Before the End- The Smith’s Tale update

I definitely owe an update on this.. and I wanted to be sure that I can give a full picture, cause this done went wild.

Its taken a lot of time and a lot of discussion in my own head, but I finally reached a place I’m comfortable with, so I’m ready to share.

This is a big, big story. As of right now, the wholeness of it is over 130k words… it’s the individual stories of 6 different character points of view, and not one of their stories has been fully told yet. Worse, the story that is the closest to being told is already over 60k words, and it ain’t done yet. Frankly, getting to this point has felt a lot like being the Sorcerer’s Apprentice and seeing no end to the brooms with their buckets. Blending all of these timelines and viewpoints has felt downright dauntingly impossible… and then, doncha know it, I hit on the answer.

Instead of trying to weave all of this into a single massive volume, I’m going to release each character’s tale individually. Maybe, when they are all done, I’ll feel like I want to do that.. but for now, I want to do something a little different.

That’s the long way ’round of telling you that you can expect the first of these books to be available this spring.

Happy reading!