Hearken, loyal readers and supporters! For those of you who pre-ordered paperbacks, they’ve been signed and will soon be on their way! And everyone will be receiving their e-book  copies very soon...(and if the skull seems uh, weird, it will make more sense at that point in time...  or you can just read THIS!)

Good Monday everyone!  I’ve had a ROCKING GOOD WEEKEND!!!  Lots of stuff happened.  The Borehole Bazaar stuff is that I sold 36 COPIES!!!!   This is HUGE news!  I’m well on my way to making Quill, but I still need a little bit more help to get the last bit of the way!

Greetings Destiny-followers,

Well now! Things are still very interesting at the top of the Inkshares/Nerdist contest leader board. Destiny Imperfect is at number two, ahead of number three by a solitary pre-order. Number four is very much in striking distance, and a swarm of butterflies seems to have lodged in my stomach! Friday is the day of reckoning, and when the judgement comes down, it’ll be seven shades of awesome if Destiny is to be counted among the top three.

Of course, to achieve this requires putting the ’crowd’ into crowdfunding. If you’ve already made the commitment to support Destiny (fabulous stuff and thanks!), grab your nearest and dearest and run them through the benefits of getting in early (reflected glory; I knew him when he was nothing; OK - I’ll do it- stop freaking bugging me!). If you are following Destiny but have yet to dive into the pre-order pool, come on in- the water’s fine! We’d love to see you here!

Have a great day!

Cheers,

Peter

This week I’d like to use my author spotlight to bring your attention to one of the top-level entrants in the Nerdist competition: Destiny Imperfect.
 

This book promises to be an absolute mindscrew. The idea of a world where virtual reality and actual reality are so closely intertwined that it’s a challenge just to differentiate between the two is so full of potential. The places this story can explore from a psychological standpoint are endless, and based only on what I’ve seen so far, it looks like Destiny Imperfect is going to throw me into a full-on existential crisis. But in a good way.

Seriously check out this book. I want it on my shelf right now.

By my reckoning there is two days left in the Nerdist competition and SQUIDS IN currently requires a minimum of 56 pre-orders to get a top 3 finish. Sadly there are only 55 followers who have yet to commit to ordering, so I don’t think we’re gonna make it. I would love to get back up to 5th place however and that seems very achievable. Another 4 pre-orders will do it :)

GREAT NEWS! The second SQUIDS IN raffle prize winner Brian Guthrie has received his octopus and sent me this photo....

We may not finish top 3 in the contest but Hendrix has now strategically positioned his offspring in the UK, US and Germany. In revenge for not winning, he is going to unleash a deadly virus and there is nothing you can do to stop him. Just be sure to go outside and spray paint a "10 Octopuses" symbol on the wall before you go. It may help to educate a future generation about where it all went wrong:)

Thank you guys for all your support throughout the contest. This will be my last update before the result is announced.

Matthew

A thousand apologies for the lack of updates on this page - but work on the novel and other things has had my full attention. Work is going very well, and each day brings me one day closer to completing the manuscript and having the finished book delivered into your hands. 

I’ll be delivering a speech tomorrow on my personal experiences (both writing the novel, and working through Inkshares) and I am hoping to have some video from the event to post to the book’s Inkshares page. Also, more artwork (including a final cover!) is on the way, so never fear - there’s plenty more eye-candy left on the relatively*-near horizon. 

I’m also going to eventually get around to uploading a handful of new chapters - though the time frame for this continues to change. If you haven’t read through what’s currently available, I implore you to check my stuff out. I’m quite happy with the quality of the posted chapters~