Newsletter #013

Once again here to share with you a bit of what the Madman has been up to. It has been a while since the last Newsletter. November was surely a month with a lot in its hands. Most of my time was distributed between the International Book Fair, creating the presentation and making it available for everyone and, though it took a while, it was a success.

So, the month began with the final touches towards the presentation I was due to give during the Book Fair. This talk allowed me to introduce the Gaia saga to a larger local audience. I did my best not to spoil the story itself while still providing plentiful information about the universe in which Gaia develops.

The whole thing took under 15 minutes and it also served to introduce me as an author (considering that all my work thus far had been independent and very DIY) to the local community of readers, writers and enthusiasts.

Then I went ahead and prepared it so that everyone could enjoy it. Meaning, I made a video of the whole thing, with voice-over, background music and all that jazz. After revising the first published version, some changes were made and a new video has been uploaded to the Youtube channel. And because I like to spoil you, instead of linking you to it, I invite you to check it out right here :)

Another wonderful thing that happened was that "Gaia 0" was available all throughout the fair at my editor's stand. It was certainly a blast to see my work alongside other Latin-American greats. And according to what I heard, all the available copies were sold, which sounds like great news, but we have yet to see that.

I also had the chance of showing off all my other books, including my most recent, "7531 and the Stages of Grief". That was truly a wonderful experience, having people come up to me, with genuine interest and curiosity about my very different books. Many copies were sold and I literally sold out of "Gaia 0" as well. Things are happening and I'm totally here for it.

About Gaia... I've been working a lot lately on the world-building, redrawing the maps, organizing the timeline, growing the thing basically. Chances are that I will focus on working with the whole saga for a large part of next year. We'll see what else I come up with to fill the need for content and creation.

Last but not least, I will be traveling for a large portion of next year. That means that these newsletters will be even more scarce... I will do my best to write every once in a while. But for now what you see is what you get.

This week we won't be having the Shared Madness side of the newsletter, but I still want to invite you to this collective show. It was presented in the states not long ago and will now be available for all of us to enjoy, starting December 4th at 7pm. This will be at the Banreservas Cultural Center in Santo Domingo.

That is all for this newsletter, share it with your friends and family. Have a wonderful week, remember to join theFamily if you haven't yet and, to continue growing the community, we also have The Madness Broadcasted on Instagram with some exclusive interactions and first-looks at the things we have cooking.

Never forget to embrace #theMadness in you!

Irie Bless!