Newsletter: Issue #1 (Patreon)

Hello, new and old members alike! I'm going to try to put out a newsletter at least once a month (more if there is anything noteworthy to report).

News Item the First: Writing continues to flow well with Dungeon Apocalypse. Still getting one to two chapters a day every day, which means I can keep up daily updates here and on RR. Thanks to your subscriptions, I have some extra motivation to keep going (the main motivation, of course, is the fun I'm having recounting the adventures of Roland and his merry gang of misfits, plus I really want to know what happens next, and I won't until I write it down).

News Item Part Deux: Well, the dreaded Chapter 55 dropped on Royal Road, and there was much anger and gnashing of teeth. Follows dropped at first, then rose again. Got a 1-star review from a disgruntled reader. Also saw an uptick on new Patreon subscriptions and preorders. The moral seems to be, you can't please all the people any of the time, so follow your inner self and find out the hard way if you can please any people some of the time.

I totally understand the sentiment, having stopped reading two series by the same author when his one trick seemed to be to completely hose the character every few chapters. In my defense, this particular hosing serves a plot purpose that will kick off at around Chapter 88 (currently finishing up Chapter 87, and will start the Roland Rises! arc tonight or tomorrow. Roland's cultivation will return after the arc concludes somewhere in the second half of Book Two.

To those who are extending your trust and sticking with the story, you have my sincere appreciation. To those who don't, no hard feelings. Maybe you might consider returning to the series once Roland is back to full fighting fettle.

News Item III: The audiobook for Book One is confirmed! Guy Williams (who has narrated all my male-perspective novels so far) is back and will bring Roland's adventures to life.

That is all for now. Newsletter #2 will probably pop up early in February, before Fear the Reaper comes out.

Thank you all very much!