okay, as we say in the South, "its nut cuttin time."

i can't tell you how pulverizingly hard internet publishing is. i tried the Salem Witch Trials book without friends and family and extended allies support before launch. it was a spectacular failure and cost me tons of money and a bit of critical reputation.

so be it; those were bumps i was prepared to take. my ego strength, as you well know, remains strong.

but we can't take those same hits on the Ring Walk. this book can't be torpedoed. if we can go somehow above and beyond and get the fucker in the wresting/sports bestseller lists, this is the weekend to do it. and if that happens....
We are broken from this fucking circle of poverty forever.

so i have dropped all pretense of shame. fuck it anyway; the internet is rigged against us. you wouldn't believe the dirty tricks that authors and publishing houses of all sucess levels resort to in order to protect their little corner.

i won't resort to that. but i will drop all pretense of shame in begging aforementioned friends, family, and allies to support this book and future ones in every way possible.

if this is the new publishing model, if this is the new economy for writers, so fucking be it.

Its kinda hard for me to overstate the importance of this, after the beating we took launching the first book, and i genuinely can't thank anybody who participates in this enough.

eh, more after mexican lunch.
me