Update: So. Many. Stories.

All right, so what to say first. Hmm.

A) Sure, Adamantine first. I think I said I had two chapters to go, not counting the short denouement. (Someday I will spell “denouement” right the first time, but this is not that day.). Insaid that last week too,. Well, I still have two (probably) chapters to go, not counting the d-e-n-o-u-E IS HERE-m-e-n-t, but naturally this is because the first of those previous “two chapters” got cut in half as various exciting things happened. Thus, I’m making progress. I suspect the last real chapter will also divide. I just feel that’s likely to happen. I expect I should write it this week, AND the denouement, unless things happen to derail that intention. So by NEXT Monday, I hope I will be saying, FINISHED, YAY!

Then revision, BUT since I already cut that one character, that part is finished and in fact I think that there won’t be a great heaping gob of primary revision, meaning the revision that occurs before anybody else sees the story. With luck, if the whole thing came together pretty decently, there won’t be all that much secondary revision either because early readers will just point to minor things, not giant things. Honestly, it does seem to me to be in pretty decent shape! I hope I’m right about that!

I have had (minor! I think! probably!) health things going on, which are (I think!) likely to resolve without undue excitement in July, so with reasonable luck nothing will get in the way and I sure hope I will FINALLY be starting the Hedesa sequel no later than August, hopefully aiming for a December release date, though it’s hard to guess because I think it will not be as fast and easy to write as, say Bereket. Which was unusually fast, as many Tuyo-world stories are, and most others are not.

Meanwhile! Speaking of cutting things, such as chapters, in half!

B) Definitely TWO Tuyo-world collections, like so:

1. A pair of linked novellas, published in one book. I’m going to title the book “inKera,” which surely tells you which two novellas will be in it — Lisig and Vayu. The later is not finished. I think it will come out at something like 40,000 words (this is a guess). I think it’s about 2/3 of that now and it’s not finished, so it seems likely it’ll come out about that length. That will make the combined length of these two novellas about 90,000 words, eg, longer than a typical romance novel and quite adequate for a book.
2. Everything else. Or enough of everything else to create another book about the same length. I have five stories completed at this point, ranging from 7000 to 22,000 words. All of these are Ugaro stories. I want an absolute minimum of three Lau stories, and more would be fine, depending on how long any of them are, of course. Here are some ideas, many of which you all suggested:
   • The story about the young sorcerer who comes to Aras to ask for help, as in, “I don’t want to hurt them! You have to help me!” This one is started.
   • An epistolary story featuring Rakiar, ideally a double story where one story occurs in a historical document and the other in letters about the document. This is a bright, vivid gleam in my eye, but just a gleam so far. I really don’t know what to do with it — I have a few ideas, but still, not sure. But the idea itself is just so appealing!
   • A story from Lalani’s pov, right after she marries Suyet. A slice-of-life story where they visit his family and hers.
   • A story from Kerren’s pov, which takes place after Tasmakat, while Aras is at the Peacock Desert. Takes place in Sigaranra; Kerren works things out with his family.
   • A story where Tathimi visits the winter country, set right after Tasmakat, so Tathimi is a child. I think I would tell this story from Selili’s pov, Marag’s pov, or both.
   • A story about another dedicat whose life was smashed to rubble by the Tokores sorcerer, who, with Markias’ example before him, puts his life back together in a different way.

Other suggestions are welcome. I don’t mind suggestions that are Ugaro-focused, but unless something REALLY grabs me (which could totally happen!), I will probably aim to write some Lau-centered stories next.

Therefore!

I hope for the following very approximate release dates. Remember things need to be fully polished and dropped at Patreon before they go live on Amazon, so that tends to push release dates on Amazon back a bit.

inKera — August or September (because I think it will be quicker to finish and revise and proofread and so forth).

Adamantine: Subtitle 1 — September or October (because I’m betting it will take longer to clean up and proofread and everything).

Adamantine: Subtitle 2 — October or November (meaning a month later than Subtitle 1).

Hedesa II, whatever its title turns out to be — December (this is a guess).

Tales from the World of Tuyo — I hope sometime this year, but it could be next year.

_{Sultry summer is in full swing}