Desk of Reck - The End of Stumbling Up Book One

Wow... Book One is now in your Patreon inbox.

It's been a wild ride with Cole, Richard, Tandy, Leo, and Meredeath, hasn't it? I don't think I could have imagined where this book went when I started it. How much Richard would worm his way into everyone's hearts. I've read the ending and tweaked it a dozen times at least, and it's still a gut punch.

When I started out writing this book, I knew I wanted to write a comedy, and I wanted to poke at this idea that LitRPG is just "number goes up." What I've found, and I kind of knew this about my writing, is that I can't just write a simple book. Emotional stakes will always be a part of my brand. Stick with Cole (and Richard), though, because who knows, maybe their wine cask scheme will work out.

What's next:

• The manuscript is over to Richey and Jessica for voice recording. Once I get a firm idea of when that's going to complete, I'll be putting up preorders on Amazon.

• I'm waiting for the final graphics for the cover and chapter art from Morpheuz - for those getting the digital copy... Once I get those... we'll be working on fulfilling and getting your digital copies out.

• Physical copies will follow based on printing timelines. If you're at a donation level that gets a physical copy - if I don't have your address already, I'll be working to make sure we have that and will get those out to you.

• I'm going to take a week off of posting on RR and here for Stumbling Up. I'll be sharing some short stories from my backlog... but then we'll get back into it with Stumbling Up book 2.

• IMPORTANT: Stumbling Up will have to Stub off of Royal Road (be taken down) a couple weeks before the amazon release (likely mid-November). So make sure if you've got any friends you want to pick it up for free... get them on Royal Road now.

• Bonus chapters - There are about 6-7 bonus chapters that are not making it into the final cut of Stumbling Up on Amazon - but those will be available for free to read on my website (and I'll be working with Richey and Jessica to make audio available at a small cost on the website as well)

• Always looking for feedback - and the transition to book 2 is a good moment - so if you've got any feedback for me on patreon and posting - please let me know (aka - more polls? less polls? higher post frequency? different format? different tier levels? more art? More podcasts? More live streams of writing on discord?). I can't promise I'll accommodate everyone, but feedback is a gift.

Thank you for coming on this journey with me! I appreciate having all of you on this journey!

-Reck