NEW RELEASE SCHEDULE (Patreon)

Dear Patrons,

This is the third month in a row that I've overextended myself to the point of coming up short on my serial chapters. I attribute this to two obvious causes. First, now that I'm vaccinated, I've been spending more time with my bubble of friends and family, including eighteen hours a week looking after my friend's wonderful baby girl. Second, I've been putting the majority of my time into Blood Over Bright Haven and, despite it far exceeding novella-length, trying to keep it on track for release in the first half of 2022. 

Now, these are both things I'm proud and happy to be engaging. What doesn't make me happy is rushing my serial chapters such that they don't get the depth and texture that makes them fun. This month, I barely got my Seven Forsaken chapter to a place where I was okay releasing it, and my Sazuma chapter isn't going make it there at all, factoring in my other commitments.

So, moving forward, I've decided to modify my release schedule to get you wonderful folks ($3 patrons, $1 patrons, and newsletter subscribers) chapters that are frequent, on time, and decent quality. 

What that means for this month (the remainder of August):

• $1 patrons will get the usual chapter of Seven Forsaken one day ahead of the newsletter.
• $3 patrons will get a second super-early-access chapter of Blood Over Bright Haven in lieu of the chapter of Sazuma I didn't manage to finish. The Sazuma chapter will be rolled over into September and released along with the next chapter of Gunpowder Magnolia.

What this means beyond August:

I'm going to put Seven Forsaken on hiatus, bump Gunpowder Magnolia up to a monthly (instead of once-every-two-months) release schedule, and replace the Seven Forsaken chapters in my current $1 patron and newsletter release schedules with Gunpowder Magnolia chapters. So:

• $1 patrons will get a chapter of Gunpowder Magnolia every month 1-7 days ahead of the newsletter and 3-4 chapters behind the $3 patrons.
• $3 patrons will get a new chapter of Gunpowder Magnolia EVERY month (instead of once every two months) in addition to a Sazuma chapter once every two months.
• Seven Forsaken will pick back up as soon as one of the other serials has run its course or when I feel like I have the space to competently execute three simultaneous serials again. I may also drop chapters randomly if I'm feeling it. Who knows!

I hope this new schedule looks good to all of you. These decisions were based on which projects have gotten the most positive engagement from early readers as well as what I personally feel up to tackling in the coming months. That said, I'm open to feedback if you've got it!

(Links to all serial chapters here)