Hello all! Hope this finds you well, I’m here wrapping up mind engine and getting ready to launch it at FBDM/MCAF next weekend!

So I’m pretty hyped if not a little nervous because I’ve left the printing so late. But I’m just doing it small press style, with a local printer I’ve used before. I’m confident given the short runs I’m doing they can get it done in the couple days I’ll have. 

Today I’m using my home printer to do a mockup proof, for going go through it and having my wife give it a look over with a highlighter to try to catch any errors and make sure everything falls into place.

One of the perks of small runs is there will only be 50 or so copies with those errors in them? LoL. I’ve not sorted out what if any Print on Demand/drop shipping option there will be for it, but a digital copy will go up at my gumroad shop next weekend.

I’ve taken the next week off so I can focus on getting that printed Tuesday, and getting things ready for the show as well as attending some of the events leading up to the weekend Festival. 

Also a little over a week ago I got very last minute news that I’ve been granted a table at TCAF!

I’d been put on a waiting list and given how close the show is getting – in early June – I’d kind of written off attending but I guess with all the unfortunate issues around crossing the Canadian border from the states for some creators spots came up free? Lucky for me I’ll be able to present my newest book there as well!

I don’t have information about where I’m going to be on the floor but soon as I do I’ll update this post with that and of course the weekend of share it on social media so you can find me.

I’m going to cross post this update to my substack which is for now still up and I remain a little uncertain as to what to do with all that. I’m pretty confident I can recreate most of the functionality right here on my own home site the way I was thinking in the last post I shared here, but it’s going to take some time, effort and research that I just haven’t had room for. 

I don’t want to have to keep moving my mailing list looking for the best fit, and setting my own up will take a little work, so that’s why I haven’t made the jump yet. But as soon as I sort it all out expect to see updates coming from probably my own mailing list and dot com domain? 

Hope to see you at the festivals,
stay safe and keep making things!
– max