Oh my fucking gods we made it out of 2023...
That was not a good year for me personally, so I'm hoping this year is better. But enough about that, you are likely here for information about books.
Let's start with a recap of last year shall we...I published 8 books last year. Antecedents' legacy 1 and 2, Dungeon Walkers 4, Luck's Voice 6 and 7, Aether's Revival 7, and Binding Words 10 and 11. Total published words for 2023 is 911,888...damn that's a lot of words.
But the books written is a little higher, because of yet unpublished books that I wrote in my free time. I gave up gaming and writing time to write them and you'll be seeing them this year. For total words written this year we are looking at...1,055,292.
These don't exactly line up because the first books published in 2023 were written in 2022, as the first books of this year were written in 2023. But, that is a new record for words written for me, so I'm pretty stoked. My goal is a minimum of 60,000 words a month, as you can tell we kind of shattered that.
Okay let's jump into actual book news now. BW11: Divine Agreements came out in mid-December. That wrapped up the Binding Words series. Five years in the making to finish out Sean's saga, and it finished just the way I envisioned it when I started book 1. Well, besides the staff being life bonded and turned into wives, fuck you Sean...but I digress...It was amazing to put a capper on my 4th completed series, letting Binding Words join Apocalypse Gates, Alpha World, and Dungeon Walkers.
Divine Agreements (Binding Words Book 11)
A side note here for audio because I know some of you are wondering. Audio for LV7 and BW11 will be recorded this month. Andie normally records The Wandering Inn in January but it got shifted this month. Which will let her push the two books for me through this slot instead. If things go well, we might see the books come out in late February or early March.
With BW11 done, I moved on to Aether's Revival 8: Proven Strength. This will take Gregory into Krogga where he will be an assistant ambassador to the embassy along with his wives. Well, his wives and three of his soon to be wives as Clover, Ling, and Roshana will all be there too. I'm excited to flesh out the world more and show that not everything is as the Empire makes it appear.
The preview for chapters for it are on Patreon this month and into February. The first chapter is open to the public, if you want to read it stop on by the page, you don't have to sign up for it. Those who do sign up as paid patrons get more preview chapters, released at 2 a week on Mondays and Thursdays.
Aether's is with the editors currently, and I've moved onto the next book...well that's a little bit of a lie...
You see I've shifted the schedule around some. Antecedents' Legacy 3: Terran Tactics should have been dropped after AR8. But instead I'm pushing the new series Heavenly Chaos into the rotation there. HC1 has already been written and ill be edited right after Aether's is. That gives me a little bit of a buffer to get to work on AL3, which is nice, haven't had a good buffer in...ever.
So AR8 will be followed by Heavenly Chaos, a LITRPG-Cultivation series. This will also kick back to mental health as well. I haven't touched on that since Alpha World and well, this series has the struggle of mental health in it. You'll understand when you read it. The cultivation aspect is far different that Aether's and it's not as explosively number growing as a lot of LITRPGs, I find my own middle ground there.
Which brings me back to AL3: Terran Tactics. I'm writing it now. I will say for those who were looking forward to combat...it will happen. But we'll also see what happens when you "spork around and find out". Zander isn't exactly known for letting shit happen around him, and this will make that even better known to those who try it.
After AL3, I'll be getting onto LV8: Emerita Divided. I can say a couple of things here. There will not be an eastern country arc. Easiest to just cut that expectation off, we'll be picking back up when Doc returns to Emerita after his trip. Luck's has at most 2 books left to complete the tale I wanted to impart. It might be a big book 8 to wrap or 2 normal-ish sized books to make book 9 the finale, we'll see how the story progresses as I write it. But the series is coming to the conclusion I had been aiming for which is always nice to know that you've all enjoyed it from start to finish.
In other news, conventions...I've been asked about convention schedules, well this year I'll be attending 3 of them. JordanCon in Atlanta during April, they're going to have a LITRPG track starting this year and I was asked to turn out for it. Then in August I'll be back in Atlanta for DragonCon, which will be amazing and fun as always. But then in November I'll be attending the new Author Nation convention in Vegas.
The AN Con in Vegas will have one day where the fans can come interact with the authors and other high-profile guests. I'll give you more info on the price of stuff and what you might expect when I get it. But I will be in Vegas to sign books on a day in November, I believe it'll be the 15th. I will update when I know more.
If you want me to sign books, shirts, or body parts, make sure to find me at a con with the appropriate pen or marker. I'll look forward to seeing you all there.
Okay that wraps things up for me. Stay safe, and let's hope 2024 is a good year.
Daniel Schinhofen
Schinhofen Books
https://schinhofenbooks.com/ https://twitter.com/DJSchinhofen https://www.facebook.com/groups/364674377283655 https://www.patreon.com/DJSchinhofen https://discord.gg/schinhofenbooks
