I hope you have enjoyed Chapter 5! I received some very good feedback from my beta readers on the chapter and am anticipating that it can only improve through the on-going editing process.

We have EIGHT DAYS days left before the end of the Nerdist Space Opera contest on March 15. On the one hand, that’s not much time...but on the other hand, think of all the good things that can happen in a week. Readers, you are the driving force behind this campaign. Without your faithful following and contribution, we would never have made it this far.

This being said, I would like to sincerely request that if you are following this project but have not yet made a preorder, please consider doing so before the end of the Nerdist contest.  Winning this contest means that we will get automatically published by Inkshares, complete with editing and promotion and all those wonderful things we want to see happen to our favorite stories.

As an incentive, I will be uploading Chapter 6 later this week (probably Wednesday or Thursday, depending on how work goes) and then Chapter 7 on Saturday afternoon (also, it can be our lucky number 7...see what I did there?).  Stay tuned for exciting developments in the lives of our heroes as they fly across the stars!

I wish happy reading to all of you!

- Webster

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Haha.

Ha. So much news...

First of all, there have been sightings of a strange and hilarious creature, stalking local bookstores praying on the minds of readers. Witnesses have placed it at Powell’s Books in Portland...

  

...at Unabridged Books in the Lakeview neighborhood of Chicago...

...and at City Lit Books in Logan’s Square also in Chicago.

  

If any of these locations are near or known to you, authorities recommend you take public safety into your own hands by capturing these potentially dangerous abominations. 

Yeah, so enough of that. My book is out!!! Like not officially or anything, but it can be located in physical places. That’s great.

You know what else is great? This review from Publisher’s Weekly.

What’s more...I just discovered that the review feature on Amazon is up and working for my book. Why is this important? Here’s an infographic:

  

So yes, between 50 and 100 reviews (another number I’ve heard thrown around for algorithms. Please, please, PLEASE...go to Amazon and leave a rating and review. Even if it’s just "I liked it" *Five Stars.* ESPECIALLY if it’s just "I liked it" *Five Stars.* If you already posted a review on Goodreads or Netgalley, copy and paste is your friend. This is incredibly important for the success of the book, especially for a first-time, unknown author such as myself. 

And just a reminder again, that the official launch party for An Unattractive Vampire will be at Bucket O’ Blood Books and Records on March 18th at 7 PM. Here’s the Facebook event page so that you know this is totally a real thing and not just another black market toe harvesting scam.

Almost done.

There’s about a week left to go in the current Inkshares Space Opera contest. Once you’re done writing a rave review about how my book changed your life in ways you don’t fully comprehend, consider helping another person live this dream of stress and uncomfortable self-promotion by purchasing a book like...

The maddening tale of a so-called "round planet" in The Madness of Mr. Butler by Michael Haase 

Space truckers and conspiracy in Lucky by RH Webster

The dangerous and nearly extinct human being in The Life Interstellar by Zack Jordan

Interstellar inebriation in Space Tripping by Patrick Edwards

Retro spies and rocket ships in To Live and Die in Avalon by Jason Chestnut

And again...thank you all.