Greetings and salutations!

I just wanted to post a quick update before I head off to the sun, the desert and a place where I might actually be able to wear shorts and a T-shirt because it’s appropriate...not out of spite like I usually do.

Much like "One does not simply walk into Mordor." One does not move to Sweden for the weather (or climate).

A quick, but very sincere, Thank You to Faith, Kurt, John, Howard and Hesse for supporting Transilience. I highly recommend you checking out their pages. Faith has written a mystery novel that oozes pulp fiction (I mean the genre not the film). Hesse has provided an interesting spin on the CIA, a hitman and small town America.

So I will be away until Feb 23rd, but time and Transilience’s campaign will not be taking a wee holiday. I’ll be checking up on the site probably daily and hopefully some fun updates in the process. I mean I will have access to the Internet. It’s everywhere!

everywhere.....

I’ll sign off with a little something I drew instead of being productive. I think it’s pretty awesome and says a lot about the story....

I promise the actual sketch I’m giving away will be better than this, but again I quite like it.

Have a great weekend everyone!

And tell everyone you know about this little project of mine. Interest is picking up and if we can get it to snowball then publication is achievable!

Cheers!

Kev

Hi, all.

good morning fellow readers backers and followers,

We are at 3 pre order away from the first draw of a signed copy of The Life Engineered . Yes that’s right !!! 

You guys are amazing , 

Thank you so much for all helps and support you provide me so far in this campaign .

André 

4 feet of butcher paper, 10 scribbled upon pieces of scrap paper during work, and 2 weeks of intense brainstorming, sibling discussions about world-building, and hypothetical ramblings... Project Human’s plot is pretty solid, I have both mental and physical pictures of the two driving protagonists, AND some pretty epic ideas for the antagonist character(s).

I have also been trolling Pinterest for hours as a part of my storyboarding technique, read numerous speculative articles, working my way through a list of both movies and books about a speculative future involving robots (Ex Machina is awesome until the last 10 minutes, upon which both my eyebrows were raised and I had a mental mantra of "what the heck...what?" Still, excellent AI movie... if but a bit disturbing and abstract.) to both make sure I won’t unintentionally copy ideas/storylines, as well feed the creative monster a steady diet of sci-fi to prepare for my writing marathon that will be the writing of this first draft.

A blurb will probably be ready in a week or so, and I’m really excited to share that with you! And as a sneak peek, I’m going to drop the two protagonist’s names...

As the voice of the story (first person; present tense - a perspective I adore) we have Hailey, an almost-18 year old android mechanic. The android prototype is PH-S1 (Project Human, Subject 1) that is an experimental, first-of-its-kind design. I really can’t say more about the android without dropping MAJOR spoilers, but needless to say this character is where the I-Robot references come heavily into play... sort of.

Anyway, that’s it for now. If you’d like to discuss a speculative future with me (please! The more ideas, the merrier!) email me at tcbbcfangirl@gmail.com

Cheers!

Tabi

So look what arrived yesterday:Most of these are for those fabulous readers who won my Deus Hex Machina raffles.  I’m feeling a little punk right now, but I couldn’t help but share.  When I feel better I will sign these and send them off to the winners.

We’re 8 orders away from the next raffle, so if you’ve followed DHM, enjoyed what you’ve read of it, please consider ordering.

Okay, that’s it, back to resting.  Have a good weekend!

Hey spies and superspies! The second half of Chapter 1 has been posted for you all to devour, completing a meaty opening to Penny’s space opera epic (mmm...delicious)! The entire novel has been comprehensively outlined and is progressing rather well, with some wonderful little changes and happy accidents coming out in the writing process (I love when that happens). Also, check out my rad promo vid, if you haven’t already and as always spread the word!  

We did it!!!

Storm of Fury reached its goal of 250 presales, and then some! The book will be published!

I give my deepest thanks to everyone who has supported me thus far, by buying the book, giving me encouragement and helping to spread the reach of my campaign. Again, thank you very much!

The book will still be available for pre-order for the next 27 days, so if you still want a copy, be sure to not delay! 

I’ll keep everyone updated on things like the release date, so stay tuned!

-Andrew