Mark’s Comments (group member since Aug 26, 2025)

Mark’s comments from the Try Not to Die: An Interactive Adventure group.

This is the last chapter I'll share for the contest. Winners will be announced Wed and I'll also post the complete ARC.
Here is the link: https://BookHip.com/VKVGFWT

Sammi wrote: "This book was amazing!!"

Thank you! I'm so glad you felt that way. I'm very grateful to Renee for being brave enough to write it.

Here is the link for the new chapter. https://dl.bookfunnel.com/764a99e5mj

Chapter 7 goes up on Sunday and the complete ARC will be sent out on Tuesday.

Here is the link for the poll: https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/3...

Shanda wrote: "Pickles cracked me up. I've called my daughter Pickle since she was born."

She might be the very first Pickle I've ever met. For sure, I've never signed a book to one. Yet. :)

Emily wrote: "I'm feeling stressed out. Had to go to er a little over a month ago. Got unexpected news. No insurance. Everything seems to be going wrong."

Hey Emily,
I'm so sorry to hear this. I can't imagine how scary, frustrating, and sad that must be. I hope it is something you'll be able to get through.

It has been a very busy week. In addition to writing the first chapter of my nonfiction TBI book, I've been hard at work putting the final touches on Roswell. Once that is finished, I'll spend the week going over the edit of TNTD: With Satan Inside, and then I can jump on the book that just arrived yesterday morning. TNTD: In Slattery Falls by Brennan LaFaro. It's so hard not just jumping right on his book, but I need to keep my priorities in mind.

I hope that your weekend goes exactly as you need. Peace.

Too many correct guesses on the last chapter. Hopefully this one is a little harder. Here is the latest doc: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/764a99e5mj

Here is a link to the poll: https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/3...

Jacek wrote: "I appreciate how this chapter subtly shows the limitations of the protagonist insight, and also continues to develops the realistic sibling relationship."

Awesome! Although Kevin fully created the story and their relationship, I loved how it plays out. Definitely reminded me of interactions with my younger brother. I'm glad you're enjoying the book.

Rebecca wrote: "Well. I've met my first death so far 🤣🤣"

Well done. I hope you enjoyed it.

Lisa wrote: "I’m trying to get the new chapter and it says the offer has expired."

Oops. Sorry about that. Thanks for letting me know. Should work now. https://dl.bookfunnel.com/764a99e5mj

Here is the new Roswell document with Chapter 4 and the last two death scenes (both of which haven't been edited yet) - https://dl.bookfunnel.com/764a99e5mj

And here is the poll:https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/3...

Shanda wrote: "This is going to be amazing!!"

Thanks! I'm really excited to see how it turns out. I love the line-up of authors and know it's going to be sick.

Lisa wrote: "Bob’s full name cracked me up! It reminds me of the Key and Peele bit with the college football lineups."

Kevin did all the naming/characters/storyline/and important stuff. I, however, have watched countless Key and Peele bits so I'd say that makes us equals.

Kevin wrote: "I'm READY!"

Awesome. I'll be shooting you over the guidelines soon. I can't wait to see what you're going to come up with.

Here is the next chapter in the book. I believe this might be the only decision point with 3 choices. Good luck: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/764a99e5mj

And here is a link to the poll: https://www.goodreads.com/poll/list/1...

Emily wrote: "Mark this is off topic but I sent you an email. Zach picked you as a topic for an economics project. Hope that is ok."

That is so incredibly cool of him. Tell him I said thank you. I'll email you back answers later today or tomorrow. Thanks!

Talees wrote: "Thankyou! I did end up finding the poll and im sure I have died this time around! Bring on chapter 3!!"

Yay! Keep it up. I'll put up Chapter 3 tomorrow.

Kevin wrote: "I'm almost positive I could win this contest"

I think you mean tie. I'm feeling fairly confident as well.

Emily wrote: "amazing news"

Thanks! I can't wait to see what these authors create. And I'd be lying if I said I wasn't scared a little.

I got a message from Wrath White on Friday letting me know he's ready to begin writing a short story for the Who's Satan Inside anthology.
This forced me to get off my ass and create a map along with clear guidelines about the project and notes about the TNTD so everything stays consistent.
It also got me to finish writing the TNTD. I powered through the last three scenes and am very happy with how it has turned out. I'll go through the book one last time before passing it off to Andrew Najberg for the edit, and then I'll get the rest of the anthology writers started with their misadventures of Satan.