Greetings, Programs!  

We watched Tron Legacy last night. It was enjoyable, not as fun as the original, but still visually stunning. It needed more Bruce Boxleitner though. I think we’ll have to re-watch Babylon 5 soon...

Anywho. Big news!! We’ve reached our (Peter) Quill goal!

A huge thank you to everyone who has supported the campaign! I truly appreciate it!! 

And a huge thank you to everyone who pre-ordered yesterday!! The American Cancer Society thanks you too!!

We are in the home stretch of the Geek & Sundry contest, so we can’t stop the momentum!! Please, if you haven’t pre-ordered Pirates of Montana, do so now! Lets keep rocking!!

Rock on,

Erin

As tomorrow happens to be my birthday, and I turn the grand ol’ age of 35. I figured I would make this update about something a little more personal. 

I mentioned once before that The Seventh Age book was inspired by events in a role-playing game universe that I created years ago. Like any LARP, costumes and props play a fantastic roll. I’ve attached only a mere handful of my favorite pictures from the games that were played. 

Here are some of the pictures that inspired me to turn my imagination into an actual book:

There are some extremely talented crafters that played in our games over the years.

And AnotherAnd the final one:

The box of red buttons was one of my favorite game sessions still. If you like these kind of updates as well, or want to know more about the expanded world of The Seventh Age, follow the project page please. I’m on a quest to achieve 1000 copies as well, so if you know anybody who likes sarcastic urban fantasy... please recommend to a friend. 

Also, how does everyone feel about me using this update reader feature as sort of a weekly blog? Leave a comment, email me at CrankyBolt@gmail.com, hit up up on twitter @crankybolt and let me know!

What’s the good word Pirates!!

Soooo, the Geek & Sundry contest is almost over! Honestly, I’m a bit relieved. Its been a fun, nail-biting experience for us in the trenches, and I’m looking forward to the next stage. Because of your support, we are #3!!! But, I’m not one to rest until its over, so here is my pitch:

For all those who have pre-ordered, THANK YOU! You are rock stars and we here at Team Pirates appreciate your support!!

For those on the fence, please help us get to and past QUILL!! We’re only a few copies away, and we’re so excited to meet this benchmark! 

For everyone that buys today, SATURDAY MAY 14, we will donate 100% of our take to the American Cancer Society.  

My mother died of cancer when I was 22.  I know she would have loved that Pirates of Montana exists today. This book, this story, exists because of her. #fcukcancer (not sure if Inkshares censures this sort of thing, so yes, it is misspelled ;-))

Anyway here is a hilarious meme to lighten the mood!

 All, thank you for the support. 

Based on some of the  great feedback I have received I have revised the first 3 chapters to tighten them up and improve the plot. They are now up on Inkshares.

As the Geek and Sundry Hard Science Fiction contest is winding down in only a few days I want to thank everyone that has supported me in this project. The response and feedback were great. I appreciate how friends and family have come out to support me and how people I do not know have embraced my first efforts into becoming an author.

I also want to thank the teams at Inkshares and Geek and Sundry for holding this contest, I have learned a lot.

I would like to also thank Purple Toga for their support in this project. Some of the competitors are offering mug or t-shirts, but Purple Toga is offering a free book with pre-orders of mine.  Details are at www.purpletoga.com/deals 

  Thank you all again, and good luck to my competitors.

Eric