Camp NaNoWriMo is just 2 days away, which means 2 days before I hunker down and do my best to write the first draft of this book in 30 days. And I am more than ready to start putting this story onto paper, as it has been brewing and growing and expanding in my head for years. 

So, the announcement for today: if you (yes, you!) can help spread the word and bump that follower number to 100, I shall release the first chapter of Project Human.

I leave you with pictorial inspiration of a scene in the first chapter...

The writing on Chapter 4 has begun! I’ll give you a hint as to what’s happening now in the  book: 54 68 65 20 75 6e 61 77 61 6b 65 6e 65 64 20 70 61 72 74 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 73 6f 75 6c

 Anyway, I can’t wait to get this chapter finished and on its way to you. Only thing is, this will be the first exclusive chapter, so I need your help if you want to read it. I’m going to be sending this to all the people who have already preordered the book, but in order to do so I need you to sign up to my email list so I can put you on the VIP list to receive it.  

I recently caught someone skulking about the Inkshares site, sneaking around, as if she could go unnoticed. Well no you didn’t, Felicia Day!  So I’ve been "following" her now, to see what the heck she is up to. And now I find out!

wow, Wow, WOW!!! Felicia’s Geek and Sundry is sponsoring the new Inkshares contest, to start April 4 and end on my birthday May 16! Details about the contest will be available on the contest page tomorrow.

Well, just to prove I am an old fanboy of this awesomely awesome goddess, I want to share two pictures from last summer’s San Diego ComicCon. I can hear y’all already, "Awww, luckeeee!"

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Hey all:

As part of the campaign to get Women Like Us to its publish goal, some of you might be aware there was a contest that involved one our dogs, Derric of the Beagle Freedom Project. Derric spent the first five years of his life caged up in a lab, and during this time, before Beagle Freedom Project secured his release, he was known by the numbers and letters tattooed in his ear -- BCT-8. Some others who have fostered and adopted these dogs have gotten tattoos of their own that somehow incorporate the beagle’s tattoo as a way of honoring the dog, and I’ve always loved that idea. I’ve said this before but it bears repeating: I consider Derric to be so very brave and courageous. Seriously, how many of us could survive being caged up pretty much our entire lives and still emerge to become the happy, sweet little man we have today. Anyway, Victoria Weaver, also a BFP adopter, won the contest, which allowed her to chime in on the tattoo design and placement on my person. So here it is, folks!  

All hail The Beagle Freedom Tat! Thank you Derrek (!) at Broken Art Tattoos in Silver Lake. This, by the way, takes car of the last of the Women Like Us contest loose ends! News about publication date should be coming soon, so stay tuned!