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Book 12 has concluded; no hiatus.

I will be at Pax Aus Oct 11-13

I will be taking December off.

Book 12 is now complete on Patreon for Silver+ tier patrons. I would probably take a week off, but I just took time off for Dragon Con, where I spent the same number of days travelling as I did attending the con. Yay, flight delays.

I will be attending PAX Aus this year, where I'll be on a panel with some other fantastic Australian litRPG writers. Australia has an oddly large pool of successful litRPG authors, many of whom I got to hang out with at Dragon Con. This time we can do it in Australia, and we'll be on a panel together on the Sunday. As this convention is close by, not on the other side of the planet, there will be no interruption to the schedule while I am attending.

I will be taking December completely off, with no chapter releases. Actually off, this time; no conventions or business trips or family holidays, at least until Christmas rolls around. Just me, some rest, and maybe, just maybe, some relaxed writing.

As I have discussed in the past, pausing the billing causes massive technical issues for patrons. For those who are new, I took a poll after the last billing period where I spent weeks helping people who were double billed, lost chapter access and a raft of other problems. As a result, I no longer pause billing while taking time off.

Since I no longer pause billing, anyone who doesn't want to pay for a non-content month should cancel for December and re-up in January when chapters resume.

Otherwise, the rest of the year will be going through the beginning of book 13.

-Shirt

Comments

Roro

First?

Bango

Thanks for all the hard work Shirt 💙

Solace

Sounds great, hope December is a nice solid chunk of real time off

Karin Fish

Can't wait for 12 to be released! Hope you have a wonderful Christmas!

Mason Mckitrick

All December off, how will I survive the holidays in retail without chapter drops to look forward too! 😞 enjoy

Chevy

I’m new so asking questions. So no more updates for the rest of the year? So audible preorders will be ready soon?

Michael Deleon

Awesome! Can’t wait for the audible release!

Chevy

So will 13 start?

mockery jones

Just fyi I don’t treat this like a magazine subscription. If you need a month then take a month. That’s what Patreon is meant to be

Michael Smalley

Thank you for all the hardwork!! Enjoy your time :)

Paul Bolton

Thanks for the hard work. Have a great break. Also with 12 done when will that hit kindle?

Jason

May your lines be well spoken and may your pen-well always be full.

BBjace

You shut up and take my money

Isaac Boyles

Yeah I don't care about one extra month, either. No need to put in effort on my behalf, I'll just be waiting for January to roll around either way

Suessanah

The rest is an important part of life 😊

Agent P.

Fantastic! How is Heath doing on that Audio??? Haha

Ben Rogers

Shirt will still be posting, he tends to take December off. Check back on Friday for another chapter

Cyrus McEnnis

Glad to hear you're taking some time off for yourself - it's always tricky when effectively self-employed to do that! Really appreciate the heads up on it, and look forward to a refreshed, relaxed Shirtaloon in the new year!

lockx

Pax Aus?! Hell yeah! Wish I had a paperback or hardcopy to get signed. An e-reader isn't quite the same haha

Justin

I will not be canceling, you deserve the break and with such an amazing last chapter I can’t complain! Thank you Shirt, I’ve come to love the series more than I ever expected! Keep it up!!

True

12s done already!!?!? feels like we just got 11.

Tempitheadem

Shirt, how many books are planned? Unknown, and seeing where the story takes you? Or is there a number in mind?

Heath Miller

They gotta give me the book first. 😏

Samuel Strode

I am following an author that hasn’t posted for most of a year… just remember to give your addicts a fix every now and then ok ;)

Soli116

I want to preface this by saying I'm glad you're taking December off and getting some vacation time. You deserve it. That being said, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! ACK! Ok, enough whining on my part. I can't wait til I can buy book 12. Thanks for a great series.

Undead PettinZoo

I'll be there. Hope ya give people autograph on ya books :)

Mr IHHI

What was the end of 11/start of 12 again? For some reason 12 seems very short in my head

True

11 eneded with the system going online.

True

I mean i assue Shrits not posting to silver as soon as hes done i assume hes a bit into 13 and his editor have been working on 12 for a bit. once the edit is done he can send it over to miller while they tweek the amazon formating and stuff. assuming shirt booked his time properly.

Maxina Storibrook

Definitely take some time to yourself! That’s important!

