Hey, and Happy Friday!
Somebody went to the Women Like Us Amazon page and ordered 5 copies yesterday! Here, take a look:

Not sure who did that, but I would thank that person most heartily. Okay, sure, not 500 orders, but you gotta start somewhere, right?
Production of the book continues toward that July 26th publish date, which is extremely exciting. In fact cover design is mostly complete, and there will be two blurbs on the back . Here’s a preview:
"If you have parents, if you have kids, if you have a heart, Women Like Us is the book for you. It’s like a great recipe for life."
This is from author Charles Dickinson, who wrote a novel called The Widows’ Adventures. I fell in love with this book from page one, and hopefully one day soon there’s going to be a movie version of it (full disclosure: I adapted the book and will co-produce the movie), but do yourself a favor if you love to read and get a copy. You too, I bet, will fall in love with Ina and Helene, two ladies who go on a kind of road-trip you haven’t seen before. Or look into one of Charles’ other books like A Shortcut in Time, or A Family in Time. Here’s a link to The Widows’ Adventures:
Here’s the second blurb:
"Women Like Us is a wonderful and true examination of deep, real human emotion."
This one comes from Joseph Asphahani, whose novel The Animal In Man, a Sword & Laser contest winner, is coming soon from Inkshares. If you haven’t pre-ordered a copy, consider doing so. Here’s a link:
https://www.inkshares.com/books/the-animal-in-man-7699
Speaking of other Inkshares books, there’s a Father’s Day sale going on -- there’s 50-75% off some cool books, so check that out. I can especially recommend director Jake Bender’s wonderful The Elephant in the Room, and Landon Crutcher’s Monkey Business, which is a super trippy head-trip of a book!
So that’s it for now. Stay tuned as publish day approaches because there will be more news to share about the book. And, as always, thanks everybody for the support.
Survivors of the warp, hello again.
It is a beautiful moonlight night here as I write this message and bring you some good news!
If you remember the road map I gave 48 hours ago, you will remember 4 things being on my list for the very near future. And I am happy to say, 2 of those are checked, stroked and have drawings of cakes and balloons over them! (I need to stop, now...)
First, I have to thanks a whole lot Landon Trine for the beautiful cover art. He contacted me for the cover and I have to say, he did a wonderful job on the cover in such a small time. If you want to help me thanks Landon, go on his page and look at his books and follow/pre-order what you like, recommend, review. He deserves any positive attention you can give him.
Second, as promised, a new chapter is up, called And They Fought till Dawn. Go read it. I’ll wait.
You are back? Gives you more clues on the style of the book than a prologue doesn’t it? What? The redaction thing? Let me explain.
In Chapter Nine, Chimera talks at some point about her past with Sliver, a character we see a few times in the previous chapters of the book and I thought, ’If it isn’t for this part being a bit of a spoiler, this chapter is just perfect as a preview. Combat, discussion, mystery. It has everything the book loves.’ So, I had to cut that part unfortunately. Sorry about it. I promise I will keep the spoiler redaction to a minimum in the future samples.
So, now that those two elements are done, what’s next this time?
While this update is getting long, I would like to quickly end with a list of people I thankful about:
On this note, I will return to the moon’s glow and keep on plotting the destructi- eh, I mean continuation of this world of mine.
Volvary, out.
Hey, everyone who decided to follow! You’re all awesome. Who knew this novella would bring in the most attractive people on Inkshares? I look forward to checking out all of your books.
Thanks to some kickass typography from an author with one of the coolest drafts I’ve come across, Rebekka S. Leber, I have a cover. So... I’m diving into the Nerdist contest! I’m working on getting an excerpt ready to show to the world, so expect that soon.
Good luck to my esteemed opponents... and happy gaming.
Hey everyone!
Howdy Again All!
I hate to be pushy, but there’s an Inkshares event going on right now, and you can win prizes, so bear with me. This will be my last harassment message.
If you’re not yet participating in DraftShares, you still have two days to get into the raffle for over a dozen fabulous free prizes. You can find the list of submitted drafts at the bottom of this message. Support the Inkshares community! Get following, recommending, commenting, and reviewing!
And while you’re at it, please check out The Seventh Aspect and share your valuable feedback. Good or bad, lemme have it! I have pie.
The Seventh Aspect: https://www.inkshares.com/books/the-seventh-aspect
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Greeting Jackolytes,
They say the Devil makes work for idle hands, and I’ve got enough of the Devil in me not to stay idle for too long. Currently Jack and his ride are in the Inkshares shop receiving tender ministrations from the folks in the production team. To keep busy, I’ve decided to jump into the most recent Inkshares contest.
The result is Destiny Imperfect. I know you’ve already dug deep for Sync City, but it’d be truly awesome if you could spare the time and money to back the new project. If Destiny Imperfect is in the top three at the end of the contest in six weeks’ time, then I get full production backing at Inkshares – something WELL worth having.
Dig deep, spread the love and Jack will have a stablemate to keep him company! Get on board and pre-order at: Destiny Imperfect. It’d mean the world to me … and probably beer for you …
Cheers,
Peter