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Readers, this is it!!! Last chance to update your mailing address before your copy ends up at your old address. Please login and confirm ASAP. Thank you for your patience, and we can’t wait to hear your feedback on our story!  

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    Alex Jayner liked an update for Mushroom and Anchovy

    Greetings, adventurers.

    I come to you today with perhaps the most exciting promise of treasure of all: an update.

    Much like the feeling one has when dropping their child off at a new babysitter for the first time, I write to you with hope and apprehension today. Because Mushroom and Anchovy’s most recent manuscript has been sent off to Inkshares to undergo copyediting. 

    I’m not sure what this expressly means for our timeline, but the facts we have right now are thus:

    1. Mushroom and Anchovy is currently sent in for copyediting.

    2. This has never happened before. 

    We can, by means of logic and reason, now deduce thusly: the ball is finally rolling to get these books into your hands. 

    It’s been a long time coming, and I’m so excited to finally be able to share this wacky tale with you all! 

    I’ll contact you again when I have more news. But, for now, please know that the book is in progress. My biggest wish now is for it to be worthy of such a wait. Thank you so much for your patience and understanding! 

    In the meantime, I’m going to be looking into getting us a new artist and cover! 

    May your travels be fraught with wonder and just enough peril to keep them interesting,

    K. M. Cooper

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      Elizabeth Lemerande commented on A Friend for Otter
      Ván & Jesse,

      I can’t believe it’s almost finally here! Can’t wait to read!

      -Liz
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        Aisha.Onsando commented on A Friend for Otter
        Dear Ván and Jesse, 
        Eagerly anticipated doesn’t cover it!  I am so excited to meet everyone and explore this world xx
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          Thomas Turner liked an update for A Friend for Otter

          Dear Readers:

          We know we have said it before, but we really are in the home stretch. Our best current guess is that A Friend for Otter will ship by late summer or early autumn. Although we have badly misjudged this timeline before, those earlier stages blindsided us with the pandemic and then the demands on our time and effort of copyediting after we (incorrectly) thought that the process was now primarily in Inkshares’ hands. Copyediting is over, and the process really is, this time, out of our hands. So although we can’t promise, we are crossing our fingers that you’ll be reading your own copies of A Friend for Otter well in advance of the holidays. We are incredibly grateful to you all for your patience and loyalty. 

          The stage after copyediting was when the typesetter poured the manuscript. We’ve reviewed it and provided very minor feedback. Inkshares will now finalize the manuscript and proofread it. Proofreading should begin in the next few weeks, at which point Inkshares expects to provide us with a firm release date.

          In anticipation of the release date, please double check your mailing address with Inkshares, especially if you have moved since ordering your copy of A Friend for Otter (which was several years ago now for the vast majority of you). 

          Again, we can’t thank you enough for standing by us through the years of this project. It meant so much to us to have your support through not only time, but also through the hardship COVID brought. And we hope that as we near the last stages of publishing, your wait will soon be over and (we hope you’ll agree) well worth it!.

          Your devoted authors,

          Jesse and Ván (Sylvia) Medlong


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            Elaine Andoque liked an update for Lost in the Fog
            I’m excited to share a profile of me that was recently written by the amazingly talented Andrea Moran of Kirkus! 


            Kirkus Reviews Magazine
            An Interview With Michael Ostrowski
            BY Andrea Moran
            A Disgraced Journalist Finds Himself Involved in an Epic Art Heist

            Writer Michael Ostrowski’s latest novel, Lost in the Fog, is a love letter to San Francisco—one full of shootouts, art thieves, and lots of booze. “I really wanted to make San Francisco its own character,” explains Ostrowski. “I lived there for eight years and just fell in love with the place. Every weekend, I would explore a new section of the city, like Strawberry Hill, and so many of those places are featured in my story.”

            Alongside the Golden City, readers are introduced to a host of other colorful characters in this twisty thriller. Camden Swanson is a former journalist who can’t quite seem to pull himself together after being fired, much to the chagrin of his long-suffering artist girlfriend: 

            “The official reason listed for his termination was “misconduct by egregious disregard for facts.” His superiors claimed he maliciously fabricated a story to create an Orson Welles–type War of the Worlds hoax. But at the time of the incident, Camden believed the city was being attacked by half-monkey, half-snakelike creatures. Dropping acid can do that to you.”