Justin Pugh

I can give you every chapter right now.

Tony

Get this to Heath ASAP. NEED MY AUDIO FIX. Happy to pay my Patreon fees during hiatus. I’ll just reread book 12!

Darkdragon

Oh Dam I am heading to Pax this year, just added a reminder to the pax event guide so I can make it to the panel

Samuel Britt

I'm echoing some people here, but take your well deserved break. We like your story, writing, characters, all of it. I'm here to support so you can write and support yourself doing so. The advanced chapters are just a bonus

chase pickett

Enjoy the time off well deserved and hope you have a great conversation! Definitely keeping up the support there the off month!

Rowdy Robby

Thanks Shirt. I love that you keep us updated. I appreciate knowing what we can expect. Any chance the panel at PAX would be steamed? YouTube? Hint, hint. Nudge, nudge.

Mary Buckley

Enjoy the time off and thank you for the hours of entertainment!

James NB

You should totally make a styrofoam sandwich for shirtaloon to sign

ByLAWphoto

I hope they don't steam the poor writers!!

Rowdy Robby

Thanks Heath. I hear your voice reading the chapters, but my imagination is not close to the real thing. Nice to know you're at least silver rank. Seem like it would almost be an administrative necessity.

sweetbrother

Confused about something I though gold tier and daimond have no further advance chapters. But it says book 12 is finished. Are those chapter available to be read or it's like In coming weeks those chapters will be released and shirt just letting us know that everything is written out he just has to post them.

Benjamin Warlick

Book twelve is probably going to get more complaints about the whole thing being build up like that earlier book. Ten maybe? Not sure. The one that ended with everyone going into the transformation zone. The pacing is fine if slow as a web serial, but I don’t think this chunk is best served on its own as a book. It would probably have been better to put the first half in book eleven or something.

Rowdy Robby

Sounds like book 12 is finished and Friday is book 13. We'll find out soon. Probably no epilog chapters. He just started this arc.

Jason Galyon

Thank you for your writing! I always enjoy getting that notification and I agree, I can’t wait to hear this book again but in all of Heath’s voices.

Nicholas Rose

Ooh at pax! Now I wish I had a hardcopy to get signed 🤣

SuPerNooB102

Hahaha touché! I can’t wait

wolbeas

I will.be at pax too!! Definitely will go to the panel

Martin Tomsic

Thank you for this magnificent series you have blessed us with!!!

Callum Davis

I just gotta say thank you so much for not pausing chapters, I am so ready for the emotional healing between Jason and EMI

ABTelford

Thanks for the info, Shirt, I hope you have a great December.

Kazren

Okay, all we need if for someone to lite a fire under Heath Miller! Can't wait for my audio book!!

William C Utts

Ending brought some tears and laughter. Amazing chapter to end on

lu-shen rose up.

You still have my money shirt! Enjoy your time off. Because you are awesome. And not because of seppo guilt. Also, make me a damn ttrpg before I do it. No one will enjoy those results.

Chris Furry

Ten was build up, sure. But there was PLENTY of meat too. The last, like, 20 chapters were an enormous battle with Jason making a pact with a god and Gary... being a hero...

Chris Furry

Book 12 is finished and posted for Silver tier and above, as of today. Friday we start 13.

Chris Furry

The end of 11 was the creation of the System.

R.B. Laser

Beloved. This is simply amazing. Loved that ending so much. Was shocked that 12 concluded so suddenly. Did not even realize we were so far along from 11. 🤪 But what a wonderful journey it is. Looking so much forward to keep going on. Enjoy your time. Love to you from Switzerland.

WizardOfTheStyx

Very greatly appreciate the time and dedication you take to writing these books. They’ve quickly became some of my favorite books and now that book 12 is complete I’m glad I can relisten to everything and re read like I did when book 11 ended.

Benjamin Warlick

Yeah, but there were also reviews and posts on reddit complaining about the book being build up. I think this story is better paced for us than people getting them in book form, and was just saying I anticipate complaints about this book since people complained about ten and it had more going on.

DirePants

Enjoy the break. Probably won’t cancel. I’m extremely lazy with these kinds of things lol

JennP

Thanks for keeping us informed. Enjoy your break. Have a great December!

Kalanaere

A month of with just relaxation. I want this gig!

