Yippee! Thank all of you who have contributed to the first 50% of my progress towards Quill and getting published!  So, first things first...CHAPTER 10 is on the site.  Secondly...

I have about 150 followers...and over a hundred who haven’t ordered yet are just itching to have a reason to pre-order.  So here’s my offer.  The next fifty pre-orders will go into a RAFFLE.  I will then draw a name out of a virtual hat and award $100 to the winning name!  I know, people offer mugs and scarves and hand knitted blankets...but really, nothing says thank you more than buying what YOU want!  Okay, the raffle is officially open! Hit the picture below or HERE and pre-order now!

I do not blame you at all if you’ve started deleting my updates whenever you get them but it is my extreme privilege to announce that as of this afternoon, we’ve met the Quill goal. I hope the sales keep up for the rest of the funding period but either way this book, my baby, is getting published, and I cannot than you kind, wonderful people enough for that. Thank you so, so much.

I am a BIG fan of the progress we’ve been making but, as ever, it’s vital that we keep up the momentum. How’s this sound: new chapter when we break 150 orders? Let’s do this, beautiful people.

Guys, you are rocking this. 

Thanks to you we’ve gone back up to 7th and are currently standing at 72 readers. This is miles ahead of where we were a few days ago. Thank you so much for your support. 

While we didn’t get 10 in a day like I was hoping for, we got a lot overall. I have your weekly chapter excerpt coming hot off the press momentarily. Don’t mind the spam; it’s all in the name of spaaaaace. The new excerpt is jumping ahead in time a little, giving you a glimpse at what awaits the crew beyond their home system.

That said, we are really running out of time. I need your orders now if you’re a follower who hasn’t placed one yet. 

And if you have ordered, let’s wrap up this word of mouth week by telling our significant other, best friend, or colleague about the book and letting them know where they can order it. If everyone who’s ordered a copy gets one more person in on this we’ll be in great shape to win the Nerdist deal.

Because while I’m sure all us space-nerds are excited about the project, it’s a story intended as a "first foray" into science-fiction. I’ve described it to you a myriad of ways, so let me give you a comment from one of our own:

It’s like The Goblet of Fire meets Hunger Games with a main character who doesn’t appear to be an underdog for once. I find that to be a nice change. (Thanks, Rebecca!)

So if you’ve been holding out to the end, now is the time to pitch your $10 for an e-book, tell your friend to do the same, and spam your social channels incessantly. 

Your Innocuously Insatiable Interplanetary Space Captain Suffering From Incurable Imposter Syndrome,
-AC

225 preorders - WOW! I feel like we ought to have a balloon drop or something! Thank you all SO much...