UPDATE: The AIM is #1 New Release Children's Book Astronomy on Amazon

…and #1 Aeronautics & Space, and #1 Astronomy & Space, too! As of this weekend, The Astronaut Instruction Manual is now #1 New Release in all three categories! Twitter followers: Be sure and RT this news for us!

BTW have you read our Amazon reviews? Read our reviews. Your Amazon review matters!

And keep up the good work, everyone, your tweets, likes, and shares…and reviews!…are making the difference in getting the word out about The Astronaut Instruction Manual. Thanks!

Mike Mongo
astronaut teacher

You are some of our favorite people on First Earth. You given us hope and helped us believe we've written a book people will enjoy. 

But there's another book we hope you'll order, too, so it can reach its 750 goal by 11/15, and we can each receive an autographed copy. SINGLE VERSION by Scott Barsotti is the reason the term Roach Punk was invented right here on Inkshares. It's completely different from Enhanced (but just as well written :) ).

Please order at least one, and convince a friend as well. You won't be sorry! 

Okay guys, I'm dropping you guys a little update about what to expect. 

I've been finishing up my round of developmental editing. I should be done very shortly, as I only have 59 pages left to go. After which, I'll be adding an epilogue. Ultimately, I'm ahead of schedule. I'm due to turn in the manuscript to Inkshares on December 1st. 

After I finish this pass through, I'm going to ask how I can best release the entire draft for those who wish to read it. After all, a perk of backing the book early, is you get to read or see how these drafts work! If you catch anything, or have any feedback as I do this, by all means, send me an email!

After I turn in the manuscript to Inkshares. I'll undergo two more rounds of editing. One more round of developmental editing, and then copy editing. Meaning I'll have rewritten this book roughly six times before it sees print. 

All told, to take a book from a blank sheet of paper, into a fully published printed book, it's looking like a year and a half turn around. I've been writing and editing on my own for the past year, and this marks the one year date when I sat down and began writing. So I'm getting very close!

I'll be dropping you guys monthly updates about the entire process, and trust me: You'll know when I start releasing additional chapters :). 

Greetings good people.

It's been a busy week so I'll keep this update short.

Campaign - The new Inkshares model switched over at the start of the month, so it's now official: Ghosts of War is getting published. We've cleared the light publishing goal, so the next target is 750 copies. I realise with the price increases that it's going to be quite a task to get there in the next 44 days, but stay tuned, there might be a small bit of relief coming on that front in the next week or so.

Ghosts & NaNoWriMo - I'm participating in NaNo this year and using it to finish up Ghosts, plan out the sequels and maybe even make a start on book two if there's time. I'm currently closing in on 8,000 words written in 6 days, so I'm about 2,000 words off the pace, but there's plenty of time to make it up. 

In closing, here's a behind the scenes look at me working during the month of November.