July Update
I’ve been busy writing this month, which means this should be a simple monthly update, but I still have a couple of important-ish announcements to make. Nothing troubling, though.
The news:
Neural Wraith 3’s audiobook is available for preorder on Audible and releases on the 1st August. Check it out here: https://www.audible.com/pd/Neural-Wraith-3-Audiobook/B0C9FN6G2X
The first book in my new urban fantasy series is complete on my Patreon, and I’ll be posting the second book there until Spellblade chapters are ready later in July.
June Update
It’s tradition now for me to post my monthly update before the start of each month, so why stop now? A short but less grim update. I recommend reading my previous post about my current situation if you haven’t already, as I don’t really want to repeat those messages and constantly be a downer.
News:
I’m posting 3-5 chapters a week on Patreon of a new series until July or so. It’s an urban fantasy series with mafia wolfgirls, birdgirls, demons etc in an alternate universe setting and no masquerade. It’s a lighthearted story with a strong emphasis on the character relationships. I started writing it for fun, as 2023 has been pretty shit, and people seem to like it.It’ll be at couple of months minimum before it hits Amazon, and I plan to always have extra chapters on Patreon. So check it out there if you’re interested.
April/May Update
It’s been a slow month, but I have a bit of news on the writing front. There’s also some fairly serious news in this update.
First, my next release(s) will be Heretic Spellblade 6 and 7. I’ll be writing this as a single large book and splitting it into two books, each roughly the size of the first books in the series, rather than the massive tomes from later in the series. This is due to reasons I’ll elaborate on later in this update, but the short version is that times are rough in the genre and I’m not sure I can afford to spend several months between massive books. The alternative is to just stop, so I’m trying this instead.
Heretic Spellblade 5 Audio is Live
The Heretic Spellblade 5 audio is out on Audible. Hopefully it doesn't implode and tank like the last release due to some Audible bug.
As always, Stephanie Savannah has done an amazing job. Over 20 hours of fantastic narration, lots of new characters, some intense action, and lots of twists.
Audible US: https://www.audible.com/pd/Heretic-Spellblade-5-Audiobook/B0BY3HQ4WR
Neural Wraith 3 is Live
After a messy start to the year, Neural Wraith 3 is out and you can get it right now. Nick is back with the Archangels to investigate a sprawling attack on Babylon’s neural implants, with lots of intrigue and corruption.
Get it on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BVYNXNT4
Please leave a review and share it around. You’ve likely heard the spiel plenty of times, but it does help. Neural Wraith in particular is only going to become a longer series thanks to the support it’s been shown by you and others.
Neural Wraith 2 Audio is Live
For those interested in audio, Neural Wraith 2’s audiobook is out now. You can listen to Nick wrangle with androids, shady businessmen, and a cyberpunk city that never sleeps. Stephanie Savannah has done an excellent job as always. I think Kushiel still remains my favorite character to listen to, but Lilith was a delight as well, for those who know about her.
Audible US: https://www.audible.com/pd/B0BW18SWY2
Audible UK: https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0BW1645Q6
Anyway, please review and share as always. Let me know if you run into any hiccups with the release for whatever reason.
I’ll get back to finishing off Book 3 of the series.
March Update
Upcoming audiobook release reminder time. Not much else to say, other than Neural Wraith 3 will be out at the end of the month (and sorry again for the delay).
Neural Wraith 2’s audio releases on March 21st, so feel free to pre-order it. I’ve been listening to it during breaks while working on the 3rd book and it’s a delight as always to hear Stephanie’s voice work. She has a real talent for making villainous characters sound amazing, and hearing her voice a new mainframe, Lilith, makes me want to bring her back into the series earlier than I planned. It’s a great book, with great voice work, so I hope you enjoy it.
Heretic Spellblade 5 is finally coming out on audio as well.
A Delay
It’s never good to make two serious posts like this so close together, but here we are.
Neural Wraith 3 is delayed until March 31st. If you’ve pre-ordered it, Amazon should notify you.
February ended up being a brutal month for me, and I tried to do too much at once. The result is this delay, and a lot of problems on my end as I can't deliver the book I promised (and need to make some difficult and sometimes expensive decisions due to IRL conflicts). Amazon doesn’t like delayed pre-orders, so I’ll be taking significantly more care in the future about committing to books in the future, especially when I’m already busy.
The delay will ensure the book is good, rather than a rush job purely to meet a deadline I shouldn’t have set for myself.
I expect to take a break after this and sort things out. That likely means the schedule I posted is basically garbage. Anyway, there’ll be time to worry about the future once the next book is out.
Neural Wraith 3 Pre-Order
Neural Wraith 3 is up for pre-order on Amazon, with a release date of March 14.
Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BVYNXNT4
Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BVYNXNT4
The early parts of the book feel a little like writing a cyberpunk thriller and the book description reads that way, but I expect to ease up on that later on. Even so, you can probably expect the same differences in vibe here that you saw between books 1 and 2. The fun of an episodic series - same characters and setting, but the different scenarios and focus allow for some very different experiences.
Change of Plans
Very quick update. Due to some IRL conflicts and personal stuff, I’ve had to switch my next book to Neural Wraith 3. It should be out in March still and I’ll post when the pre-order is up. Chapters are going up on Patreon and there’s more info up there if you care about that stuff.
I know this will disappoint a few people, but the alternative was to either release a very undercooked Heretic Spellblade 6 or, more likely, not to release any book until May or later. Neural Wraith is a much easier series to write due to each book being episodic and much shorter.
As I’m taking a break from writing in March, I’ll revisit my schedule in April. You can expect that Heretic Spellblade will be my next book, but there is likely to be some bigger changes to the rest of the year once I have some time to properly consider things.
In brighter news, the audiobook for Neural Wraith 2 should be out on the 21st March and you can expect to see the pre-order go up on Audible soon. I can hopefully post the link alongside the Neural Wraith 3 preorder.