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The audiobook of Circle of Ashes is now available, narrated by the talented Ruth Urquhart! You can listen to the series conclusion now!

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The dance must end.

Ruethwyn learned more in Corval than she imagined was possible, for both good and ill. As an invasion looms over Selwyn, it is time for them to return, seeking answers along the way. Hope and fear intertwine as she searches for a true solution, yet all tastes of ashes.

The darkness is coming, but Rueth...

I have Tempered in Battle up to about 39,000 words, and just completed an unexpected side plot. One that’s… let’s just say that it fits pretty well in my mind, and we’ll see how it influences the rest of the book. Even if it’s slowed down what I planned on what would happen.

The story is coming together pretty well, in my mind, and I just got the final draft for the first book’s cover this week, so you’ll get to see it next week. I’m likely to be a bit slow this coming week, as we have a new ...

Tempered in Battle is currently up to ~25,000 words and climbing, with the story coming surprisingly smoothly so far. Though I’ll admit an attempt to add a bit of excitement to a section is rapidly spiraling out of control… we’ll see how it turns out! It feels like it’s appropriate for the situation and characters, mind you, it’s just… not what I expected to have happen.

Artwork for the first book is coming along nicely as well, I wouldn’t be surprised if I get the cover sometime this coming ...

I’ve begun work on Tempered in Battle this week! As of this moment, I have about 12,000 words. That’s slightly less than I hoped, but that’s what happens when you have your boiler fail in the middle of the work week. At least it’s at a time of year where we don’t really need it, but I fully expect the HVAC people coming out to interfere a few times this coming week or two, plus a few other issues we spotted that need to be dealt with. I’d prefer to fully focus on writing, but needs must.

But ...

I’ve completed my review of Forged in Conflict, so this week I’ll be starting to write Tempered in Battle. I haven’t written so much as a word as of yet, but I have a good idea of how I want part of the plot to go, and I’m excited to get started!

And to explain to anyone who hasn’t seen prior blog posts about it, Forged in Conflict will be book 2 of my Embers of War trilogy (I hope it’s a trilogy). Once I’ve finished the rough draft of Tempered in Battle, I intend to do a final editing pass o...

Alright, sadly not much of an update to be had this week. I’ve been going through book 2 of Embers of War (Forged in Conflict), and I’ve been speeding up a bit. We’ve had a lot of visitors last week, though, and have a couple of days with another this week, which is slightly slowing me down. Plus I got distracted by reading a story, so… yeah. That happened.

Hopefully I’ll have a better update next week!

Echoes of Chaos has been out for a week, and I’m quite happy with how it’s been doing so far! If you’ve enjoyed it, I’d deeply appreciate it if you left reviews, as it helps indies like me significantly. Especially on sites other than Amazon, since it’s my first new release on other storefronts.

I’ve also finished reviewing Embers of War, and have begun working on Forged in Conflict, which I’ll hopefully get at least halfway through this week. I do have some visitors and other complications c...

Echoes of Chaos is now live on the various storefronts! Here are the links!

And here’s the description:

Evelyn’s past has returned to haunt her.

Having put aside matters of a family larger than she ever conceived of, Evelyn must now confront the consequences of past choices, both hers and those of others. Though she returned for a specific purpose, civil war ravages Peldra, and Evelyn finds herself unable to turn a blin...

Echoes of Chaos is now out on my FourthWall site! The link is below, and to be clear, it’ll be delivered through BookFunnel.

It will release on other sites on April 6th. Here are the pre-order links:

Now for news/progress this past week!

Most of this last week was spent slowly combing through Embers of War, taking notes and editing the manuscript. I’m currently at about the halfway mark through it, and I’m fairly confident th...

I’ve sent out the finalized version of Echoes of Chaos to Patrons at the Grandmaster tier over on Patreon today! If you want to get it a couple of weeks early, you can sign up there. Here’s a link to the announcement post: https://www.patreon.com/posts/153671645

As I state in my other post, the ebook will release early on my FourthWall store as well. I’ve opened the file for orders, but it will be sent to readers via BookFunnel on March 30th, one week before the public release.