Has it really been a month since Vertigo launched? Wow. Thank you all so much for helping to make it a success! On that note:

• Vertigo is having a Countdown Sale on Amazon right now, and is available for the practically-free $0.99 for the next 2 days. After that the price goes up every 2 days for the next week, so grab it (or tell your friends to grab it) now.
• I am excited to announce I've been asked to do an AMA (Ask Me Anything) on Reddit next Tuesday, October 28th: Upcoming AMA: Sci-Fi Author G. S. Jennsen
  • If you're not familiar with AMAs, Reddit users post questions on any topic they like, and unless they are blatantly offensive I'm morally obligated to answer them. If you're not familiar with Reddit, it's the internet's forum of forums, with communities for every topic imaginable (over 8,000) and over 170 million visitors last month alone (I'm not expecting that many to visit my AMA).

If you're a Reddit user, I invite you to come by next Tuesday to /r/suggestmeabook and pick my brain (and keep me company). If you're not, feel free to post a question in the comments to this post, and I'll try to get it included. Also, you don't have to be a Reddit user to eavesdrop.

Nine days and counting.

• As I announced a few weeks ago, Vertigo will be available on Thursday, September 25th. Links to sales pages will be available here, with updates as soon as I have new links.
• The ebook version will be an Amazon exclusive, at least for the first 90 days. Kindle Unlimited has put Starshine in the hands of 3x more readers in the last two months than B&N, iTunes, Google Play and Kobo did combined in four months, and I can't pass up that opportunity for Vertigo. The paperback isn't affected, and in short order will be available at online booksellers worldwide.
• I'm giving away signed paperbacks of Vertigo and Starshine! See the new blog post for contest details.
• In celebration of the release of Vertigo, Starshine is on sale for $0.99 now through October 6th. Tell your friends who have been on the fence they can now read it for pennies.

You know how the teaser for Vertigo at the end of Starshine says "Coming Next Winter"? Is October 'winter' by chance?

• So Vertigo is going very well. It's been edited about five times, and as of yesterday is off to some awesome people for review. Katie, Jules, Mark, Anne, Carole, EJ, Claire, a million 'thank you's!
• With all the standard caveats, I'm tentatively eyeing an October 8th, 2014 release date; if the next month goes spectacularly, perhaps even as early as the end of September. Stay tuned.
  • [EDIT:] September 25th looks good to me!
• Those progress meters over on the right have been updated to reflect the book's 'mostly complete' status. Before too long you're going to see a Transcendence word meter show up over there as well - because I have learned the hard way that it is far easier to just keep writing than to stop writing and begin again!