May the 4th be with you!
I hope you were able to spend today with that special nerd/geek in your life and celebrate one of the greatest Space Operas ever created. For me, it was hanging with this little guy (see picture below). My daughter flat out refused to be in the picture. Oh toddlers.
Dinosaurs, Calvin and Hobbs, Star Wars. It was a good day.
Lots happening on the book front!! We have a lot of new followers, and I want to say THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!! We really appreciate it! I think you’ll enjoy what’s coming next week!
The Warbler did a wonderful piece about the book. See it here: http://goo.gl/xXGtQf
One thought before I sign off.
Hemingway once said, "there is nothing to writing, just sit behind a typewriter and bleed." I’m starting to really understand that now.
My hat is off to every single author on this site. You are amazing.
Writing is hard. Invest in some good band-aides.

Greetings you wonderful people,
HOLY PRE-ORDERS BATMAN!! Look at them all roll in. Thank you all soooooo very much for really getting behind Beyond the Code and helping push it to Quill. I am finding it difficult to truly express how much all your support really means to me. Just WOW!!
But we’re not done yet. We are only a tiny 14 orders away from Quill. It’s literally just around the corner. If you love this book and really want to see it in print pre-order today. Tell your friends, tell your family, tell your enemies, TELL EVERYONE!! A signed first edition book is a great gift or maybe you have some extra credits around and you want some good karma. Any reason is a good one at this point.
Again thank you soo much for all the support in making my dream of Beyond the Code in print. We can do this!
Kelsey Barthel
PS: Sorry to be a pain, but I totally forgot to mention in my first update today that I reconfigured the chapters that are available on the Inkshares page. They should be in order now. If you happen to check the page and see that they’re not, would you mind letting me know? Either comment on this update or tweet to me @RH_Webster.
Thanks again, all of you.
- Webster
(pictured: RH Webster being a pain)
SO MUCH NEWS, SPACE CREW.



Dear friends, readers and backers of Trekonomics,
I just received my copies in the mail this morning. I believe you will receive yours soon (if you have not pre-ordered yet, you can still do it). The cover by Jenny Bostic and John Powers looks absolutely gorgeous.
Feel free to share pictures and feedback.
As usual,
Live Long, and Prosper.
Manu

Hi, Lucky Readers,
Wow you guys! What an amazing spike in support in the past couple of days. We are even the tiniest smidgen ahead of the "ideal" pre-order rate suggested by Inkshares.
I have written an entire novel but I feel at a loss to properly express my gratitude to all of you who have purchased a copy of this novel and are helping make it such a success. Most sincerely, thank you all.
If you’re on the fence about ordering a copy for yourself, check out some of the reviews on the project page. So many smart people can’t be wrong, right?
(pictured: being on the fence)
Keep up the sharing and keep up the support! As added incentive, when we get to 325 copies sold, I will update the excerpts and share some of the new material I am working on for the middle of the novel (hint hint).
Happy reading!
- Webster