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Attention, I'm calling a chapter posting delay. In the course of working on 10.20 E, I wrote 60,000 words, a huge amount of writing. My beta-readers have signaled that most cannot even provide timely feedback on the writing, and I, personally, am a bit tired as well.

There are more substantive edits needed in the second half to make sure the chapter hits all the notes. I think the bones are good, but releasing it today would be a poorer experience even if I could do it. I am staring at over 1,400 typos combined and taking them out is going to take at least an hour...and that might not be all the typos that could be found.

Give me until Sunday to try and get the first chapter ready. I am splitting this one in two and going to try to release the second half on the 13th, with substantive edits. No promises, though; you may recall that I am going to a wedding. Well, instead of taking my break this coming week I am going to TRY to edit. If I cannot, I will make another announcement and delay the chapter till the 20th. But I will do my damndest to get both chapters done and the best versions I can, instead of leaving you hanging.

...It's not like the chapter is bad. It's just that reading 60k in one sitting makes your experience potentially worse, and there are tons of little scenes and fixes in the second half I agree I can put in. Apologies and hope for a Sunday release!

--pirateaba

10.20 E -- Sunday, July 7th.

10.21 E -- July 13th or July 20th.

(Dates subject to change due to author suffering.)

Comments

Captdeth

Nooooooo. Have a nice day and good luck

Alifalafel

Take your time! I prefer the high quality even if I have to wait.

top bard

Pirate drinking too much coffee. But all good anyways.

orangelo

i'll always take a delayed but better chapter. cheers!

Skittlemiester

Will the public chapter still be released?

Zach

I'm kinda glad to be honest, I struggled to see how it could have been edited in time after watching the streams. I don't mind delays since it usually means a stronger chapter.

Dugan

Looking forward to amazing chapters, as always. Take the time you need. They'll be all the better for it.

SirThomasXVI

Take your time, 😜 Stats and new skills please

Grumpy Cucumber

I honestly prefer weekday releases so they go between calls at work for me. But I know most folks are not in my timezone

Randomdigits

Nice to see dropping production to three chapters a month hasn't solved the delay issue that has popped over the least year.

Blaize

I’ll take the 60k! I’m itching for more. How does one become a beta reader?

Sébastien Kingsbury

Are we really getting less content though? The chapters have pretty much all been novellas lately.

James Ging

I prefer quality over quantity or immediacy. Especially if it means Pirate has more time for weddings. Like mine in the fall. (Don't forget to RSVP :D )

Irideae

I think I speak for the rest of us when I say: don't you dare work through your break. You only just got into the habit of pacing yourself, stay with that and don't torpedo your own health that way. We can wait a little bit!

Randomdigits

First off I didn't say anything about that. Secondly, we are getting less of what I want. I want the story to advance and we are seemingly spending a month of RL time on each block Pirate wants to cover. This change has made their inability to constrain themselves worse.

Jordan

I still think we should take bets on when volume 10 will get its own drop down menu 😆

Larc

Yeah, I do agree with you to a point. This is three E chapters in a row. If they're Erin chapters which advance the main plot, I'd be happy. But I get the feeling they're gonna be more Emperor chapters? And then it's literally 100k words for some very, very minor plot progression in the grand scheme of things. The extremely large chapters don't really work for traditional publishing, and the frequent delays make for a poorer web-serial experience. I'd much rather have more frequent chapters with tighter pacing.

Anonymous

I really hope these are Erin chapters because I’m sorry but I just don’t care about the witches or vampires or Laken and durene’s relationship problems

Valmorian

hey we can wait for a higher quality update. Take all the time you need no matter how long. the loyal readers will be waiting!

Arg

E for Erin I hope or are we wasting a month worth of updates on a sub plot?

Elliott Zajac

Hot take: I'd be down for more Laken. There are a lot of characters in the Unseen Empire that I'd love to see even more of.

Randomdigits

They aren't pacing themselves. Did you not read the post? They wrote 60K in a week.

