Greetings Friends,

I have some exciting news. We are now being represented by a top 5 literary agent from Manhattan. This is a huge deal. They will help us finish the book outline and then shop it to the top five publishers in NYC. We’re hoping for a 100k+ advance to write the entire book. 

Also we have updated the content/story a bit. The literary agent said that they think that simply writing a book about how Couchsurfing was developed will not be interesting enough to be a best seller, to a general audience. They said it needs more value for the reader. We thought about it a lot and decided to mix in content that was supposed to be for other books I am writing in the future. 

So, what is that content? At its core, it’s about hacking yourself so you can have the life you desire and become the best person you want to be. Specifically, that includes hacking your identity, hacking your awareness of life around you (blindspots), hacking trust, hacking your body (live forever, if you so desire) and finally, hacking reality.

All of this new value the reader will be told with the couchsurfing story as a background canvas.

When might this book be finished? I imagine a year from now is a safe bet.

Again, thank you for all of your support!

Casey Fenton