Progress on Crystal Empire has been slow and not very steady. Work’s been a bit of a mad dash lately, and it’s been harder to get back into this crystalline state of mind. We did hit 73% of the projected word count with about 10 chapters left in the outline. I have a feeling Imperial Heart is going to come in a bit above its planned 100,000 words.

We’re also making some progress on the Constellara Project’s first anthology. I’m excited to be lauching a few sample stories on the website. We’ve created a Patreon for anyone interested in sponsoring the project!

Gosh I should set a reminder or something…

My professional life overshadowed my authorial one most of May. Between sick kids and making up a new job role as a I go, I didn’t get much writing done. Though what I did write I’m pretty proud of. These are some of the best chapters of Crystal Empire I’ve written yet.

I also spent some time with the Starchasers crew in May. It’s good to be back with that chaotic group of ragamuffins, doubly so since it was just a fun little side-story.

Weekly updates were not it. Sorry if you were excited about weekly updates, maybe they’re something we can do in the future. For now, end-of-month updates will be the goal.

Progress on Crystal Empire has been slow. Things at my day job have been crazy, and I’ve been feeling the same kind of pressure for my time and metal energy as I did before The Gap. Don’t worry, we’re not looking at another one of those this time around. We push on. I’ve made some changes on the professional front that should have some positive benefits over the coming weeks.