2021 State of the Patreon and Writing Plans (Patreon)

Hello everyone! I hope you're having a good 2021 so far. 

Sometimes it feels surreal that I've been posting book chapters here for more than a year. It feels like that's too much time, and not enough. I greatly appreciate your continued patronage, support and feedback. I am blown away at your generosity and encouragement. I continue to be honored that you all see my stories as worthy of your continued support, and I thank you again.

Magpie Wizard Book 3 writing continues apace. The Patreon version of the book is, I estimate, about 2/3 done. This will make it, by far, the longest serial in the series. At current writing rates, I estimate we will hit the end of Book 3's serialized version somewhere between March and April.

For the Kindle and Paperback versions of the series, I have decided that I will revise, expand a few things and split the story into two books. This won't greatly change what happens in the serial you are reading, but events may happen in a different order and with a different emphasis. This is based on feedback I have received from you, readers elsewhere and my beta readers. Tentative titles are Book 3: Brotherhood and Book 4: Dissolution. Both titles will be available as free ebooks to patrons as they are completed in preparation of Kindle release. 

Since I will want to settle on the "canon" version of these stories before pressing on, that will delay me getting started on what will be Book 5 a bit. I have a few ideas for stories that I can write while I work on editing and revising those books. Some are Magpie Wizard related, some not. I will ask for some more feedback on what you would like to see as I get closer to the end of Dissolution.

I have decided that I will be holding off on my ideas of doing a comic book until at least the second half of 2021. Making my own comic books are a long term dream of mine, but comics take a lot of effort, expense, and collaboration, and I don't want a side project to derail what you all are really here for.

I will also finish the first draft of Patchwork Earth at some point in the first half of 2021. Before the Holidays hit and I wanted to focus my time on Magpie Wizard, I was around 2/3 done there as well. I don't want to leave anything unfinished. I've also enjoyed writing Second Contact, which will also see its final version in the first half of 2021. 

I also plan on doing some grammar and other revisions of Book 1 and Book 2 of Magpie Wizard in the second half of 2021, in preparation of making the first combo pack for Amazon. Don't expect any changes of content in there. This project will be a lower priority than getting you new content to read every week.

I will also do something I should have done ages before and set up an email mailing list, so that I can keep readers up to date on what I'm working on on all platforms.

Finally, I plan to keep writing short stories based on reddit writing prompts. You will see these pop up periodically.

To sum up the things things you can expect to see in 2021: 

- The end of Magpie Wizard: Dissolution

- Side stories to make sure that you don't have major gaps in chapters between bouts of editing.

- The continuation of the story. Book 5's Patreon First draft should be finished in 2021, and we may even see Book 6 begin towards the end of the year. 

- Revised eBooks of the final version of Magpie Wizard: Dissolution that you will receive for free, as well as paperback versions through Amazon

- Grammar corrected versions of Books 1 and 2 on Amazon (I won't be able to offer those free here due to Amazon's terms of service)

- The completion of Patchwork Earth and its launch on Amazon

- The completion of Second Contact and its launch on Amazon 

- More short stories based on fun looking writing prompts on Reddit, done when one catches my fancy.

Thank you all for the support that helps me write my stories and make them the best that they can be. Have a happy and safe New Year.