Greetings sentients!

I come to you with some interesting news: I’m going to be participating on a panel about crowdfunded publishing and talking about my experience with Inkshares. I’m super excited about this and I’m very much looking forward to it. I’m eager to see what my fellow panelist (Hayden Trenholm and Ira Nayman) will bring to the table also. The panel will be moderated by Caroline Frechette. 

The panel will be held at Can*Con on November 1st at 2pm. If you’re in the area and attending the convention, come and see me. Or if you’re not attending but would still like to hang out, I’ll be hanging out with friends and fans at the Ottawa downtown Three Brewers restaurant/bar starting at 5h30pm on October 31st. Come say ‘hi’ and get a free signed print of something.

Final obligatory cross-promotion plug: Don’t forget to check out my other book that’s currently funding on Inkshares, ‘A God in the Shed’. Trust me, it’s worth your time.

Thanks again for your support friends. It truly is appreciated.

Cheers,

JF

It's still Museday, right? It is in Minnesota!

So far, every single person I've asked reports that Tannor is their favorite character after reading my first 3 episodes. She is pretty kickass... but can Relai trust her?

I can't wait to get the book into your hands so you can find out.

Museday Mix: Tannor Edition! (seriously click "play all" and jam ok this one is fun)

Bang Bang - Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj

Royals - Lorde

Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) - Kelly Clarkson

Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) - Nico Vega (cover)

Lips are Movin' - Meghan Trainor

Electric Lady - Janelle Monáe

Never Let Me Go - Florence and the Machine 

You Could Be Happy - Snow Patrol 

Bad Blood - Taylor Swift

I Remember - Damien Rice

(I Just) Died in Your Arms Tonight - Bastille (cover)

Neon Lights - Demi Lovato

Hi everyone! Guess what? I made a blog! (I'm still getting it figured out, so bear with me.)

Here's a preview of my first real post - a rundown of Fall Comicon! Can you tell I don't know what I'm doing???

It was AMAZING. Find out more about my experience here! 

And don't forget: tomorrow morning I'll be chatting with Sally Ember Ed.D via the magic of a Google+ Hangout about writing, science fiction, art, and all sorts of other things. Watch our *CHANGES* Conversation live or check out the youtube video anytime after!

Finally, your Museday Mix: Tannor Edition is coming soon...

Oh what a situation I’ve created for myself.

On the one hand, I have ‘The Life Engineered’ being released early next year. It’s a extremely exciting project and the validation of over five years of work. Learning to write, authoring a few books to get somewhat good at it, typing draft after draft of the manuscript until it became something somewhat enjoyable, all so I could have this one book in production.

On the other hand, I’m hungry for ‘A God in the Shed’ to reach it’s funding goal. It’s a facinating story that I can’t wait to delve back into and bring to life for readers to enjoy. I love the characters and setting and every part of that book calls to me to revisit.

So here we are; Two books, both at different stages of promotion, both requiring visibility and attention. I need to find new readers for one to fulfil my responsibilities to myself and to my publishers and for the other so I can get the opportunity to push it into production. However, I am so very tired and would prefer to be writing rather than promoting.

So while I’m looking for new and interesting ways to get new eyes on my work along with preparing the next book I’m working on, I’m unfortunately neglecting the most important people in this a whole endeavour; you guys, my readers.

But, I haven’t forgotten about you and while nothing is currently going on, I am preparing a few cool extras to show my appreciation for your support. If nothing else, I’ve included a few sketches of robots that I’m doing for Inktober (a sort of illustration challenge that spans the month of October). I have a few other bits of interesting news coming up in the next week or so, but until then, if you know any Science Fiction lovers or Fantasy/Horror fans, let them know about my books. You know I’ll appreciate it and if you recommend through the Inkshares site, you’ll get credits that you can use to buy more books!

Thanks for your continued support.

And now for some robots

JF

Asteroid Made of Dragons re-writes /developmental edits are due back to my editor on Friday.

Artwork - Hieronymus Bosch / My adrenal glands.