みなさん　こんにちは！ (Hello Everybody!)

I first off want to thank all of you for supporting my project and motivating me to work towards my first novel publication. I’ve always dreamed of publishing a novel and the fact that this Nerdist contest has a video game theme is an added bonus. 

I’m all numbed up from a visit to the dentist this morning so I’ll probably spend today trying not to bite my own tongue (hehe). I also have the day off so I’ll definitely get a lot of writing done!! 

Speaking of which, I am only 13 pre-orders away from reaching that magical number of 100 so if you could, pre-order a copy if you haven’t already or tell others to! At 100 pre-orders, I will release the 3rd painting piece AND Chapters 3 (Cheat Code) and 4 (Scorchlands)! 

Alright, I’m off to clean the guinea pig cages. Have a good weekend all!

Best,

Alisa-chan

Hi all,

haven’t been in touch for 2 weeks, but it doesn’t mean i haven’t been working. 616 orders we are, with 28 days to go (wow). This is where I need you all to step up, we are only 134 orders short of 750 --never thought I would be saying this (!) 
So, please please, forward this pre-order link https://goo.gl/3bTKYB to all your friends. I will donate 3.5$ from every order to the kids at Norwood UK (who really need it) and you get to send me off to Inkshares full publication, g-d willing...
Inkshares fellow authors, if you have extra credits to toss at the cause - I will be grateful just the same.

I thank every single order, they all count. But also wanted to mention Josl, Judith, Ora and Daniella, all placed generous multiple orders.

Once you’ve done with me, please take the time to check my dear friend Evan Graham’s Tantalus Depths, an excellent SciFi novel worthy of your attention. Evan is actively helping me, and had written a fantastic novel - so I wanted to mention him as well. 

Finally, it is no secret that for EURO 2016 as always I back the Azzurri (Americans look it up - sorry).. But interesting (and not easy) days are upon us here in England with current events and also the potential Brexit.
So while you all go out there to promote my book (a dash of wishful thinking) join me all with a BIG Hurrah to the Lions in white!! Go England!

What a week.

I launched my campaign on a day of national tragedy. Had I read the news beforehand I would have postponed (or possibly forgot the whole thing). But now that the Mountain is moving away again (severe depression finally letting up), I’m happy to post an update this morning!

I want to give a shout out to a few authors who showed some early and  valuable support.

Stephen Carignan, author of The Sleeping Man. A dreamy, imaginative tale that deserves your attention.

Eric H. Heisner, author of Wings of the Pirate. Yes, I’m a bit bias here. This book has "Wings" in the title. And also, I heard there’s going to be a CGI monkey soon? Count me in!

And special thanks to some early reviews by Stephen Carignan, S.T. Ranscht, and an extra, extra, extra, extra, extra, extra, extra, extra, extra, extra, extra, extra, extra, extra, extra, extra, extra, extra, extra, extra, extra special thanks to: 

Evan Graham, author of Tantalus Depths who wrote a jaw-dropping review of my book. Feedback like this, I believe, is every author’s dream. And I got it.

If you have any CREDITS remaining in your account, please use them to buy one of these great authors’ books. They are much closer to their goals than I am. If you want to support my book, I’m looking only for recommendation bubbles at the top of my page. (Yes, this is opposite of the spam I sent my followers...sorry). I changed my mind. Only bubbles.

Thank you.

M.R.R.

Hello Dreamers!

Well, will you look at that? Over 200! 

We are so close to Quill I can’t believe we are just 48 orders away from publication and we’re just under three months left! Just like I mentioned in a previous update, I am releasing another chapter.

If that wasn’t all, and it already is plenty, Christopher Irvin, the author of Wrestletown is helping with cross promotion and will feature The Sleeping Man on his blog! If you haven’t checked out his work, you definitely should. 

The artwork is still coming along for The Sleeping Man and we are above the projected line. I am thrilled beyond words. If you haven’t yet, please pre-order and get me to Quill, recommend, and share!

Sweet Dreams,

Stephen

Today is the day!!!  Today, y’all get Chapter Four!!!  I’m just giving it a final pass, but it should be up by 1pm Pacific time!