
Welcome To The Company! This is my first reader update!
13 Followers. 13 crallow birds. I think makes a company. A Company of Crallow birds.
In case you haven’t noticed, I’ve added 3 Chapters to my draft page, some in depth details about my story, and even a brand new spiffy cover!
I’m participating in DRAFTSHARES next week! May 30th - June 3rd. Be sure to check the page then and comment, recommend, and write up some positive reviews. Post them on Inkshares, Facebook, and Twitter. Feel free to critique hard (not too hard), seeing as I desire perfection.
Let’s grow the Company and ride the DRAFTSHARES publicity train straight into funding! More details to come! It’s about to get real!
It has been quite some time since a little update on here...but, there’s children (plural) at my home now, and they both expect me to take care of them. Good thing they’re absolutely adorable...

Wow!! Mission 51 just keeps getting better and better!!

Finally they reached the top of a ridge, very close to their destination. Through the binoculars they could see a depression at the top of the next ridge, where the last of the dust continued to fall. There were large rocks to the west of the depression, obviously part of the shattered mountain top. But whatever caused it did not stop there. From their vantage point, they could see down into the lower lands of the valley further to the west. Juan pointed out to Juanito a long, dark streak in the land, heading northwest, in the direction of whatever it was they saw flash by overhead. In the far distance, they could see a rising tower of black, billowing smoke. They looked at each other, worried and wildly curious at the same time. Juanito pointed, “Vámos, Papi. Yá!”
Awesome!!
Thank you, Chris Pyke, and welcome to the Mission 51 creative team!
You can find Chris at his DeviantArt site, and at his PykesWorld weebly site.
Trekonomics on WIRED (article+podcast)
Dear backers, readers and friends,
I did a long interview with Dave Kirtley, the host of WIRED magazine’s Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy podcast. You can read the accompanying article here (and download the podcast);
http://www.wired.com/2016/05/geeks-guide-star-trek-economics/
There is more press and interviews coming out this week and the next. Stay tuned.
Reminders
Finally, a photo shared by an old friend. Live long and prosper, little one:

Manu

Don’t forget! Tune in between 4 and 6 PM Eastern US time to WRUW-FM for a special exclusive radio interview about Tantalus Depths! You’ll get to hear an interview with me, an exclusive reading of a thusfar unreleased excerpt from the book, and maybe a bit of wacky improv. You can listen to it online from anywhere in the world here at www.wruw.org.
Announcing the Mission 51 Raffle!

Artist Idan Carré has graciously donated an original sketch! This 11” x 12” sketch is a study of Mission 51’s spaceship, Janusia, as she will appear in the book. Isn’t she beautiful!? The winner of the raffle will receive this original sketch, signed by the artist, with a personal dedication to the winner of the raffle! How cool is that!?
To qualify for the raffle you must have placed one of the first 150 pre-orders.
The raffle will include the 96 pre-orders that have already been placed, and additional pre-orders up until the number of pre-orders reaches 150.
At that point, the names of every person placing those pre-orders will be officially randomized via Riffle Raffle to identify the raffle winner! Hooray!! :D
So… I suggest you place your pre-order now to qualify for the raffle! Be among the first 150 pre-orders!
And… you can increase your chances of winning the raffle by placing more pre-orders! :-)
A heartfelt Thank You to Idan Carré for her most generous donation. This truly is a special, one-of-a-kind piece!!