Nerdy Chimera

Thanks for a great series! Enjoy your December! Bill me anyways as I have gotten more from this series than the money would have gotten otherwise!

CritHappens

Glad you giving yourself a break in Dec Trav. Really wish you would take the rest of the year off. Was concerned in one of your Q&A responses where you said that you “hadthesameheadacheforthreemonths”. The writing would benefit and I’m pretty sure everyone would be happy to wait. Don’t burn yourself out Bro. Then we’d get nothing…

Richard Climer

67 chapters, not bad. Can't wait for the audio.

John baker

Aww man. I I’ve been looking for work in Melbourne for the past 4 months. I definitely would attend the panel if that had happened.

Kasey Kirklin

I run a custom TTRPG I made with this. I don't distribute for obvious reasons. I also made multiple AIs to work as familiars like Shade.

Levi

I only realised you were Tasmanian after I walked past you on Argyle Street near the carpark. You looked suspiciously familiar in a way I didn't place until the moment had passed. Sorry for silently eyeballing the shit out of you mate.

Matt

Do we have a release date for book 12? In particular the audiobook so we can hear Heath Miller's magic added in? 😬

David Florish

So when does book 12 become available on Amazon?

Ataiatek

Id imagine in like 2 months cause the book has to release to royal road readers first.

Ataiatek

This story has so much pay off from the road paved in 11. Only the second half is build up for the jakaar fight that lasted 2 chapters. But there is more to come. So it's fine. I don't imagine book 13 to be too long really feels like we are almost nearing the end of the series.

Shirtaloon

I'm quite oblivious. I didn't notice at all.

Shirtaloon

Not yet. I was quite surprised to finish this in my estimated time frame, as I usually take two months longer than I expect to finish a book. It still needs to go through editing before we can give it to Heath. Book 12 is the first one I would say I fully wrote while well rested, so it's cleaner than those that came before.

Shirtaloon

This job is amazing, no question. I am very happy with life right now.

Kalanaere

Exactly! I'm not criticizing at all, ii.all approve

Matt

Glad you are learning how to better care for yourself while continuing to create this amazing world for us. Appreciate the reply and eagerly awaiting whats next!

Jay

Moste likely once Heath Miller completes the voice over for Audible. I believe both audiobook and physical copies will be released at the same time.

Richard Climer

883 + the 66 chapters after it equals 949. 67 it is.

Feu et Glace

Nah, one month of cost isn't worth fighting all that for. No worries sir, have a great holiday. I'll try not to cry from withdrawals after a week or so 😂😁

Redbevrd

Mmmm, a single month without content is worth paying for considering the content you put out, and regularly.

Luis Sierra

So, its official we get a new chapter until Oct 14th? btw great book can't wait to see Jason and moppet interaction.

Lachlan Forbes

Will you have hard cover book one? Available at pax?

Ligeia

The previous ones have. I wish more authors would time the release as thoughtfully!

Ligeia

Shirt, by the way, to lessen confusion, you might want to correct the chapter numbers in yiur full book PDFs. You have them going from 883 to 849, which would be a very, VERY long book. 😅 Not a big deal, but I'm willing to bet you'll get questions!

Chris Furry

Haven’t you noticed that there are always reviews and complaints on Reddit about everything no matter how good it is?

Skalias Pablo

I don't know if you'll see this comment, or if it'll matter to you, but it brings me great joy that you'll get a month off of work after (from what I've read) multiple years of non stop writing and many periods of hardcore crunch time.

Justin Hunsberger

With not even a chapter a week in Dec, I think I will skip a month here and pop back over to Old Gods of Appalachia and see where they are at. It has been a year and a half since I last checked them out for a month.

Shirtaloon

That's a sensible approach. I used to pause the billing, but the technical issues have taken as much as two months to sort out. People getting double-charged, losing access to chapters, all sorts of issues.

John

Any idea when book 12 will be released on audible?

Shirtaloon

Not yet. Editing should be done by the end of the year, which has to be done before Heath can get it for recording. Maybe the end of Q1, but no promises.

Veronica

Keep billing me. They didn't stop funding Michelangelo when he took days off painting the roof of the Sistine chapel when he couldn't use his arms from the strain.

Alec Sollars

I started listening while you were in the middle of writing book 12 😂 I'll have the series listened to at least 3 times by the time 12 is on audible, am I complaining? No, am I excited? Yes 😂