Agitation in Red [https://i.imgur.com/CZefFMC.jpg]

Wow, everyone. This feels insane, I've actually written a novel. A whole fricken plot with a conclusion and everything. And more importantly, people have read it, and people have liked it. Which means I've only got one important thing to say: I'm not done.

I'll say it again.

I'm not done.

Sarah will return in Agitation in Red, the exciting sequel to Animation in Blue. Ultimately, I've got a trilogy planned, with the concluding book being titled Some-word-that-starts-with-A-that-I-haven't-decided-on in Green.

What does this mean to you? Well, a few things. First off, I'm going to take a pseudo-hiatus for two weeks. I need the time to build my backlog back up and to work out a few outlining wrinkles for the next book. While Sarah's story is taking a break, I've got a few chapters I'm planning on publishing here - an epilogue to Animation. The next few chapters will help expand the world and the cast, but will not be in Sarah's POV. For these epilogue chapters, I'm planning on publishing on Monday and Thursday.

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Second, I’ve finally gotten a patreon (link below)(Im also putting together something for Ream too, but it's not up yet). Right now, it's a little bit sparse, but it should fill up as I get farther ahead. I've got three tiers - the lowest tier is the no-reward-can-I-please-have-coffee tier. The second tier will get everything I've written as it's written (at the moment, that's basically just the epilogue chapters). Expect lower-than-normal proofreading, and I may of course make major last-minute changes, but that tier will have any written advance chapters. The third tier for folk who feel generous will get both the advance chapters and some interludes written that I don't plan on ever publishing here on Royal Road. Right now there are only two real entries in that highest tier, but I'll be writing more as we go. I'll try and keep you all updated about how much content is in it as I go, but honestly I'm going to try hard to not be too insistent about it. Frankly, my Patreon is as much about getting some feedback for my advance chapters to help motivate myself to stay ahead as it is about earning any money writing.

Finally, I want to say again how glad I am for everyone who's followed me through this. Parts of this story have been percolating for over twenty years, and getting it down has been a wonderful experience.

Thank you,

I love you all,

~Genuine55

p.s. It occurs to me that a lot of my underused tags will quickly become relevant. At the risk of spoilers, things like anti-hero, tragedy, and various content warnings are about to become important. There's going to be a genre shift, so consider this a trigger warning. I'm honestly kinda worried about losing people, but if I do this at all the way its supposed to, I'd expect a few people to drop out. But maybe it'll attract people too, once we drift from a laser focus on relationships.