Hello all!

News

Good news! “First on Mars” just got another great review, this time from Kendra Namednil (maybe go check out her book Borehole Bazaar). This means there are now six great reviews!

In other news, “First on Mars” is about one-third of the way to Quill! There’s no time to rest though. We still have a long way to go.

As an incentive, I’m going to post the next full chapter (6: Bottom Up) when we hit 100 orders (which is not too far away). Although it still needs some work, the draft is done. This chapter is when the real crisis of the book begins and things really get interesting. So please pre-order, share, or recommend!

Art

As part of doing research for this book, I’ve hacked together some concept artwork. Here is one such image, a design concept for Rigel:

Readers

One of the great things about funding this book is that I’ve gotten readers from all over the world. Here’s a map of the readership (Inkshares provides this by analyzing IP addresses I assume):

Thank you for reading. In case you were wondering, you’re the reason I write. Yes, you, the one reading this – not those other people, just you. :)

Until next time,

Hey everyone,

Hey guys!

And here we have what (may) wind up being the final cover for The Children of the Forest. There are two other pieces en route, but I’m especially in love with this one. 

Oh, hi.

I know it’s been a while and I’m sorry. It’s just been very busy. So very, very busy. Turns out that manuscript that was ready to go for A God in the Shed? I’ve been increasing its level of readiness for the past month and a half. The good news is the end result is going to be that much better. The other good news is that it’s not going to noticeably slow down production. There’s no bad news. Not for you guys. Also, I feel fine now that I’ve forgotten what sleep feels like. 

So what’s the point of this update? Bullet time! 

• A God in the Shed is going to be in Inkshares and Girl Friday’s hands by the end of the week. This I vow. 
• The Life Engineered is 4 reviews away from 100 on Amazon. Have you read The Life Engineered? Liked it? Be one of the final four people to push it over 100 reviews. Rumour has it I get a unicorn when that happens. Amazon is vague about the benefits. 
• Most important, crucial to my survival and well being, please go check out Too Many Controllers. I’m supposed to be promoting this incredible project. The other amazing writers participating in the anthology are hustling like machines to get attention to this book. Meanwhile I’m not pulling my own weight. See above about not having time for anything. So give me a hand in not looking like the dead weight of the group and maybe pre-order a copy. It’s going to be a great book. Also, if I don’t do my part I’ll get murdered. I think I signed a thing that says that.

 Is that it? Oh yeah! Go follow Arch-Android. I’m going to be making some sweet announcements for that project in the coming weeks and you don’t want to miss out. 

Now I’m done. Back to work. 

Thank you for your support and patience. 

JF out.

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Greeting Jackolytes,

Christmas in July! The word is I’m getting the copy-edited version of Sync City back mid-July. I’ve got to say I’m excited (and nervous) to see what comes down the pike.

I’m also off to Canada tomorrow. Hopefully in a couple of days I’ll get to meet Christopher Huang and some of the other Montreal Inkshares crew – and, in all honesty, that’ll be awesome!

I’m  also still feverishly banging away at Destiny Imperfect to try and get into the top three of the Inkshares/Nerdist contest. It’s amazingly tight at the top and if you could throw a pre-order my way, it’d be much appreciated.

Have a great day!

Cheers,

Peter