We made it through January without a major catastrophe, so this year is starting off better, for my home at least. Let's jump into book stuff.
First off Audio news: Andie got BW11 recorded and as of today I'm proofing it. She'll get corrections shortly and then we'll hand it off to ACX to give it to Audible. If things go great you'll have it in the first week of the month. If ACX holds it up, then you'll get it as soon as they are done with it, which is always a guessing game.
Andie is recording LV7 currently. There was a little confusion about scheduling so I was wrong about when it was being recorded before. Good news it is good now. She'll finish it within a couple weeks. Then her audio editor handles it to fix things. Then I get it to proof for corrections, then it goes back to her, before finally going to ACX.
And now the bigger news. AR8 audio will be recorded this month too. She'll go from LV7 into AR8. Which will catch her back up on all the audio for my books. Rejoice!
Now for those stroking their chins wondering if the audio for AR8 is going to be recorded do we have a release date for AR8 ebook. The latest estimated release date as of today is February 14th. Yup, we'll be back with Greg and family real soon now. The preview chapters of AR8 will be coming down before publication before that happens. Maybe I can bump the release date a tiny bit sooner than the 14th hmm...
When AR8 comes off Patreon is when Heavenly Chaos 1: Heavenly Chaos will make it's debut into the rotation. Technically it's taking up the open space of BW, but I've shifted it to fill in right after AR so I can see what the reception to the series is. Some of my alpha readers have said it's my best series to date, but that will be up to all of you.
HC will touch back on themes of abuse and mental trauma. It hasn't been touched on a lot in the genre and I wanted to get back to something that really matters to me. Mental health is something we should all be more aware of, ours and our loved ones.
I will say it is a slow burn harem, and a small harem. It'll cap out at a throuple, or a triad, depending on how you view it. Benedict and two love interests. Book 1 will hint at deeper story lines but mostly will focus on the beginning of Benedict's tale. I hope you all enjoy it as much as I did writing it.
Current estimate for it is May 1st.
I've had it written for a bit, which freed me up to write Antecedents' Legacy 3: Terran Tactics. I brought in some fun here, and it'll be great to see how everyone feels about Zander and what he gets up to. It sets up for widening the scope of the universe but also the conflict with the Entoma.
Being ahead is good. I'll be sliding into Luck's Voice 8: Emerita Divided soon. Which will get me back into Doc's tale, just as Andie is recording book 7. Can't wait to dive more into the conflict to come between Doc and the Church of Apoc.
That wraps up the book stuff. I do want to remind people I'll be at JordanCon in Atlanta during April. If you're in the area I'll be there. I'll also be back to Atlanta for DragonCon in August-September. Then my last con will be the Author Nation con in Vegas in November.
I'll be back to chat more in March.
Daniel Schinhofen
Schinhofen Books
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