So something happened overnight that I wasn’t expecting. We hit the light publishing goal. No matter what, this book is getting published, and I have you generous, handsome, intelligent, marvelous people to thank for it.

I can’t stop smiling.

On the writing front, I am one scene away from finishing chapter 5, and then I’ll send it out to all the backers. Isidore has left Ess-Dee behind, and next she’s heading into the heart of Oh-See, the house of mouse. It’s going to be a blast to write, especially as someone who used to work there.

I want you to know I won’t stop hustling on this project. I still have the Machina Crew rewards for those that refer people to buy the book. Those referrals might be easier now that it’s guaranteed that they will get their book in their hands. I still have 57 days to see if I can get this book fully funded.  But even if I don’t, the book you receive will be professionally edited, with a professional cover and all the love I have for Orange County poured into its pages.

Today though, no hustle. Just writing. Well, writing and smiling.

Halfway There. THANK YOU!

So we just hit the halfway mark on the way to full publishing of Pilot X. Cannot thank you enough. It’s incredibly humbling to see not only how many people are willing to take a flyer on this novel, but how many of you are going out on Twitter and Facebook and Snapchat and telling other folks about it.

Y’all are the best.

I want to put up another sample chapter for you to get a little more of a peek at the book but I’m curious what you might like to see.

More from the prologue? A page from the Encyclopedia Alenda describing some more about the races? The pinepapple planet?

Let me know!

And thanks again!

Tom