17/8/2024 Update

So, a short update everyone! The rewrites and slightly expanded segments of volume 1 are finished, so I just have to write some Amazon exclusive short segments and commission some artwork and then it's off to Amazon. As I have no idea how long it takes to commission art, this "We'll be home by Christmas"-like comment and attendant "Mission Accomplished" banner are probably going to bite me in the ass. As I promised way back when, I'll make the exclusives available here for 48 hours, then deleting it so any future subscribers have to buy the book.

As for the exclusives, it's a bit harder than I thought to write some, since I'm a long way from my volume one mind set. So far, I'm considering writing another young Lori segment (to give more context for WHY IS SHE LIKE THIS?!?!?!) and a segment about Skykeep Demesne. Although now that I think of it, I might juts make them all young Lori segments to keep things consistent and more WHY IS SHE LIKE THIS.

In another news, I'm chugging along with my Demesne-hiatus novel. It's looking like the haunted houseflippers one, so I'm putting together a cast list, doing some trimming so everyone isn't a token ethnic type like something out of a CW show, and thinking VERY deeply on the 'will there be fairies?' question. Also reconsidering what types of magic are available in the setting. The vibe I'm going for is 'RWBY-modern', that is a modern-dayish (20 minutes into the future at best) tech level in a non-earth setting, as opposed to Demesne's 'medieval to turn of the 1900's' tech-level. Most because one of the plot ideas is that one of the ghosts is created from a basically a Vtuber who died of self-neglect and madly-maintained equipment. Plus I get to research modern house-building and renovation techniques instead of medieval ones.

Wish me luck! Hope you're enjoying the short snippets!