DocAnthea

Aww idk if I like Laken and Riverfarm THAT much to spend a month's worth of chappies on them lol. But dats ok, I hope it'll be good! And I hope we can get back to the Baleros PoVs soon!! Hope you enjoy your wedding!

Jordan

Go peak at the stream…

Jordan

I was thinking whenever 10.50 comes out

Jordan

I small part of me hopes they come back in an hour like JK here are both chapters! 😜

Splutty

Oh good. I need sleep!

Red

Good luck

Cros -z

Take your time. You write at a pace to make a book a year, probably more. You are already in the top 10% percent for fastest authors probably

Ary Szpic

We can survive a bit more without a chapter, but we wouldn't survive a burned out pirateaba. Good luck!

Eddie Medrano

You owe no one anything! Thank You! I just finished the witches book from audible. Listening from the beginning again.

VaeVictis9

Let them cook. The meal is always worth the wait.

nathrielos

Is it emperor or erin?

Martin Page

I’d be happy to be able to write 1 chapter like Pirate does, so no criticism here on timing, quantity etc. It’s still more story than in my other favourite authors using traditional book printing.. so., in a non web-serial book you have 0 input and get what you are given. I’m always so jelly and awed by people who can write stories, and this one has complicated and deep storyline’s, plots and arcs!

Martin Page

that said, the slower pace now means i don’t get the jitters between chapters like i used to 🤪

Jordan

God I hope this comes out relatively early in the afternoon. I have to work early in the morning tomorrow and there isn’t a chance I’m sleeping if I start and don’t finish the chapter

toni990

I know I'm just some random dude on patreon but I hope I do speak for everybody when I say that we do appreciate you letting us know and all the hard work you guys do on writing this amazing story and I know some of us and I am including me in this can be a bit give me give me you know what I mean so I just want to say take your time I hope you feel better the story isn't going to get any worse by us having to wait sometimes it makes it better I hope you had a good 4th of July

Khaim

Delay is fine. Naming both Erin and Emperor chapters as "E" is diabolical.

JD Hopkins

I don't mind the delay at all. Pirate puts out a crapload of content compared to other authors I've subbed to on Patreon. 100% fabulous and hardworking person and author.

Alan McBrayer

I do appreciate when you tell us of a delay. Both because it is healthy for you and so I don't keep looking for a post late into the night :)

Zalut

Take your time. Always!

Oxysmarton

Take as much time as you need. I will be here from beginning to the end. I will finish this story regardless of the direction or time it takes. As long as you’re writing it, I will read it. Thank you for your creativity and creation. It has become one of my favorite pastimes.

Jordan

Looks like I won’t be reading the chapter until tomorrow at the earliest 😢 half tempted to call in sick tomorrow so I can stay up late tonight.

RedGoblin

What if just an if we go back to nerin :p

Jordan

I’ve been hitting refresh like a junky hits the crack pipe.

C.K. William

Lol I think I’ve been refreshing the apps every hour.

Gerelt Tsolmon

Just so you know it’s Monday noon in Korea 👀👀

Skeys13

Check again!!

Konrad2

I just want to say that I'm very happy that you are taking your time instead of rushing yourself. :)

David Greene

A friend insisted I try Wandering Inn in February. I found myself addicted and just finished 10.19 and caught up with pirateaba. Looking forward to the next chapter but willing to wait. This is one of the best fantasy’s of all time.

Merric Huffstutler

There’s only been 14 million seconds since February first. How did you read more than a word a second every second a day for months straight?

David Greene

Merric, thanks for bringing the math to my attention!. A number of explanations; I'm retired and this took up all my free time for 4 months ( don't plan on ever repeating that again) also I read it on the computer and found the format of 2lines with a space seem to speed up my reading alot as if I were reading by sentence rather than word> That aside I'm a fast reader but not that fast, there must have been more skimming than thought. Now I'm wondering if I missed chapters as well.