June 2023

 Here we are five of twelve months gone.
For me it's felt a bit longer than that. But I'll delve into the realm of personal later, first books.

Let's touch on what came out last month Binding Words 10: Truestrike's Treachery, came out May 24th. In true BW fashion it's been well received. I'm gratified you've all enjoyed the story. I'm fairly certain BW 11 will end the series. I don't want to spoiler things, but BW 10 touched on a lot of things, which leaves only a couple of major points to finish up. It's been a hell of a ride with BW five years in the making, but we'll likely see another twist or two before the end.
Keeping with BW news, Andie will be recording it in June. If things go well, we'll likely see it out on Audible in July, or early August. I'm excited to once again hear her put her amazing range to use as she continues to breathe life into the words of the story.

With BW10 out I've moved on to Aether's Revival 7: Moral Stand. The title took me a bit to work with, and I had to bring in the assistance of my editors who've seen bits of the story to help me settle on it. Gregory on the edge of the Northern Wilds, where eurtik's are captured as slaves. Well, it's going to be an interesting ride for sure. People on Patreon have already begun to see the preview chapters.
Patreon also had a special gift that I had made by Sage, a talented artist, a short 8-page comic, of Gregory being tested for Aether from book 1. That went up just a couple of days ago, I'm glad people have enjoyed the effort Sage put into it.
AR7 is currently slated for release August 12th, but as always I will bump that release date as things get closer, once I have firmer information on it's process through editing. It looks like it'll be a typical AR chunker too. I'll likely finish the book in the next week, then it'll be completely in the hands of the editors. I can say the book has been interesting as a few things I wasn't expecting. That's pretty normal for my books though when i think about it. The joy of being an "after action reporter" instead of a plotter who has the story fully planned out in their heads. Instead, I just write what the characters tell me, even if that does make me wonder what the hell just happened.
I have no ETA at all for audio for it expect sometime after the eBook gets released. I'll update on social as normal.

After AR7 the next book to be released will be Antecedent's Legacy 2: MX Hub. I've had that one finished for a half-year already. The editors will be able to jump straight onto it when they get to it. Zander on an alien space station, what could possibly go wrong? Expect sexy aliens, people to die, and the lone human in the universe, Terrans don't count, to do appropriately silly shit.
I will point out by the time you read this the audio for AL1 has finally finished preorder through Podium and is now out for you to hear. It was released right after Memorial Day. I know I'll be listening to it in the day or two after when i take my morning walks.

While my editors work on the above I'll be pushing into writing LV7: Rail Laid Plans. I'm currently expecting this one to break a mold, but time will only tell when I get to put words down. As stated above sometimes my characters change my expectations.

I think I've touched on everything. The giveaways during May saw nearly 40 people win various prizes from signed books to challenge coins and on to three lucky people being chosen for cameo appearances in books. I've slotted all of them into Aether's 7, something for them to look forward too.
If you want the coins, which can only be grabbed via giveaways, make it to the monthly live chats, or wait for the next social media giveaway in October to celebrate my 1st book publication anniversary.

Now I'm going to delve into personal shit for just a minute. Those who keep up on Twitter with me know my animals have had a pretty shit year. Our dog, Lowkey, who tried to bleed himself to death has finally stopped trying that. He then went on to eating his own legs raw, we think we've fixed that as well. If things are right, he's on his ay to full recovery now.
Our old disapproving boy, Fluff, a mini-Maine coon cat, was found to have advanced cancer. He's too weak to survive chemo or surgery, and the surgery wouldn't help much as the cancer is too far gone to help. We're spoiled the hell out of him for a couple of weeks, but he faded quick even with the meds they gave him. May 31st we had to let him go. It's sadder here without our mighty warrior who could bunny kick with the best of them.
Which brings us to our other cat, Baby aka Huss, she's had asthma for years, but May saw her really labor to breathe and the inhaler not help. The vet informed us half her lungs are fluid, and they've been trying to help. We're doing what we can for her, but unless the vet couldn't give us enough help to save her, though they did try for a couple of weeks. We had to let her go on May 29th, as even in oxygen she was struggling to breathe. We'll miss you, you angry loving purr machine.

Because of the above things at home have been tense. My girlfriends and I have been supporting each other through the pain and worry. Shared sorrow helps ease it, having their love keeps me moving, as I do with them. Now we just hope and pray for the rest of the year to be better.

Until next month, stay safe,
Daniel Schinhofen

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