Mark’s Comments (group member since Aug 26, 2025)

Mark’s comments from the Try Not to Die: An Interactive Adventure group.

Bri wrote: "my review has been posted here, and I am posting my review on Amazon here today. I am impressed at how this one kept me guessing at what choice was correct, & I "died" quite often 😅"
You're awesome! Thanks so much for reading and reviewing it. We're glad you enjoyed it.

Thank you for all the great feedback on whether we should go with a contest or simply releasing the ARC. Putting out the ARC is a much easier (and probably smarter business) decision and I'm excited to share the complete book with you.
As a way to still include some prizes for you guys, I'll do some random giveaways for all of those who leave a review for it on Goodreads.
Once I get back the final corrections from the editor, I'll post the ARC. Should be some time next week. Thanks!

Beverly wrote: "Sorry, I missed the ARC until now! Will read and post a review soon!"

Sorry this made it difficult for everyone to get. Next week's release of the TNTD: With Satan Inside ARC will be better.

You guys are awesome! I appreciate all the feedback. I will release the ARC next week when I get the final corrections back from the editor.

I'd love to hear what you guys would rather do. Would you like to have another contest like the Roswell one where I release a chapter of With Satan inside every few days or would you rather I just give you the full book to enjoy?
Just giving you the ARC is the easiest thing for me but I'm definitely up for the contest if enough people prefer that.

Jacek wrote: "I have posted my review on Goodreads. I will post the review on Amazon on the 14th."

What a great review. We really appreciate it.
Next week we'll start With Satan Inside and see how it compares.

Lisa wrote: "I finished it last night. That went places I wasn’t expecting! Lots of fun!"

Awesome! I'm so glad you enjoyed it. Those crazy kids sure covered a lot of ground.

Emily wrote: "congratulations"

Thanks. It was a close race.

Shanda wrote: "Congratulations to the winners. This was so much fun!! Thank you Mark."

Thank you for participating. I'm so glad you enjoyed it.

Crystal wrote: "congratulations winners!"

I feel like there should be a but in there - like congrats, but screw you guys because I should have won. :)

Lisa wrote: "Congrats to the winners! This was a lot of fun."
I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for playing.

Rebecca wrote: "the most incorrect votes 🤣 I love it

I'm so excited to get the rest at once!! it's been hard waiting"

I hope it proves to be worth the wait.

Here is the Roswell and Beyond ARC. https://BookHip.com/VKVGFWT

The release is on the 14th so we would greatly appreciate anyone who can leave a review on Goodreads prior to that and on Amazon right after release. We hope you enjoy the book. Thanks!

Thank you to those of you who participated in the contest. Congrats to the first place winner, Angela, who had the most correct votes and second place to Shannon Reviews who had the most incorrect votes. I will post the ARC in a few minutes so you can all read the entire book.

This is the last chapter I'll share for the contest. Winners will be announced Wed and I'll also post the complete ARC.
Here is the link: https://BookHip.com/VKVGFWT

Sammi wrote: "This book was amazing!!"

Thank you! I'm so glad you felt that way. I'm very grateful to Renee for being brave enough to write it.

Here is the link for the new chapter. https://dl.bookfunnel.com/764a99e5mj

Chapter 7 goes up on Sunday and the complete ARC will be sent out on Tuesday.

Here is the link for the poll: https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/3...

Shanda wrote: "Pickles cracked me up. I've called my daughter Pickle since she was born."

She might be the very first Pickle I've ever met. For sure, I've never signed a book to one. Yet. :)

Emily wrote: "I'm feeling stressed out. Had to go to er a little over a month ago. Got unexpected news. No insurance. Everything seems to be going wrong."

Hey Emily,
I'm so sorry to hear this. I can't imagine how scary, frustrating, and sad that must be. I hope it is something you'll be able to get through.

It has been a very busy week. In addition to writing the first chapter of my nonfiction TBI book, I've been hard at work putting the final touches on Roswell. Once that is finished, I'll spend the week going over the edit of TNTD: With Satan Inside, and then I can jump on the book that just arrived yesterday morning. TNTD: In Slattery Falls by Brennan LaFaro. It's so hard not just jumping right on his book, but I need to keep my priorities in mind.

I hope that your weekend goes exactly as you need. Peace.