Draft 4-5 Update

Hello, y'all! 

Here to update my progress toward release of book 1 and talk about publishing. Firstly, draft 4 is over halfway done, and I'm looking to blaze through the final layer of polish with draft five over the next two months. As a whole, with as much as the density of the story and characters has increased from draft to draft, the tale has only continued to grow darker. It is not needlessly brutal, profane, or bloody without purpose. But it is going to be, without a doubt, the most metal thing hitting shelves in 2021 (disclaimer: my opinion is both biased and fueled by shots of double french roast). Shadow of the Mad Reaper is going to start the first trilogy off with an absolutely horrific splash, and things are only going to get more twisted from there. I did have to move the current target for release to September (it still needs a high-quality map, some branding and a few visual details to sprinkle across the page to give that extra dash of magic when you get it in your hands), but I can't imagine it spilling over any farther than October. So, I can see the light at the end of the tunnel, and it's bright and full of teeth and gore gods and mutilation magic and undead planets-- just wait and see. As for publishing, an indie publisher by the name of Spacepunk Publishing will be putting this monstrosity into print. I am the first author, and this is the first book released by Sacepunk, so I'm pretty amped about the debut. The company launch for SP is going to coincide simultaneously with the release of Shadow of the Mad Reaper. Though the physical copies will be mostly print-on-demand, they will be available from any retailer, and the e-book will likewise be everywhere. There will be a promo with the release, so I'll shout out the date when it's firmed up.

Until then, I leave you with the following. For those who participate in #PitMad, or for those who want the shortest, most boiled-down smack-in-the-jaw rundown of the premise, here it is: "A doomed man makes a deal with an ancient worm to escape death and save his wife, soon finding himself in the middle of a deadly game played between space wizards across all of time."