Yikes! Only 11% to go. It’s looking very real now. Thank you, all you pledgers. The leaflets, articles, readings, inteviews, begging letters, and chronic nuclear hinting at every social occasion have borne fruit. I like to imagine Kafka and Conrad also trudged through the rain pushing flyers through letterboxes. Yes, even my fantasies are pledge-centric.

My plan (I call it a plan) is to be fully funded by the end of May. Between now and then I will finish the edits, let it brew for a few days, and then put it out for a beta-read. After that, work should begin with the Unbound editorial and publishing teams. As MF DOOM put it: Holy Guacamole.