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Are you ever planning on publishing "Jungles of Alabama" on Amazon? I noticed that it was now marked as finished on Subscribe Star. I would be interested in purchasing it as a full book and I imagine quite a few people on this site would feel the same.
I love Perilous Waif and just found out about the Merciful Troubleshooter chapters you posted here. I'm very excited to read them and waiting patiently for the full release.
It's been years since I last read Perilous Waif but I love the blueprints in Alice's memory and the encounter with the AI parts of the story. Cheers!
Are you familiar with the game series Dominions? (the most recent is Dominions 5 and they essentially remake the same game with a better engine). As I listen to the audiobooks of Daniel Black that I just bought, it strikes me that Dominions is very similar to the world that you build to. I you haven't, it is a really cool game that you should try out.
Hey! Just hoping things are alright. Loved Perilous Waif and especially Daniel Black. While I hope inspiration eventually hits again, it's more important to do what is right for you. Even if you aren't able to continue Daniel's story, I'm happy to have been able to read the books you've already released—you should definitely be proud of the work you've done, regardless of whether it works out to continue them.
So I was recommended a game where you are a "Captain of Industry" "Rebuilding after a post-apocalyptic event" "small band of survivors"... And immediately wondered if someone was stiffing Shaper on royalties, haha
Some of us were having a debate on spacebattles about mechanics in the Daniel Black series. Specifically, for conjuration, does it just summon stuff that already exists somewhere in the world, or does it create it, say, from extra-dimensional void-stuff? Or is it something else?
Hey, so it's been a few years since Sole Survivors was updated, but I only just read it. Are you willing to share anything about how it would have turned out?
I'd been assuming the cold was supernatural, but we hadn't gotten the chance to really look into that whole side of things just yet.
Are you planning to continue The Jungles of Alabama at some point?
It's honestly my favorite system apocalypse story thus far. The system is great and allows for almost anything, and it's one of the few SA stories where the protagonist(s) actually act like real people instead of caricatures running around doing suicidal nonsense and being rewarded because of plot armor.
It's been a long time since you provided an update on the 2nd Alice Long Book and that update said you were making good progress. Can you let us know if you are still working on the book and if it will be coming out anytime soon?
Not sure if this is cool or not, but since I can't afford to ask via subscribe star atm I was wondering if you had any ideas on a timetable for Daniel 5 or Alice 2? I'll be saving up money for them, but I currently have no job, so I'd like to know when to budget. Thanks in advance, sorry for bugging you!
I just found out you did the Daniel Black Books! Those are awesome, I bought them all (goes to kindle to make sure I'm not lying)
Moonshot is also ton of fun, so thanks for that as well

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