The weeks continue to be hectic, so going to be another quick one.  First off if you haven’t checked out the short story collection I’m a part of "Too Many Controllers", then be sure to do so before the contest and funding end in about 3 weeks(just click the title above to go there).  Also, while I’m on the topic of projects other than Magus, I recently went on a bit of a spree adding idea pages for some of the other books both in the Exile series and not, that I’ve got at various fragment or even draft stages, so feel free to take a look at those and follow any that interest you.

As for Magus, my art search is currently on standby due to the lack of both time and money, but it will by the middle of July or beginning of August most likely.  I’m still undecided on just when to start the campaign.  Originally I was thinking mid-August or early September for a start time, but now I’m thinking it might be better for me to wait until the start of the year.  I plan to go more into my thinking on this in my next newsletter, as well as to have a poll there so I can get some insight into all of your thoughts as well, so to read that and give feedback be sure to sign up for the newsletter here.

Finally, I’ll be doing a takeover of the "Too Many Controllers"  twitter account tomorrow (6/26) starting around 2pm Eastern time.  I plan to give a bit of insight into both my writing processing, gaming interests/habits, and just the general scattered nature of my brain, so be sure that you’re following @Inkvengers on Twitter if you’re interested in getting such a glimpse into my head.

That’s all I’ve got for this update.  Enjoy the rest of your weekends!

Hello Everyone!

Greetings Destiny-followers,

We’ve reached 100 readers! Thanks to everyone for jumping on board and helping to make this book a reality. I couldn’t do it without you.

Right now, Destiny Imperfect is currently in fourth position and I could do with your help. For this book to be successful, it needs to be in the top three and time is ticking away! No top three, no Destiny :-( If you are following Destiny Imperfect and haven’t pre-ordered, I’d love it if you could. If you have pre-ordered (thanks again!), try and think of someone who would also enjoy the Destiny Imperfect experience and suggest to them (politely) that now would be a great time to jump in and support it!

Have a great weekend!

Cheers,

Peter

Dear friends:

Every once in a while, I get an e-mail from Inkshares with the subject line “You’re Selling Books.” Opening those e-mails is like opening a long awaited present. Those e-mails mean that a bookstore has decided to take a chance on my novel, and it will be carrying one or several copies of The Catcher’s Trap.

The first thing I do when I get those e-mails is googling the bookstore,  finding out where is located and then sending them a thank you tweet for taking a chance with a new author.

So far six independent bookstores will be carrying my book: A. C. Vroman, in Pasadena, Ca. Common Good Books, in St. Paul MN. Tattered Cover in Denver CO. Prairie Lights Book, in IOWA City IA, Mysterious Galaxy Books, in San Diego CA and Flyleaf Book, in Chapel Hill NC.

There are over sixteen hundred independent bookstores in the U.S. It would be a dream come true if all of them carry my book, but, in the meantime, I’m thankful for those 6.

Hopefully, a bookstore in my home state of Connecticut will take a chance on me.

I also dream about taking a road trip and visiting every single one of the bookstores carrying my book. So far my map looks like this:

My trip would cover 4 thousand miles and it will take 61 hours of driving. If I’m lucky, and readers love my book as much as I do, many other stops will be added. Maybe I’ll have to take a year off to cover them all. An author can dream, right?

 Have a wonderful weekend!