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Hey adventurers,

I wouldn’t normally send an update outside of the Monday-Friday schedule, but this is pretty urgent! 

I also wouldn’t normally send an update about someone else’s book, but, well, this is pretty urgent. ;)

Katherine Forrister’s book, Curio Citizen, is entered in the Nerdist Sci-Fi competition, which ends today. She’s been a great supporter of Mushroom and Anchovy and is so very close to first place! I’d love to see someone else’s dreams come true. Would you consider giving her book a preorder as well? 

That’s it from me for now. I know you’ve heard from me a lot this week. Good luck, Katherine!

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    Greetings, adventurers! 

     Not much to go over today—it was a quiet weekend, seeing only one preorder. The past few weeks have been similarly quiet, but I really feel this is the quiet before the storm. Thanks to all of you who have been sharing the link! Please continue to do so! 

     A little reminder about live reading of Chapter 2 on Wednesday night at 8:30 PM AST, plus a contest announcement, over on my Facebook page. Come tune in! 

     This Friday will be another Lore Day. Please give me a shout if there’s anything about the world of Mushroom and Anchovy that you’d like to know more about. I’ll see you then, and hope to see some of you on Wednesday, as well!

     May all your adventures be fraught with wonder and just enough peril to keep them interesting, 

     K. M. Cooper

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      Hello all! 

      Curio Citizen is still in 1st place AND we are just ONE order away from 200 readers! If you know anyone at all who might be interested in ordering, please direct them to the site and let them know the deadline is THIS TUESDAY, June 27th. We are in the home stretch and have a real chance of winning this thing and getting Curio Citizen published. You all are so amazing to have helped me come so far. Thank you! 

      Please click HERE to pre-order your copy if you have not yet done so. 

      Please direct friends to https://www.inkshares.com/books/curio-citizen


      Here is today’s look into the world of Curio Citizen:


      Cálido Reúnen is Inquieto’s younger brother and is the Earth equivalent of 19 years old. He has an insatiable sense of humor, which is his way of lightening tension and keeping peace in social interactions. He is an expert at walking the line between jests in good humor and insults, and so it is extremely rare he actually offends any paz with his lighthearted jibes. His skills are put to the test when he meets Carmen, however.

      In addition to his wit, Cálido is a genius when it comes to engineering and programming, and he "tinkers" with machines in the basement workshop of his parents’ home. He can be quite handy in a tricky situation--if he can be convinced to participate.


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               Inquieto smiled down at me, and I stepped back from the door as I heard footsteps on the other side. 

               “Weeeell, look who cleans up nice.” Inquieto made an annoyed clicking sound. 

               “Cálido,” he said, “really?” 

               Cálido smirked, and then eyed me up and down. I looked at him with an expression that echoed Inquieto’s word. 

               He was shorter than Inquieto and looked a few years younger, but there was a definite resemblance. They both had high cheekbones and nicely-shaped lips with just the right fullness. He was dressed in similar black fabric, but had draped a salmon sash across his chest, trimmed with fine threads of gold. He wore the same pin on his chest that I did. 

               “Well, it—she does,” he said. “Though that scowl is the same.” 

               “Maybe, if you—” 

               “Carmen,” Inquieto interrupted the insult he no doubt sensed was forming on my tongue and placed his hand on my shoulder. “This is my brother, Cálido. Cálido, this is Carmen. And yes, she is in much better condition than when you saw her last, now that she is recognized as a person.” 

                Fantastic. His brother had seen me before. One of my many visitors at the Museum. I swallowed my outrage and flush of humiliation and gave a short nod. 

                “It’s nice to meet you, Cálido,” I said as clearly as I could. 

                He laughed. “Ah, this is great,” he said. “She can talk.” He turned around and waved us inside. “Father’s making tilt-sticks; he’s around back,” he informed us over his shoulder as he walked off. 

                I sent Inquieto a wide-eyed glare. 

               “Don’t worry about Cálido,” he said. “He’s easily amused. Mother and father will be less...” 

               “Rude?” I offered. 

               “This is a new situation,” he corrected. “Try to be understanding.”



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              Whether Inquieto had specifically invited him for my benefit or not, I was glad for the company. Teasing as it was, Cálido’s sense of humor was bold compared to most paz, different from Inquieto’s gentle sarcasm laced with worried affection. I could relate to Cálido on a more human level, even if he did share the pervasive paz outlook that everyone was innocent and never intended any harm to one another. If anything, his jokes were his way of keeping peace, of laughing off any potential, awkward situations to make people smile. He lived up to his name, Warm. He was vivacious as fire and as kind and comforting as a mug of hot chocolate.

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      Thank you again for all of your help!

      -Katherine
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        K M Cooper sent an update for Mushroom and Anchovy

        Greetings, adventurers! 

         It was unfortunately a pretty quiet week, but thankfully, I was prepared—I saw this coming due to the end of the Nerdist Sci-Fi competition. A lot of focus has been on that particular contest as it reaches its completion. I don’t know how, but we’re still managing to hold onto 5th place in the Launchpad contest. As soon as the Nerdist contest is over on the 27th, though, focus should return to the Launchpad one. A couple of preorders to secure our fifth place position and work up the ladder would be extremely helpful at this point. 

         Here’s an update on our current numbers: we’re 14% of the way to the light goal (250 preorders) and 4% of the way to the full goal (750). There’s lots of time, still—the campaign is going until early September—so please keep sharing the link! This is a marathon, not a sprint. 

         Next week, I’m going to be doing a live reading of chapter 2 on Wednesday night at 8:30 PM AST over on my Facebook Page, as well as answer any of your questions, should you have any. Plus, there will be a special announcement about the backer-exclusive contest on Wednesday night! 

         Lastly, I did promise I’d be giving you a bit of information on the lore and world of Mushroom and Anchovy, so here’s a bit for you to enjoy. 

        THE CITY OF BURDON 

         Burdon is Particia “Anchovy” Finnigan’s hometown, where she resides in a modest flat at the time of the first book. It boasts a population of approximately 800,000, and is the world’s largest manufacturer of steamcars. It also happens to be where the Panzerotti Group’s main headquarters is located. 

        Exports include steamcars and locomotives—to which there is a massive station just on the outskirts of town—travel, and clockwork mechanics. People come from all over to have their vehicles and machines repaired by the industry’s top professionals. It is considered to be somewhat of a hub, where people go to travel, or stay on their way someplace else. It is central to a lot of cities and countries, including the neighbouring city, Merconia. a city of schools and universities. 

        That’s it for this week, folks! I’m hoping I’ll have more to report next week, and I hope to see some of you on Wednesday night! 

        May all your adventures be fraught with wonder and just enough peril to keep them interesting, 

         K. M. Cooper

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