So, this update is a day late...but there's a pretty great reason for that.

We did it. We got there. Ghosts of War's funding campaign is finished and it is now a part of the Quill Collection at Inkshares.

I couldn't have gotten Ghosts to this point without the help of those who backed it during it's run, and for that I'll be forever grateful. I really can't thank you all enough.

In closing, I think this sums up my feelings about today...

I'm sitting here writing this update whilst listening to Yoko Kanno's Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex OST and reminded of two things. One, just how talented a composer she is. And two, how amazing of a series GITS is. I hope the big budget production isn't a let down.

Onward....

What a weekend Transilience has had! Ten preorders in the span of about 48 hours. I have a few people to thank and what a wonderful burden it is! So a hearty THANK YOU to Tim Merchant, Gareth Fernie, Joseph Asphahani, Mr R W H Bray, Amanda Orneck, Billy O'Keefe, Steven Davies and Tony Valdez.

Transilience has also received some fantastic reviews. That complete strangers would write such kind things about something I have created is humbling. So please allow me to use this polite expression to the compliment received. Mr. Ryan, Mr. Cargnan, Mr. Sobin and Mr. Asphahani, Thank You!

A quick aside: Mr. R W H Bray has written a book, himself, which is currently in the midst of a funding campaign of its own on a UK site called Unbound. Rich is a friend of mine and he really knows how to spin a yarn. His novel, In Cathedral's Shadow, is about love and loss and murder and the dark places of the mind and heart. All set in a small university town on the east coast of Scotland. You can check it out here.

Back to my stuff. Check this space tomorrow where I offer an insight as to why I set Transilience on Mars.

Until that moment, during that moment and after, if you haven't already, please consider supporting Transilience. And tell your friends about it! Your parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, coworkers, acquaintances, people whose lives you think will be enriched by good literature! 

Publication date is listed as December 2016. What better way to get some early Christmas shopping done than to order Transilience? Wait! So we are clear, that's a rhetorical question unless you happen to agree with it. Then I say, "I know! Pure genius, right?!?"

Let's keep the momentum going as the Sword and Laser contest deadline fast approaches. You know what they say about a rolling stone. It's probably set off by a tiny golden statue that looks like my grandpa, and will either crush under its enormous weight or seal you into a spider infested temple forever. So GO GO GO!!!

Cheers!

Kev

I'll be the first to admit that I haven't worked hard enough to build interest and pre-orders in this book. 

I get easily distracted and demoralised. Nobody is a more damning critic of me than I am myself. I've concentrated more on promoting my other books already published on Amazon Kindle, and I'm going to take a moment to mention them.

Time Tunnel to Londinium, Londinium Revisited, and Time Tunnel at the Seaside, are all on Amazon now for 99c/99p each and this month I am giving half my profit to my local RNLI 
OK, that's likely to be a few quid but it's a gesture. If I ever become a best selling author I will give them a lot more. 

Now, back to this project the book is now called "Children of the Wise Oak" because the other title was rubbish and already in use by at least one published novel. 

I'd really appreciate anyone who can give the project a boost. Share it on social media, recommend it, review it 23 of 25 chapters are already on here in full.

I notice at least one author has offered all her profits from publication to charity. To be honest, I would consider doing that if I thought it would get me published, this is the first of a series of nine books that I have planned out with a timeline spanning over a century.

Win or lose, I believe in this book more than I have believed in anything I've done, and will keep banging away until I get it right. 

All the best to y'all for 2016

Greetings once again fellow scifi/fantasy/adventure enthusiasts!