I know it seems like this is slow going, but in the grand scheme of things, Monkey Business is killing it on these reviews. Go on boys and girls, you know what to do.

Add your review now! And thank you all so much for tolerating all this review begging.

 - Landon

Hi knife wielding followers, 

just a little splash of news, I have now been officially welcomed into the hallowed halls of Quilldom...there was a lot of funny handshakes and strange creatures in masks, but it’s all over now and I am awaiting my mission instructions before the next stage.  

I am also piqued to discover that I am number one in the mystery community...which I’m sure is a whole heap better news than a lower number...unless the scoring is rather like POINTLESS in which case more is less if that makes sense...

Anyway, I should also take this opportunity to steer you in the direction of a stonkingly great read by Peter Ryan, smash hit author of Sync City...his latest work is called Destiny Imperfect and is one of the two books I’m supporting this month and beyond.  So check it out or tell a friend!  DESTINY IMPERFECT 

The other book I love is called PROXY, if you like the idea of a collection of pop artists selling their souls to live forever, than this might just be you cup of tea...

Greetings everyone!

It’s been a while and I have some news for you guys.

First of all, I’m not dead and are just trying to juggle work and daily life alongside my goal of someday getting this book out there. Yes, I’m still working on making the book better and have officially called the first draft to an end.

Thus far, due to the fact that I no longer have to deal with the stress known as crowdfunding, I had got my stuff together and started the second draft and started to rewrite the story so that it make sense and sound less like it written with the ’visionary’ ideals of an eight-year-old ("Action! Explosion! Globetrotting! Boom!"). 

Though the overall plot and ending remained unchanged, the journey starting from chapter 4 onwards are going to radically different from the first draft as many unneccessary characters and shoddy scenes are going to be cut; and bad puns are no exceptions either. 

I plan to finish draft two within the next two months and decide on whether to submit it to the publishing companies that I had spent hours reasearching or publish it myself. So, with the help of a clear goal in mind and a much more detailed outline this time around, I shall give self-doubt and procrastination the finger. 

Until then,

Yicheng Liu.

Friends, followers, Inksharians! Send me your pre-orders!

The good news is Destiny Imperfect now has 106 individual readers – which is fantastic! We also have 150 followers! This means we are still very much in the hunt for a top three position (currently fifth). It also means that if you have yet to jump on board, now would be an awesome time to do so (there are only two weeks left in the contest!).

Destiny Imperfect is very much a crowd driven project, and I already have had some fantastic feedback from people who have read the first chapter. But without a crowd of pre-orders behind the project it will, unfortunately, not get funded. The bottom line is, Destiny needs to achieve a top three position to make this project viable. If we don’t achieve a top three position, then the project finishes and you receive your money back.

If you have yet to pre-order, it’d be great if you could do so and bring this project to life. If you have already pre-ordered, recommending it to someone close would be brilliant! The greater the support, the more likely we are to succeed. Take a chance on Destiny  and pre-order today!

Cheers,

Peter

Hello Sadie Fans,

With cover and content finalized, Sadie McGrady Runs for President is off to the printer for our October 4, 2016 publication date. Featured on the book cover, we’re honored to include book endorsements from Dahlia Lithwick, Chief Legal Correspondent at Slate Magazine, and Catherine Stier, author of If I Ran for President. You can offer your own review - please do! Just look for the MORE ACCOLADES button on our Inkshares page!

Let your local bookstore know about Sadie McGrady Runs for President and keep spreading the word about Sadie’s candidacy on social media. Stay tuned for more updates as we get closer to our exciting book launch this fall.

Thanks for your continued support for this exciting, new candidate. Go Sadie!

Mary Parry & Corey Williams

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Hello everyone!

Let’s do this!!

Lots of good stuff happening, but I’ll be brief (mostly because I’m writing this update during my lunch hour, and I’m starving). First, please be sure to check out my latest The Future Is Now column on Geek & Sundry. This time I examine just exactly how close we are to putting human feet on Mars. (close than you think!)

Now, I get about ten emails every week asking me, "Is the book done, yet?" - So, as is my charter, I will show you just exactly where I am in the rewrite:

As you can see, I’m very, very close to being done with the first rewrite. I’m staying up extra late and waking up extra early every day this week to get it done, and in my editor’s hands in order to meet the Inkshares manuscript delivery deadline of August 1. If I get that done I think there’s a good chance the book will land on the early side of 2017.

While we’re here, I’d like to also update you on the short story I’m writing for the Too Many Controllers anthology, which, if you haven’t already acquired, you really should. As promised, since the anthology reached its 300th reader target, I’m unveiling the name and synopsis of my contribution. My story is entitled: Morcom is here. Here is the synopsis:

A journalist researching the UK’s World War 2 Colossus computing program at Bletchley Park inadvertently unearths Alan Turing’s most complex, clandestine program. A tome of handwritten code designed for a computer that he knew would not exist for decades after his death. Many believe the program to be an artificial intelligence game Turing designed to defeat his own famous test. A one hundred million dollar XPRIZE challenge is announced, awarded to the first person or team who could successfully execute Turing’s opus. A team from the University of Michigan thinks they’ve got what it takes.

Lastly, I wanted to call your attention to my editor, Robert Kroese, and his new book The Big Sheep which is officially available for purchase today. I’m a huge fans of his writing, and this book is sure to entertain. It’s half Philip K Dick, half Douglas Adams. What’s not to love? You can get yourself a copy from Amazon, or, if you’re a collector, autographed copies are available from Schuler Books. 

 Chapter Two came back to me today, I’ve now re-read it and put it up. So there’s another chapter for you wonderful people to sink your teeth into. Next step is very much going through everything uploaded so far and making it a bit more consistent and, well, better. I’m also working on Chapter Four.   

Hey guys!

And here we have what (may) wind up being the final cover for The Children of the Forest. There are two other pieces en route, but I’m especially in love with this one.