Hello again, everyone. Firstly I just want to thank you for all the wonderful support. I appreciate it so much. I’ve taken a little bit of time and updated the ’About’ section on the novel’s Inkshares page, to give people a better idea of what they’re reading and to share some more thoughts on what I want to do with the novel. There is a video coming eventually, and an excerpt coming before that. Things are coming along nicely, and I’m so happy to have great readers like you all along the way!

Dear readers,

Today I want to tell you about a very special new book that’s funding here on Inkshares: my husband’s space opera novel, Infinity Mind -- a novel about a telepathic assassin on a future Mars colony who must break his conditioning before he murders his wife.

Here’s a video we did together to introduce his book and how you can help him reach his funding goal. (And also at long last: the secret of the science fiction book case in my office is revealed!)

Click the picture to be taken to Pat’s page where you can view the video (and pre-order a copy while you’re there):

Pat’s been watching me work hard on connecting to an audience for Blood Dawn here on Inkshares and he’s been lurking in the community for some time, but with the launch of the Nerdist space opera contest we both saw this as a great time for him to make his debut with Infinity Mind. That, and the fact that we both finished our manuscripts last December, so he’s now got his sights on publication.

It would mean so much to me if you could support him by pre-ordering a copy of his book. This book, originally called "Rebirth" when we met, was actually one thing that first brought us together. It was a stormy weekend in May back in 2011 (that weekend when the world was predicted to end) and we both trekked our way across Winnipeg to the Radisson hotel for the annual Keycon writing convention to learn about how to get our respective books published (at the time, I was writing a fantasy trilogy called "The Blood, The Sword, and the Shadow", my second novel). Neither of us found fame, but we found each other and soon we were critiquing each other’s work.

Eventually, we both shelved our work, deciding it wasn’t ripe yet, and we moved on to other things. But Pat always did intend to go back to his novel about Mars colony, its corrupt dictator and her power-hungry right-hand-man, and the mystery hiding far beneath the Martian soil -- and I was eager to find out more about where he was going with the big reveal at the end (no spoilers!). Finally,  last year, after seeing how beneficial the Author Accelerator program was for me, Pat decided to use it to rewrite "Rebirth". The result: Infinity Mind.

Again, the link to where you can view the video and pre-order a copy of his book: https://www.inkshares.com/books/infinity-mind

Thanks so much for all your support!

(And fans of Blood Dawn, boy have I got something cooking here for the final push -- reveal is coming sooooon!)

I attended a writing group on Sunday. It was fun to connect with other authors. We were a congenial bunch, and supportive. I passed out a few cards for Disintegration. They were receptive to it, in the room, but short of holding their faces to burning coals, I’m not sure those cards are going to equal pre-orders! Alas. :P

Quick second update because Deus Hex Machina hit 140 orders!  Time for another raffle. As a reminder, every ten orders for DHM I am raffling off a signed copy of Shadow of the Owl, my debut novel.  Today’s winner is...

Yolond! Such a cool person they don’t even need a last name!  Congrats and thank you for supporting DHM!

My next raffle is at 150 orders, and that’s an important one since it means the book will be at 60% of its first funding goal!  

Have a great night!