I’ll get the update out of the way first:
Phantom Descent is moving closer to publication. Unfortunately, I won’t have it available in time for Gem State Comic Con this weekend. I will be aiming for a summer release. If all goes as planned, I should get it out on my typical June 21st date (because why not use Ketayl’s birthday?).
Book 8, however, is not as far in progress to make it out for next year. There is a different, series-related project that I’m working on that I’ll be trying to put more effort into. I had been hoping to release it alongside Phantom Descent, but… there’s chunks of it that I still need to write let alone edit. I’ll be working to get that one finished for next year. If you catch me at an event, I likely won’t be able to not talk about it.
To all of you that have stuck with me to this point despite the years of no new updates to the series, I so very much thank you. I haven’t publicly wanted to admit to how much I have been struggling with my own health. Especially my mental health. It got to a point where I wasn’t even able to add anything to the series even for my own sake, which compounded the issue.
No, you can’t see my side stories file.
Those of you who have reached out both in person and virtually, I truly thank you. It feels so good to have the ball rolling again. I mean, the anxiety over getting something to release is back also, but that’ll probably never go away. I wrote this particular entry for an IWSG day because, well, insecure writer right here.