So having just come through a cold, and a big embroidery project for my mom, I am now free to move ahead quickly with the Battle Flag page redesign and continuing my outline work for Book 2. So the Prologue should be up by tomorrow night or at the very least by the weekend. I’m going to try and get up a chapter or so a week until I reach the book’s halfway point, but we’ll see how well that works out.

Since I’m going to let things simmer for a bit, as far as The Road To Hell is concerned, I figured I would use part of these updates to inform you of the other stories going into this series, at least until I decide whether or not to create pages for them. This is to give all of you an insight into what’s to come and to, hopefully, try and pump up some more excitement for The Road To Hell as well as the rest of the series in general.

SPOILERS AHEAD: Book 2 was intended to deal with the aftermath, both politically and psychologically, of the final battle in Book 1. I got about halfway through one outline, which incorporated an espionage mission involving Ramirov and the mental breakdown that Jovanne suffers. Now I’ve decided to split those stories in two. Now Book 2, to be known as The Price Of A Bullet, will follow Jovanne as he recovers from what happened in the last battle while also telling the story of an ancient Kepler warrior\philosopher named Coralujan. He’s a bit like Sun Tzu and that part of the book will be essentially Coralujan’s historic campaign mixed with his treatise on warfare, much like The Art Of War.

Book 3 will occur in time with 2 but will follow Ramirov through his espionage mission. This one is a little more thorny to work with primarily because my initial concept is little too derivative of Firefox and Firefox Down, although oddly I’ve never actually read Firefox Down. The two concepts are a little too close and I’m going to have to work with it a bit.

Anyway that’s where things stand. If there’s anything you like let me know and if there’s anything you hate let me know as well. I don’t mind a DM or a posting on the book’s page.

P.S. Don’t forget to check out my other project The Agoge it’s got some chapters up and you might like it.

Good evening from Tasmania!

Tonight marks the end of day fourteen in The Launchpad Manuscript Competition (crowdfunding stream) and the funding campaign for Human Resources. As I’ve mentioned before, this is a short competition compared to others Inkshares runs, so there is now only seven days left!

Thank you everyone who has pre-ordered, written a review or recommendation, or shared the project on social media. Your support has been amazing — as a direct result, Human Resources is doing well in a competition packed with talent.

We have now entered the stage where most campaigns settle in for the long haul — a regular crowdfunding campaign on Inkshares is three months. However, with such a short competition window, we will be sprinting all the way to the finish. Keep up the great work — I still need your help!

For those of you who haven’t pre-ordered yet, but are considering it, I’d love the opportunity to convince you before the end of the competition. There are eight excerpts on the project page for you to read, and I’m happy to chat online!

This week, I wanted to reward you all for the hard work and support you have provided me. I’ve been scouring the available research, and can now pull back a little of the curtain shrouding the world of Human Resources. Below is your explainer on the vampires of HR.

Have a great night,

Robert

NB: I would like to acknowledge the above has been developed from the Wikipedia / MediaWiki template, who retain all rights to their intellectual property. Obviously all references are intended to be fictional.