MidJuly News (Patreon)

FireBorn’s Legacy is done! I’m currently hip-deep in prep for its Kickstarter, testing my new “launch via kickstarter/direct sales, then go to retail” strategy. In support of that, my direct sales version—the one you can get via the kickstarter or on my shop—will have extras in the form of color interiors and an art section (14 pages!). I’m trimming those for retail to keep my delivery/paper costs down there.

All editions of the book are complete, and I’m currently waiting on the proof copy of the bespoke hardcover… the first time I’ve done a fancy hardcover edition! I can’t wait to see it! And while I’m waiting, I’m working on stickers and prints for add-ons. I’ve done this Faulfenza dancing, and I’ve got a Zafiil-specific one next. Then either Sediryl, or another dancing Faulfenza because you can’t have enough of those!

I’m anticipating a July 29th kick-off. Here’s the prelaunch page, where you can sign up to be notified: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mcahogarth/fireborns-legacy

That’s going to take up my attention for probably the next two months, but in the meantime I’m trying to figure out where I am in the 2024 timeline. I didn’t anticipate needing this long to write a single book, and hopefully it was an outlier. I want to get to Surela 2 this year, and I haven’t forgotten Peradventure! But if I can squeeze in one more finished project (other than the ongoing serial), I’ll be pleased. I’m not sure if I will, though. I have a bunch of partially completed short story collections, and a few partial projects like Coracle 2, but it’ll depend on where I am, mentally.

My other task, which has become necessary, is wading through the enormous piles of old artwork sitting around the house and dealing with them, since I no longer have storage space for them. I anticipate much "photograph-and-toss” in my future, which is a big deal in a lot of ways, and perhaps a relief… to let go of old things, recognizing that there’s only so much space in my life and my head for them.

I’m also still job-hunting, though admittedly with less energy than before. I’ve had four scam job offers and no legitimate ones, and I’m beginning to feel like my profiles on job sites aren’t reaching actual employers, only villainous cretins who want to take advantage of people like me. :,

Oh! And I also have a story coming out in Raconteur Press’s All Will Burn 3 this Friday, and it’s a funny one about Guardkin. If you need cheering up, that’ll be a good one.

That's everything on my plate right now! Newsletter goes out later this month.