Thanks to all those who have ordered Squids In so far. I’m really happy with how this project has come together and with its current 6th place in the Nerdist video-game contest but the competition is not yet over so I am stepping things into high gear.

In recognition of your support I was hoping to get your opinion on some new cover art done by my books illustrator Eugene Karasz over on DeviantArt. 

If the majority of people think that this is an improvement over the current cover, I will swap it over tomorrow, so please comment on this update letting me know your thoughts.

Tomorrow I will also be posting Chapter 2, maybe even Chapter 3 if you’re lucky. My intention will be to continue the audiobook with these chapters too when I find time to record them. I will be sure to update you then.

Soon there will hopefully be a raft of blog posts all about Squids In released into the wild, so I hope you’re not too bored seeing Hendrix the octopus on Twitter, Facebook and on the World Wide Web! You’re about to see a lot more of him.

Have a good evening everyone, I certainly will.

Matthew

I am happy to announce that my lengthy silence is (hopefully) over! The past few weeks have been a tumult of real life, depression, anxiety, and installing new book cases in my house! The new book cases are wonderful...the other stuff wasn’t so wonderful. Here’s a picture of the new book cases to cheer us all up. ...

In other, more exciting news: I have finished my first rewrite for Chapter 13 of Lucky! I’m pretty excited and I think the new writing is going to be fun for everyone to read. It involves - get this - pet rocks. Yes, I said it. Pet rocks! And in space!

It also opens the door for me to flesh out a few of the secondary characters in the novel and bring them more into the spotlight than they have been previously. I even gave one of them the wonderful name of Giovanna Marino. So that was fun.

There’s a bit of a downside, though. I had, with the help of a beta reader (or seven), discovered that I have a MAGNIFICENT AND LARGE (read that in an epic booming voice) plot hole in the middle of my book. This new Chapter 13 helps fill that MAGNIFICENT AND LARGE plot hole...but also makes necessary the creation of all new Chapters 14, 15, 16 and maybe 17. What is currently number Chapters 14, 15, 16 and maybe 17 will become probably Chapters 18, 19, 20 and 21, etc. The MAGNIFICENT AND LARGE plot hole will be filled, there shall be more of Lucky for all of you to enjoy, and I will grow more gray, crazy lady hairs as a result. It will all be wonderful fun and hopefully finished in the next two weeks-ish.

I’ll be tweeting updates out as well, so follow me on Twitter (@RH_Webster) and on Facebook (www.facebook.com/RHWebster.ScienceFiction) and on Wordpress (www.rhwebster.wordpress.com). I might even drop a few lines/paragraphs here and there for you to enjoy, so you’ll want to stay alert!

As ever, I cannot thank you enough for your continued support! Instead I’ll have another cup of coffee in your honor.

- Webster