Hey everybody who can see this.

First, thanks for being able to see this. That means you’re someone with excellent taste in book pitches about portal fantasies featuring casual drug use. Oooor a personal friend/family member I guilt-stared into supporting my dream. Either way, thank you.

Your support has put me in a respectable position in the contest, if still outside the winner’s circle by a bunch. Which is why I must now ask all you fantastically good look people with such impeccable taste to help me out. See, I’ve pretty much reached the limits of my broadcast radius. I’m shouting ‘buy my book!’ to a group of people holding my book and looking at me, like, “Dude.”

So what can you do? Wow, what a great question. You’re very smart, also handsome/pretty/other. Unfortunately, yeah, I don’t really know. Right? I mean this is my first time too.

I guess tell other attractive, intelligent people that if they want to be cool like you, they should create a unique login for a website they’ve never heard of and give over their financial information to help a stranger. Maybe phrase it differently, I dunno, mix it up, have fun with it. Assure them they won’t be charged if I fall short of my dreams on account of their inaction. Tell them prepaid cards work if they like privacy so much.

You know what else works? And I’m just spit-balling here: startling your eldest relative from a nap by shouting, “Quick I need your email address and credit card information to get the internet off your lawn!” Like, not that I’m recommending that. But I’m not discouraging it either? If we understand each other.

BONUS IN BIG LETTERS: if you get people to sign up via ‘Recommending’ you’ll get credits to buy other future books on Inkshares. Consider starting a pyramid scheme with that information. Also they – and you – should like my page on the Book of Faces where I’m posting ~800 words snippets to entice and amaze. Come by and say hi. It’s right here: https://www.facebook.com/BadTripBook

Have you already read any draft of Bad Trip? Please leave comments or reviews that assure all the nice people it’s worth it. That you know what they’re thinking. You had doubts too. But seriously, the book is pretty good once you get into it. Like CS Louis and JRR Tolkein had a much funnier baby. Who grew up to have another baby with JK Rowling… and then there was a mix up at the hospital and… listen, it gets weird from there, you don’t have time. Just tell them they’ll like it, and should give it a shot.

Have questions or comments? Please leave them on Inkshares or the aforementioned Facepage. Unless they’re hurtful. I mean, I have feelings, you know?

Thanks all of y’all again. For your time, interest, patience, or any combination of the three. Also your money. Really, the money part is key for the contest thing.

--MC

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