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So this is going to be another news-rich month, yay!
First off, I'm happy to report that the Fall into the Abyss anthology is FINALLY out! This one's been a long time coming, but here it is. It includes a never-before-released piece by yours truly titled "The essence of symmetry." It's a weird fantasy story about a guy who must fix the physical manifestation of the symmetry of life before all of existence collapses... Did I mention this is WEIRD fantasy? :D
In other news, I was interviewed by Adam Cecil (who runs the Night Water Substack) about my night shift life! I've always been quite the night owl (I like to say I'm a vampire LOL) and here I talk a bit about that.
Also, I wanted to point out that I've enabled Substack's new 'referrals' feature. Meaning that if you bring in new subscribers, you can win free access to the paid Xen'in Universe content for 1, 3, or 6 months (depending on the number of referrals you bring in). Pretty cool, right?
Coming up this month
The story coming up this month (July 19) needs a new title, but what I can say about it is that I originally wrote it for TikTok last year. I split it into 15 parts and narrated it in short 1 minute videos. Not my greatest idea, BUT… the story is cool and deserves to be told in a more appropriate format.
It’s a (sort of) prequel to my serial Through the Stars, Darkly, by the way, though it works fine as a standalone.
“Write 6 Books in a Year Challenge”
Update #6
Since the previous update, I’ve written 2 novellas (one of which I will serialize here in a month or two) and 2 short stories (a new Varushka tale and a new Laroch adventure). That’s not enough buffer for my taste, but it’s a start.
More importantly, I’ve also begun writing Everday, which is volume 2 in the Evernow Canticles. It’s going slower than I’d like, but I’ve noticed it’s always like this when I start a new novel and then it speeds up, so I shall not despair quite yet! Got 20,000 words done on this one so far (out of a planned 120k).
That’s all for now.
See you next month!
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