Happy New Year! + My 2023 Release Schedule (Patreon)

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Happy New Year to you, my dear Patrons:

I love the beginning of the year. It’s the perfect time to set goals and think long and hard about your life. Can anything be more exciting than dreaming of what your future could be?

So, I want to try something new today: I will share my goals and my release schedule with you.

In short, I’m planning to write or edit just shy of a million words this year. The key word is “planning,” but still, by the gods, that’s a lot of words, isn’t it?

The plan is to publish 4 books (including the final book from The Human Gods series), to finish the first book of Pacifist, and to write at least one more novel that you’ll get here. More on that in a moment.

My 2023 Patreon Schedule is pretty simple: I plan to post once a week, usually on Mondays. Sometimes, these posts will be announcements like this one, or major book launches, though most often it’ll be new parts from my ongoing series.

Sometimes I’ll post late, and sometimes I’ll drop the ball entirely. Forgive me, I can only try my best. The good news is, I’m getting pretty good at putting my fingers on the keyboard and chopping away each and every day. Consistency has been my greatest ally, and consistency is why I think I’ll be able to put out so many books this year.

My 2023 Release Schedule:

Jan: Finish second and third draft of Pacifist, Book 1 on Patreon

Feb: Start first draft for the final book in my Human Gods series (Book 4, also on Patreon)

Mar: Finish first and maybe second draft of Human Gods, Book 4

Apr: Finish final draft of Human Gods, Book 2

May: Publish HG, Book 2. Start final draft of HG, Book 3

Jun: Finish HG, Book 3

Jul: Publish HG, Book 3. Start final draft of HG, Book 4

Aug: Finish HG, Book 4

Sep: Publish HG, Book 4

After this quarter, the milestones become a little less clear, given that I don’t know yet how successful Pacifist will be, and I’m not sure if I’ll put more effort into it as a series, or work on another idea.

Oct: Final edits and publish Pacifist Book 1 (?)

Nov: Start Pacifist Book 2 or start new series on Patreon

Dec: Depends on Oct. results

Most notably, I’m not sure what I’m doing with Pacifist just yet. I have an enormous world building compendium and dozens of potential storylines that I’m ready to sink my teeth into … but I want to understand how well Book 1 does before I commit to a grand, epic saga. I hope to have a better idea once I post the final chapters of Pacifist, and get some more feedback on the story as a whole. This is a good time to tell me that you’re simply craving more of the Pacifist, or if you’re lukewarm on the concept. Either way, your voice affects the future more than you know.

There are so many stories yet to come. Pacifist will hit its climax soon, and book 4 of The Last Human/Human Gods is coming right after that (I’m unbelievably excited to bring this one to you). Beyond, I’ve got a few other concepts I’ve been falling in love with over the past year, including a LitRPG and a fantasy story about a very specific kind of druid…

2023 is going to be a great year. I do hope you enjoy yours, my dear Patrons. It is because of you I can even dream of writing these stories. I can’t thank you enough for being here, for reading these stories, and for giving me the boost I need to keep writing.

Happy New Year. I will do my best to make it a good one. I hope you will, too.