Chester Young's Blog

I just realized that it’s been almost a year since I last posted any updates regarding book 3. For that, I can only say sorry. I’ve been terrible with my communication. I’ve taken a step back from social media over the past several months to focus on actually finishing the book. And, I’m pleased to say, the wait is FINALLY almost over.

Book three, Wings of Rebellion, is nearly double the length I originally expected it to be. The sheer amount of edits, rewrites, and changes I’ve made to the s...

Hey! It’s been a while since my last blog post, and with 2024 wrapping up, I wanted to update everyone with the progress for Celestial Heir book three, Wings of Rebellion.

My original goal had been to release it around December. Sadly, the book will not release this year. I hoped to get more writing done during the summer and fall, but stuff from my personal life got in the way. I also had to rewrite over one hundred pages of the draft, so that pushed my goal back a lot. I’m sorry for the lac...

I hope everyone (if you celebrate) is having a nice Easter Sunday! I’ve been meaning to write an update, because the last two months have been full of changes in my personal life, and I won’t be settling into any “normal” routine until the Summer.

First of all, I’d like to thank everyone who’s read Celestial Heir. I really appreciate all the positive feedback I’ve received over the past 2 months! I do apologize for separating the main two POV’s like that. Eventually (likely once book 3 is fin...

I’m excited to announce that Celestial Heir #2, Scales of Power, is available for pre-order here. It will release on January 25th, 2024. The paperback version should be available for purchase around that time as well. The incredible cover art and character sketches were done by Echo Lenora (https://twitter.com/VoiceOf_Dragons).

This installment in the series has been a blast to write. I already made a blog post about it, but for those who don’t know, I ended up splitting my original outline f...

I promised to write an update in early December, and I didn’t forget! This will (hopefully) be the final update before the actual release details.

I’m aiming for an early/mid-January release. I could probably release it in late December, but I want to give myself some breathing room with the holidays coming up at the end of the month. I’m very satisfied with where the story is at (barring some minor tweaks). I’ll be beginning the final rounds of edits within the next few days.

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Hey! First of all, I’d like to apologize for the lack of updates. The last blog post I made was in the beginning of June. Since then, my personal life has become so busy to the point that I wasn’t working nearly as much as I wanted to on book two. I wanted to share some new artwork and give an update on book two’s progress.

Character sketches (one for each of the five types of dragons native to Quassa) have been created and are currently available in all eBook and Paperb...

After writing another ~25k words in book two, I’ve made the decision to split my original outline for book two into books two and three. Story-wise, nothing is affected. This change was made solely in the interest of length, as I didn’t want to rush the next part of the book. The current draft for book two is sitting at ~115k words, ~3k more words than book one.

With this minor change, Celestial Heir will be at least five books long, with potential room for a sixth book. Book two’s original n...

To preface this, I’d like to thank everyone that went out of their way to leave a rating/review for Tail of Revenge. The level of support for this series has surprised me (it’s the first time I’ve been emailed before.. so sorry about the late responses), and I can’t put into words how much I appreciate it! I’ve been debating for a while, but I’ve finally decided that the series will be at least four books long. After looking over my outlines and seeing how long book two has been taking, I wanted...

Book one of the Celestial Heir series, Tail of Revenge, is now available for pre-order on Amazon! It will release on December 16th, 2022. This book has been in the works for nearly the entirety of 2022, and I’m excited (albeit very anxious) to finally share it!

I’d like to personally thank Echo Lenora (https://twitter.com/VoiceOf_Dragons) for creating the cover art and formatting the paperback. For those that order the paperback, there may be a tiny illustration on the back, courtesy of valky...

I finally got around to updating my website to look a little more modern. I’m pretty bad with technology, so it took me longer than I’m willing to admit. Nevertheless, I’ll be writing updates and posts here and sharing them to Twitter to escape the character limit.

In regards to the first book of Celestial Heir, the release date is still up in the air. The book itself is ready for publishing. Currently, I’m working on getting the cover created. The release date is expected to be on a Friday i...