Apologies for the lack of an update yesterday. It’s the last week of rehearsals for the play I’m in, so that’s demanding the majority of my time this week.
Plus, I live in the greater Cleveland area, so my update would have just been washed away by the basketball-related social media flood anyway...
But here’s this week’s character bio: this time we focus on The Diamelen’s electronics specialist, William Hertz! 
Hertz is no doubt skilled at what he does, but will it be enough? Can this brainy AI programmer match wits with the cunning SCARAB? Will his extensive scholastic experience be of any help in unveiling the mysteries of Tantalus Depths? Find out when you pre-order Tantalus Depths!
Daniel H. Wilson, New York Times bestselling sci-fi author of ROBOPOCALYPSE, just gave IN BETA a glowing endorsement!
Elon Musk thinks we’re living inside a video game, and this novel is primed to run with that notion and then some. This is an awesome high concept paired with a brilliant proven quantity in Prescott Harvey — dude, sign me up as an IN BETA-tester!
Daniel is one of my favorite sci-fi authors AND he’s super handsome (see below). Thank you Daniel for the vote of confidence!

Another day, another great piece of artwork from my illustrator Eugene Karasz.

In this scene, the story’s main protagonist Toby stands in the doorway looking bored after walking in on an animal activists meeting.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
We are 26 orders away from Quill, and that is just amazing. This entire campaign has been above the projection and now we’re going to make guaranteed publication with this last push. So, what does that mean? It means soon we’re going to have some amazing art, amazing donation to charity, and then we’re going to go for the big goal, because we can. Just like this dog.
We totally got this, so let’s just blast this goal and head for the next goal!
Sweet Dreams,
Stephen

Listen... sure, I said the 17th. Did I try? Oh, baby, you bet I did. Did life decide that the 17th was the perfect day for a combination of hard drive failure, needing a new car battery, and a bunch of smaller nonsense that literally took up every waking hour? Apparently.
Hello to all my Knightmares out there!


Hello there wonderful people
The video where i answer some of your questions is ready and looking pretty spiffy. Check it out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9ZOKk3Sp2U&feature=youtu.be
Special thanks to my good friend Sam Chen who brought out his super cool equipment and toiled over the footage to put this together. I hope you all like it and you’re not turned away by how awkward I am on film.
Thank you all for continuing to follow me and don’t forget to pre-order Beyond the Code if you like my hard work.
Kelsey Rae Barthel