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Hey Everyone,

So, how's your week going? Because mine...

  

That's right. An Unattractive Vampire has been chosen to join the Inkshares contest winners Asteroid Made of Dragons and The Life Engineered in the Sword and Laser collection. Here is a link to the official announcement.

http://swordandlaser.com/home/2015/11/19/an-unattractive-vampire-joins-the-sl-inkshares-collection

I couldn't be be more happier. First of all, without the Sword and Laser contest, I would not have proofreading notes from a professional production team in my inbox right now. Second, I've been a fan of the Sword and Laser for years now. Seeing them use my two  sentence jokes on their video show was exciting and when I heard them laugh while saying the title of my book on their podcast months ago, I was ecstatic. Getting to be a part of their collection, a part of the Sword and Laser, well...let's just say I'm going to have to replace a slot on my list of life goals. So thank you so, so much Tom and Veronica wherever you are (the West coast).

However, as one Mstr. Yulric Dunnwolffe Bile knows, there is no rest for the wicked. And so, until there's more news, goodnight.

Also, SQUEE!

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    Oh hey, I didn't see you there.

    So it's been a while since I sent an update. Currently, I'm knee-deep in rewrites and editors notes. Also, there have been cover concepts to consider, promotional copy to approve, and a photo shoot for the website that I does not now, but will, at a later date, exist. Basically, I'm busier now than when I was actually writing the novel. 

    Anyway, while I hack and slash through my own words trying not cry at each joke cut, here's some additional items of interest for you, the eventual readers:

    I have a Facebook page! A real, "Hey look at me, I'm an author" Facebook page. You can find/like it here (https://www.facebook.com/JimMcDonielBooks) and get twice as many updates as to what I'm doing. Three times if you also follow me on Twitter. (https://twitter.com/JimMcDoniel)

    Can't wait for the words I am writing? Well, you can satiate yourself with words I've already written. The audio drama Our Fair City is back from the mid-season hiatus and the latest episode "Much Ado About Andrew Snidge" was written by yours truly, containing all the best Our Fair City elements: romance, danger, molepeople, disembodied talking brain, and the Meatwall as itself. You can check it out here (http://www.ourfaircity.com/2015/08/much-ado-about-andrew-snidge) or find it on iTunes, because convenience. (Also, if you're interested in hearing me say words rather than write them, you can find a familiar voice in the episode before mine "Last Shift.")

    Also, some of you may have noticed that Inkshares is at it again.They've teamed up The Nerdist for another contest. So if you're in the market for a few good books, I've got some recommendations:

    These Old Bones by A.J. Ainsworth
    A tale of a young summoner's journey to prove himself worthy both to the Council of Grand Summoners and to himself. This was one of the top ten books of Sword and Laser contest and now, much like Rocky Balboa in Rocky II, it's back for another go at Apollo Creed. (Apollo Creed being, for the purposes of this metaphor, a publishing deal with Inkshares.) So let's give the Rock plenty of chickens to catch (chickens being money/book orders) so that he can raise the belt and call for Adrianne at the end of all this.

    https://www.inkshares.com/projects/these-old-bones

    Ghosts of Wars by Paul Robinson
    A sci-fi military thriller of planet hopping revenge and retribution. Another veteran of the Sword and Laser contest who has come out of retirement for one last mission. This one comes compete with really great character sketches you can check out on the Inkshares page. Let's get these two gents in published ranks, shall we? 

    https://www.inkshares.com/projects/ghosts-of-war

    Single Version by Scott T. Barsotti
    An entomophobic pacifist tries to negotiate a city where paramilitary police rule over a heavily armed populace in the midst of a cockroach explosion.
    Scott T. Barsotti has worked as a playwright here in Chicago, writing for its horror-focused theatre company WildClaw. I've seen two full productions of his scripts--an adaptation of The Shadow Over Innsmouth and the zombie love story The Revenants, as well as a staged reading that took place at The Goodman Theatre. Basically, what I'm saying is, his work is quality and I can't imagine that this would be any different. So buy a book and let's all go screaming into the night together.

    https://www.inkshares.com/projects/single-version

    Anyway, that's all for now. It's back to tackling these rewrites for me.

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