Now that the excitement of the new release is over, things are going to quiet down again as I go back to my regular routine.
Edits on Book 3 of the Inheritance of Magic series arrived last week, and I spoke with my editor about the changes. The good news is that the changes they’re asking for are all quite minor, so I don’t expect they’ll take a gigantic amount of time or work – my editors were asking for the edited manuscript back by early December, and I’m personally hoping to get it done by end of November. Once that’s done, I’ll send it off to them and the book will start down the road to copy-edits, proofreading, and eventually publication. (For the curious, the book is now at Step Five in the publication process that I wrote about here.)
After that’s finished, it’ll be about time to start Book 4 – I’m hoping to start around the beginning of the new year. All of this means that my ‘holiday’ period is now finished – for the foreseeable future, I’m going to be busy either with editing the current book or starting the new one. So, back to normal!
As for the website, we’re going to be going back to some Beginner’s Guide to Drucraft articles. Next week will be an article on Matter essentia, and after that I’ll write one or two articles about Matter Sigls. I doubt I’ll do all six branches right now, but Light and Matter have been two of the more important branches for Books 1-3, so it makes sense to focus on them. After that, I’ll have to go back to the results of that poll I did to decide what to do next!
Thanks for the update and looking forward to Book #3 in the far future. Is there a chance of an earlier release if you get it in by the end of November?
I’m also looking forward to the introduction to matter essentia and also its Sigls.
As Stephen is now in the business of Raiding, are you also thinking of articles on converting Essentia to Aurum (for plundering) and also the process of turning this back into Essentia. I’m guessing that this may allow him to accumulate a stock aurum and hence more essentia to make stronger sygls without needing the higher-class wells?
Awesome I really like the affinity associations and can’t wait to see how Matter Drucraft is so valuable.
Random question we will get a Hobbes-Leo team up in the future? I think they would get along splendidly!
A Hobbes & Leo adventure would make an awesome novella. 🙂
Yeah, I’m all for early releases too! Sheesh, a year is too long! Check out my top 3 books for the year: https://shepherd.com/bboy/2024/f/maria-schneider There’s a master list of favorite reads submitted also; interesting list. I believe a book has to have at least 2 votes to show on the master list: https://shepherd.com/bboy/2024 There’s an invite to post your favorite reads a little ways down from the top for anyone inclined to participate. It always surprises me to see the most popular books. Happy holidays!