You all have no idea what this means to me...I just passed quill, so no matter what happens in the contest, I’m a published author. I am literally crying right now. Perfect strangers are going to be holding and reading my book...

...unreal. I am uncontrollably happy right now. Thank you for all of your support. 

I will not disappoint. I promise you that. I will uphold my end of the promise of becoming a published author.

I love you all. Truly.

-Michael

The last couple of days have been amazing! Deep thanks to all the new folks who have pre-ordered PIPERVERSE (and you old folks, too!)

I’ve uploaded a new sample chapter: "Chapter 4 - Bzzt!"  Please take a peek at your leisure here  --notes and nitpicks welcome!

The Nerdist Writer’s Contest portion of this campaign is coming to a close March 15th! If you know of any book lovers of the science fiction and/or upper middle grade persuasion, please point them towards https://www.inkshares.com/books/piperverse  (And take a look at the other contest entries, too! There’s some great stuff out there.)

Thanks, people! 

And here’s what SHOULD HAVE been Piper Collector’s Card #2.  

With a week to go in the Nerdist contest, I think it’s safe to say that my little "Girl vs. Universe"  book has not dominated the competition. While it is not impossible for me to add 200+ buyers to my current 20 in this final week, I do grant that it is somewhat unlikely.  I’ve been staring way up at the same top four authors for a while now, watching their campaigns with approval,  and believe they are all fine books and wish them good luck in jostling for the top three spots as the finish line looms.

So I’m settling in for the long campaign. I’ll keep loading sample chapters, doodling Character Cards, and pestering friends and loved ones until they want to throttle me. Eventually, here or elsewhere, Piperverse will be a book.

But what I want now are eyeballs. Specifically, YOUR juicy, succulent eyeballs!

Fellow Inkshares folk, I haven’t participated at all in the whole "trading pre-orders" thing…I’m sorry, I simply can’t afford it (and I’ve yet to figure out how to do the whole "get credits for your recommendations" deal, probably to my great detriment.) But I want to be part of the community, and I want feedback on the chapters I post: Good, Bad, Nitpicky--I’ll take it all…and it’s about time I put some time in to get it. So, what I’m offering in trade is my eyes for yours. Review my stuff, make little comments and notes, recommend me to folks who LIKE making little comments and notes, and I will happily do the same for you and yours.

And since the posts that get the most response on Inkshares seem to be the ones with dogs in them...