Congratulations to the winners of the Space Opera Contest!  Our journeys must now part but the civilian space vessel Space Sloth continues its travels.

To kick things off for this next phase I thought I’d update my followers on some of the things that happen later in the story so you know 1) I’m actually still writing and 2)  you’re going to want to read the story to find out what happens.  Spoiler Alert.  Below is a list of draft titles for the first thirty chapters.  There are a few final chapters coming together that will be added to these, but we’ll leave those as a surprise.

What can you do to help the Space Sloth and her crew?  Right now I’m focusing on building  a follower base.  Any referrals or recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

1. The Space Sloth 
2. Jump Point Accident 
3. Unexpected Guests are the Worst 
4. Lost is a Four Letter Word 
5. Zumbro 
6. Unwelcome Visitors Arrive 
7. Acceptance of Fate 
8. A Stroll Outside 
9. Attack of the Beetles 
10. Messages in the Sand 
11. They Brought Friends 
12. Escape? 
13. Race for Survival, or Radiation Isn’t Our Friend 
14. The Story of the Burton 
15. Something’s in the Machine 
16. Betting on Clouds 
17. Conversations with Clouds 
18. Buttercup’s Secret 
19. The Agave Springs 
20. Voices from the Past 
21. Into the Sloth’s Den 
22. Everyone is Dead 
23. On a Strange Moon 
24. Run for your Life 
25. Sebastian’s Little Surprise 
26. Last Will and Testament 
27. Traveling to Babylon 
28. The Custodian 
29. A Visit to the Library 
30. Looking for Friends 
    

Greetings again.  As we near the end of the Space Opera contest I hope you all have had a chance to look at some the books at the top of the competition.  There are some interesting ideas and good books on the list. 

I wanted to make sure you all knew that “Fortunes of the Space Sloth” is not going away with the end of the contest.  There are 59 days left to reach the pre-order goal and the crew will be pushing on with their adventure.

Based on my progress this weekend I have high hopes that the full first draft will be completed by this time next week (unless the Space Sloth crew gets into some mess they haven’t told me about yet).  At that point I’ll be shifting to refining some parts of the narrative and really starting some outreach.  I hope you all stick around for the rest of the adventure.

And as always, I thank you for your support.

Welcome to the one month mark!  Yes, this marks the four week mark for Fortunes of the Space Sloth on Inkshares.  In honor of that I uploaded Chapter 4 and another Snippet last night.  Go have a look at them and let me know what you think.

We’re still building follower momentum slowly.  The creative momentum is outstanding though.  I’ve participated in NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) several times.  My pace right now with Fortunes of the Space Sloth is faster than any of those efforts.  I’m having a lot of fun with it.  Hopefully you are too.

Keep following, recommending, pre-ordering, feedbacking...you know the drill.  Thanks for the support.