Dear friends and followers,

Who wants to be a character in a murder mystery game?

I am planning a third instalment in the Eric Peterkin mystery game series, and here’s the deal: for each copy of "Murder at the Veterans’ Club" you order between now and 04 August, I will place your name (or another name supplied by you, if you prefer) in a hat; on the day itself, I will draw three unique names from the hat and apply those names to characters in the game.

(Yes: if you place three orders, you get to put three names in the hat.)

I’m not really pushing very hard for sales this month, so your chances of getting picked out of the hat are probably really, really good.

Beautiful Readers,

I have good news, and I have... regular news.

For those of you just tuning in, Devil’s Call began its life as a novella, meaning it clocked in at fewer than 40,000 words and the ending was ambiguous and the antagonist, George Dalton, barely appeared in the story at all.

After some behind the scenes occurrences which I’m not at liberty to discuss yet, I decided to expand the story, flesh out the Dalton character, and make it a full-length novel, meaning its word count would double and I would have to, you know, actually do work.

The good news is, after a month or so of bitching and gnashing my teeth and Adam Gomolin yelling at me to not quit on him, I have finished a scene outline and a synopsis of what the completed novel will look like, so it has a proper ending and character arcs and themes and so on and so forth.

The regular news is, I now have to rewrite the hundred-something pages I’d already decided were the entirety of the original novella, and then actually write the rest of the draft, which won’t be as difficult as I’m making it sound. I made my bed today. I can do anything.

Within the next few weeks, y’all can expect a rewritten first chapter, which I’m about 90% sure will be about 30% different from the one that’s up now, and if I really throttle my keyboard I will have a completed draft by the end of September.

(And I shall throttle my keyboard. One thing this process has solidified for me is the fact that I produce pages, pardon my French, like a fucking maniac.)

That’s it. That’s the news. Expect the new Chapter 1 by the end of this upcoming week.

Smoke ’em if you got ’em,
J.

Hey Campers!

It has come to my attention that there are a few people who thought they preordered the book, but the order did not go through! If you didn’t get a confirmation receipt, your order did not go through.

So, if you think you ordered it, but never got a receipt, you probably missed a step. Make sure you click the green buttons all the way through to completion, and if you aren’t sure whether your order went through or not, feel free to ask me.

You can check to make sure your order went through here: https://www.inkshares.com/books/sunshine-is-forever

Once you are logged in, if your order went through, it will say: "PRE-ORDER AGAIN." If your order did not go through, it will say: "PRE-ORDER."

If you don’t mind double checking to make sure your order went though, that would be awesome! Thank you so much for the continued support! Keep spreading the word!

Happy Friday!

Kyle

It’s Friday!

Well, at least it’s been a week. At this very moment, 64 of you amazing backers have pre-ordered 86 copies of A Beast Requires! Yes, it gives me the grins. Well, I’ll be grinning once I have coffee, seeing as all my brain’s energy right now is focused on typing. 

This week I have a couple of tidbits for you. Yesterday I uploaded a video talking about some of the world building in A Beast Requires. Now, being as I am on Team Fat Kid, all of my world building, whether it’s for a book or an RPG campaign stems from food. Yes, I actually do world build from my gut. 

I’ve also uploaded an audio of me reading the Prologue. I’ll upload more chapters as the weeks go by, featuring some special guests so you’ll have a bit more variety than just my voice.

So watch them, share them, and laugh.