Announcements! (Patreon)

Tl;dr: Only one post next week.

Hey all! 

With the end of book 5, this is a good spot for me to take a small break. I'm sorry that I didn't announce this last month, ahead of time, but this last week has utterly destroyed me. 

I know I took a "break" last month, but I haven't had a good, real break in a long time. Last month my daughter was in hospital. June's "break" was moving across the country. There was a break before then, around book 3! being completed, but that was because I'd written a 15k word Iona interlude and that had taken me a whole week to write. I was busy refilling my backlog. Before THAT was Flora getting born, and a week in hospital was technically kinda a break, but being a new parent isn't that restful. 

So yeah. My actual "rest and recharge" breaks have been few and far between, and with just how damn tired I am, I need to rest a bit to pace myself. I feel like it's been showing a bit, and the start of book 6 is a bit on the weaker, shorter side. It's not at the quality I like, which is telling me I need a break and to take a rest. Related, but usually I'm super excited to write, and this past week I just haven't been, which to me is an early warning sign of burnout. Nobody wants me to burnout.

All in all, there's only going to be one post next week, on Wednesday. Not posting at all for a week makes me paranoid, and also makes me fall off the front page of Royal Road, which makes getting back onto the front page hard. The rich get richer view-wise, and views are good. Views = readers and new readers = more patrons. 

IN OTHER NEWS!

Pretty picture! It's the current WIP for the book 6 cover! It's not done, but it'll give you all an idea of what it's going to look like. Mostly Elaine's colors getting brighter are what I bounced back to the artist. Yay artwork!

In discord, I've starting winding up some community games for people to play together. Right now we're looking at setting up a Minecraft server (once 1.18 hits in ~2 months), and a Neptune's Pride game or two. Pop on in, say hi, and join the fun!

Book 5 is on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09GTTY8G8

Book 4's Audiobook is coming out soon! I got the files from Podium recently, and they're working on the last bit of post-processing. Not up for preorder yet, but soon!

Thank you all for your understanding! Onto book 6, and beyond!

PS: Royal Road is getting cliffed SO DAMN HARD. They're getting the chapter where Elaine discovers Lun'Kat as their last chapter before my break.