April Update (Patreon)

Hey guys! It's time for your author update. First, some stats:

March Words Written:  43k (+17k SKB2, 24.5k total +26.4k BSB6, 34,5k total)

I didn't get nearly as much done in March as I had hoped, but it wasn't too bad. I'm still working towards getting ready to move -- paperwork for immigration, selling things, cleaning the house/prepping it for sale, etc. That will continue into this month no doubt, but I have some good news:

I am now full time as an author! I turned in my work laptop today, and I am 100% done with my old job. Thanks to everyone that enjoys my books, including you guys here on Patreon, I can make enough of a living that I decided to take the plunge. I made sure to get the most out of my finances and everything before leaving my job, but now I'm all set.

I am hoping this means I will be more productive, but with all the work of selling the house and preparing for immigration, I think I'll be happy with just keeping at my usual average of 60-70k words a month that I have up to now -- until I arrive at my destination and get settled properly. It's a moving target for now, but I am hoping before August I am there and all moved in. Kids are in school until end of May, so our target is having the house sold by then at the earliest, and having our visas all sorted out by then as well. That would be the earliest I could leave and arrive at my destination.

In other news, Bonded Summoner Audiobook 5 is moving along in production, I had hoped it would be completed by now but I think we have another month until we see it both completed and available on Audible. It may be the same for Soul Knight Book 1 Audiobook, which is to be performed by Alyssa Poon and Evan Jordan.

Soul Knight was a wonderful success, and I'm thankful for all the feedback I've gotten on it, both here and on RR/SH. If you haven't given a read or left a rating yet, a reread both helps me out and helps refresh you. I had rewritten a few scenes that showed up on patreon after the fact, and there are a few extended scenes besides.

https://www.amazon.com/Soul-Knight-Fantasy-JJ-Bookerson-ebook/dp/B0CW17V1VF/

I plan on, in the next month or so, doing a $0.99 sale on Bonded Summoner Book1/2, and I believe I am going to do it on/around the time that the audiobooks come out. This is mainly to drum up some interest in the series, as it is beginning to wane. Getting Book 6 out sooner is the best thing I can do, and so I may back-burner SK2 until B6 is done in the next few weeks (By back burner, I mean switching to 2:1 or 3:1 ratio of BS6:SK2 chapters written, rather than 1:1).

I'll let you guys know when I do the sale, so that if you want to permanently own the full amazon version for cheap, it'll be available for you (This is mainly for the free members subscribed to receive my updates rather than those that subscribe for $5/$10/$25 a month).

Thank you all for your support, and thanks for reading!