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  • Canister X Transmission: Year Seven Almost Finished

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    Canister X Transmission: Year Seven Almost Finished

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    YEAR SEVEN for my weekly newsletter, THE CANISTER X TRANSMISSION, will be complete in the next two weeks. There are two issues left in this newsletter year then we’ll be moving onto YEAR EIGHT.

    The theme of YEAR SEVEN was fluidity, the idea being there would be no set format for the newsletter and whatever was shared was whatever was shared. Nice and simple. Nothing complicated. That was the goal, at least.

    As YEAR EIGHT gets ever closer, I have yet to decide on the format for the new newsletter year. I have some ideas but nothing set in stone. I usually reveal the format of the forthcoming newsletter year in the last issue of the current year and then often do a quick recap at the beginning of the new newsletter year for those just joining us so as to ensure everyone is up to speed and on the same page.

    The completion of YEAR SEVEN also means the completion of another Eventual Book (newsletter readers know what these are), so look for the paperback and eBook of YEAR SEVEN in the New Year. Also, remember that each newsletter collection features a bonus issue unavailable through the normal electronic subscription.

    Please join us for the tail-end of YEAR SEVEN and get yourself all set up for YEAR EIGHT. Costs nothing. You can subscribe to THE CANISTER X TRANSMISSION by visiting here.

    If you’d like to support this free newsletter, please consider leaving a tip via the PayPal link on the this site or by grabbing a copy or two of the previously-published newsletter collections.

    Canister X Transmission Years 1 to 6

    THE CANISTER X TRANSMISSION: THE VERY LONG YEAR SIX was the latest release in the series. Please click on the image above to visit the series on Amazon.

    Thanks. Hope to see you every Saturday going forward through the newsletter.

    Cheers.

    • APF

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  • The Canister X Transmission: Issue 355

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    The Canister X Transmission: Issue 355

    Canister X Transmission Years 1 to 6

    Issue Three Hundred-fifty-five – November 2, 2024

    Greetings . . . and all that.

    As I start this edition, we are dead in bed from working heavy hours for two weeks straight.

    I remember the jobs I had in my early twenties and how my whole life schedule-wise revolved around them and I was all into it and having a blast—and that had nothing to do with a paycheck. I just enjoyed working. Was able to be in go-mode all the time without issue. Now that’s starting to slow down. I still enjoy working. I’m a workaholic. Current work-on-self project is finding balance between work and play so I’m still testing things out, but sheesh . . . fried.

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    Okay, the Good news/Bad news. I don’t know if I should preface with the good then do the bad or . . . . Okay, that’s the path. Here:

    Good news is the writing of the BATTLE OF POWER Trilogy is getting done and on schedule for new deadline, and the general three-part cover layout is complete as of this writing. The bad news is we obviously missed our end-of-October release plan.

    But there’s good, solid, and valid reason and I ask for your trust in that regard.

    An event occurred beyond anyone’s control behind the scenes and it was a dead serious matter. Everyone is okay but it occurred out of nowhere thus skewing the schedule.

    Current aim is to release by end of year. I do indeed want to cap off 2024 with the trilogy so I can dedicate prime creative energy into art in 2025.

    We’re working on it. Thanks for your patience.

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    Saturday AM.

    We argued with ourselves this morning, a grown-up human being lying in bed with the head craving the pillow and the body wanting to move. You feel like an idiot because it’s you vs you and there are valid arguments for getting up and staying down.

    We got up.

    Nap, certainly, later, but we got up. A cold started yesterday, and today I’m very coughy with yuck to go with it. It’s very much going to be a pace-it day unless things improve.

    Last weekend I did some live video at the Winnipeg Comic Con. They were this week’s effort on the socials for those who didn’t catch it live. I also took a ton of pics so plan to do a picture compilation video as soon as able.

    Here are the live ones:

    Live Stream No. 3: Dystopian YA Author Melinda Marshall at Winnipeg Comic Con 2024

    Live Stream No. 4: Winnipeg Comic Con 2024 Artist Alley Tour!

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    I’ve been doing conventions for years and always heard people complain about “con crud” after the fact. (Con crud is basically you getting sick after a show because you were around 10,000-plus other people; last weekend’s turnout was 30,000, I was told.) Never been an issue but Melinda came down with something nearly right after the show. I was fine and conquered the week but yesterday the coughing really got going and I feel the inklings of a cold today. Even while in bed this morning I was freezing despite being completely dry (so not from a night sweat).

    The plan is to load up on some cold-fighting home remedies, maybe a store-bought one, a hot shower, and some rest. For colds, my usual routine is simply load up on the above then sleep it off. Nine times out of ten I wake up with the cold mostly gone.

    Into battle, I suppose?

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    Lastly, we scored big on Funko Pops at the show, stuff that was super pricey online and I got them for about 85% off, all perfect condition.

    The beauty of conventions.

