Huge apology - and much overdue status update (Patreon)

I have my share of flaws. One of these won't come as a surprise to you. When there's a lot going on, I clam up like an oyster and neglect to give even the slightest sign of life. My latest update was on July 7th - an eternity ago - and I'm so goddamn sorry that I haven't been sharing what's going on. I won't even blame it on 2020 - this is all me. I hope you are all doing well out there!

So, what the hell have I been up to? Mostly, I have been writing about, thinking about and obsessing about dragons.

Dragon Core Chronicles - Master of the Hoard, Master of the Mountain and Master of Dragons

I have signed a contract with Mountaindale Publishing (that's Dakota Krout's company) - and they are going to publish and create audiobooks for the entire trilogy. That has pretty much been my entire life since July. I have undergone the first round of edits (out of three) for the first book and am nearing the end of the first draft of book 2 in a week or two. I am aiming for releasing the first book in February/March with the next books following each a month afterwards. 

Mountaindale Publishing, for those of you who don't know them, create awesome books and have access to some excellent editors and professionals and I am learning a lot from working with them!

World of Chains

Does that mean that there will be no more bard books? Hell no! As soon as the last word about dragons is written, I will be back to writing book 4, 5 and 6, with nothing else intervening. 

Audiobooks for the World of Chains

Some of you may already have noticed this - but audiobooks are a very hot topic these days. This time it's not because people love them - but because Audible have been cheating authors and narrators of a huge part of their royalties. I won't go into detail about it, because others have already said it better.

https://www.susanmaywriter.net/single-post/audiblegate-the-incredible-story-of-missing-sales

However, it does mean that royalties for the first books have plummeted. I just received payment for the last three months for The Wayward Bard. 12$. 12. That's maybe three sales. People can say what they want about the book, but there's no way it has had only three sales over three months. 

Understandably, however, this also affects the narrators - but I've been speaking to Justin and the guys from Soundbooth Theatre and we've, fortunately, come to an agreement regarding audio for books 4-6. It may, unfortunately, result in further delays on the audio for book 3 as well, but the most important thing for me is that they will continue with and finish the entire series.

Translations of the World of Chains:

This is already becoming quite the wall of text - but I wanted to mention this. The first books are currently being translated into Spanish, and in 2021, into German as well. To me, this is just crazy - the idea, that soon, people in Latin America can read my scribblings! <3