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Dear all,

A quick update to let you know Time just published this piece by yours truly on their website: http://time.com/money/4330029/star-trek-robots-jobs/

You may read, comment and like on Trekonomics’ official facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TrekonomicsBook/ or @ me on Twitter (@trekonomics).

More coming soon, as publication date is approaching.

In the meantime,

Live Long, and Prosper

Manu

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James Rasile liked the forum thread, Something negative I'm sorry to say

I’m going to do something I shouldn’t

Again.

and moan

Again.

There is a book on here that has made over half the sales needed to be printed by inkshares, and it has me concerned. I’m concerned because it is truly awful, from the writing to the story line, even to the title.

I’ll never divulge who I think this is as this would only hurt someone who is trying to make their dream come true.

Except everyone reading this, including perhaps the author of the "truly awful" book in question, will have a theory as to whom it is. It isn’t hard to narrow this down if people are so inclined to do so. And even if those guesses are wrong, there’s a strong likelihood that someone, and maybe more than one someone, IS getting hurt from this.

It’s actually rather unpleasant of me to be so critical, and I was reluctant to say anything.

It IS unpleasant, precisely because you haven’t really been critical at all and haven’t said anything at all to the person whose book you’re publicly trashing. You’re just taking a passive-aggressive potshot that helps absolutely no one. If your concern is for their feelings and not your own, why not reach out and offer some constructive criticism? Why do this instead?

But it did make me wonder about the value of good writing vs good marketing or simply good networking on inkshares.

I’m concerned because I do not have the ability to market or network etc, and fear that even half decent writing, with a good story, simply will not do anywhere near as good as someone with rubbish writing, but good skills networking etc.

I’m pretty sure I’d make 1 sale if I dared put it out there.

You would have made at least that many, because I would have bought a copy based on what I’d read on your project page back in January. I don’t think I’m the only one. But every time I’ve seen you on this site since then, you give off the air that you’re just here slumming it with people who are beneath you while you wait for your publisher to have a change of heart and/or competence. And I honestly wonder, for all your talent, whether you care about your own project as much as some of the "truly awful" writers care about theirs. I’d never say you don’t, because I don’t know you, but this is the impression you leave.

Yes, marketing and networking go a long way on here. I’m lousy at both and hate doing both but I forced myself to deal with my misgivings and figure it all out because I didn’t have a choice if I wanted to make it. And I made it. You can do the same. Exceptions certainly apply, but the good work typically separates itself on here so long as that work’s author is bold enough to audibly stand behind it. But you need to embrace this method of publication and the community it’s created rather than (again, as appearances suggest) regarding it as some second class kindergarten for people who don’t deserve to be published. If you can’t do that, and if you wish to keep rapidly burning bridges instead of building them with the many, many, MANY people in this community who will gladly go to bat for good work, you should just pack up and go somewhere else. The previous pity party bellyaching was merely tiresome, but now it’s getting malicious.

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James Rasile liked an update for LOUISIANA BLOOD - A Chandler Travis and Duke Lanoix mystery

Hi Guys and Gals, fresh back from the creepy canals of Bruges, and wishing to thank you all for your continued support! I will be dealing with the raffle soon...just need to make my tiny brain resolve how to use 60 digits to service 100 entrants in a random pick through the UK lottery! As ever, feel free to keep on supporting me with love and coin!

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And if you like a well written book that takes a fresh look at the war and Zombies, why not...Check out Christopher Johnson’s Seven Days Dead on @inkshares:

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James Rasile liked an update for The Punch Escrow

I inadvertently set the book’s crowdfunding expiration to coincide with the date of the contest’s expiration, not realizing that crowdfunding expires at midnight and the contest ends at noon. So, if you haven’t already, you’ve still got 9 hours to pre-order the THE PUNCH ESCROW and be entered into the shirt and MAJOR PRIZE raffles.

I’ll actually be 38,000 feet in the air when the contest ends, so I’ll announce raffle winner when I land.

Again, if you haven’t pre-ordered the book, please do so now. I’m within striking distance of a win, but need your support to get over the finish line. The ebook is only $10 – it’s cheaper than buying me a drink, but infinitely more meaningful.

Lastly, click here for a new interview with me that just got posted, it sheds some additional insights into me and the book.

Thank you! 9 hours - make em count!!

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See below for more content related to After Man’s back story.

