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Julian Hunter liked an update for Squids In

Thanks for following "Squids In" from conception. As a reward, here is a video of an octopus existing outside the water.

https://youtu.be/jfuOn3rxdy8

Super floppy huh? Turns out that octopus’s can exist for only several minutes out of water, so I’m going to have to narrate my way around that little tidbit. Maybe a waterproof game controller...? Looks like these guys managed this effect by putting the controlled in a ziplock bag:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0ZG_M-H0Kk&feature=player_embedded

I’ve just uploaded the beginning of chapter one "First Encounter" so please go check it out, comment and share if you like where I am going with this.

https://www.inkshares.com/books/squids-in/book_segments/first-encounters

As you may gather, I’m writing this on-the-fly for the Nerdist "Video-Game" competition so your feedback is definitely appreciated. I’m eager to place well but know that such a thing will only happen with your help and support.

Thanks for reading. I hope to add more when my brain is not addled by rum...

Matthew

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Julian Hunter liked an update for And the Wolf Shall Dwell

Hi all - we’re on 430 pre-orders!
Here’s just a quick reminder that from every order pushed from this link https://goo.gl/3bTKYB I have pledged 3.5$ (2£) to Norwood UK children charity. Since it’s a worthy cause, I’ve cynically recruited my son Daniel to help, as he does like his thrillers...

"I always like my thriller before bed, straight out of bath"

You can also help by
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Thank you all!!

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Julian Hunter liked an update for The Catcher’s Trap

Hello Friends

Happy Memorial Day! I hope you are having a great weekend.

I have big news to share.

I’ve joined a group of prolific and talented authors on Inkshares to work on a collection of short stories. This anthology, called Too Many Controllers, will feature fourteen stories across genres, time, and realities connected by one theme: video games.

We decided to embark in this crazy idea inspired by the latest Nerdist contest, which will start this coming Wednesday, June 1st. We believe that a collection of stories in which the subject of video games is approached in many inventive and surprising ways will add a generous portion of fun to the contest.

And talking about fun, check out the awesome video author Paul Inman created for the book. Click here to watch it.

You can read more about Too Many Controllers here.

I encourage you to follow the project. Once the contest start, I will appeal to your kindness and ask you to support it by pre-ordering a copy. It is about games, everybody love games!

Have a fantastic rest of your day

Ricardo

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Julian Hunter liked the forum thread, Synopsis Edits: Reset the System

Thank you very much Craig, Nell and Evan. This is simply great advice about the synopsis. Evan is right, and HiveCoin is sort of like Bitcoin, but I really like the suggestion to remove anything jargon-like from the synopsis that has the potential to alienate a potential reader before they get into the narrative. This is probably great advice for anyone trying to write a cleaner/shorter synopsis too.

It is great to hear that the premise of the novel intrigues you - I did consciously write this with that idea in mind, that many of our human problems here on earth simply translate to our posthuman descendents in their negotiation with a wider environment and larger energy sources. In this sense, the book is very anti-cornucopian, in that it rails against the idea that transcendence would solve all of the problems we face. Even capitalism proves to be a very hard thing to shake off, as Hive society in the book is uber-capitalist (hence the contest to raise capital to escape the Milky Way). I will be working up a book jacket length description this week that will follow the draft, hopefully you will also check that out! Thanks again guys, I really appreciate this.

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