It's been a while, hasn't it? I finished writing Frameshift a year and a half ago. I went on to write a now-completed web serial, Quill & Still, which is intensely civics-focused and much less of an ongoing puzzle for the reader while still expecting, and rewarding, a close read. The first book of that web serial, out of two now written, just went up on Amazon's Kindle Unlimited, Kindle ebook, and KDP (high quality) paperback.
You might notice that my name has changed on here! That's right, I am now here as Aaron "Pastafarian" Sofaer. I figure, you know, I care more about having my name on the spine of my novel when it's on my bookshelf than I care about my anonymity.
BUT ANYWAY.
I have called you all here to let you know that if Quill & Still Book One hits one hundred ratings on Amazon, I will write a bonus Frameshift chapter!
No matter how well or how poorly Q&S does, my next project is editing and publishing Book Two of it for a 2024 release. However, good news for you all! I have already begun the work to edit Frameshift Book One, and barring major surprises it will be published in 2025 at the latest... or even 2024, if I can justify spending enough time on it. And that justification means money. And the easiest way to enable that is to give Q&S a read on Amazon, or at least rate and review it.
This story originates from a different website. Ensure the author gets the support they deserve by reading it there.
You can also review it on Goodreads, and engage with / boost my promotional efforts on Reddit, Mastodon, Bluesky, and probably Facebook... but the single most impactful thing you can do, by a large margin, is to rate and review on Amazon.
It's been very exciting and I'm very excited. Come help me make this a success so that I can do to Frameshift what I did to Quill & Still—multiple rounds of dev and line editing, so as to turn it into the best form of itself as a story.
Anyway, as a parting gift, here's the cover art to Quill & Still. Art by Mattias "Baconstrap".
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