We have 60%! THANK YOU!

The Trigor funding is more than halfway there. We just need an average of about 7 orders a day for the rest of the period to make sure Pilot X’s further adventures can be shared with the world (including via audiobook!)

So here’s what I’d like you to do if you can and you’re willing to help.

Tell one person. Whether it’s on Facebook, Twitter, in person, at the coffee shop on the radio, in the bathroo... strike that last one. Tell at least one person about Trigor and why you think they’d enjoy it and should pre-order to get it published.

Do that for me and I will be unendingly grateful and you will have done your good deed for the day. Plus you get to brag that you were there first.

THANK YOU!

Here’s the current line I’m editing

"Pilot X was trying to land on a civilized planet with decent traffic control. That meant he had to establish who he was and why he was there. This was difficult for him. He flew in a time ship which shouldn’t exist. "

Hey there, I thought I’d update you on the progress with Pilot X as it’s been wending its way through the publishing process.

First our AMAZING cover is finalized. You’ll see it updated on the Pilot X page here. Let us know what you think!

Just got the copy-edited manuscript back. Copy edit is where they not only fix punctuation but also make sure the style is consistent and such. It’s less intensive than the developmental edit I told you about back in June. Just tightens things up so it all makes sense and looks good on the page. 

I sent that back Tuesday so we’ll hopefully be on our way to proofs and galleys soon!

All in all this means we’re still on target for a March 14 release. Thanks again so much for all the support.

Cheers,

Tom

SO CLOSE!

Order number 700 was just made meaning we’re only 50 preorders away from hitting the full publishing goal.

Dammit. @iamsteadman just ordered one as I was writing this.

Meaning we’re only 49 pre-orders away from hitting the publishing goal. (Thanks Mark!! Happy Eurovision!)

As a huge thank you for being in before the end here’s a little snippet from the book I won’t be putting up on the general page.

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!

LESSONS

“It’s so easy to teach you since I always know what you learned exactly four years before,” the Secretary had crowed. He instructed each version of Ambassador X in order each day so he would move from least experienced to most experienced.

The lessons usually came during physical labor.

Ambassador X would be digging up dirt to cart over for the building’s walls. The Secretary would come up and start drilling him.

“What are the four major types of Sensaurians?”

“Overmind, Command, Soldier, Worker.”

What is the name of the Progon homeworld?”

“Tiel”

What are the Sensaurian eating habits.

“We do not know as they refuse to dine in diplomatic situations.”

“Should you ever offer Progons food?”

“It is not necessary but they appreciate the courtesy. Only offer once as they see the insistence as an insult to their machine nature.”

“What are the Sensaurian wheeled containers properly called?”

“Buckets. They really are buckets even in translation. Hilarious.”

“Focus. What is unique about Progon evolution?”

“They are non-corporeal and had the lowest probability of reaching sentience of any known sentient species.”

And on and on, day after day, until the day before Ambassador X’s original arrival.