            While working as a gallery attendant, Camden becomes unexpectedly mired in an art heist that couldn’t possibly go more wrong. Also roped into the plan is Veronica Zarcarsky, a hotel worker who has big dreams of becoming a journalist. 

            Camden’s personal demons are at once painful to read and completely relatable—given the turmoil of recent years—as he continues to self-destruct: “With each chicken wing and beer, his tenuous grasp on morality began to fade away. He was committed to being the thieves’ hostage tomorrow and had taken the leap of faith in believing they would keep their word and not kill him.” 

            Even as he and Veronica are forced to ultimately work together to save their own lives, Veronica’s eagerness to investigate and establish herself as a journalist is a compelling contrast to Camden’s hardened, defeatist attitude at having had it all and lost it. Yet as Camden’s situation spirals further out of control, becoming bigger than himself, Camden does something remarkable: He pulls himself together.

            And that’s a message that Ostrowski hopes resonates with audiences of all backgrounds. “The character of Camden really came from that place in my life where I just didn’t know what to do next….So it’s ultimately a story of redemption, of learning how to go out and live your dreams,” explains the author. 

            The novel may have grown out of Ostrowski’s experience of getting to know San Francisco, but that’s not where the similarities end. Prior to moving there, he worked as a museum gallery attendant and would often spend his time while on duty scribbling poems and other snippets in his notebook. “[The job] was a bit boring,” he says, “but I kind of viewed it as an art history class. I read so many books about artists, particularly Henri Matisse, that the ideas just started bubbling. But it wasn’t until I actually moved to San Francisco that the story elements really came together.”

            Writing came early and naturally to Ostrowski, who first remembers dashing off a story about a trip he took with his parents when he was about 8 years old. Currently residing in Miami Beach, where he writes and works in human resources for a hotel management company, he previously pursued a career as a journalist while dabbling in screenplays and short stories. Heavily influenced by detective writers like Robert B. Parker and Dashiell Hammett, Ostrowski pivoted from literary fiction in his first novel (A Model Community, 2003) to the mystery/thriller genre for his current release.

            And it’s safe to say he nailed it. Kirkus Reviews praises Lost in the Fog, noting, “thriller enthusiasts will want to add this well-sculpted heist drama to their collections.”

            When Ostrowski began writing Lost in the Fog, he was initially unsure of what form it would take. Novella? Short story? Something else entirely? Partway through writing what would turn out to be a novel, and after spending so many years with the now-beloved characters, he realized that he had enough material for not just one or two books, but at least three. The next book in the series, which is partially written and (mostly) planned out, will find Camden and Veronica in Hawaii. The third novel will take place on Spain’s famed Camino de Santiago. “I feel like there is a lot more to explore with these two characters,” says Ostrowski. “Not only in terms of their journalistic exploits, but also their relationship to and with each other.”

            Alongside the adrenaline-fueled chases, hails of bullets, and nail-biting interrogations, readers will also find a healthy dose of humor to ease the tension. Whether it’s Camden describing the taste of expensive wine as “light but complex…with a hint of clowns on a bright summer day” or two heist accomplices who have been sworn to secrecy spilling their guts to a pair of indifferent strippers, the characters somehow make trying to stay alive inherently humorous. 

            There is much to be said for keeping a sense of humor and viewing life itself as an adventure. And that lightness, often found within dark moments in the novel, is something Ostrowski hopes audiences will appreciate. “Life isn’t always what you want,” he explains. “But if you have that positive attitude, you can still laugh about it.”

            Andrea Moran is a professional copywriter and editor who loves all things books.

            https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/an-interview-with-michael-ostrowski/
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              Jason P Suetter liked an update for The Last Faoii

              I didn’t think I’d ever sign back into this account, but I’ve had several people message me today on how to get a refund from Inkshares. Not sure what prompted the sudden question, but I figured if people are asking ME, they’ve been waiting for a looooooong time, so I decided to just make a blanket PSA and sign back out of this account forever. 

              If you’re still waiting on a book you pre-ordered and haven’t heard anything for a while, I would suggest trying to contact the author of the book for a timeframe. In a perfect world they should be updating you on the status of the novel you invested in, but sometimes things fall through the cracks. 

              If you don’t know how to contact the author, just want your money back, or have lost interest in the last few years, you should be able to send an e-mail to hello@inkshares.com asking for a refund.  

              Hope it helps. Good luck.

              ((Oh, and if you’re still interested in the Faoii Chronicles the entire series is now available and has won several awards. Don’t buy them through Inkshares, though.))

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