The New Era Update (Patrons Only [Mild Spoilers]) (Patreon)

It felt weird not posting here today, so I figured I would give you an update on how things are going with TNE and the publishing of TNT!

TNT's print-ready copy is coming along nicely. Cover art is still being worked on, and there's still some formatting adjustments I need to do. If I weren't also trying to publish The Human From a Dungeon simultaneously, I'd have it done by the end of next week. Unfortunately, THFD's cover is a lot more intricate than the one I have planned for TNT so it's taking some time to fully flesh out. If I don't hit any snags (like distributor issues), they will be ready for print and e-book by the end of the month.

-Mild Spoilers for The New Era upcoming!!!!-

-IDK HOW TO BLOCK TEXT ON PATREON SO I'M PUTTING THIS HERE TO TELL YOU NOT TO READ FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW!-

As far as TNE goes, the storyboard is giving me a little trouble. There's a certain plotline that's becoming a bit convoluted, so I may scrap it. Sometimes you can pretzel a plot into working, but sometimes you have to throw it out and make way for something new that will work. It had a really cool setup and runup, so I might use that part later on. :)

At the moment, the storyboard is a little heavy on SSGT Power. I plan to dial that back a bit due to the critical feedback I got while writing The New Threat. I also need to dial back on a new enemy that will show up. It's always fun to play with new characters, but it's gotten a bit excessive. And yes, both of these things I need to dial back on conveniently tie into the pretzeled plot I mentioned earlier.

This will be the last Friday post until we're ready for The New Era to begin its run. I'm not going to rush it to the point of degrading the quality, but I am going to write as fast as I can :)

P.S. don't forget about my new X (twitter) profile. @realitsdirector is the handle.