For those still trying to decide if they should Pre-Order Crow’s Gambit, I offer you the following flowchart to help. If you have a friend who is undecided please feel free to use this to help convince them!

PT

 

Congratulations everyone, with five new readers yesterday there will be a $50 donation made to the Le Sueur American Legion. Well done!

And today we are starting a new charitable partnership for “Crow’s Gambit”. As some of you know Le Sueur MN is a small town that is very fortunate to have a great public library and librarian. In the past I have helped raise money for the library to continue its many activities (many of them kid related). Today I pledged $1 for every copy sold of “Crow’s Gambit” to the library. Not $1 for every copy sold during the contest but for every copy sold period.  

Of course that puts a little pressure on me to actually get the book published. With only ten days left in the contest if you are still sitting on the fence I hope you’ll decide to jump onboard.

You should have just received an excerpt from Chapter 12 of the story. It helps give a tiny bit of background on what the world faced after Net-Day. I hope it makes you ponder the possible impacts of Net-Day in the story.

Thanks for the support!

PT

NOW, I want everyone to panic. We’ve been passed, aggressively. Crow’s Gambit is currently sitting in 3rd place and only two orders above a worthy contender in 4th. Now would be an absolutely excellent time to make a Pre-Order or drag a friend to a computer to make an order. 

I have to apologize. I promised you a Q&A video. I’m a little behind on that and I wanted to explain why. Besides the normal student advising, starting a major research project on vertical axis wind turbines, and finishing a project related to engineering student retention…I’ve spent the last three days as an instructor for a “Teach the Teacher” program. We had fifteen K-6 teachers from the region come in for an intense workshop exposing them to what engineering is, demonstrating classroom activities, helping them work on curriculum ideas, and getting them into a couple local manufacturing companies for tours. It uses up a lot of my time but it is one of the most fulfilling activities of my year and I feel like it really makes a difference. 

So, bear with me please. The video is on its way. In the meantime make sure to take a look at the excerpts that came out over the last few days and don’t forget the new incentives for each Pre-Order level. 

Thank you all. More to come… 

PT