    I’ll leave you be now. I need to heal up.

    Have a good weekend, and if you’ve got your own version of con crud going on, time to tackle it and deal.

    Peace.

    Best,

    A.P. Fuchs

    Con Crud, MB

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  • Publishing Books: The First Half of 2024 in Review

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    Publishing Books: The First Half of 2024 in Review

    Since we’re at the halfway mark of 2024, I thought this would be a good time to review what’s been published this year so far. Link to book page in the descriptions, but this is where we stand so far in publishing books this year.

    There will be a publishing gap until later in the fall. There might be one thing, but that’s in floating status at the moment. The work is done. Just an issue of assembly.

    AXIOM-MAN/CRIMSON CLOAK: SCARLET SYNERGY:

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    Surrounded by a strange red mist, Axiom-man finds himself in a world not his own. Not again. Meeting a man who calls himself the Crimson Cloak, Axiom-man and this red stranger must fight their way through a hotel of madness where each new floor brings on a deadly challenge. Go to book page.

    CAUGHT IN BLACK HEADLIGHTS: POETRY COLLECTION:

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    All right, World, this is how it’s going to be: Rhymes and verse, Melodies rehearsed, across life’s rocky sea. Read a poem, maybe two, pick three if you wish to dare. Ramblings and coherence, sometimes jots of incoherence, anything for poetic flare. Enjoy and explore, please do, I implore. Let’s talk about life bizarre ’cause it’s pretty complex stuff, said Harvey Pekar. Go to book page.

    THE CANISTER X TRANSMISSION: THE VERY LONG YEAR SIX:

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    Running from June 2020 to March 2024, readers received news straight from A.P. Fuchs’s bunker studio at Axiom-man Central that was meant to engage, entertain, and have some fun. Go to book page.

    For all titles, please visit the Realm of Heroes and Monsters on Amazon.


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  • The Canister X Transmission: The Very Long Year Six

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    The Canister X Transmission: The Very Long Year Six

    The Canister X Transmission The Very Long Year Six Collected Newsletters

    Begin transmission . . .

    Running from June 2020 to March 2024, The Canister X Transmission was sent via email to readers worldwide.

    Readers received news straight from A.P. Fuchs’s bunker studio at Axiom-man Central that was meant to engage, entertain, and have some fun.

    The Very Long Year Six took a long time to fulfill. It was a time of A.P. Fuchs’s settlement into a new life and a new way of doing things. Ups and downs occurred, but in the end, art and writing prevailed.

    Topics include: the work log, blog headlines, content release notices, promotion of new work, and more.

    Exclusive to this collection is a one-shot newsletter, Issue Two Hundred Sixty-one A, unavailable anywhere else.

    Welcome to The Canister X Transmission: The Very Long Year Six

    Available as a paperback at:

    Amazon (US)
    Amazon (CAN)
    Amazon (UK)
    Barnes and Noble

    Available as an eBook at:

    Amazon Kindle (US)
    Amazon Kindle (CAN)
    Nook
    DriveThru Fiction
    Smashwords

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  • The Very Long Year Six Went to Press

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    The Very Long Year Six Went to Press

    The Canister X Transmission The Very Long Year Six Collected Newsletters

    On Monday, THE CANISTER X TRANSMISSION: THE VERY LONG YEAR SIX went off to press and will be available in paperback and eBook when it comes out. The collection, like the others, has a bonus newsletter only available through the collection.

    I’m excited to get this collection out. Normally, it takes a bit before a newsletter year is compiled for publication, but resuming pace from years gone by, I wanted this out as soon as possible after leading my newsletter readers into YEAR SEVEN (which you’re welcome to join, by the way; free is free).

    Anyway, watch this space.

    Official book page and announcement forthcoming.

    (And once the book is ready at the printer’s, I’ll be getting some copies in and will resume my Book Spotlight series and talk about each volume because each newsletter year is different.)

    Cheers.

    – APF


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  • The Canister X Transmission: Year Seven Newsletter Begins Saturday!

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    CANISTER X TRANSMISSION year seven newsletter

    Yes, you heard that correctly, THE CANISTER X TRANSMISSION: YEAR SEVEN starts this Saturday! This past weekend I sent out the final issue of THE CANISTER X TRANSMISSION: THE VERY LONG YEAR SIX. It’s completed. It’s done. It’s also enother Eventual Book finished so look for the paperback and eBook editions later this year. And what’s special about the collected editions? They each contain an exclusive issue only available in the collected edition. Not shared anywhere. Just something between you and me.

    YEAR SEVEN is going to be a lot of fun. As per our usual newsletter year-switch routine, we’re changing up the format for the upcoming newsletter year again and the theme/concept is fluidity. What does that mean? The best way to find out the answer is to subscribe to my free weekly newsletter and get a free thriller e-novelette as a thank you for joining.

    Let us begin.


