There it is folks. An actual physical copy of Monkey Business sitting on my actual physical counter top. 261 copies are somewhere in the clutches of UPS right now on their way back to Inkshares HQ where those hard working folks will open them up and ship them to all of you who were good enough to back this project.

I’m so happy and proud to be the first book published under the Quill Imprint of Inkshares, especially given the many and great looking books that are soon to follow. I don’t mean to overstate but it feels like an honor and I hope the book can live up.

You should have all received your ebook files. Whether you intend to enjoy Monkey Business on your favorite eReading device or wait until actual paper is in your hands, I just hope you do enjoy it. I hope it makes you laugh. I hope it makes you glad you invested some of your hard earned dollars. If you do enjoy it you could do one more thing for me that is of vital importance. 

Please leave a review on Amazon by clicking here!

As many of my fellow authors have pointed out Amazon reviews are very important to gaining visibility and growing audience. And all that marketing stuff.

So please, please, please take a moment to leave a review. Please enjoy the book. Thank you for all of your support and I’ll keep you posted as I’m hoping to do a few interviews, giveaways and other promotional stuff in the future.

One last thing. I think the next Quill novel to be released is going to be Jason Pomerance’s Women Like Us. So please go check that book out. Jason is a hell of a nice guy and happens to be a pretty damn good writer!

That’s all for now. I’ll write you guys more later and ask for more favors.

- Landon

Hey, all you beautiful, sexy people! I’ve got 2 pieces of news for ya.

First off, there’s a new chapter of SideScroller up and ready for your reading pleasure. Now, this one jumps ahead a bit, so if you’re concerned about spoilers, read at your own risk! I selected this particular chapter because it’s a strong emotional moment in the book that really drives home the video game theme.

Second, Inkshares and Nerdist just announced their newest publishing contest, and the theme is: VIDEO GAMES. SideScroller happens to be about...video games. This is what Webster’s Dictionary defines as a "koinky-dink".

The contest starts June 1st, so I’ll be blazing down the campaign trail when it happens, hoping to push SideScroller to the forefront and seize the day. So get ready for a whole lot more pimping out from yours truly. Tell your family, tell your friends, even tell your enemies (assuming your enemies are avid readers), tell Oprah, tell everybody...there’s a whole lot more SideScroller up in here.

The madness begins June 1st. See you there. And thanks again for all of your support!

Cheers,

Andrew Fantasia

DAX FANS!

Hey everyone! Time for the nightly update. 

I’d like to talk to you about the origins for the technology behind Uploading. There are really two pieces of technology at play: Cloning and the Uploading itself. Cloning is well known, a technology we’re only beginning to explore here in the real world. Uploading seems to be something in our near future as well. Scientists in 2013 managed a "mind meld" between two rats, transmitting thoughts across two continents. Using computers to take one being’s thoughts and transmit them into another consciousness places it technologically adjacent to Uploading. Instead, take your thoughts and put them into storage until needed.

Those are the two technologies that are tech adjacent to the story here and which I’m using to inform the science.

We’ve hit 34 preorders, thanks in no small part to Diane, who’s one of our two readers at Commissioner level! We’re only 16 away from my releasing Chapter 2. Think we can hit that by this weekend?

You can help support the book and generate more interest by posting a recommendation both here on Inkshares as well as on Facebook or Twitter. Those small reviews definitely help.

See you all tomorrow night!