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I'm sorry. I need to collect myself a little bit. I'm in pieces strewn across the floor after watching the new Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer.

Stories matter so much. Dumb, wild fantasies about space aliens and explosions and adventure matter - they can actually make a difference in people's lives. They can give us hope and help us dream and teach us how to fight through hard things and find ways to love one another and face our fears and understand what is going on in our heads and why people act the way they do and who we are.

I. LOVE. STORIES.

Anyway, here's my *CHANGES* conversation with Sally Ember, Ed.D. I am super-awkward!!! Yay!

Guess who's NOT super-awkward? THESE GUYS:

JF and Paul did it!!! INKSHARES PODCAST INKSHARES PODCAST INKSHARES PODCAST!!!

I'm so excited!! Go listen to it NOW!

Finally, here's your Museday Mix: Ky Edition:

Ky is a sexy bundle of secrets wrapped in angst and mystery and smirks. I love him the most, except for all my other characters whom I also love the most.

Renegades - X Ambassadors
King Rat - Modest Mouse
Hangin' - Bastille
Misery - Maroon 5
Lonely Man - Alpha Rev
Whispering - Alex Clare

We Might Fall - Ryan Star
Seven Devils - Florence and the Machine

Lost Cause - Imagine Dragons

It's Just My Skin - George Ezra
The Driver - Bastille
Invincible - OK Go

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Hm hmm hmm.

Tra la la.

What? What's that, you say? Something... happened?

Hmm. I suppose I should read the latest message from Inkshares CEO Jeremy Thomas...

AHHHH! CHANGES ARE COMING!!!

Here's a quick rundown, my dear friends, family, and followers:

New total pre-order goal: 750 instead of 1,000

New tier for "light" publishing (light editing, limited marketing and distribution): 250 pre-orders

New pre-order price: $20 for trade paperback + ebook, $30 for hardcover

There are some other changes, but you should just read the whole announcement to get a sense of what is to come.

I've put 14 years of development and 5 years of writing into this manuscript. Alex is a brutal developmental editor (love you, honey!). I'm so confident in this book, and I really think the light publishing track will produce something that I will be proud of... but I still want to shoot for the gold. I want to reach 750 pre-orders. I want to send you all signed first-edition copies of my gorgeous, illustrated book!

So... onward! If you know of anyone who might want to order my book, tell them to order before Oct 30th at noon to get it at the lower price.

And thank you, really, you who have already ordered. Thank you.

NOW, AN UPCOMING EVENT:

I have acquired a promoter (who is very enthusiastic and also particularly smart and beautiful). Leah has arranged a reading + costume contest + photo booth + scifi trivia event at Mugshots Coffee Company this Friday night!!! Is it crazy for me to suggest you drive to Minneapolis if you're not from here? I DON'T CARE! Come to this event!

Look at this postcard she made to advertise it:

And she's been making these graphic thingies that are pretty cool, too:

And she even made this author quote thing from that rant I went on in an earlier update!!

Look at all this! Is this what it feels like when people believe in you? This is WEIRD but also COOL and I like it in the sense that I've worked really hard on this book and now people are seeing value in it and talking about it, which is GREAT. But I'm also, you know, hyperventilating with anxiety from all the pressure, hahahahAHAAHAHahahaha. It's all good, don't worry. It doesn't count as bravery if you're not scared.

Thank you, Leah. You're amazing. And the rest of you are amazing, too!

I hope to see you Friday...

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It's still Museday, right? It is in Minnesota!

So far, every single person I've asked reports that Tannor is their favorite character after reading my first 3 episodes. She is pretty kickass... but can Relai trust her?

I can't wait to get the book into your hands so you can find out.

Museday Mix: Tannor Edition! (seriously click "play all" and jam ok this one is fun)

Bang Bang - Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj

Royals - Lorde

Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) - Kelly Clarkson

Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) - Nico Vega (cover)

Lips are Movin' - Meghan Trainor

Electric Lady - Janelle Monáe

Never Let Me Go - Florence and the Machine

You Could Be Happy - Snow Patrol

Bad Blood - Taylor Swift

I Remember - Damien Rice

(I Just) Died in Your Arms Tonight - Bastille (cover)

Neon Lights - Demi Lovato

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Leah, you made order #300! I'm so excited!

This milestone snuck up on me, I gotta say. Leah is going to help me organize my social media presence and, er, life. She is brilliant and amazing.Thank you, Leah!

To celebrate, why not do a giveaway?

The next 10 readers (you don't have to be new - you can order another copy) will receive a 5x7 postcard print of this illustration I did when I was bored one time:

Busy, Busy Alien!

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SHE WOKE BLIND to the scream of a siren.

Naked and encased in a standard travel pod, Relai spat out the dead breathing mask and heaved in a panicked breath. She pulled her face wide and horrified until her sealed eyelids tore open, blinked, and recognized drops of condensation forming on the gray plastic above her face. She was lying on her back.

Her pulse throbbed in her neck, in her temples, and she knew she wasn’t getting enough air. Slow down, slower, then—

No light and n. . .

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SHE WOKE BLIND to the scream of a siren.

Naked and encased in a standard travel pod, Relai spat out the dead breathing mask and heaved in a panicked breath. She pulled her face wide and horrified until her sealed eyelids tore open, blinked, and recognized drops of condensation forming on the gray plastic above her face. She was lying on her back.

Her pulse throbbed in her neck, in her temples, and she knew she wasn’t getting enough air. Slow down, slower, then—

No light and n. . .

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