Hi Argletonians! 

For those of you who enjoyed my Argleton project, you might be interested to know that I’m doing it all over again! Queen of the May, my new Kickstarter project has launched and is another fiction/bookbinding project. This time you have the option to pre-order a leather-bound hard copy as well as chances to name a characater or have the book dedicated to you. 

I know some of you have already pledged, for which you have my undying thanks. Again, reward levels start at a very affordable $3, so I hope that you’ll pop over and lend your support. I’d also be grateful if you could take a moment to tell your friends about it as the more people we get involved now the more likely we are to make the goal. 

The story this time is about, Shakti, a botanist who is spirited away by faeries from a park in central London to become their Queen for a year. Trapped in the Summer Lands, she has to find a way to decode faerie magic so that she can use it to escape back to the human realm. Rather than looking at technology, this time I’m exploring ideas around memory and the scientific method. 

If you’d like to read a little background to the story, I have started by writing about how barbed wire inadvertently fenced in the faeries.  

I hope to see you over on the Queen of the May project soon! 

Best, 

Suw

Congratulations to Jason Lee, winner of the Argleton geogame. Jason actually managed to solve the puzzle in a few hours, which quite surprised me. I honestly wasn't expecting it to be solved the day it was posted, so well done Jason! You'll get an email from me soon and a selection of five hand-bound notebooks will arrive on your doorstop in the New Year. 

An honourable mention must also go to Noirin Plunkett, whose correct answer was only a few hours behind Jason's. 

Thank you to all of you who played! If you want the answers to all the clues, then you can find them here http://chocolateandvodka.com/argleton-geogame-solutions/ (password: Argleton). 

All Argleton backers should check their email as you should now have a fun little something to do over the Christmas break, or even before: the Argleton geogame! The email explains how the game works, but any problems, please do post a comment. 

The game will close on January 31st or upon receipt of the first correct answer. I will announce on ChocolateandVodka.com and here when the game has been won. And remember, the winner will receive five hand-made notebooks, crafted by yours truly over the next few weeks!

With the completion, at last, of the geogame, this brings to an end my Kickstarter project. Immense thanks to all of you for your continued support and patience. But before I go, I’d like to just do a little bit of housekeeping:

— To continue getting news from me, including updates on my next project Queen of the May, please sign up to my email newsletter.

— If you have not yet received your copy of Argleton, please email me and reconfirm your address as soon as possible. Sometimes copies do go astray in the mail and I will happily send a replacement as soon as I have confirmation that I’m sending to the right address.

— Please do consider leaving a review of Argleton on Amazon if you enjoyed it. It’s available in Kindle stores in the UK, America, France, Germany, Spain and Italy. 

— If you want to download any of the other versions, e.g. mobi or epub, these are also available free online. Please feel free to forward the story on to any friends you think might like to read it.

Thank you all once again for your kindness and generosity. Your support has meant a great deal to me over the last year and a half.

Kickstarter's Cassie Marketos wrote a lovely blog post about Argleton, which made me very happy indeed. It mentions the geogame, which you may be thinking that I've forgotten... I haven't. I got really close to being ready to send out the game PDF when my landlord decided to throw us out of our flat, so right now I need to deal with that whole finding a place to live problem. Soon as that's done, I can finally wrap up the very last Argleton lose end. Fingers crossed!

Just a quick heads-up to let you know that if you'd like Argleton in epub, mobi, html or text formats, you can now get them off my website. If you want to share your PDF or any of the file formats with friends, please do feel free to email it around as much as you like! 

If you have taken unboxing photos or have written a review, do let me know so that I can add it to my reviews page. Thanks to Beth Dunn and Fiona Campbell-Howes for writing reviews, and to Beth and Stephanie Booth for great unboxing photos. 

Last thing in my Argleton To Do list is the geogame, which will soon be winging its way to you as a PDF. But it's great to see the story out there in the wild - it wouldn't be out there without your support, so again, thank you!