Hew-mons!

I’ve begun self-editing, for over 4 weeks now. Things have not progressed as fast as I expected, and that’s partly due to my cramming in reading a self-editing book (to/from work), Anne Leckie’s Ancillary Justice, Matthew Sobin’s The Last Machine in the Solar System, work and spending my time with my soon-to-be-walking 1 year old! No surprises that the last two taking up most of the time :^)

So, just chugging along... oh, there’s 19 days of funding left, so please do help me get a few more pre-orders if you can.

Yeah, that’s it... take care folks.

LLAP \V/,

Hello readers!

Friends,

I had certainly intended to spend this weekend writing; however, this is the time in my life when it appears I was meant to break my laptop. I’m not sure how long it will take; it’s a minor screen issue, but I’m unable to get any files off until it’s fixed. I took to writing on a different computer while I wait.

This means two things: Firstly, I don’t have access to any of my old notes, nor the beginning I’d written for Chapter 3. Therefore, I’ve attacked these new notes with a fresh perspective, challenging myself to remember my characters and discover more about them along the way. I’m pretty happy with the progress I’ve made. 

Secondly, I needed specific notes and my original document to continue Chapter 3. Without them, I won’t be able to connect the puzzle pieces in the right way. As such, I won’t be releasing Chapter 3 until I’m sure I have what I need to do it right. I will, however, be working on details for future chapters, and may even start writing 4 or 5. I’m not one to release things out of order (unless of course anyone would be interested in skipping to more of the action-centric stuff), but I will definitely try to post my progress every couple days.

Until next time!

—Jason C.

Well, no two ways of putting this, I’ve been away... derelict... near-defunct. The reasons why are complicated, deeply personal, and way too messy to get into in a reader update. But time and tide wait for no man, no matter what craziness he’s got going on back home. Consequently despite my mostly-absence we’ve still managed to  accrue some
MAJOR NEWS 
on the Feyside front! (Seriously, sometimes I think it would be best for me to just abdicate entirely and let this thing write and market itself...but I digress...) First off, somewhere over the last week, Feyside crossed the 200 order mark - quite the milestone! And yet not the biggest news of the week, given that-
Feyside is the February pick for John Robin’s Epic Fantasy Syndicate! This collective of book enthusiasts makes its picks on the basis of offerings demonstrating  "grand epic fantasy with magic, a fully immersive secondary world, and series potential" - I am honored to in any way measure up to those mighty qualifications. Thanks to John and to all of my Inkshares author friends on the Goodreads forums for this enormous vote of confidence.
Finally, I’ve gotten my nose back to the editing grindstone and prepped another chapter or two for your review -- look for those shortly!

Best,
Peter

P.S. As always, a reminder to my colleagues on Inkshares and especially to anyone participating in the current Inkshares contest - I am happy to exchange preorders on a 1-for-1 basis, no prearrangement needed. Go ahead and order mine up to your limit and I will immediately reciprocate - PFB

I am honored to announce that Deus Hex Machina was chosen as the February book for the Break the Bechdel syndicate.  I am humbled that a group of esteemed Inkshares readers identified with Isidore RAM and her story.  As a small thank you, I will post the complete chapter two today, which introduces our inciting incident as well as Daxas Piers. Mechs ahoy friends!

This means that we blew past our 150 order raffle and are only 1 order away from the 160 raffle!  Amazing!!! I will do the raffle pull later on today, since I really need to get that last scene written before I can post the chapter.  It’s a biggie.