 2nd piece of the painting!! :D If you haven’t pre-ordered yet or can think of anyone that would enjoy my story, please do so! Also, I wanted to take a quick detour and say how extremely excited I am about The Last Guardian having a release date. I waited years and years for this game. WOO!! 

Have a good day all :)

-Alisa-chan

Hello all! We are just 10 pre-orders away from unlocking the 2nd piece of the painting :) If you are following this project, but have not yet pre-ordered please consider doing so. I need all the help I can get to remain in the Top 3 since I’m surrounded by some amazing competition. I’ve always had this desire to share my writing with everyone and the gamer in me is stoked for this contest :) Also, if you haven’t already take a look at Chapter 2. Things are definitely getting a little hairy...