Hope everyone had a great summer!

For those who've been on the beach or in the mountains and not keeping track, we are now through the copy edit thanks to a great job by Holly McGuire and the great team at Girl Friday Productions. The galley proof is next and then we go into production.

Meanwhile, Marc Cohen has captured well the essence of the book's theme on the book cover that you can see on the Inkshares website. We've also received a few more endorsements and those are likewise posted on the website.

The book release date is February the 6th, 2016. That gets us past the holiday book season and poises us nicely to get the book and its message about citizenship and service out to a public staring straight into the barrel of the general election, wondering about the future of the country and what they can do about it.

I'm also beginning to work on the social media build-up, posting the book on Goodreads, and creating my own website to complement the Inkshares website.

And perhaps more importantly, I'll be getting together on the 11th of September with the national chapters of the Freedoms Foundation to get the planning off-ground for what I'm dubbing the "National Service Ride" to go around the country between May and July next year, have people join me along the way, and stop off at schools, universities, and other places where we can promote a dialogue about how people can serve in many ways other than in uniform and serve their country by serving their community.

So stay tuned and look for post, tweets, blogs, etc., on the project - all coming to a cyberspace near you.

Meantime, keep the shiny side up and spread the word. Remember that if you pre-order the book through Inkshares, you pay no shipping costs.

Thanks!

All the best,

Chris