Hey! Happy Wednesday! 🚀

FYI: Bonsai

Just giving a quick update on Bonsai. He is doing MUCH better. I purchased some hip + joint pills for him since he seems to be losing control over his hind legs. (It's really just old age. I hope these supplements will help since they have such great reviews.)

Have You Heard Of Discord?

Discord is a messaging platform specifically designed for large communities. Millions with various interests--whether it be gaming or writing--have already joined. 

"Users communicate with voice calls, video calls, text messaging, media and files in private chats or as part of communities called 'servers'." It is made up of topic-based channels and various assigned roles with access to different areas in the server. For more info, visit Discord's website.

I have a Discord server for those who want to join the Ascendancy.* It's proven to be very dynamic with permissions in terms of how I envision my members' experience with the Ascendancy.

"What Is The Ascendancy?"

The Ascendancy is a fictional military organization from my Stars Reach Universe led by First Minister Elie Gentile of the planet Cadmus.

In my story Breaking Colossus, it's waging a war with the tyrannical Dominion Constellar, led by High Lord Giorigan Cammius.

The Discord server is set up so that you can pick your own Bladeship (an enormous starship in my universe) and each has its own backstory and specs you can look at before choosing.**

More specifically, the Ascendancy is a place for fans of my work to join and talk, get behind-the-scenes content, sneak peaks, links to live streams, news about upcoming books, and more.

Members of the Ascendancy receive everything before it goes out to social media!

"How Can I Join?"

There are 2 ways you can join the Ascendancy:

1. Head over to my Patreon page and, if you like what you see, select one of the tiers (starting at $4/month) to be granted a rank and access into the Ascendancy server.
2. You may also choose to support by Buying Me A Book. You may select a membership ($5 or $60/month currently) and get assigned an exclusive rank and access to the server.

To sweeten the deal, I want to give you free ebook samples of my current drafts of Ruin Star and Breaking Colossus. (Note: Mobi format is exclusively used by Amazon/Kindle, while Epub is used by almost everything else.)

Ruin Star: Epub | Mobi 

Breaking Colossus: Epub | Mobi

This is a gift from me to you with the hopes that you'll join me over on Discord. If not, that's okay! They're still yours to enjoy.

Stay safe out there! 🚀

Matt

*It's my utmost priority to provide a safe online environment for all members of my Discord server. Rules will be enforced rigorously.

**We are in the beginning stages and will be growing as time goes on.