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  • The Canister X Transmission: TinyLetter Archive About to be Gone

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    The Canister X Transmission: TinyLetter Archive About to be Gone

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    As you know, we had to change newsletter services about a month or so back since MailChimp decided to pull the plug on TinyLetter. This is the original blog post.

    MailChimp sent out a reminder email the other day to everyone using the TinyLetter service that the archive and accessibility to one’s account is going up in flames at the end of February 2024 so a person had best get going on exporting their reader list otherwise you’d have to build from the ground-up again. Fortunately, we already took care of our newsletter problem and if you’d like to join us, you can do so here.

    As for THE CANISTER X TRANSMISSION TinyLetter archive, this will only be avilable until the end of next month so if you’d like to read as many issues as you want (except for the past five or six newsletters as they were sent via MailerLite), you need to do so before then and can go here to read them. Enjoy.

    Onward.

    – APF


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  • Christmas Holiday 2023 Creative Plans

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    Christmas Holiday 2023 Creative Plans

    Christmas Holiday 2023 Creative Plans

    Last week of working like a dog then a holiday break for 10 days. Really needed and really looking forward to it . . . but that doesn’t mean I’ll be doing absolutely zero.

    While there will be little things to get done during the break, namely life stuff, here is my general holiday overview divided into blocks big and small.

    Dec. 22 – Midday. Nap (if work is done early)

    Dec. 23 – Festivus. Decompression day and the airing of grievances on my Facebook page to help with the decompression

    Dec. 24 – Rest and Christmas Eve stuff

    Dec. 25 – Christmas (with a special video on YouTube that is interesting but will also make you laugh)

    Dec. 26 to Dec. 30 – A combination of relaxing and binge creating for 2024 and one more Christmas gathering but I don’t know the date. Probably the 26th or 27th.

    Dec. 31 – New Years Eve. I’m too old to do the stay-up-til-midnight-then-kiss-the-girl thing. I foresee a later night but in bed before we travel through time into a new year.

    Jan. 1 – Last day of rest so the aim is to do as much nothing as possible

    Jan. 2 – Back to real life

    And those are my Christmas Holiday 2023 Creative Plans.

    That last date scares me at the time of this writing though, because, right now, worn out, I don’t want to deal with real life. Need the break. I do know, however, the break will be a full recharge if it’s anything like my same-length break in the summer, which is a good thing.

    There you go. General holiday plans, subject to change as per the rules of Christmas Holidays when things can turn on a dime.

    I hope you’re looking forward to Christmas as much as I am. I have some really cool, special-to-the-individual gifts to hand out and I can’t wait to see their reaction!

    Peace.


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  • Goodbye TinyLetter; Hello MailerLite

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    Goodbye TinyLetter; Hello MailerLite

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    Well, MailChimp pulled the plug on TinyLetter, the newsletter engine I’ve using to send THE CANISTER X TRANSMISSION for about eight years. It was a great platform because it had a simple and direct, user-friendly interface and was perfect for a text-based newsletter like mine. But, alas, all good things must come to an end, I suppose, so thanks to fellow author Bobby Nash, he turned me on to MailerLite and from there I’ll be able to continue to send out new issues of the newsletter week after week. This change, of course, will involve some link adjusting and some web design stuff since all my sites have the TinyLetter subscribe box.

    Either way, we now have a new provider and there should be no interupption in service.

    You’ll also receive a free thriller novelette upon subscribing. Goes out Saturdays.

    Goodbye, Tinyletter. Thank you for your service.

    If you’d like to be a part of THE CANISTER X TRANSMISSION while I finish getting things all set up, please email me and I’ll add you to the subscriber list. You can also use the form above. The email-me option is there in case of glitches.

    Thanks.

    – APF


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  • The Canister X Transmission: The Long Year Five

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    The Canister X Transmission: The Long Year Five

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    Begin transmission . . .

    Running from May 2018 to June 2020, The Canister X Transmission was sent via email to readers worldwide.

    Readers received updates straight from A.P. Fuchs that were meant to entertain, educate, and inform.

    The Long Year Five was a long time in the making with A.P. Fuchs battling an illness which prevented him from sending out newsletters every week. During this tumultous time, Fuchs eventually got better and continued the tradition of sending a letter to his readers.

    Topics include: Future marketing plans, tech issues, Patreon, website overhaul, project talk, and more.

    Exclusive to this collection is a special Issue Two Hundred-nine A newsletter unavailable anywhere else.

    Welcome to The Canister X Transmission: The Long Year Five.

    Available as a paperback at:

    Amazon (US)
    Amazon (CAN)
    Amazon (UK)
    Barnes and Noble

    Available as an eBook at:

    Amazon Kindle (US)
    Amazon Kindle (CAN)
    Nook
    DriveThru Fiction
    Smashwords

    For other newsletter collections, please visit the Book and Comic Shop.


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