Current mood: EXCITED!! Working on some small and obvious edits with fresh eyes.  It's been an awesome week for preorders and I cannot thank you ALL enough for helping me make this happen.  I promise you, the middle and end of this book will NOT disappoint.  I'm no stranger to wishful thinking, the need for a time machine and starting over. Keep sharing with friends, family, coworkers and strangers! XOXO

It's fourth of July weekend. More importantly, it's CONvergence week! Yes, I will once again return to my old stomping grounds of Minneapolis and St. Paul (mostly Minneapolis, stomping is frowned upon in St. Paul, especially after nine p.m.) in order to attend the Convergence Science Fiction and Fantasy convention in Bloomington, Minnesota.

And lest you think I'm going empty handed...

That's right con goers, prepare to find one of these bad boys on counter tops, taped to walls, and shoved under the doors of your convention hotel room, because I ordered a lot of them and my apartment isn't that big.

I won't just be going person to person promoting my book, however. I'll also be be promoting my book to groups of persons, a practice known in convention parlance as "paneling." I will be discussing  "Building Worlds for Fiction" on Friday at 3:30 and finding ways to write jokes into the malevolent future societies that await us in the "Dystopia in Humor/Humor in Dystopia panel at 9:30 Sunday morning. Because nothing says comedy, like an AM panel on a convention weekend. There will also be stacks of postcards for all who attend.

And don't miss my fellow writers and performers from Our Fair City as they perform our live radioplay "The Archibald Funnypants Variety Hour" at 4 PM on the mainstage before the closing ceremonies. Music! Molepeople! Live foley! You might even see me onstage, very briefly.

It's going to be a big weekend. So if you or anyone you know or might have known or will might have known in an alternate timeline that was currently erased from existence are in Minneapolis this weekend, swing by CONvergence and say hi. Who knows, there could even be a postcard in it for you.

For more information about CONvergence visit http://www.convergence-con.org/

Hey Music / Lit lovers 

Thanks again for your support. We’re one-third through the campaign for our Music anthology and it’s probably time to crank things up a bit. 

So let's start with the exciting addition of some limited edition bonus items. 

With every individual / Music Lover pre-order you have a chance to win any of the following: 

• 1 of 20 Little Fiction “fuck yeah short stories” tote bags (seen here) 

• 1 of 50 sets of Little Fiction cover art postcards based (set of 8) 

• 1 of 20 signed Music anthology posters 

• 1 of 20 sets of Music anthology stickers (set of 5) 

And with every multiple / Die Hard pre-order, you’ll be eligible to win: 

• 1 of 10 anthology-inspired mix tapes (on an actual tape. Tape player / Walkman not included. But we’ll gladly throw in a download link.) 

For those who have already pre-ordered, consider yourself eligible. And please, help us spread the word. The only way to get your book is if we hit our pre-order goal and we need your continued help to make that happen. 

Lastly, but certainly not least (leastly?), we’ve posted an excerpt from Megan Stielstra’s amazingly fantastic (and Jane's Addiction-fueled) essay, “Stop Reading and Listen.” 

The mighty Roxane Gay says of Megan’s writing, “Stielstra is a masterful essayist.” And we couldn’t agree more. That’s why we think you stop reading this and start reading that. 

So on that note, thanks again. 

Talk soon, 

Troy + Amanda  

Hello everyone!!

1st - WELCOME to all the new followers and book owners!  Thank you so much!  I couldn't do this without you!

2nd- Last week I got a new and improved Author's Questionnaire, and it is challenging!  I am working hard on getting it ready to send back to the powers that be.

3rd- I have also been reworking the manuscript a bit to get it ready to turn over.  It's exciting!

4th- And LAST,  I am traveling around seeing this beautiful country!  Be on the look out for some video updates.

Thanks again!  Keep spreading the word! 

Twitter: @paulinmansc

Instagram: @paulinmansc

July Backers Update: Herb: Mastering the Art of Cooking with Cannabis 

Hello Backers! 

Wow, July already! That's OK, because it brings the book launch another month closer. I've got great news: yesterday, we finished the final review of the book's content. It's now in the hands of the copy editor. 

All of the photos, recipes and text have been delivered. Thanks to the tireless work of the team at Girl Friday Productions, Inkshares, and of course our star chefs and photographer, we're set to deliver HERB: Mastering the Art of Cooking with Cannabis on schedule! 

If I wasn't writing this from New Zealand (hurry up Kiwis, make cannabis legal!) I'd be able to celebrate with a few of these... Triple Bomb Brownies 

While you wait, we're partway through publishing a video series on Ayahuasca, so check out our Backers Video page at http://www.thestonerscookbook.com/backer_videos.php to learn more about this hallucinogenic shamanic drug, and don't forget to visit The Stoner's Cookbook Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/TheStonersCookbook for a few laughs. 

Thanks again backers, and I'll be back in August! 

Lucas Young