Good morning readers, followers, friends and family! 

It's been nearly a month since I posted the first chapter of The Fable Hunt, and I'm so happy to see and hear that you all are excited about my little book. I'm not in the leaderboard of the Nerdist contest (yet) but remain hopeful that I'll sell another couple hundred of books before the contest technically ends Sept. 30th. I hope you'll share your referral link with your friends and family and encourage them to pre-order a copy! 

I'm not really planning on posting a fourth chapter for a while, but I wanted to introduce you early supporters to another fairy in my world. She will make her appearance soon and is very different from little Learid. Here's a snippet:

I hunkered down in front of my laptop to write the carnival article that was now almost due and still had a lot of work to be done on it. It was an hour before I stopped to stretch and jumped out of my skin upon noticing my audience. An unfamiliar fairy was perched on the edge of my almost unused pencil cup, one hand under its chin and a knobby elbow resting on a knobby knee.

This was not the fairy I was familiar with seeing propped against my things. This fairy was lighter in color like a willow branch and with shades of green worked over its skin rather than purple. When its little mouth opened, the voice was soft and feminine in tone if not in meaning.

“Learid told us you were observant. I have been stalking you for twenty minutes, and you did not notice. He was wrong.” She was matter of fact and sharp. Clearly I was not the impressive creature she had expected. 

Again thank you so much for your support! Please continue to share The Fable Hunt and help me get as many pre-orders as possible. 

Rachael

I swear that I will return to talking about robots and post humanism shortly. Forgive my temporary lapse in preoccupation, dear sentients.

Let me address this 'murderous' urge that the header implies. I don't, in actuality, want to kill anyone, but I would like to murder the likeness of one of my readers within the pages of my next book.

'A God in the Shed' is a horror/fantasy story and this means I'm going to be murdering some characters. I decided it would be fun to have one of these victims be one of my supporters. The idea is that everyone who pre-orders my book, 'A God in the Shed' gets a chance to win. Every pre-order that is from a reference wins the referrer an extra chance. The more you promote the book, the better your chances of dying by my pen.

Essentially, the winner, drawn at random, will get to collaborate with me (we'll Skype or something) and we'll come up with a suitable way to include your likeness into the book, as a minor character, which will be gruesomely dispatched.

So please go pre-order 'A God in the Shed' and help me spread the word far and wide so that you can win the chance to 'die'. It's worth noting that you'll also get the opportunity to beta-read the manuscript so you can witness your demise ahead of everyone else.

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As always, many thanks for your support.

JF