What's next?

Now that I can finally hold Blades and Feathers in my hand (my copies have arrived just the other day!), let me tell you what’s up next.

I hinted at the end of Blades and Feathers that while the continuation is going to be Foxfire and Lycoris, the next book I’m working on might be different. I’m here to confirm that!

The project I’m working on right now is set in the same world, except we’re going back to the past for a little bit. It’s going to be about Katsuo and Takeru’s parents. I’m very excited about their story because there was a scene nagging at the back of my head, even before I started Sword and Mirror but I couldn’t place it, it just didn’t fit in with any of the stories or people in the series.

And then, shortly after I started writing Blades and Feathers, I realized who those people were. So here’s my plan:

I’m currently working on the parents’ story, and the short stories for Takeru and Yoriko. I’m tackling NaNoWriMo again this year, so I hope to finish all this before end of November. Worst case scenario: early December.

Then there comes the editing phase - and me figuring out the storyline for Foxfire and Lycoris.

I’m going to start writing Foxfire and Lycoris, if my estimates are right, in in the new year. Not sure if I’ll do the editing first and then write book 4 or I’ll do them parallel. I mean, I’m good with multitasking but there’s a limit, not to mention all the other things going on in my life. And the fact that I usually need a little rest after finishing a book before starting a new one.

You can read the first draft, chapter by chapter, over on my Patreon :) The first 3 chapters are already available for the highest tiers.