Published: December 31st 2022, 5:07:47 am
Hey everyone!
It's the end of 2022! Cue Applause I want to wish everyone a Happy New Year. I hope next year is successful and full of happiness for each of you.
If you have any fun or interesting New Year resolutions, I'd love to hear em! Toss em in the comments! My big resolution for next year is to have book 1 completely edited and ready for publishing by the time book 2 is finished.
This has been a crazy year for my family and me. First, I released Manabound in July and the reaction has been just phenomenal, and I have every one of you to thank for that. Then my family's big move happened in September, and we are still unpacking the boxes that we finally received this month. That process will probably keep going for several months yet... Yikes.
Now, onto the story! I have some fun things coming, and I hope you enjoy them.
Book 2 is currently planned to be concluded here on patreon on 27 July. This book is shaping up to be much larger than book 1! Of course, this may change based on if I have to add chapters, or remove any, etc... As of right now, the series has 7 books planned.
January's Admin Week will start on the 30th, so crossing over into February. Also, I will be shifting the scheduled release on 16 Jan to 17 Jan. It's my wife and I's anniversary, and I want to have that day completely focused on that!
Part IV for the Adaega side story is done, however chronologically it occurs after chapter 24, so that will come out on the 23rd of January. I really enjoyed this side story and this part, in particular, as it was something completely new for me. Since that is done, I am going to start working on the next one!
I am not 100% sure who I want to do next, but I do know I would like it to be either someone from Gwyn's side of the story or someone completely separate from either perspective. If you have any suggestions for side stories, drop them into the #patreon-suggestions channel on discord!
No promises I will write all of them, but I will definitely take each suggestion into consideration when I am trying to figure out the next options.
I will put together a poll and toss it up soon with the plan of having the first part done sometime between the beginning to middle of January.
Also, I have a fun little project that I am in the planning stages of, and I can't wait to see where it goes. It will feature certain side characters from the story, and follow one pov for one fun little arc. As we get closer chronologically to that point in the main story, I will start tossing out little sneak peeks. I do believe I will be ready to start writing it in... oh... April. I think there's a writathon happening then.
Lastly, I'd like to toss a shout-out to everyone here for your support, especially all the Artificers and the Guildmaster patrons. I appreciate every one of Manabound's patrons and I can't wait to show you what is to come! I'd love for you guys to come chat up the story and other random shenanigans in discord! I appreciate the time you all have spent with me this year and for the comments.
Thanks!
-Oxylus