Less than 6 hours to go. Then the production starts for After Man. We cleared 300 readers yesterday and are now approaching 350 copies sold. That may not seem like a lot, especially compared to Rise’s 609 readers during the contest and 780 copies sold to date, but 350 copies is still a large number of books. More copies means more people reading and more people talking about it and more people hearing about it. That’s the key to a book taking off. So thanks to you for helping make that happen. Also, I’d like to say a big thanks to Jim Chatfield for his being the 300th reader to hop on board After Man’s support train and then later bringing his wife on board! It’s things like this, people like you choosing to not only preorder but to go and find someone else to jump on board, that make an author smile a lot inside.

Now for what’s next for After Man. First up will be my finishing the rewrite of the manuscript. After that, the same editing and production process as before with Rise begins. It will be several months before this book is ready. Rise took almost a full year to get out to people (Nerdist Contest ended 30 Sept 2015, release date is 13 Sept 2016). After Man is going to be shorter than Rise or Fall (which I’ve completed btw. Keep an eye out for that one), but I still expect it to be in production until at least Jan 2017. And remember, this time I’ll be going to San Francisco to sign all of these before they are shipped for sure. That’s part of what you helped make happen by preordering. I likely won’t be able to do the same for Rise, but everyone who preorders After Man will get one of those signed copies.

As always, some content for you, this time in the form of a news headline from long in the past. Enjoy!

Martin Hoffman, Nobel Prize-Winning Geneticist and Last Man On Earth, Is Dead at 76

by Alexandra St. Fleur May 4, 2121

Martin Hoffman, who shared the 2100 Nobel Prize in Genetics for discovering a new more stable method for artificial insemination of the female egg using artificially create sperm using female genetic contributions, died on Sunday in East Sussex, England. He was 76.

The cause was complications of chorioepithelioma resulting from his exposure to the same viral agent released at the end of World War III in 2095 that led to what is now called the Great Death, the death of all Y-chromosome carrying males.

As a geneticist, Dr. Hoffman played a key role in the advancement of an early 21st century process wherein skin cells from adult females could be harvested and used to artificially inseminate an egg, thus creating an embryo. His Nobel Prize-winning discovery, which he shared with Dr. Rebecca Smalley and Dr. Roberta Curl of Rice University in Houston, was the demonstration of specification of hPGC-like cells (hPGCLCs) from germline competent pluripotent stem cells.

Dr. Hoffman, a life long lover of art and service to community, always gave credit to his partners for the lionshare of the work put in to finish the revolution of this new process, a key step in preserving humanity in the wake of the Great Death.

"He always gave us the credit, and never wanted any accolades," said Dr. Smalley, formerly a genetics professor at Houston university, where Dr. Hoffmann worked for nearly two decades after the war before returning to England in the fall of 2115 because of failing health.

"Unlike most discoveries in genetics, this was immediately impactful," said Gina Forrino, a science writer who worked with Dr. Hoffman at the Science Museum of London for a brief stint in 2116 before he officially left public life and returned home to East Sussex. "Everyone in the world felt this. I mean, the work of those three saved humanity."

Dr. Hoffmann studied genetics at the University of Sheffield, earning his undergraduate degree in 2067, and completed his Ph.D there in 2070 with a focus on Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics. As a student, he divided his time between conducting experiments, playing tennis and amateur painting.

Dr. Hoffman completed postdoctoral work in the United States and Canada in 2073 and returned to England to work as a teacher at the University of Sussex.

He began working with Dr. Smalley and Dr. Curl at Rice in the fall of 2091, two years after World War III erupted in central Asia. In addition to his wife of 53 years, Mary, he is survived by two daughters, Stephany and Diana.

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James Rasile liked an update for Seeking the Elephant

Back about a month ago, when Seeking the Elephant won the April book of the month for Break the Bechdel with Strong Female Characters Syndicate, I promised that syndicate a short-story thank-you gift.

That short story will be released later this week, for my fellow Syndicate members! The story is "The Dread Harvester," an introspective & origin tale for one Seeking the Elephant’s major antagonists. It features some backstory on the events of Maggi Lopez’s life prior to her role as the The Bruja, as well as foreshadowing for the third act of Seeking the Elephant.

If you have supported Seeking the Elephant, YOU TOO can enjoy "The Dread Harvester." Just send me an email or DM. If you haven’t supported Seeking the Elephant, now is the time -- here’s all you need to get your copy of "The Dread Harvester" and final cover art!

1) Pre-order Seeking the Elephant!

2) Say; "Yo, Molisani, I pre-ordered your sweet book. Let me at this awesome short story!"

It’s that simple!

Below is early concept art for the The Harvester herself.